Teaching Plan
Topic Oxford English 8A Unit 1 Encyclopaedias
LessonType reading Students Grade 8 Teacher Huang Xiaowei
Learningobjectives
By the end of the class, students are expected to improve:1. Language Ability
i) Apply text vocabulary and enlarge vocabulary on jobs;
ii) Learn how to describe a person in English.
2. Learning Ability
i) Get a general idea about Da Vinci by skimming and scanning;
ii) Cooperate, learn and discuss in groups;
3. Thinking Quality
i) Know more about the order and aspects to describe a person;
ii) learn how to do further reading.
4. Cultural Awareness
Understand what makes a person successful.
Key points 1. To describe a person through examples given in class.2. To search for information via different ways and tools.
Difficultpoints 1. Students need to think more about the articles and learn to ask questions on the materials instead of just reading them.
Teachingmethods Co-operative Learning Approach, Critical thinking
TeachingAids Multimedia , Whiteboard
Procedures Teacher’s activities Students’activities LearningPurposes
Step 1:Lead-in Play a video of the filmtrailer: : Da Vinci Code Watch the video andanswer the questions:1. What’s the film
about?2. Who is mentioned
in
the film?
Lead in the topic and
arouse students’
interest.
Step 2: Pre-reading(Study skill
&Culture
corner)
1. Show the picture of
encyclopaedias to
Ss and ask them:
-What is an
encyclopaedia?
-What are the subjects
arranged in the
Encyclopaedia Britannica?2. Play a memory
game.
1. Try to understand
what an
encyclopaedia is.2. Know the order of
the subjects
arranged in the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica.3. Remember some
facts about the
Encyclopaedia
Britannica by
playing the game.
1. Guide Ss to
search for
information
in
encyclopaed
ias.2. Introduce
detailed
information
about the
Encyclopae
dia
Britannica.
Step 3: While-Reading
1. Ask Ss to do a quiz.
2. Ask Ss questions
after they skim the
title and pictures
in Text 1.3. Play the record and
ask Ss to fill in the
table.4. Ask Ss to think
about the aspects
mentioned about
Da Vinci.
1. Finish the quiz.
2. Answer the
questions:
-what does the phrase
“look up” mean?
-What is Da Vinci known
as?3. Fill in the table.
4. Learn more words
about jobs.
1. Help Ss
figure out
the main
idea of the
article.1. Guide Ss’ to
get general
information
about Da
Vinci.2. Enlarge Ss’
vocabulary
on jobs.3. Have Ss
understand
the aspects
to be
mentioned
when
describing a
person.
Step 4: Furtherreading
1. Provide Ss a further
reading material
on Leonardo Da
Vinci.2. Check the answers.
3. Ask Ss detailed
questions.
1. Finish the reading
and exercises in 4
minutes.2. Answer the
following
questions:
-What inventions are
mentioned in this article?
-Why did people at that
time think Leonardo was
strange?3. Discussion:
-Do you think Leonardo da
Vinci was strange?
Why or why not?
1. Help Ss get
detailed
information
about Da
Vinci.2. Encourage Ss
to express
personal
opinions.
Step 5: Post-reading
1. Help Ss to arrange
their topic by
using spider map.2. Assign students to
make a report on a
great person they
interested in with
their group
members. 3. Ask Ss to have a
further discussion:
-What makes a person
succeed?
1. Group work:
Cooperate with their
teammates to report on
the great person they are
interested in.2. Think about the
elements that help people
succeed.
1. Encourage Ss
to develop
their co-
operative
learning
ability.
2. Encourage Ss to
think critically.
Step 6: Homework Writing:
Write an article about the person you have discussed with your group.
Blackboard Design
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