Teaching Design Publisher & Edition: People’s Education Press; 2024 Edition Grade: Junior High School Grade 7 Unit: Unit 5 Here and Now Lesson Type & Focus：Grammar- Present Continuous Tense Duration: 40 minutes Instructor: Audrey Teaching Principles Ⅰ. Core Competencies of English Education The curriculum aims to cultivate students' four core competencies, including language proficiency, cultural awareness, cognitive development, and learning ability . Ⅱ. Activity-Based Approach to English Learning The curriculum advocates an integrated learning model guided by thematic meaning and facilitated through activities . Centered on thematic meaning, it designs three interconnected and progressive types of activities, including learning comprehension, application practice, and transfer innovation . Discourse Analysis Ⅰ. What: The theme of this lesson revolves around the application of the present continuous tense in various contexts, featuring dialogue examples, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and a postcard. Ⅱ. Why: The text aims to help students master core structures of the present continuous tense, including affirmative sentences, general questions, special questions, and their responses. Activities encourage students to observe forms and identify the structure of the present continuous tense, fostering an understanding of its basic structure, functional meaning, and usage. Activity 3c presents a postcard from a foreign tourist, Beth, sharing her experiences in Pingyao Ancient City, which incorporates aspects of Chinese pleting this text aims to train students to flexibly use the present continuous tense in complex contexts. Activity 3d combines language learning with performance, enhancing engagement and improving students' abilities to express themselves in the target language. Ⅲ. How: The discourse primarily consists of dialogues combined with fill-in exercises and interactive questions and answers, emphasizing interaction and practicality. The content is relevant to students' daily lives, stimulating interest and participation. It is divided into three parts, including examples showcasing the present continuous tense, fill-in exercises reinforcing its usage, and interactive activities aimed at developing students’ language application skills. Student Analysis Ⅰ. Know Students have already been exposed to the basic usage of the present continuous tense during their primary school and are able to initially understand and use the structure of "be + V-ing" to describe actions that are taking place. At the same time, through the study of the first lesson of this unit, students can express what they or others are doing in simple conversations. For example: "I am reading a book." In addition, students have gained a certain understanding of the customs and habits of different regions through travel, the Internet, and other means, which provides points of interest and language materials for integrating real-life situations in the classroom. Ⅱ. Wan ... ...
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