1、Unit 23 conflict Lesson 1 Living in a CommunityFirst PeriodTeaching Aim:1. Improve the students reading abilities .2. Learn the text “Living in a Community and master the detailed information in it. 3. Learn and master the following expressions:Make complaints about loss of sth. bid sb./sth .goodbye
2、 in a flash Teaching important points :Improve the students intergrating skills, especially the reading skills.Teaching difficult points :How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better.Teaching Methods:1. Fast-reading to get the main idea of the text.2. Care
3、fully reading to further understand the detailed information.3. Individual or pair work to make the students be active in class.Teaching Aids:1. a computer2. a projectorTeaching Procedures: Activities IntentionsPart One: Pre-readingStep1 Lead in:1. Students look at the pictures displayed, discuss ab
4、out the different kinds of relationship between neighbours.2. Show students a video clips, answer the following questions:Do you like Rock music? T introduces the topic of the 1st passageMult-media is going to make the class vivid and enlighten the students interestPart two: While-readingStep2 Stude
5、nts skim the first newspaper report then answer :Whose side are you on, the drummers or neighbours ? Why ?This step is intended to faster students thinking ability and analysis ability. It also develop the students mind from the brainstormStep3 Students scan the first newspaper report and answer the
6、 true or false questions : 1. Yang Ming had to move because his neighbours made complaints about loss of sleep.2. Though his music is noisy at sleeping time, people still appreciate his music skills. 3. The neighbours thought Yang Ming set a good example to the young. 4. Lots of cases caused such co
7、nflicts as Yang Ming often happened in this areaQuestion：1. Does Yang Ming own any of his furniture? How do you know?2. How did Yang Ming keep his neighbours up at night?3. Why did a neighbour think Yang Ming was a bad influence on his son?4. Do you think Yang Ming has a lot of money? Why?Get detail
8、ed information of the content and to develop the students ability in judging.Step4 Students skim the second newspaper report and discuss with a partner : Do you think Mr. Mckay should have been put in jail?It is a step to the fulfillment of reading and make students further understand the text.Step5
9、 Students scan the second newspaper report and answer questions1.How many days had Keith Smith lived above the Mckays before he got into trouble with them? 2. Are there lots of candles on Mr Mckays birthday cake? How do you know?3. Why didnt Mr Mckay get to blow them out?The communicative discussion
10、 provides students opportunities to exchange with others and helps to develop their understanding of the content.Part3: Post reading:Step6 Role play.Ask Students to make a dialogue between two neighboursTo improve students comprehensive ability.Step7 Summary The summary acts as a reflective step. After that the teaching objective can be reachedStep8 Homework
