*-Unit6 Lesson 4 Dream Houses淮南一中 陈玉Three-dimensional Targets Knowledge and skills1. To make the students master some new words and expressions in this lesson: cottage, apartment, basement, garage, narrow, balcony ,washroom, bathroom, sitting room, curtain, air conditioner ,hold ones breath 2. To use the key words and useful expressions they have learnt in this lesson to describe their own dream house.3.To improve the students reading ability by scanning and skimming. Process and methods1. Use a video about a house of one student to lead in the new text to arouse the students interest.2. During Pre-reading, the introduction of the different kinds of houses and rooms can help students better understand the text.3. In While-reading, a table and some questions are used to help students find some specific information about the text.4. For Post-reading, students can design their own houses to enhance their understanding of a home and family. Emotion ,attitude and value 1. To direct the students how to cooperate with each other, help each other and learn from each other.2. To enhance the students understanding of a home. Teaching Learning methods 1.Task-based Language Teaching The text deals with a story of houses. Pictures related to the theme will be presented by multimedia computers to further students understanding, which makes for the improvement of the teaching efficiency. At the same time, it also can make the students work effectively during the whole class 2. The whole language approachInstruct students to begin with reading the title; then get the overall perception before the detailed understanding of the article, inspire students to participate in learning, discussion and improve their abilities of language fully.Teaching ImportantDifficult points:1.To improve Students reading ability by finishing some tasks. 2. To know more about different kinds of houses.3. To design a house of their own.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Lead-in: BrainstormAsk students some questions: What is a dream house? What is your dream house? Maybe the students will not show their answers immediately, so the teacher shows the video about the house in the future.Step2 Pre-reading: Get the students to know some new words about the dream houses through pictures.Step3 Fast-reading: Give the students five minutes to read the text, and then do the match .A. The reasons they have to leave the flat on LoomisPara 1B. The advantages of the house on Mango streetPara 2C. Dream house in their mindPara 3D. The house on Mango StreetPara 4E. Moving a lot before living on Mango streetPara 5Step 4 While-reading: Play the record of the text and ask the students to answer the questions.1. Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE?A. We need to pay rent to landlord.B. The house is not a wanted house at all.C. We should share the garden with others.D. We cant make too much noise there.2.A landlord is _.A. a businessman B. a piece of landC. an owner of a house D. a cleaner 3.Why did they leave the flat on Loomis?A. Because the house was too old.B. Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them.C. Because we should share the washroom with others and carry water by ourselves.D. All of the above.4.Can you find out the words in the text to replace them: garden, repair, toilet?A. yard, flat , pipe B. fence, fix, pipeC. gallon, fix, basement D. yard, fix, washroomStep 5 Post-reading: Fill in the blanksInside the houseOutside the houseAfter finishing the blanks ,make a conclusion about the results.Step5 Activity-design your own houses:1. Preparation: Show some useful phrases on the board. My dream house would be quite a large villa/cottage that/ which It is located in/on/toThere are rooms in the house.There is a big garden with Inside there areso that I can 2. Group work : Divide the students into some groups to design a dream house and one student of a group can represent to describe the house.3. Show my dream houseStep 6 Emotional Education Let the students appreciate a poem to lead them to think about the importance of a home and a family.