教学设计 -- 育才三中 王慧
Teaching Plan
Title The king and the rice
Lesson Type Reading Students Class 4, Grade 8 Teacher Wanghui
Analysis of the teaching material
In terms of the content, the text introduces a story between the king and the wise man, in
which the wise man beat the confident king and asked much rice that the king could not give.
The development of the passage is based on the development of the passage .
In terms of the language pattern, there is an important phrase: challenge sb. to sth. And
there is a quite long sentence about how much rice the wise man wanted. Students are
supposed to use the phrase automatically and to understand the long sentence.
Analysis of the students
Before this class, students have already learned the new words in the passage, and they
have read this passage for several times, so they have already know the general idea of the
passage. But they don’t have the ability the play the drama of the story.
Learning
objectives
By the end of the class, students will be able to:
1. understand how the story develops;
2. feel the emotional changes of the king;
3. finish the script of the drama;
4. use the phrase “challenge sb. to sth.” actively.
Procedures Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purpose
Step 1:
Warm-up
(whole-class
work)
(6mins)
1. Introduce the
objectives;
2. Show students a video
of the story The king
and the rice and talk
about the characters
in the video.
1. Understand the
objectives;
2. Watch the video
and analyze the
characters in the
video.
1. To give
students clear
objectives;
2. To lead in the
following
tasks of
completing
their own
script of the
drama.
Step 2:
Pre-reading
(whole-class
work)
(2mins)
Introduce the outline of their
script.
Look through script
and understand it.
To let students know
what they are going
to do.
Procedures Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purpose
Step 3: 1. Ask students to read 1. Read Para 1 and1. Let students
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教学设计 -- 育才三中 王慧
While-
reading
(whole-class
work)
( 19mins)
Para 1 and complete
the background part
of the script by filling
in the blanks;
2. Invite one student to read
Para 2;
3. Invite one student to read
Para 3&4;
4. Ask students to read Para 5
silently;
5. Ask students the question:
How many grains of rice
should the king put on the
last square?
complete the
script;
2. One student reads Para
2; all the students try to
answer two questions:
What did the king
promise the wise man?
& How did the king
feel now? ; students fill
in the script of the
king’s words;
3. One student reads Para
3&4; students fill in
the script of the wise
man’s words about his
requirements; students
think about the
question: How did the
king feel about the
wise man’s answer?;
4. Students read Para 5
silently and complete
the narrator’s words
about the result of the
game; students answer
the question: Did the
king give the rice to
the wise man? Why?;
students complete the
king’s words;
5. Students calculate the
answer.
understand the
background of the
story;
2.&3. Let students
understand the
middle of the story;
let students think
about the king’s
character;
4...Let students
understand the end
of the story;
5...To give students
an impressive
understanding of the
story.
Step 4:
Post-reading
(whole-class
1. Ask students to sort
the key sentences
according to the story;
1. Students sort the
key sentences
according to the
1. Let students
review the
story;
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work )
(10mins)
2. Ask students to
complete more details
of the story by
multiple choice
questions, translation
and free talk.
story;
2. Students complete the
script by answering
questions such as What
would the king say to
the defeated rival? ;
What does arrogant
mean here?; What
would the wise man
say to the king in the
end?
2. Let students
practise how
to use the
phrase:
challenge sb.
to sth.;
3. Develop
students’
critical
thinking
ability by
thinking about
the end of the
story;
4. Cultivate
students’
moral and
emotional
development.
Step 5:
Homework
(1mins)
Complete the script and role play in groups.
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