Lesson  Plan   Interpretation

Book1   Unit14 

Text1   Be careful with fires

By XuLiwen from Financial and Economical Secondary School of ChangSha

 

Hello, ladies and gentleman. It’s my honor to talk about my teaching ideas here. My topic is “Be careful with fires”taken from Unit14 of Book1. I'd like to explain my ways of teaching and the reasons from the following six aspects: analysis of the teaching material, teaching methods, the ways of study, teaching procedure, blackboard design and teaching assessment.

 

Part1 Analysis of the Teaching Material

(I)                Status and function

1, This lesson is a reading material. It plays a key role in this unit. It can make the Ss understand the main idea of this unit “ Reminding and warning”

2, The Ss can improve their reading ability by learning it. But Some listening and speaking should be given too. Because we learn English in order to communicate with others better.

3, The passage is very short and there are not so many new words and expressions. It suits the Ss in the Vocational Technical school.

4, Such topic is related to our daily life. Most of the Ss have some experiences on fires. So it is helpful to raise learning interests of the Ss and it is good for their communication. 

(II) Teaching aims and demands

1, Knowledge objects:

To get the general idea of the text.

To learn how to use the new words and phrases

2, Ability objects:

To retell the text

To improve reading ability

To develop the Ss’ communicative ability (When they read the text , they communicate with the writer. When they discuss, they communicate with partners. When they answer the questions, they communicate with the teachers. When they make a survey , they also communicate with others ).

3, Moral objects:

     To get the Ss to know how to flee their lives

 To enable the Ss to love all the life in the world and all the public property. and have the consciousness of safety.

 To encourage them to deal with the fires unlike this “Mend the fold after a sheep is lost”

(III)Teaching important and difficult points:

1, To retell the text in their own words.

2, To discuss how to prevent the fires

(IV) Teaching aids:

A multimedia computer, a tape recorder and a projector

Part2 My teaching theories and methods

  

     My teaching theories:

   As a teacher in vocational technical school, I try my best to develop the Ss’ interests. Because we all know “Interest is the best teacher.” I give them many visual aids and encourage them to perform before the Bb. I make the Ss the real masters in class while the teacher only acts as a director.

    In this lesson, many teaching methods are employed such as reading, listening, discussing, cooperation, competition and communication.

Competition is often used in my class. Because most of the Ss in the vocational technical school have had so many failures in their study or in their life. They are short of sense of success. They are always not self-confident. They also don’t like English. In my class, I give them some simple and interesting tasks to compete between boys and girls or among the groups. They will think that it is not only a competition but also a chance to show their advantages. They will try their best to win it. The Ss’ communicative ability will be improved during the process. Therefore they will be more self-confident and be interested in English.

Language points and new words are given during the communication. The Ss can not only remember the meanings of them but also know how to use them.

 

Teaching methods:

Communicative approach

Task-based approach

Whole language approach

Part3 The ways of study

    1, To teach the Ss how to finish the tasks during the given time

2, To teach the Ss how to communicate with others in English

3, To teach the Ss how to conclude the reading skills

4, To teach the Ss how to combine the material with our real life.

5, To teach the Ss how to cooperate with others

Part4 Teaching procedures

Step1 Warming up

    Duty report (sing an English song, give a weather report, tell a story or read a passage)

Step2 Lead-in

Free talk with Ss. Is it cold today? ( also use some body language) It’s winter now. If you feel cold, What will you imagine first? The Ss must answer “ Fire”

Then, I will say fire can warm us, but it is dangerous for us too.

 Let the Ss watch a video (A big fire is on. It’s horrific.) and answer two questions?

 Or let the Ss watch a picture like this.

1, What do you think of this fire?

2, If you were in that building, what would you do?

Ask the Ss to answer these two questions. Maybe the Ss will say they will put out fires by fire extinguisher and by spraying water on them. Maybe they will say they will call Tel. No.119…

I point out some new words and phrases, such as fire extinguisher, spray, put out fires, read them and make sentences orally.

Then I will say what you said sounds reasonable, any more ideas? (…)

This is today’s topic “ Be careful with fires”. Ask Ss to open the books and read the passage to find out whether there are more good ways.

Method: Situational teaching Approach( I play the video of a big fire.), Task-based approach(I give some questions to answer.), Communicative approach(There is an interactive process, the Ss can communicate with others.)

Purpose: The emotion and the interest will be stimulated. The interactivities can help to activate the atmosphere. Bring in new subject: Be careful with fires.

Step3 Reading and Listening

There are three parts in this step: skimming, scanning and listening, and intensive reading. During this step, The Ss will be divided into four groups. Each group must finish the given tasks. The winners will be those who answer the most questions and most rapidly. Competition is employed. I encourage the Ss to cooperate with the partners in their groups and compete with others in other groups.

   Part1 Skimming

Let the Ss skim the passage and finish one task:

What should you do if you are in a burning building?( Crawl on the floor to a door and get out.)

What should you do if your clothing gets on fire? (Roll on the ground or wrap yourself in a blanket..)

Method: Task-based Approach and Communicative approach. Read the text individually, use question-and-answer activity.

Purpose: Ss can finish the text during the given time and get the general idea of the text. The Ss’ reading ability can be improved.

Part2 Scanning and Listening (show some pictures)

1, Get the Ss to listen to the tape

2, Get the Ss to read the text quickly

3, Get the Ss to finish the following exercises (T OR F)

1). You should rush out of the room when you are in a burning building.

2) The smoke and heat from the fire are in the lower part of a room.

3) If your clothing is on fire, wrap yourself in a blanket to keep out of the air.

4). Firemen sometimes put out fires with water because the water can cool the burning material.

5). This text tells us how to protect ourselves from a fire.

(FFTTT)

Method: Task-based approach; Show some pictures when the listening is given. Here, the pictures can do lots of help.

Purpose: Train the Ss’ listening and reading ability and prepare for later exercises. The Ss can understand the text better.

Part3 Intensive Reading

Two tasks will be given in this step.

Task1 Answer three questions:

1, Why do you crawl on the floor?

Because the smoke and heat from the fire are in the upper part of a room.

(And the air near the floor is cooler and fresher.)

2, Why do you wrap yourself in a blanket?

          Because it can shut out the air and with no air, the fire will go out.

3, Why are they spraying water on fires?

( Because the water cools the burning material so that the fire goes out.)

Task2 Fill in the blanks according to the text. Then ask Ss to read the answers, try to remember them.

You should be careful______ fires. If people are not careful, they sometimes can _______ fires that______ buildings or________. If you are ever in a burning building,

_______ on the floor to a door and get out.  The smoke and ______ from the fire are in the _______ part of a room. The air near the floor is cooler and _______. If your clothing gets on fire, _______ on the ground or _______ yourself in a ________ to shut out the air. With no air, the fire will go out.

Firemen sometimes put out fires by ________ water on them. The water cools the burning _________ so that the fire goes out.

(with, cause, burn, forests, crawl, heat, upper, fresher, roll, wrap, blanket, spraying, material)

Method: Task-based approach, Communicative approach

Purpose: This step is employed to get the Ss to further understand the text and to learn the details of the text. Some new words will be given during the process, ask the Ss to remember them.

Step4 Consolidation

Use ways of competition and cooperation to consolidate what the Ss have learned. The competition will be made between the boys and girls. Choose one of them to act as a judge. The judge will write down the results. The quicker, the better. The winners will get some candies.

1, Retell the text in their own words. The Ss can use three sentences starting with“ If…”

2, Show a video made by myself (Or give Ss pictures from internet), In them, I give some ways to flee our lives, then ask Ss to tell which way is right, and which one is wrong.

Method:  Whole language approach, Communicative approach, Task-based approach

Purpose: This step is employed to consolidate what the Ss have learned. It is also a good way to practice oral English.  Whole language approach is used in this class, what the Ss learned can recur in their minds.

Step5   Group discussion

Just now, what we deal with the fires is only “Mend the fold after a sheep is lost.”We should prevent the fires before it happens. Discuss how to prevent the fires in four groups. Some pictures will be given as clues.(Background music)

Method: Communicative approach, Task-based Approach

Purpose: Develop the Ss communicative ability and strengthen their consciousness of safety.

Step6 Free talk

 Topic1 Ask the Ss talk about an unforgettable experience on fire.

 Topic2 What should you say if you call Tel. No.119?

First, you should call Tel. No. 119.

Second, you must tell the firemen your telephone number and which place is on  fire.

Third, ask sb. to wait for them in the street

Method: Task-based approach

Purpose: Consolidate what they learned. Oral English will be improved. It is another way to strengthen their consciousness of safety.

Step7  Homework

   Make a survey.(Write a short passage.)

It may be any fires that happened near you. Try to know the reason, loss, and ways of putting out fires.

Method: Task-based approach

Purpose: Writing ability will be improved. Teach the Ss how to combine the material with our real life.Encourage them to study English after class and arouse their interest in it.

Part5 Blackboard design

Although the blackboard is not used in this class, yet all the contents have been shown on the screen.(There are 9 slides.)

Slide1:

1, What do you think of this fire?

2, If you were in that building, what would you do?

Slide2:

           Be careful with fires

What should you do if you are in a burning building?( Crawlon the floor to a door and get out.)

What should you do if your clothing gets on fire? (Roll on the ground or wrap yourself in a blanket..)

Slide3:

True or false

1). You should rush out of the room when you are in a burning building.

2). The smoke and heat from the fire are in the lower part of a room.

3).If your clothing is on fire, wrap yourself in a blanket to keep out of the air.

4). Firemen sometimes put out fires with water because the water can cool the burning material.

5). This text tells us how to protect ourselves from a fire.

(FFTTT)

Slide4:

Task1Answer the following questions:

1, Why do you crawl on the floor?

Because the smoke and heat from the fire are in the upper part of a room.

(And the air near the floor is cooler and fresher.)

2, Why do you wrap yourself in a blanket?

          Because it can shut out the air and with no air, the fire will go out.

3, Why are they spraying water on fires?

( Because the water cools the burning material so that the fire goes out.)

Slide5:

Task2Fill in the blanks according to the text. Then read the answers .

You should be careful______ fires. If people are not careful, they sometimes can _______ fires that______ buildings or________. If you are ever in a burning building,

_______ on the floor to a door and get out.   The smoke and ______ from the fire are in the _______ part of a room. The air near the floor is cooler and _______. If your clothing gets on fire, _______ on the ground or _______ yourself in a ________ to shut out the air. With no air, the fire will go out.

Firemen sometimes put out fires by ________ water on them. The water cools the burning _________ so that the fire goes out.

(with, cause, burn, forests, crawl, heat, upper, fresher, roll, wrap, blanket, spraying, material)

Slide6:

1, Retell the text in your own words. You can use three sentences starting with“ If…”

2, Tell which way is right, and which one is wrong.

Slide7:

Discuss how to prevent the fires in four groups. Some pictures will be given as clues.

Slide8:

 Free talk

 Topic1 Talk about an unforgettable experience on fire.

 Topic2What should do if you call Tel. No.119?

First, you should call Tel. No. 119.

Second, you must tell the firemen your telephone number and which place  is on  fire.

Third, ask sb. to wait for them in the street

Slide9:

Homework

                        Make a survey.

It may be any fires that happened near you. Try to know the reason, loss, and ways of putting out fires.

Part6  Teaching assessment.

I want to make the design is inductive, instructive and artistic.

I think my teaching method suits the Ss in Vocational Technical school. But I will try my best to find the better way .