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THE WELL THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Unit Title Making a difference
Students 45 senior two students Duration 45mins
Lesson Understanding ideas Topic The well that changed the world
Teaching philosophy The whole design is based on the New English Curriculum Standards. In this lesson, the text analysis is under the certain theme of context and whole unit, and students’ English core competences which are language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality and learning ability would be taken into consideration and improved through activities. This is an instructional design based on the student--centered teaching philosophy. In this lesson, in order to help students have a better understanding of this passage, the teacher will design some activities to guide and help students do team work and self-study to cultivate their critical and creative thinking.
Text analysis Thematic context : human and society Genre: narration Source of text: The teaching material of my lesson is chosen from 2019 Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Book 3 Unit 2, Making a difference. And the topic is from, Understanding ideas, The well that changed the world. What: In this article, the author introduces Ryan’s story of building wells in Africa and encouraging more and more people to join him in helping make the world a better place. Why: the author hopes students learn that as long as you have the awareness of helping others and put it into practice, you will make a difference. How: The story goes based on Ryan’s life experience. It is developed by three lines to show how Ryan helps others and makes a difference. First, Ryan’s awareness and behavior of building wells to help people in Africa. Second, people in Africa have benefited from Ryan’s help. Third, more and more people are inspired by Ryan’s behavior to help people in Africa.
Students analysis What they have My 45 students are in senior two, the second year of senior high school. Actually, most students have mastered some reading strategies, like scanning, skimming and getting the main ideas, but most of the time, they just read for grades. And as a teenager, they have basic information about Africa and the awareness of helping others, but they do not know how to start. What they need In this lesson, I expect my students to read for meaning, and during the reading process, they would improve their ability of organizing and analyzing information to form logical, critical and creative thinking and to explore the meaning behind lines. And after learning this passage, they would understand that apart from having the awareness of helping others, they are expect to understand how to take action to help others.
Teaching objectives By the end of this lesson, my students would be able to: 1.illustrate how Ryan helped African and influenced more people. 2. understand put their awareness of helping others into action. 3. write other ways to help African get fresh water.
Focal and difficult points Focal points: Students will understand the theme of this passage-- be helpful to others and think about how to help, then you would make a difference by organizing and analyzing information. Difficult points: Students can introduce Ryan’s story to others and give their own opinions about Ryan and his experience. Students can discuss and explore other ways to help African solve the problem of freshwater shortage and put their random ideas into a logical writing.
Teaching methods Activity-based teaching method，Situational teaching method, Cooperative learning method.
Teaching aids Blackboard, PPT
Teaching procedures
Parts /Time Teaching activities Purposes
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities /Learning styles
Pre-reading 8mins Step1. Lead in Plays a video named Freshwater problems in Africa by 2025. And asks students to think about these 2 questions: 1). What’s one of the most severe problems in Africa by 2025 And what kinds of other problems does it bring to African 2). Can you brainstorm some solutions to solve this problem Step 2. Prediction Guides students to focus on the title and the pictures in the text and asks them to think about these following questions, then predict what the passage is about. 1). Who are these two boys /where are they from / What’s the relationship between them 2). What’s the meaning of these words “Ryan’s well” in the picture which is in the top right corner 3). Why does the title mention that the well changed the world Watch the video carefully. And think about those 2 questions and answer. (Class work\Team Work) Focus on the title and the pictures in the text. Think about and answer these 3 questions to predict the content of this passage. ( Individual Work) To arouse students’ interests about this topic. 2. To create a context and lead to the topic--helping African get fresh water. 3. To learn some key new words, like, set up, donate and so on, to make the reading easier. To lead students to read this passage easier and more purposeful with the guide of the prediction.
While-reading 20mins While-reading 20mins While-reading 20mins While-reading 20mins Step3. Fast reading Asks students to read this text quickly to find whether their prediction are right or wrong and answer these questions in prediction part again. Guides students to read this passage again to divide it into 3 parts and talk about what each part mainly talks about. Step4. Detailed reading Asks students to read part 1 and answer the 3 questions. 1). What made Ryan feel unbelievable 2). What question did Ryan think about when he found he can get fresh water easily 3). How old was Ryan when he decided to help Asks students to read part 2 and answer these following questions 2.1 Read para.2 1). What was Ryan’s plan and what did Ryan do to support his plan 2). Did he succeed in making his plan come true 3). What could he do for African people by using the money he saved 2.2 Read para.3 1). Did Ryan give up his plan If not, what did he do then 2). Did he succeed this time 3). Where was the well And what benefits did the well bring to African people 2.3 Read para.4 1). What did students in Uganda do to welcome Ryan Why 2). How did Ryan feel when he saw the finished well he built 2.4 Read para.5 1). After going back from Uganda, what did Ryan do 2). What kind of influence did his experience bring to people in the world 3). How many people and countries have benefited from the wells he built 2.5 Guides students to summarize that Ryan brought spiritual benefits to people in the world and brought material benefits to African people. 1). What kind of benefit did Ryan bring to African people 2). What kind of benefit did Ryan bring to other people in the world Asks students to read part3(para.6) and find out the answers of these 2 questions 1). Nowadays, as an adult, what kind of question does Ryan think about 2). What made him succeed in offering help to African people or what helped him make a difference Guides students to think about the title again. 1). Does the real well change the world 2). From last question we know that Ryan’s help made a difference, but why the title mentions his help changed the world Asks students to discuss with their teammates what they can learn from Ryan’s story. Read this passage quickly to check their predictions. And answer those 3 questions in prediction part. ( Individual Work) Divide this passage into 3 parts and talk about the theme of each part. Part1(para.1)Ryan’s awareness of helping African get fresh water. Part2(para.2-5) Ryan put his thought into practice. Part3 (para.6) the reasons why Ryan made a difference. (Team Work) Read part1 and answer these 3 questions to grasp Ryan’s awareness of helping others. ( Individual Work) Read para.2 and answer these 3 questions. ( Individual Work) Read para.3 and answer these 3 question to find out Ryan persuaded his neighbour to donate money to build a well in Africa. ( Individual Work) Read para.4 and think about these 2 questions carefully. ( Individual Work) Read para.5 and answer these 3 questions. ( Individual Work) Answer the two questions and explore the different benefits that Ryan brought to different people with the help of teacher. (Class Work\ Individual Work) Read para.6 and answer these 2 questions to have a better understanding about Ryan and his personal quality. ( Individual Work) Read the title again and think carefully, and answer these 2 questions. ( Individual Work) Discuss with teammates and voice their own opinions about the things they can learn from Ryan. (Team Work) To check students’ prediction. To let students get the general meaning of this passage. To help students understand Ryan had the awareness to help African people. To help students know the efforts Ryan, himself, had made to help African people build a well. To guide students to find Ryan started to influence the people around him to join him and offer help. To encourage students to explore the benefits that Ryan brought to students of a primary in Uganda. To assist students to understand that Ryan’s experience have attracted and influenced more and more people join him offering help. To help students explore the benefits that Ryan brought to different people. To guide students to explore the reasons why Ryan made a difference. To assist students to have a better understanding of this title and the passage. To help students learn Ryan’s behavior and good quality, like, his determination, courage and perseverance.
Post-reading 15mins Step5. Role play and introduce Ryan’s story Asks students to work in teams of 4 to prepare a press conference where Ryan is to answer questions raised by different reports. (3 students present questions as media reporters. One student plays a part of Ryan) Reporters: come up with three questions regarding information about Ryan and what he did to build wells in Africa and the benefits he brought to other people in the world. Asks students to introduce Ryan’s story to others. Step6. Brainstorming Asks students to think about these following questions: 1). Is Ryan’s way of building wells the only way to help African people to solve the problem of freshwater shortage Then let students work in teams of 4 discuss other ways to help African people. 2). Do you have other ways to help African people Work in teams of 4 to prepare a press conference. (Team Work/ Peer Review) After doing a role play, introduce Ryan’s story to others. (Team Work/ Peer Review) Think about the question to voice their own opinions about Ryan’s story and to realize building wells not the only way to help African people. (Individual Work) Discuss with teammates about other ways to help African people. (Team Work) To help students have a deeper understanding of Ryan’s story and his spirit. To lay a solid foundation for the next part--introduce Ryan’s story. To encourage students to practice their speaking skills. To cultivate students’ critical thinking. To cultivate students’ creative thinking.
Assignment 2mins Asks students to write a passage they have talked about just now (other ways to help African people solve the problem of freshwater shortage) in 100 words. Write a passage about other ways to help African people’s problem of freshwater shortage. ( Individual Work) To encourage students to put their random ideas into a logic writing.
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more wells
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a well
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neighbors $2000
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hand hump $70
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