I. Teaching contents
    Lesson 98 is the second lesson of unit 25 of Book 2B.
    Part 1 lets the students have a pre-reading for the passage in Part 2 by discussing the questions given.
    The passage in Part 2 describes a traffic accident. It shows the spirit of helping others. This passage reviews the past continuous tense.
    II. Teaching aims
    1. The aims of knowledge.
    Learn some information about an accident. Grasp the past continuous tense and the use of when and while.
    2. The aims of ability.
    Train and develop the students’ the reading skills by naming how to skim for the main idea.
    3. The aims of moral.
    Teaching students the importances of obeying the traffic rules.
    Teaching students to do something or not to do something when they are crossing the road, Teaching students to love their own lives, And teaching students to help the people in trouble.
    III. Teaching main and difficult points.
    1. Know something about traffic rules. Know how to protect themselves when they are crossing the road. Know how to telephone the police when they have an accident.
    2. The past continuous tense and the use of when and while.
    For example: While we were talking, the teacher came in.
    We are watching TV when my father came in.
    3. Train the students reading skills.
    IV. Teaching methods.
    Task-based activities.
    V. Teaching aids.
    A computer, a tape recorder, seven pictures, some prizes, a paper for formative assessment.
    VI. Teaching period.
    One period(45 minutes)
    VII. Teaching steps.
    Step 1: Revision(5 minutes)
    1. Check the students learning condition for this lesson by using a paper for formative assessment . (见附表1) While the students do it, the teacher walks around and helps the students who have difficulties. If the students do well, the teacher will speak highly of them, (In this way, make the students develop the ability to learn by themselves and develop the spirit of helping others.)
    2. Get the students to ask and answer the questions such as:
    ①What can we go from one place to another?
    ②Which is quicker, traveling by bike or by motorbike?
    ③Which is safer, travelling by motorbike or by bus?
    Step 2: Lead-in(4 minutes)
    Show some pictures and traffic accident and let the students talk about the questions: What do you know from the pictures? And get the students to talk about the text.
    Step 3: Presentation(6 minutes)
    Show some pictures about the traffic accident by using a computer.(These pictures may make the students love their own lives. They may learn how to protect themselves when they are crossing the road). Then divide the class into small groups. Have them discuss the pre-reading questions in part 1.(In this way, the teacher can know what the students have known, lead the students to foreknow the content of the text and make them grasp new knowledge better.)
    Step 4. Reading.(20 minutes)
    Part 2.
    1. Fast-reading
    First have the students read this passage quickly and skim for the main idea.(A traffic accident). Perhaps half of the students can tell the main idea. The teacher will give them prizes by saying, “Well done!” “You are great!” “Very good.” Help those who are in trouble, Then write the main idea on the Bb.(In this way, cultivate the students ability to absorb language information, the abillty to analyse and solve problems).
    2. Focus-reading
    (1) Have the students read the passage silently and write down the things that the teacher and students have done on paper.(见附表2). After 5 minutes, in pairs talks about their answers and check each other’s. Then give the answers on the screen.
    (2) Play the tape and have the students listen and repeat.
    (3)Do the Exercise 1 on page 122 in wb. Then check their answers.
    (In this wary, train the students reading skills and comprehension ability).
    (4)Teach the new words and expressions:Cause,suddenly,luckily gatekeeper.mention,crowd, by retelling the passage using the new words and expressions, write them on the Bb.
    (5)Read the text after the teacher, then read to each other, choose several students to read the passage aloud. When they do it well, they get prizes from the teacher, Help with intonation and pronunciation.
    Step5: Practice(5 minutes).
    Give the students a few minutes to practice retelling the passage with the help of the key words on the Bb, Then ask two students to retell it and give them prizes. Then let the whole class retell the passage with the teacher. (By retelling Exercise 1, make sure the students understand the passage, and train their speaking skill).
    Step6: Discuss(3 minutes).
    What lesson can we learn from the story? How can we avoid the traffic accident? If we see or have an accident, how can we telephone “the First Aid Centre”? What’s the First Aid Centre telephone number? (By discussing; the Ss can improve speaking skill).
    Step7: Consolidation(2 minutes)
    Let the Ss answer the self-assessment paper(见附表3)(In this way, the teacher can know the result of this class. And it can help the teacher make the plan for the next class).
    Homework:
    1、Do wb Exercise 2 of lesson98.
    2、Make 5 sentences with when, while.
    3、Write a passage to describe this traffic accident.
    (Do the exercises to train the students’ writing skill and develop their ability to use the English language nimbly)

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