Reading: What a brave young man!
Xinshi Middle School Wang Jianting Background information:
Students: 33 Junior high school, class1, grade 7
Lesson duration: 45mins
Teaching aids: blackboard, and PPT
Aims:
Knowledge: 1. to know the main idea of the text
2. to grasp the important words and phrases
Ability: to improve the reading skills: skimming, scanning and reading for details
Affection: to know how to protect ourselves from the fire and to be willing to help others.
Teaching focus: to comprehend the text
Teaching difficulty: to comprehend the text and to protect oneself from
the fire
New vocabulary:
(adj.) brave, glad, dangerous, alone,
(n.) fire, smoke, burn, blanket
(v.) hurt, pour, rash, save
Useful phrases:
Help sb. out of sth. 帮助某人逃离
Hear sb. doing sth. 听见某人正在做
Pour water over one’s jacket 把水泼到某人夹克上Put out the fire 灭火
Procedure Review the words
Lead-in
1.Life is important for us. What can we use it for?
2.If there is a fire, what should we do?
Pre-reading: (5mins)
Prediction based on the pictures
Wile-reading:
Step1: skimming
What’s the main idea?
Step2: scanning (fill in the table)
Step3: Reading for details
A: read Para2 (T or F)
B. read Para2, 3(put the sentences into the right sentences)
C. read Para4-6(answer the questions)
Post-reading:
A: finish B2 on P83
B: discussion
LinTao’s sister is eight years old, she also wants to save person from fire. Is she brave? Why?
C: play a game: Choose the letter and then tell the sentence about the fire is true or false.
D: enjoy pictures
Homework:
1.Finish the step-exercise.
2.Prepare to give a report about fire safety.。