Subject

English

Time

50 minutes

Topic

Understanding the water crisis

Class

商一甲

The Unit of Teaching

L6  Water---

Our Most Valuable Resource

The number of students

45

Resource

Lesson 6, English, Book 1 (謳馨)

Instructor

Teacher Sophia廖怡玲

Material Analysis

1.     Get to know the importance of water resource.

2.     Try to raise the awareness of water shortage.

3.     Know how to reduce your water footprint.

Design ideas

This unit helps the first-grade students in vocational high school the value of water resources. Students get to know how to conserve water by reducing their water footprint. Meanwhile, students learn to use English to express themselves about their methods of water conservation.

Teaching Methods

1.     Cognitive approach 2. Oral approach 3. Situational Reinforcement 4. Listening approach

Students’

background

1.     These students are the first graders, studying in Business Management Department in vocational school.

2.     They will have learned the reasons why water is essential for human beings.

3.     They have already learned some new words in Lesson 6 and finished the first half part of the reading

Activity

English Oral Presentation in groups → How to conserve water?

Instructional Materials

Blackboard, chalk, computer, microphones, cardboard

The Objectives of the Unit

The Concrete Objectives

The Indexes of Proficiency in Different Aspects

I. The Cognitive Domain:

II. The Skill Domain

III. The Affective Domain

1.    Students understand new words.

2.    Students know the sentence patterns.

3.    Students understand the reading.

4. Students improve their listening comprehension.

5. Students discuss the ways to reduce water footprint in the textbook.

6. Students practice the usage of Expletive-it in grammar focus.

7. The lesson can motivate students to learn English.

8. Students are aware of water shortage and water resources protection.

1-1Students pronounce and spell new words.

2-1.Students understand the meaning of expletive-it in English

3-1.Students know the main idea

4-1.Students understand what the teacher say and interpret the key sentences.

5-1.Students express themselves in English fluently.

6-1.Students can use Expletive-it to make sentences.

7-1.Students can participate in classroom activities joyfully and willingly

8-1.Students join in the discussion

The number of  objectives

Activities

Time

Teaching materials

Teaching Method

Teachers’ Activities

Students' Activities

I.               Lead in:

1.     Greet the students

2.     Draw a big check on the blackboard to attract students’ attention and then ask questions about the issue of water shortage

3.     Review the some English words and phrases first in lesson 6.

4.     Review the first and third paragraph which talks about why water is one of valuable resources on Earth. 

II.             Presentation:

1.     Do silent reading of   paragraph 3and 4

2.     Ask students to outline key points in paragraph and try to find the examples that support the main idea.

3.     Use the emoticons to lead students to practice the usage of Expletive-it in grammar focus

III.           Activities:

1.     Group activity:

oral presentations of six groups about the ways to conserve water 

IV.           Wrap up:

1.     Review the elements of good methods of water conservation

2.     Assign homework.

(Finish the after-class exercises on pages 111-112.)

3.Tell students there’ll be a quiz next class

1.     Greet the teacher.

2.     Pay attention to the big check ad on the teacher’s hand.

3.     Look at the picture given and try to guess the new words.

4.Answer the teacher’s questions about the reading taught before

1.     Read the article silently by themselves.

2.     Find the key points in the rest of reading to find out how to conserve water.

3.     Volunteers go up to the platform, picking one emoticon to share the ups and downs in their lives. Try to write down sentences on the blackboard.

1.     Oral presentation from each groups

1.     Review the lesson

2.     Give the best example

3.     Pay attention to the assignment today.

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10”

18”

15

5”

Blackboard,

Chalks,

microphone

Notebook,

 Projector,

Blackboard,

Chalks

pictures

 Notebook,

 Projector,

 Microphone

Cardboards

Blackboard

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