Unit 3　The Million Pound Bank Note(Period 4　Using language: Reading, acting and speaking)

Unit 3　The Million Pound Bank Note(Period 4　Using language: Reading, acting and speaking)

unit 3　the million pound bank note

period 4　using language: reading, acting and speaking
整体设计
教材分析
this is the fourth teaching period of this unit. as usual, the teacher should check students’ homework and offer chances for them to go over what they learned in the last period at the beginning of the class. then lead in the new lesson.
in this period, we will mainly deal with the part reading, acting and speaking in using language on pages 22-23, that is act i, scene 4 of the million pound bank note. the purpose of this part of the unit is to continue the play and give students opportunity to act out the scene in class. the teacher can first ask some students to act out act ⅰ, scene 3 of the million pound bank note and then ask students to read act ⅰ, scene 4 and do some comprehending exercises. while checking their answers with the whole class, deal with language problems students can’t work out by themselves. later, let students listen to the tape and role play the text. have them get into groups of six. five students will take the roles in the play. they will read their speeches and try to make their language sound authentic. the six persons or director will decide how the acting will take place in the scene. he/she will also guide the rest of the group in the use of their voices so that they will sound as much like the characters in the play as they can. finally, ask students to read act ⅰ, scene 4 again to underline all the expressions used to order food, make up a dialogue at restaurant with their partner and be ready to act it out before the class.
at the end of the class, ask students to retell the play of this part in their own words and perform the play of this part or their own dialogue. in order to arouse students’ interest, the teacher can hold a competition among them.
教学重点
1. develop students’ reading and speaking skills.
2. let students read and act the play.
3. have students learn to use the expressions to order food.
教学难点
1. enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so on.
2. get students to act the play.
3. have students make a dialogue at the restaurant.
三维目标
知识目标
1. get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part.
2. get students to read the play.
3. let students learn the expressions of ordering food.
能力目标
1. develop students’ reading skills and enable them to learn how to use different reading strategies to read different reading materials.
2. enable students to understand and act out the play.