The interesting world of plants (Lesson 1)
Senior One
Teaching Objectives:
Language objectives:
1. To get the students to have a general idea of the reading material
2. To enable the students to describe a plant in detail
3. To enable the students to talk with the new words and expressions
Skill Objective:
To improve the students’ reading and speaking skills
Emotional Objective:
To help the students explore the beauty of the nature
Teaching Focus:
To help the students get the main idea of the reading material
To get the students to pick out useful information
To encourage the students to learn more about plants
Teaching Method：
Task-based Learning
Teaching Aids:
A computer, a projector, a blackboard
Teaching Procedure:
Teaching steps Teacher Activities Student Activities Purposes
1. Pre-reading Ask students to give the names of
the following plants (with the aid of
pictures)
Give the names of the plants To introduce some
related words and
expressions
Ask some related questions Give answers to the questions To introduce the
importance of the plants
2.
While-reading
Ask the students to skim: read the
first sentence of each paragraph and
answer the questions．
Read and answer To get the general idea
of the transcript
Ask the students to scan: find the
names of the plants which match
the descriptions on the left in the
table below.
Read and match To find detailed
information
1.Ask the students to read for
detailed information: find the topic
sentences and details
2.Ask the students to retell
paragraph by paragraph with the
help of key words
1.Read and fill in the blanks
2.Retell
1.To find topic
sentences and
supporting sentences
2.To learn to use the
new words and phrases
3. Post-reading 1. Show pictures of plants
associated with different
countries/cities
2. Describe a plant as an example
Show a sample of presentation
1. Read and take notes
2. Listen and take notes
3. Prepare the task
1. To help the students
find information
2. To present an
example for the
students to follow
3. Ask the students to follow the
teacher’s sample and describe his/
her favorite plant
3. To offer chances for
the students to use
related words and
expressions
4. Assignment Group work: Prepare a presentation introducing the plant which
represents the culture of a certain country and draw a picture attached to
it if you like.
To offer chances for the
students to consolidate
the use of the
newly-learnt words and
expressions
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