Teen faints after skipping meals. Analysis of the Teaching Material Genre: A news report Teaching Material: 必修一Unit4 Looking good, feeling good Reading 【What】The teaching material is a news report that a girl fainted because of skipping meals to reach her target weight. Then she was rushed to the hospital and finally out of danger. The author disapproved this kind of unhealthy weight-loss habit and turned to expects for some healthy way to lose weight. 【Why】The news report is directly presented to young students to remind that they should lose weight in a correct and healthy way instead of turning to simple but extreme way. Besides, students should see their bodies in the right way and accept what they’re like. 【How】The teaching material is a news report that a girl fainted because of skipping meals. It consists of three parts, first part for the lead, second for the detailed information about the news and the last for the background and supporting information. In order to make the content of the news more objective, the author quoted a lot of data and experts' opinions to help young students learn to look at their body correctly and lose weight healthily Learner Analysis Students of this lesson are from Senior 1. 【What they have】 A certain amount of vocabulary; Basic reading skills, such as skimming, scanning, summarizing; Most of students have the same weight problem as Gennifer and are sensitive to weight-related topic. 【What they lack】 The ability and skills to understand a news report; The right values for what they feel and what they look like; Some healthy ways to lose weight. Teaching Objectives By the end of this section, students will be able to: Understand the news report and the author’s attitude towards unhealthy weight-loss habits; Grasp the proper way to read a news report and use the lead of the report to get information about “who、what、when、where、why” of the news and in return to write a lead; Know a lot about weight loss and develop a correct view on beauty. Focus and Difficulties This lesson will focus on: Basic skills to read and understand the structure and content of a news report; The author’s attitude toward the news and expert’s advice on weight-loss knowledge; Students’ presenting their own ideas on weight-loss and what they think of themselves. Difficulties: Use the lead of the report to get information about “who、what、when、where、why” of the news and in return to write a lead; Appreciate and understand the sentence “Beauty is being the best possible version of yourself on the inside and out” to make students themselves accept themselves. Teaching and Learning Approach Teaching Approach: Activity-based Teaching Method and Communicative Method Learning Approach: Autonomous Learning and Cooperative Learning Theme: Activity-centered and Students-centered Teaching Procedures Steps Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities 设计理念 Step One: Pre-reading (2min) Ask Ss “Have you ever heard abo ... ...
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