课题

u2 the working week

charles, prince of wales

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课型

reading

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课时

2

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教材分析

the text in this reading and speaking section is in the form of a magazine article about charles, the first son of queen elizabeth ii. it profiles both his working and personal life and also gives an insight into his character. the exploitation of the article includes prediction work, detailed comprehension, vocabulary work on adjectives of character, and a discussion stage.

学情分析

the lexical range in the text is challenging, so the teacher should pre-teach some new words before reading and students will be able to guess some of them from context. the general idea is not hard to understand. they are willing to work with others and express their thoughts in class. sometimes, they can help each other in the learning process. one group needs to be monitored more often by the teacher.

教学目标

by the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1.understand the  life of a hard-working future king.

2.express their idea and think critically about the royal after reading.

3.give an insight to one’s character and assess things or person from different perspectives.

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step 1:

lead in

1. show pictures of the residence and members of the british royal family and ask students the following questions:

1. where is it?

2. who lives here?

3. do you know the people in the photo and their relationship?

look at the picture and and the questions.

active students’ learning interest and background knowledge about the text.

step2:

prediction

show some pictures about the life of prince charles and ask students a question: what do you think occupies most of his time?

look at the pictures and rank the activities in ex.3.

step3:

gist reading

ask students to go through the text quickly, and then answer the question.

where do you think is the article from?why?

go through the article quickly and answer the question.

use skimming to let students get a general idea and structure about the text.

step4:

selective reading

1.ask students to read the article to check their prediction.

4. ask students to re-assess their ranking in ex.3.

1.read the text carefully and re-assess their ranking

in ex.3.

use scanning to make students know the details

clearly.

step5:

intensive reading

show some adjectives on the slide and ask:

a.which of these adjectives are positive and which are negative?

b. which adjectives do you think can be used to describe prince charles？

2. ask them to give an example of charles life or behaviour that illustrates each adjective and write them down in the handout.

3. share idea in group.

figure out the meaning of the adjectives and think about charles life. find evidences from the article to illustrate their points.

to make students have a deep understanding about the text and prince charles by connecting the information in the article to their own thought.

step6

productive activity

ask students to work in group. act out a typical day of prince charles.

students work with group members to finish the task.

internalize the information they’ve learned from the passage.

step7

further activity

1. ask students to discuss in groups:

do you want to be a prince or princess if given a second chance?

what are the pros and cons of being a royal?

2. share their idea with the class.

discuss the questions with group members and listen to the others.

1.to give students opportunity to show their understanding and practice critical thinking.

homework

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