The design of the teaching

新世纪高中 何丽颖

Teaching goals:

Learn and master the new words and expressions in this period.

Train the students’ reading and speaking ability.
Teaching important and difficult points:

Train the students’ reading ability—skimming and scanning.

Teaching aids: a computer, learning plan

Teaching procedures

Before class, let students enjoy a song《Go Home To See Usually》by Chenhong.

Step 1 Greetings

Before greeting, introduce myself then greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2 Lead in

Let students enjoy a vivid video about a lonely mother.

T: Are you familiar with the short film? Do you see your parents everyday? If you say “yes”, I admire you very much, because seeing your parents everyday is a happy thing. But one day when you have your own family and your own job, and your job is very busy; can you visit your parents often? Please think it over, now let’s see, how does the man do in this text?

Step 3Reading

In this step, get the students to read the text and finish some tasks.

Task 1 Scan the text quickly, and then answer the following questions.

1.      Who is the “another woman” from the following text?

2.      Does the man usually visit his mother? Why?

3.      When the man called to invite his mother, why did his mother ask “What’s wrong, are you well?”

4.      When the man picked his mother up, what did he feel? And what about his mother?

5.      Did the mother tell his friends that she was about to go out with his son?

6.      Can you describe the restaurant which they went to?

7.      Why did they miss the movie?

8.      How was the man’s dinner date?

9.      What did the man’s mother die of ?

10.  In the eleventh paragraph, what did the man understand?

11.  Do you know the meaning of the last paragraph?

Task 2 Read the text carefully, then do the T or F exercises.

1.      The man has two children.-----

2.      The man does not love his mother at all.------

3.      The man’s mother lives with her husband now.-------

4.      The man’s wife is very angry because her husband does not love her.--

5.      In fact, the mother would like to have a date with her son very much--

6.      The mother’s wearing is informal when going out.----

Task 3 Conclusion

Read the text again and try to fill in the blanks.

My wife wanted me to have a date with ____ ____, who has been a____for 19 years. Because of my work and children, I spent little time companying my mother. So I wanted to make up something. That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit ____. When I arrived at her house, I found she had __________her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last ____. Then we had a dinner in a ____. Over the meal, we talked so much that we missed the _____. As we arrived at her house later, my mother told me that she would like to invite ____to have a date another time. Unfortunately, a few days later my mother died of a massive _____  _____.It happened so suddenly that I _____ have a chance to do anything for her. At that moment I understood the ______ of saying “I love you” in time. Nothing in life is more important than your _____. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "____ ____ ____ ".

Step 4 Post-reading

Task 1 Discussion

Choose one topic to discuss.

1.      Labors Day is coming, what would you do for your parents?

2.      What do you learn from the text?

Task 2 A game

Task 3 Understand the motto

The tree wants to remain quiet, but the wind won’t stop,

the son wants to serve his parent in their old age, but they are no more.

树欲静而风不止，子欲养而亲不待

Step 5 Homework

1. Read the text again.

2. Write a letter to your parents showing your love.