Unit 4 She said helping others changed her life.
 
一、教学目标：

知识目标：通过阅读文章，提高学生的阅读理解，总结归和写作能力。
能力目标：运用快速阅读和精读技巧，学会迅速并准确找到所需信息。
情感目标：树立服务于社会的观念， 培养学生乐于助人的品质。

二、教学重点难点：学生阅读理解和写作能力的培养。（小组讨论，师生合作，多媒体强化）

三、教学过程：
 
一、    预习感知
Step 1 Lead in
1.  Show them the pictures of the western part of china and ask: “How do you think of their lives? Would you like to go there and help them?”lead in the topic of this class.
2.  Group show. “I know you have collelcted some phrases about the passage, I’d like you to write them on the blackboard in groups.”
（注：利用西部贫困地区图片吸引学生的注意力，激发学习兴趣，唤起情感；学生前置性作业的展示为理解文章打下了基础，并为之后的阅读活动作铺垫。同时也培养学生的合作竞争意识）
二、    合作探究
Step 2 Task reading （group work）
Task 1: Fast reading:  Ask the students to match the main idea with each paragraph by skimming the whole passage. Ask some of them to read their answers and others can point out any different ideas.Then sum up the reading strategy for this kind of passage. (注：快速阅读能培养学生在短时间内获取有用信息的能力，同时让学生初步了解课文内容。同学之间互相补充，调动所有学生参与课堂)
Task2: Careful reading: Read the passage carefully and grasp the important details. First, fill in the blanks of the passage: changed, mountains, agreed, different, brothers, world.. Second, complete the chart of 3a: (work in groups). Show them the answers on PPT.
    Yang Lei’s students You
hometown    A mountain village in gansu province   
food    porridge   
teachers    volunteers 
Time to get up  5 am   
Time to finish studying 11pm   

（注:通过对细节的阅读，帮助学生更好地理解课文，锻炼学生阅读填词和找关键词能力。为写作打下基础。同时激发学生的社会责任感）
Task 3: Read the passage again, Ask and anwer questions of 3b.they can discuss in groups. Write the answer on their notebooks.
1.  What did Yang Lei’s mother say about her daughter’s volunteer work?
2.  What did the children say about their volunteer teachers?
3.  How did Yang Lei say she could help?
4.  What did Yang Lei say about her time as a volunteer?
(注：此项活动通过总结本篇文章的重点句型，旨在指导学生在阅读文章时注意欣赏文章中的优美语句，在以后的写作中可以借用这些语句。)
三、    课堂反馈训练
Step 3 Writing
   According to what you have learned in this class, Write a summary of the reading. Use no more than 100 words. Show them some key points to help on PPT: the name of the volunteer… where to go… the food, life, children there…. what would you like to do….
(注：在大量的信息输入之后，要求学生内化输入的信息，尝试简短的书面写作，以达到语言输出的目的。锻炼学生灵活运用语言的能力，提高学生分析写作水平)
四、    课堂效果展示
Step 4 Check and correct
  Ask some of students to read their passages in the class, all the other students could point out his or her mistakes to help them correct.
(注：重在培养学生表达能力，倾听能力，思维能力，有助于自信心的培养)
五、    自我评测和作业
Step 5 Conclusion
Make a main conclusion of this class by themselves and discuss in groups.Everyone in the group needs to say one point they learned in this class.
(注：对本堂课主要内容的总结，促进每个学生参与课堂活动，以达到对本堂课的回顾反思)
Step 6 Homework
1.  The leaders of each group need to check the compositions in his or her group, then hand in all.
2.  Discussion: As a student, what kind of volunteer job you can do for others? Work in groups and share with others next time.
（注：培养小组长的能力和责任心，同时达到对本小组同学辅导的目的。前置性作业的布置有助于锻炼学生的自主学习和主动学习能力，同时为下堂课做好铺垫）