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Unit 2 More than fun Developing ideas 教学设计
I.Text Analysis
What: Emma’s Adventure revolves around the theme of creativity, friendship, and the power of storytelling. The content follows Emma, a new student feeling lonely, who uses her love for writing magic stories to connect with others. By leaving her notebook in the library with an invitation to continue her story, she sparks a collaborative writing effort that leads to the formation of a writing group.
Why: The author's intent is to demonstrate how shared interests, particularly in creative writing, can bridge social gaps and foster new friendships. The story encourages students to be proactive in reaching out to others and to value the process of collaborative creation.
How: The text is structured with a clear beginning, middle, and end, following Emma's journey from isolation to connection. It uses direct speech and descriptive language to engage the reader and create vivid imagery. The narrative employs the motif of a magical door and the metaphor of writing as a gateway to friendship and community. The language is accessible, with a mix of simple and complex sentences that reflect the thoughts and actions of the protagonist.
II. Teaching objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to:
Analyze the article to understand Emma’s feelings through some action words and then comprehend what is Emma’s Adventure.
Understand the concept of story mountains in the context of narrative reading.
Compose a concise paragraph detailing the experiences of making friends through sharing a hobby.
Recognize the significance and benefits of having hobbies.
III.Teaching Key Point and Difficult Point
Key Point: Students can understand the main content and structure of the passage.
Difficult Point: Students can recognize the benefits of having hobbies and complete writing tasks based on personal experience.
IV.Teaching Preparation
1) Learning Materials: textbooks
2) Visual Aids: slides that will help support the lesson content
V.Teaching procedures
Stage 1: Pre Reading
Step 1: Lead-in to the Topic
1.Start the class by engaging students with an icebreaker question about their hobbies. Ask them to share their hobbies and what did they get from their hobbies.
2.Show students a video about the significance and benefits of having hobbies, helping them gain a deeper understanding of hobbies to facilitate their subsequent reading and answering questions.
3.Show students a picture of children writing. Encourage them to describe what hobby the picture shows and discuss what benefits they can get from this hobby, using provided words like "writing", "share", "joy", "friend", "idea", and "story" to assist them.
Step 2: Prediction
Use the images and title on the PPT to lead students in predicting the content of the passage. Students should ask questions beginning with Who, Where, What Why or How For example, who are the girl in the pictures, what is she doing, etc.
Stage 2: While Reading
Step 1: Skimming
1.skim the passage to determine the main idea: "What is the main idea of this passage " (Answer: A. Emma starts a writing adventure by sharing her notebook.)
2.Students skim the passage to figure out the type of this passage.
Step 2: Introduction of the story mountain
1.Introduce the characters and setting. This part grabs the reader's attention.
2.Rising Action: Events and problems that build up to the climax. It makes the story exciting.
3.Climax: The most exciting or important moment in the story. It's the turning point.
4.Falling Action: Events that happen after the climax, leading to solving problems.
5.Ending: The final part where the problems are solved and the story ends.
6.Students can initially understand the type of article they are studying today, grasp the story mountain and divide the article into five parts based on the story mountain.
Step 3: Careful reading
Read the passage paragraph by paragraph. After reading, ask students to answer detailed questions such as "What is Emma's adventure ", "Why does Emma think this is the best ending ", and learn new vocabulary and knowledge points. For example,
Step 4: Summarize the story
1.Students read the whole passage again, find out the action words in the passage, and analyze Emma's feelings reflected by these action words.
2.Students read the whole passage and finish the note below to summarize the main information about the story.
Stage 2: Post Reading
Step 1: Further thinking
1.Students have a think about the question and share the answers: Do you think hobbies can help you make more friends Why or why not
2.Students think about whether they have had a similar way of making friends as Emma before. They can answer questions from four aspects:
What is your hobby
How did you become friends
What happened at last
What did you learn from the experience
Step 2: Pre -Writing
Students write a short paragraph about making friends through sharing a hobby.
(Prepare students for writing by analyzing what parts are needed in their writing and giving an example. Then, guide students to start writing their paragraphs based on the example.)
Step 3: While writing
Students finish the table in the textbook. Then they need to write a paragraph with the help of the table.
Step 4: Post Writing
1.Encourage students to review and evaluate their writings by using checklist.
2.Invite students to share their paragraphs with the class, providing an opportunity for peer feedback and discussion, thus enhancing their communication and cultural understanding.
VII.Assignment:
Must-do:
Finish your writing, and then polish it with your partner.
Optional:
Search for information about what we can get from hobbies and express your own opinion on the relationship between hobbies and friends/daily life.

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