北师大2003课标版《Lesson 4 Car Culture》优质课教案下载

北师大2003课标版《Lesson 4 Car Culture》最新教案优质课下载

By the end of the class, students are expected to:

1. obtain a good understanding of the general idea of this text and the meanings of some key words related to traffic.

2. identify what kind of information is needed in the notebook and use abbreviations while completing the notes.

3. learn some ways to help with the traffic problems and come up with more ones after discussion.

4. foster a positive attitude toward the traffic problems and realize the necessity of citizens’ and government’s taking action.

Teaching Focus and Difficulty:

To learn some reading strategies: how to get the general idea quickly; how to decide what information is needed while taking notes; how to guess the new word’s meaning; use abbreviations.

Teaching Steps

ActivitiesPurposesStep 1: Pre-readingAsk Ss a question:

Have you ever got caught in the rush hour?

To lead in the topic in a humorous way to liven up the atmospherePresent the key words with the help of pictures.To learn some new words about trafficStep 2: While-readingAsk Ss to go through the text and use one word to summarize the main idea of the four parts.To help Ss get a general idea of the text.Ask Ss to read the first three paragraphs again carefully and answer two questions:

What are the A10, the M11 and the M25?

What problem does the conversations reflect?To help Ss notice the problem, traffic jams, that the British are facingAsk Ss to read the second part and get some detailed information.

What does the “real costs” mean?

Complete the notes with the help of reading strategiesTo help Ss

Learn how to guess the meaning of the new words or phrases according to the context.

Understand what traffic problems do the cars bring to us.

3. Learn how to decide what information is needed and make notes.Ask Ss to read the third part and practise using the strategies to make notes.

Ask Ss to think about this question:

Which suggestion is the most practical one for you? Why? Find some information from the text to help youTo practice using the reading strategies to take notes.

To help Ss acquire a better understanding of the solutions

To provide some opportunities for Ss to practice oral English.Ask Ss to read the last paragraph to get the author’s attitude towards cars.To lead Ss to infer the author’s attitude toward cars.Step3: Post-readingRethinking: Can we simply say” Cars lead us to a road to destruction” or “ Cars are bad for us”? Are the six suggestions easy for us?To lead Ss think deeply about the issue and find the advantages and disadvantages of cars instead of taking a YES or NO position hastily Ask Ss to have a discussion :

What should the government do to help with the traffic problems?To guide Ss realize the significance of government’s power and put forward some good suggestions.Create a slogan.To motivate Ss to take action.Step 4:HomeworkFinish the slogan

Write a letter to our government and offer some suggestions on how to help with the traffic problems. Blackboard Design

L4 The Road to Destruction