Time: 40 minutes

Title: Life on the Go

Teacher: Zhu Jingli

Students: Senior 1 Students in High School Affiliated to Ren Min University

Realia: Computer, Videos, Papers, Pictures……

Teaching Procedures and Teaching Techniques

Pre-task:

Activity 1:

Presentation: (4 minutes. Warming up by showing the video.)

Questions: What is the problem? / Whose fault is it?

Answer: (Cellphone's)

Activity 2.

Presentation: ( 3 minutes )

Group work:

4 students in a group discuss the merits and demerits of the cellphones.

List the words to describe the merits and demerits, and sentences are encouraged to be said.

A small competition to see which group will list the most words in the certain time can make students involved.

Task cycling:

Activity 3.

Reading (3 minutes fast reading. Get the general idea of the passage.)

Problem solving

Individual work:

All the students are supposed to finish the reading within 3 minutes.

And then give the general idea of each paragraph

Much more attention should be paid to the logical construction of the passage.

Activity 4.

Reading Comprehension (5 minutes intensive reading.)

Group work:

Read the passage for the second time.

Afterwards finish the forms provided before the second time reading.

I. Use the key words or phrases to fill in the forms.

II. Much more attention should be paid to the logical construction of the passage.

III. Understanding the title: Which is better: Life on the Go or Cellphones

Use video to make students undertand more about the title — Life on the Go

Activity 5.

Presentation: (6 minutes. Report what you have already got from the passage.)

Report & Information exchange

Group work:

Report what you have already got or retell the passage according to the key words and phrases in the forms. One in the group as a representative gives the report.

Activity 6.

Matching (3 minutes. Match the words with the proper definitions according to the context.)

Problem solving

Group work:

Students need to understand the correct meanings of the words in the passage.

4 students who deal with these problems together can reduce the difficulty of the problems.

Post-task:

Activity 7.

Discussion zone (10 Minutes. Show the third video to break the ice.)

Topics: The design of your own cellphone

Opinion exchange, Sharing personal experiences & Reporting

Group work:

Students can be interested in the topic due to the leading-in video.

And they can share their ideas together.

One is supposed to be chosen as a representative to give a report.

Homework:

Problem solving task

1. P62 Integrating Skills Reading

2. P136 Integrating Skills Reading

3. P134 Vocabulary 1, 2, 3, 4.

附件：课上学生活动是用材料：

4 students in a group finish task 1 below.

Please list the words or phrases.

(Open answers)

4 students in a group finish task 2 below.

Please use the key words to give the general idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1.

Paragraph 2.

Paragraph 3.

Paragraph 4.

Paragraph 5.

4 students in a group finish task 4 below. Read the passage for the second time. Use the key words or phrases to fill in the form.

4 students in a group finish task 4 below.

Much more attention should be paid to the logical structure of the passage.

4 students in a group finish task 5 below.