Lesson Plan for Family Life in Cities-Reading
9A Unit 3
南山福华学校陈水华
Title Unit3 Family life
in cities
Lesson Type reading Time 1 period
Text
analysis
Learning purpose 1.To master the new words and expressions like possessions, expect,
event, go out of date etc.
2. To comprehend the text in detail by comparison and interpretation.
3. To understand the love from parents and learn to love back.
Teaching focus Compare the two students’ family life and build up the comprehension of
the text step by step.
Teaching
difficulties
Provoke thoughts about parental love and family value.
Teaching methods Self-study, pair work, group discussion
Learning procedures Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Learning
purpose
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Part 1-
Pre-
reading
Step 1: Free talk
Ask a question: What
family activities do you
usually do？
Brain storm and talk
about family
activities.
To recall family
life and get a
general idea of
the topic.
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Step 2: Read
through and circle
words
Get students to read
through the passage and
explain new words and
phrases.
Read the passage
quietly, listen to the
word explanation
and identify new
words in the
passage.
To comprehend
the new words
and expressions. 3
Step3: Summarize
key words for
each part
Demonstrate key words. Read the passage for
a second time and
find out main idea
for each part.
To narrow the
focus and
understand the
content quickly.
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Part 2-
While
reading
Step 4: Compare
Emily’s and
Jerry’s family life.
Facilitate the access to
detailed information.
Fill in a form and
compare the two
students’ family life.
To comprehend
the text in detail. 5
Step 5: About “I”
Help the students to
make a clear and logical
speech.
Introduce their own
family life
accordingly.
To express the
ideas with what
they have learnt.
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Step 6: Read
between lines
1) Assist the Ss to get a
better understanding
by asking questions.
2) Help the Ss dive
deeper and get a
hidden meaning.
3) Help the Ss to
understand “love”
and “family value”.
1) Be involved in
thinking about
and discussing
questions.
2) Talk about love
from their own
parents
3) Participate in the
discussion about
family value.
To build up the
comprehension
of the text step
by step.
To relate their
own experience
with the story.
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Part 3-
Post
reading
Step 7: Talk about
Jerry’s future
Draw a mind map about
“Jerry’s possible future”
and encourage critical
thinking.
1) Discuss in
groups and
present key
words on the
blackboard.
2) Group leader
gives reasons for
picking the
specific word.
To understand
that different
family values
can shape
different
personality, life
philosophy and
even different
future.
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Self-
assessmen
t
1.I can master new words and expressions.
2.I can comprehend the text in detail.
3.I can read between lines.
4.I can understand parental love better.
5.I have learnt to think deeper and judge from different perspectives.
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Homework Write a letter to parents and tell them how you feel about your family life.
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