1. Teaching Contents
The passage is about introducing the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.
2. Teaching Objectives
(1)Language Ability
①Students can master the main idea of this passage.
②Students can talk about the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.
(2)Cultural Awareness
Students can cooperate with others actively, and complete the tasks together.
(3)Thinking Capacity
Students can improve the confidence of learning English, and not be afraid of speaking English in class.
(4)Learning Ability
①Students can get some useful information from the passage and know the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.
②Students can improve their reading and communicating abilities through class activities.
3. Teaching Key and Difficult Points
(1)Teaching Key point
Students can comprehend the main idea of the passage and use the new knowledge correctly in their daily life.
(2)Teaching Difficult point
Students can understand it is very necessary to form good shopping habits.
4. Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Lead-in (1 min)
The teacher asks students some questions like "
Do you like shopping? Why or why not? How many ways do you know about shopping?" and guides them to share their ideas.
【Justification: Free-talk can arouse students' learning interests and make a foundation for the following class activities.】
Step 2 Pre-reading (5 mins)
①The teacher asks students some questions about online shopping and helps them to talk about how to buy things on the Internet.
②Show the advantages and disadvantages of online shopping to students.
【Justification: Through various activities, students can know the common idea about online shopping. Meanwhile, students can learn some new knowledge.】
Step 3 While-reading (8 mins)
At this step, ask students to do three activities.
①Skimming
Students will be given one minute to read the short passage quickly, and then conclude the main idea.
②Scanning
Students are asked to read the passage for the second time and fill in the table:
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Advantages
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Disadvantages
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③Careful reading
Students are encouraged to read the passage for the third time and discuss the question: Do you think online shopping is good or bad?
【Justification: Different ways of exploiting the text can help students not merely to cope with one particular text in class but to develop their reading strategies and reading ability.】
Step 4 Post-reading (5 mins)
Choose some volunteers to do the interview. One of the partners acts as the interviewer and the others are interviewees. Make an interview about the topic of online shopping, using the knowledge they have learned in this class.
【Justification: Students do the interview in their own way, which helps to apply what they learn in this period in real situation. At the same time, students can have a better understanding of the topic "online shopping".】
Step 5 Summary and homework (1min)
The teacher leads students to summarize and achieves teaching objectives; students can write a passage about their opinions on online shopping.
【Justification: Students can review what they have learned in this lesson and apply it into their passages after class.】