Unit 5 Do you want to watch a game show?
--Section B2a~2e (Reading)
Ⅰ. Learning aims 1. Knowledge aims
(1)Function: Talk about favorite cartoons.
(2)Words and phrases: culture, famous, appear, become, rich, successful, might, be ready to, ect. 2. Ability aims
(1)Mater useful reading strategies (2)Improve students’ reading abilities. 3. Emotion and attitude aims
(1) Understand the differences between western culture and Chinese culture. (2)Cultivate the sense of communicating between different cultures. Ⅱ.The Important and difficult Points 1. Improve students’ reading abilities. 2. Teach students practical reading strategies. Ⅲ. Method selection 1. Teaching methods
ACTIVE阅读教学:1.激活背景知识（Activate prior knowledge）, 2.培养词汇知识(Cultivate vocabulary), 3.传授阅读技巧(Teach for comprehension), 4.提高阅读速度(Increasing reading rate), 5.验证阅读策略(Verify reading strategies), 6.评估学习效果(Evaluate progress).
2. Learning methods Personalizing and group-evaluation
Cooperating in groups and competing among groups . Ⅳ. Teaching Procedure Activities Purpose Step1. Warming-up Pair-work: Discuss the following questions with a partner: 1. Do you like to watch cartoons? 2. What is your favorite cartoon? 3. Why do you like it ? Step2. Pre-reading Show cartoon pictures of Mickey Mouse and the man Walt Disney. Then ask students: To lead to the reading passage and get Ss eager to read the passage and get necessary information about the To arouse students’learning interests and get them involved into the teaching and learning course, lead to the topic naturally. 1. Do you like Mickey Mouse? 2. What do you think of Mickey? 3. Do you know who created Mickey? 4. Do you want to know more about Mickey and Walt Disney? Step3. While-reading cartoon character and the man Walt Disney. Make good preparations for the coming reading. Get Ss to know the most important three things about Mickey, what they were about and then they happened. Task1 Read the passage and complete the time line on the next page: This helps students to master the passage according to the time line. Read the passage again and fill in the facts about Mickey. What does he Task2 look like Mickey Mouse Read the passage again and discuss the questions with a partner: 1. What is Mickey Mouse a symbol of? What cartoon character is a symbol Chinese culture? 2. Do you think Walt Disney is a smart man? Why or why not? Do Task3 you want to be like him? 3. Why did people want to be like Mickey? Do you want to be like Mickey? Why or why not? 4. Can you think of another cartoon character that is famous as Mickey? Why is the character popular? Underline the following phrases in the passage. Write your own sentences or questions using the phrases. Think of _____________________________________________________________________________ Come out _______________________________________________________________________________ Task4 One of the main reasons ____________________________________________________________________ Such as __________________________________________________________________________________ Was ready to ______________________________________________________________________________ Get Ss to think deeply about Mickey Mouse’s value in American culture and its influence on American society during that time. In a further way, make Ss to compare the differences between American culture and Chinese culture. Who created him What was his first cartoon? Who is his girlfriend? Why is he popular? This step leads Ss to read the passage in a more careful way to get more specific details about Mickey. After reading Ss will have a vivid impression. Try his best to ______________________________________________________________________________ Task5 Step4. Post-reading Group-work: Discuss in groups about Mickey and Walt Disney: 1. What do you think of Mickey? Get Ss to express their opinions about the cartoon Task1 2. What do you think of Walt Disney? 3. Do you know more cartoons by Walt Disney? Say something about them. Group-work: Discuss in groups about Chinese cartoons and the main characters: 1. What are the famous Chinese cartoons? Why are they so popular? Task2 Task3 Writing: write a passage about your favorite cartoon and character. 2. What are the most popular characters of Chinese cartoons? Why? To make Ss understand Chinese cartoons and the characters deeply. character and the man. In this way Make Ss to get a general idea of the passage. Read the text aloud three times and understand the passage , get Ss to retell the passage. Step5 Homework 1. Make sentences with the phrases learnt in 2e. 2. Choose one according to your own level. Level A: Do you think Walt Disney is a smart man? Why or why not? Do you want to be like him? Have a discussion with your partner. Level B: Try to find out another passage about a little man’s success. Prepare to share with your classmates next class.
