I Teaching Aims:1. To develop Ss’ basic skills of listening, speaking, reading and w riting. Reading is the focus in this lesson. Reading skills for Ss in clude (predicting, skimming, scanning and digesting.)2. To encourage Ss to practice, participate, and co-operate in the cl assroom activities.3. To get Ss to know something about … and have a better understanding of the importance of …. As for teaching approaches, I thi nk …II Teaching ApproachesCommunicative approach and Computer-Assisted Instruction are to be u sed in the course of this lesson. And I will try my best to limit TT T, that is, limit Teacher Talking Time and increase STT (Student Tal king Time).So during this lesson, emphases are to be laid on:1.Student-centered teaching2.Task-based learning3.Activity-based teaching (individual work; pair work; group work; class work)III Teaching Aids:1. a projector2. a multi-media computer systemThey are for showing Ss some pictures, some audio files, some vis ual files, some topics or reading tasks.IV Teaching ProcedureStep 1. Warming-up & lead-inActivity 1 Free talk (class work)I will invite Ss to answer the following Qs.Q1: Who do you think looks coolest in our class?Q2: Do you like him/her?Q3: If so, why? If not, why?…Activity 2 Picture-talking /Music-talking (individual work)Download some pictures/music from the Internet.Guiding Qs may be:Q1: Who’s she/he?Q2: Do you like him/her?Q3: If so, why? If not, why?Q4: Do you think he/she is perfect?…Goal: To lead up to the topic, get Ss to warm up and arous e their interest in thetopic.Step 2. Pre-readingActivity1 Look and guess (class work)In this activity, Ss are required to look at the title/sub title and guess what they willread.Activity2 Brain-storming (class work)In this activity, Ss are encouraged to think of as many wo rds as possible todescribe the picture/…Goal: To develop Ss’ reading skill---predicting and presen t some new words in thepassage such as …Step 3. ReadingActivity 1 Skimming (class work)Ss are required to go through the whole passage quickly to get the general idea and pay special attention to the first or last Para of the article (or the first sentence or the last sentence of each Para.)Goal: To develop Ss’ reading skill --- skimming, that is,how can we get the general idea of a passage as quickly as possible.Activity 2 Scanning (group work)Encourage Ss to read the passage again, exchange their understanding of the passage with their group members and work together to fill in the following form:Goal: To develop Ss’ reading skill---scanning, that is,how to find out the clue of a story and motivate Ss to cooperate with each other.Activity 3 Report (class work)Invite some group members to report their work to the whole class.Goal: To overcome Ss’ shyness and stimulate Ss to speakin public.Activity 4 Further understanding and word study (pair work)Encourage Ss to discuss the following Qs in pairs (A PowerPoint will be used here to present some blank-filling exercises and multiple choices.)Q1: What does the word “this” in the last Para. but 3 refer to?A. sjkdfkjdkB. klklklklC. opieporiwpD. jdlkjflkdQ2: What is the Chinese equivalent for the phrase “investing in loss”?A. B. C. D.Q3: The word “flawless” in Line 5 of Para.2 can be replaced by ___Q4: Which of the following statements is true or not true?…Goal: To help Ss to guess the meaning of certain unknownwords and understand the passage exactly.Step 4. Post-readingActivity1 Role-play(pair work)Suppose one student is a … and the other …. Ss are encouraged to put themselves in the situation and make a face-to-face interview.Activity2 Discussion (Group work)Topics may be :Q1: Do u want to be perfect?Q2: Do u think there is anyone in the world that is perfect?Q3: Look at the subtitle/title “Remind yourself”, remind yourself of what?…Activity3 Poster-designing/Cartoon-designing/…(group work)Goal: These post-reading activities are intended to develop Ss’ creative thinkingand get them to know the importance of …Step 5. HomeworkTask 1 Write a summary of the passage (about 100 words) (Indi vidual work)Goal: To spur Ss to consolidate what they have learned.Task 2 Look up some more information about … (Individual wor k)Encourage Ss to go to the school library or get on the Int ernet if possible toconsult related English websites on the topic.Goal: To encourage Ss to study English spontaneously andindependently after class, arouse Ss’ interest in traditional Chinese culture and develop Ss’ culture awarenessand cross-culture communicative skills.As for my blackboard-design, since time is limited, I’d like to give a briefintroduction.TitleHere is the form Here are some new words for SsSo much for my presentation. Thank u very much. Bye-bye.。