高一Unit 2 English around the world教案
4. draw a picture and explain the meaning of “brainstorming” for them.
t: when we do brainstorming we should pay attention to these four steps,
(1) think of the answers as many as possible by yourself.
(2) share your ideas with others.
(3) decide which are the best ideas.
(4) put those ideas into a map so that you can easily see them.
5. do some simple examples to practice this method, write down a word “animal” on the blackboard, and ask them to talk freely according to it. after that let them do more speaking exercise such as talking freely about “color” or “culture relics”.
6. pair-work
do a more difficult brainstorming exercise in class. give them the word “english”, ask them to say something about the word. discuss it with their partners and get the answers as many as possible.
7. ask them to show their answers one by one.
step 3 brainstorming around the topic “why should we learn english?”
1. group-work brainstorming “why should i learn english?”
(1) discuss it inside their group freely.
(2) write down as many sentences as they can and try to make a brainstorming map.
(3) give them some useful words to help them if necessary. such as “university, college, business, world trade, newspaper, magazien, program, movies, modern technology, development…”
2. ask some of them to read out their answers.
after that show them an example on the projector.
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3. teach them how to use this map to help prepare for the passage. (such as “i like english”, “english is uesful”)
step 4 while-writing
1. write a passage in class: “about english”.
2. group-work
give them the main idea of each paragraph. divide the whole class into four big groups, each group should try their best to finish a paragraph in class with the help of brainstorming.
paragraph 1 the present situation of english.
paragraph 2 english is important and useful.
paragraph 3 my problem in learning english.
paragraph 4 how will i improve my english in the future.
3. give them 12 minutes to finish the paragraph by themselves in class.
when they finish writing, the whole group can appreciate the article they wrote first, then find out some mistakes if possible.
step 5 post-writing
1. choose several groups to show their articles to the class on the screen.
2. ask them if they can understand the paragraph written by other students. and try to find out some mistakes or give some advice about paragraph.