Part 1 The principles of English course

The principles of English course are as follows : input + practice = output ; interest – motivation –make learning and teaching easier . Students are encouraged to develop as independent and active learners of English.

Part 2 Analysis of the teaching  

1 . Analysis of the material status

In unit 2 , students learn about a varity of heroes , heroes in history , political leaders etc; students get to know their roads to success , their contributions to our society as well . Our students’ interest will be greatly arisen . In the first three lessons , there are history makers , sports stars. Students already have some idea about heroes . While in lesson 4 , superman Christopher reeve lived his life to the fullest in spite of his disability , which will make students greatly moved , and then learn from him . In my opinion , unit 2 heroes will reach its climax with lesson 4 .

2 . Analysis of the students

●The students may be reluctant to guess the meaning of unknown word .

●The students may have difficulty in collecting  information by themselves .

●They may not get accustomed to expressing their opinions in English .

3. Teaching objectives

(1 )Ability goals

●To develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.

●To develop word attack skills to cope with new vocabulary and phrase verbs.

●To practice asking for and giving personal information.

(2 ) moral goals

●To express opinions in English boldly by learning from heroes .

●To build up strong will and confidence gradually .

(3 ) teaching key points

●to collect specific information by themselves

●to work out the meaning of the words from the context .

●to exchange ideas and express opinions in English

(4) teaching difficult points

To deal with possible problems in the students’ spoken language .

To get students to work out the meaning of the words .

(5) teaching aids : multimedia

Part 3 teaching procedures

Task 1 Lead-in :

show the dance 千手观音and talk about the disabled but successful dancers

Q1: What do you think of the dance ? （successful）

Q2: what do you know about the dancers ?  (physically disabled )

then show 2 pictures of Christopher Reeve and ask the students to predict.

Q3 : what’s his name ?

Q4 : what was he most famous for ? (his supermen films)

Show another 2 pictures to introduce his disability .

Q5: What terrible thing which happened in real life made him disabled ? 

(the riding accident )

Task 2 While - reading

1. The students skim the text to check their prediction and then finish matching the topics with the parts of the article .

2. The students read the text again carefully to work out how Reeve’s relatives reacted to his riding accident.

3. show some key sentences about Reeve’s reaction.

a . After disaster , the doctor said he was not going to pull through. However , he made amazing progress .

b. He learnt to breathe on his own .

c .He promote medical research into back injuries .

d .He got involved with charity work to help a lot of disabled people .

e. He was confident that like him would be able to walk again one day .

4. The students work out the meanings of the key words in the selected sentences:

disaster /really bad thing, pull through / to stay alive , on his own / by himself , promote /encourage , got involved with / take part in , confident /sure .

Task 3 Voice your opinion

● How would you describe Christopher Reeve ?

(about his looks , his roles , his qualities )

●Do you think he is a hero ? Why ?

(using the following expressions and the sentences in the text about what Reeve did )

I think Christopher Reeve ……. because….

In my opinion , he ……. . because…

Personally speaking , he …. because…

Task 4 Conclusion : Christopher reeve is our superstar/ superhero .

Task 5 Some more information :

●Christopher Reeve died of heart failure

●comics in memory of him .

●We remember him and show our respect with those disabled but hardworking people by enjoying master piece by Beethoven Symphony No. 5 which is known as《命运交响曲》。

●a piece of advice from Miss Zhou :

You may meet difficulties in your study or in your life; overcome all the problems anyway .

                            ---advice from Miss Zhou 

Task 6 Homework

Do you think Christopher Reeve is a hero ? Why? Write down your views and give your reasons.