选修11《Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending》精品优质课教案设计

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This lesson is relevant to Iliad and Odyssey by the Greek epic poet, Homer. Based on the survey precious to this lesson, I knew the Greek legends were quite unfamiliar to the students. Besides, the story in the textbook is really long and challenging for them to read and understand. So I considered applying the flipped lesson and Project Based Learning, where the students explore the additional information about the Trojan War, learn to give a shadow play of the story “What Has Happened to Odysseus?” based on their understanding，practice hands-on skills, do the depth analysis, reflections and presentations of the Reading Section.

Therefore, this lesson consists of 3 periods. The first 2 periods are designed to prepare the students for their presentation and analyses in the third period. Period 1 will make up the sections of Warming up and Pre-reading, where the students acquire the fundamental knowledge by learning the useful words, reading the extra materials about the Trojan War and how to make a shadow play. In Period 2, the students strengthen the understanding of the useful words, finish the section of Reading and know the plot of the story, tell the character relations. Furthermore, they learn the techniques and standards for a performance and practice the shadow play.

As we know, Greece is the cradle of Western civilization. Greek legends open a window and offer a good way for our students to have a better understanding of European languages and western culture. This lesson is designed in Book 11, right before the students’ graduation for higher education. It will have an impact on the students’ intercultural competence in the future. The story different from our native culture will challenge our students to read and be a good opportunity for them to enhance the reading ability.

Designed Results

The learners will be able to understand the story, What Has Happened to Odysseus?

The learners are able to use the techniques of critical thinking while reading.

a. Be able to find the truth by observing and analyzing the facts and opinions in the text.

b. Be able to build up their own opinions by reflecting and comparing the behaviors of different characters. Through character analyses, students get to know what personalities make a great man.

3. The learners are able to predict what will happen after the end of the story.

Challenges

The topic of this unit unfamiliar to the students, who have little fundamental knowledge or previous experience for this lesson.

It is quite hard to spice up and keep the students interested in the whole process of the lesson.

The story develops with a great many new words in the passage.

The story is pretty long for the students to read and process in one period.

Critical thinking is high-level brainwork, which requires students’ strong integrating skills.

As mentioned above, time management is hard for a 45-minute period.

Assessment Evidence

A. The learners can reply with correct answers to the questions in the competitive Jerky Game.

B. The learners can present the story of this lesson by means of a shadow play in a right and appropriate way.

Except for the puppet players in the shadow play, the rest of the classmates can use Rubric, an assessment form, to examine their performance from different dimensions with active listening and depth reflection.

The learners collect the effective facts to find the truth and give the answer to the question “Were Cyclops and Circe really friendly to Odysseus?” plus the reasons.

By comparing the behaviors of different characters, the learners can tell that Odysseus was a great man and justify their opinion with reasonable facts.

The learners can predict what would happen after the story based on the information they learned from this lesson.

Using Pie Chart on the board to give points in the entire process of the lesson.

Classroom Techniques