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Unit 5 B Reading and Critical Thinking 教学设计
I. Teaching Objectives
Help students understand the text about badminton player Laura Sárosi, including the challenges she faced, her actions, and the results.
Improve students' reading skills such as extracting key information, using tables to organize information, and analyzing text types.
Develop students' critical thinking abilities through recalling events, evaluating the impact of actions, and creating a sports hero poster.
Enhance students' vocabulary usage related to sports and sportsmanship.
II. Language Knowledge
1. Key words & phrases
Sports and sportsmanship - related: competition, effort, advantage, hero, sportsmanship, fair play
Reading and thinking: comprehension, critical thinking, organize information
2. Key sentences
“During the game, something unexpected happened. Schnase’s shoe broke and she didn’t have a spare.”
“Sárosi ran to her bag, took out her spare shoes, and gave them to Schnase.”
3. Key and challenging points
Understanding the sequence of events in Laura Sárosi's match and her display of sportsmanship.
Using tables to organize information about challenges, actions, and results.
Evaluating the impact of Laura Sárosi's kind act and applying this understanding to create a sports hero poster.
III. Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Pre - reading (5 minutes)
Show a picture of a badminton match and ask students: “What sportsmanship behaviors can you see in a badminton game ”
Introduce the text: “Today we will read about a badminton player named Laura Sárosi and her amazing sportsmanship story.”
Step 2: Reading Comprehension (12 minutes)
B1: Organize Information with a Table
Students read the text and complete the table about challenges, actions, and results.
Discuss the answers as a class, emphasizing how to extract key information from the text. For example, the challenge of Schnase’s shoe breaking, Sárosi’s action of giving her spare shoes, and the result of the match continuing.
B2: Text Type and Reader Identification
Ask students to think about the characteristics of different text types (special report, interview, story) and possible readers (sports lovers, badminton fans, news reporters).
Have students tick the best answers and explain their choices. For example, badminton fans would be interested in this text, and it can be a special report.
Step 3: Critical Thinking and Vocabulary (10 minutes)
B3: Answering Questions
Students read the questions and find the key details in the text to answer them. For example, for “Can we take the sentence ‘Sárosi ran to her bag, took out her spare shoes’ away from the text Why ”, students should understand that this sentence shows her sportsmanship.
Discuss the answers, focusing on how the key details support the ideas.
Word Work (B4/B5)
Go through each question in B4. For example, for “competition (n.)”, explain the meaning and let students choose the correct definition.
Have students complete the passage in B5 with the words from B4, discussing the use of vocabulary in the context of athletes preparing for the Olympics.
Step 4: Critical Thinking Extension (10 minutes)
Recall Events
Ask students to describe the unexpected thing that happened during the match and how Sárosi dealt with it from memory.
Evaluate Impact
Have students discuss the effect of Laura Sárosi's act of kindness. For example, how it affected the match, the players, and the audience's perception of sportsmanship.
Create a Sports Hero Poster
In groups, students design a sports hero poster of Laura Sárosi, including her achievements, character, and act of sportsmanship.
Ask groups to share their posters and explain their design choices.
Step 5: Summary and Homework (8 minutes)
Summarize the key points of the lesson: the story of Laura Sárosi, sportsmanship - related vocabulary, and critical thinking skills practiced.
Assign homework: Have students write a short paragraph about another sports hero they know, focusing on their sportsmanship.
IV. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness
Through students' performance in B1 - B3, assess their reading comprehension ability, especially in extracting and organizing key information.
Evaluate students' vocabulary mastery through B4 and B5.
Assess students' critical thinking skills by their performance in recalling, evaluating, and creating during the critical thinking activities.
V. Design Purpose
The pre - reading activity builds students' interest and background knowledge about sportsmanship in badminton.
The reading comprehension activities help students understand the text thoroughly, from organizing information to analyzing text types.
Vocabulary activities reinforce students' language skills in the context of the unit.
Critical thinking activities encourage students to go beyond the text and apply their knowledge creatively.
VI. Blackboard Design
Unit 5 Reading and Critical Thinking
Key Events: Schnase’s shoe broke, Sárosi gave spare shoes, match continued
Vocabulary: competition, effort, advantage, hero
Critical Thinking: Evaluate impact of Sárosi's act
VII. Teaching Reflection
Observe if students can effectively extract and organize information from the text. If students have difficulty with critical thinking, provide more scaffolding. Also, check if students can apply the new vocabulary in different contexts. Adjust teaching methods in subsequent lessons based on these observations.

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