1、 Unit 8 AdventureLesson 3 Marco PoloI. Teaching Aims: a. Knowledge Aims: 1) To increase Students store of vocabulary related to beauty. 2) To know more about the story of Marco Polo. b. Ability Aims: 1) To develop Students reading skills: finding out topics; finding out detailed information etc. 2)
2、To retell the story of Marco Polo. c. Moral Aim: 1) Train the students to cooperate with each other 2) To improve students understanding of spirits of Marco Polo and try to learn from him. d. Culture Awareness: To know the story of a western traveler and his contributions. II. Key and Difficult Poin
3、ts: a. Teaching Important Points: 1) To figure out the main idea of each paragraph. 2) Practice the students oral English b. Teaching Difficult Points: 1) How to retell the story of Marco Polo. 2) How to use the words and phrases to make sentences. III. Teaching Methods: Taskbased Method IV. Teachin
4、g Aids: Multi-media set V. Teaching Time: One Period (45) VI. Teaching Procedures: Step1 Greetings and Lead-in Show students some pictures of silk road and lead to the main character- Marco Polo，stimulating their interests. Step2 Reading Task1. Pre-reading 1) Background of Marco Polo: Marco Polo was
5、 a French traveler who lived in China for some time.2) Show some pictures of Marco Polos story and tell students some new words of this passage.Task2. Fast reading: Listen to the article. After listening, please match the paragraphs with the right topics. Topics: Paragraphs: Marcos amazement at Chin
6、a 3 Peoples reactions to Marcos book 6 Inventions and developments in China 4 Marco Polos return to Italy 5 Marcos arrival in China 2 Marco Polos early life 1 Task3. While-readingRead the whole article quickly. Find out the information about Marco Polo and fill out the following form: Name: Marco Po
7、lo Born (when/where): 1254 Italy Came to China (when): 1271 Languages (how many): 4Worked in China (how many years):17 Returned to Italy (when): 1291 Age of his death: 70 The name of his book: The Description of the WorldTask4. Post-reading 1. Read the passage again and answer the following question
8、s.1) Why did Marco and his father travel to China?2) Why was the Emperor impressed by Marco?3) Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money?4) What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel?5) How long did Marco spend in china?6) Why was he imprisoned when he went back to It
9、aly?7) W hat was the name of his book?2. Read the passage again and match the words in the box with their definitions.Step3 SummaryTeacher led the students to retell the passage again.Step4 Role-playStudents work in pairs, one student plays the role of Marco Polo; the other one plays the role of the
10、 journalist, and then do the role-play.Step5 HomeworkFind more information about Marco Polo.教学反思：通过在高一 3 班的课堂实践表明：这堂课基本做到了以教师为主导，学生为学习主体，让学生在自主、合作、探究的气氛中愉快度过，既流畅地完成教学任务，又能促进其情感教育，符合我校自主尝试教学理念。这堂课的完成使我感到一丝成就感，成功或不足的地方都值得我深思。首先，良好的导入是整个课堂成功的一半，它能引导学生的心理和兴趣，符合高一学生心理特点。这节课的导入是比较成功的，切入点是让学生观看马可波罗行程地图，激发了
11、学生的学习兴趣。在好奇与探究中激发学生的学习动机，促进学生智能的发展。 其次，教学内容设计基本符合本班学生（重点班）的实际情况，难度，进度适中。尽可能满足不同学习类型和不同层次学生的要求。从 Before-reading 到 While-reading 再到 Post-reading, 在多重任务的设置中让学生完成内容的学习。本堂课的细节理解部分难度合适，大多数学生都能顺利完成。 再次，只有师生处于平等地位，学生的主体性才能得到发挥；只有使课堂交际化，师生才能融合在智力与情感的交际过程中。在整个教学过程中，我始终坚持以学生为主体实施教学，创设了多种形式的交际活动。 另外，对这堂阅读课设计和处理
12、有一定自己的思考和创意。我基本的构想是把阅读理解同话题写作结合起来。对文章的阅读理解是前提，对文章内容的概括协作是阅读的延续和运用，把这一发展过程联系起来的纽带就是 Summary. 我设计通过让学生看图片来讨论相关的Summary，然后写下来并展示。这样既让学生通过图片加深对课文内容的理解和记忆，又通过概括写作加强这一话题的书面表达能力。通过这一设计，使学生从语言理解能力层次上升到语言运用能力层次。 当然，本堂课也还存在一些不足，需要注意和改进： 1、这节课任务较多，紧凑，容量大，导致时间较紧，今后应注意教学步骤间的紧密衔接，充分体现教师主导、学生主体作用。 2、思考讨论题设置较好，但难度较大，导致部分差生学生没能有效完成任务。今后应多引导，降低难度，留足讨论时间，鼓励不同层次学生大胆表现。 3、忽略了学生对一些次重要语言知识和句子结构的掌握。今后应该注意篇章文意与语言知识结构的完美结合。
