Teaching Contents:
PEP Book 7 Unit 6 A Let’s Read
It’s a sunny day.Little Water Drop sleeps in a river. He wakes up.He feels very hot.It maybe cooler up in the sky,he thinks. He goes up.He meets Mr Wind.
Mr Wind:Hello, Who are you?
Little Water Drop: I’m a little Water Drop . I’m hot.
Mr Wind:Wherer are you going?
Little Water Drop: I’m going to the sky . It’s hot in the river.
Mr Wind:See you.
Little Water Drop: Bye.
Little Water Drop goes higher and higher.He meets many other little water drops.They go up together and become a cloud.Little Water Drop becomes very heavy.
Water Drop:Oh no! I’m falling.
Other Water Drops:Me too.
Little Water Drop and some of his friends fall down into a lake.The sun comes out.Little Water Drop feels warm again.He sees Mr Wind.
Water Drop:Hello, Mr Wind.Nice to meet you again.
Mr Wind:Hi, my dear little Water Drop.
Water Drop:Can you help me go up to the sky again？
Mr Wind:Sure.
Analysis Of Students:
As a student of Grade 6, they have already grasped study methods. They have knowledged language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.Before learning, they have knowed about water cycle simply .The rain comes from the clouds.The cloud comes from the vapour.The vapour comes from the water in the river.The sun shines and the water becomes vapour.
Teaching Aims :
Aims on the knowledges:
①Enable the Ss to listen, speak, read the story.
②Enable the Ss to understand a question: How does the Little Water Drop become rain? Make sure that Ss can retell the text in own words.
③Enable the Ss to fill in the forms according to the text.
④Enable Ss to make a story and act out it in groups.
Aims on the abilities:
① To develop Ss' abilities of listening , speaking, reading and writing.
② To train the Ss' ability of working in groups.
③ To foster Ss' abilities of communication and their innovation.
Aims on the emotions：
① To foster Ss' consciousness of good co-operation and proper competition.
②To lead Ss to be in the good habit of reading story in the future.
Key-points And Difficult Points：
①To lead Ss to understand how the Little Water Drop becomes rain.
②To develop Ss students’ reading skill.
③To enable Ss to study in groups and co-operate skillfully.
④To help the Ss use the Present Tense and Comparative Adjectives.
Teaching Tools:
CAI，some cards, picture book and forms.
Teaching Steps:
一．Warm-up (about 5m)
1）Greetings:
“Hello”song.
2) Chant
T: (Broadcast the sound of little Water Drop)Listen！What did you hear? Who’s he ?
Ss: Little Water Drop.(writing on the board,stick the picture, read it two times)
Divide the students into three groups. Group 1 and Group 3 say together: “Pitter Patter” . Group 2 says “It meets the sun, It feels hot……”.
Pitter Patter…It meets the sun, it feels hot .Pitter Patter… ;
Pitter Patter …It meets the wind,it feels cool .Pitter Patter…;
Pitter Patter …It meets the snow,it feels cold. Pitter Patter…;
Pitter Patter… It meets the cloud,rain falls down .Pitter Patter …
Do together.
[设计意图] 从小雨点的声音引出Little Water Drop.利用雨点的声音表演chant，既有趣，又活跃了课堂气氛。节奏中的meets, feels为本课内容做了铺垫.
二、presentation(about 20m)
1) To learn the first paragraph.
Make a situation: Nature Park
To learn the picture 1: It’s a sunny day. Little Water Drop sleeps in a river.
Guess what should happen next. Can use : Maybe he is going to …
Show picture 2, then ask:
1、What does he do? He wakes up.
2、How does he feel? He feels very hot.
3、How does he feel? He feels very happy. Why?
Change the roles to read the dialogue.
Have finished the first paragraph. fill in the form1.
The first paragraph:
Water Drop
Where
What does he do
How does he feel
First,______________
Next,_______________
Then,______________
Last,______________
feels
___________
Check the answers.
[设计意图] 创设情境，吸引学生的注意力；利用表格一目了然地帮助了解文章大意，板书关键词为下文打基础，同时也给同学们自学后两段指明了学习方法。
2) Self-study
To learn the second paragraph and the third paragraph.you can use these methods:(about 3m)
A read the text,
B underline the key words,
C fill in the form.
To learn the second paragraph:
Water Drop
Where
What does he do
What do they become
First,________________
Next,________________
Last,________________
become a
___________
Then read the second paragraph together.
To learn the third paragraph:
Water Drop
Where
What does he do
How does he feel
First,_____________
Then,____________
feels ______ again
Change the roles to read the dialogue.
[设计意图] 强调goes higher and higher, 用动作让学生理解，初步认知比较级。同时培养学生的阅读技巧，让学生获取主要的信息，再次为下面的复述课文降低难度。
3)Answer questions:
T: But I have three questions for you .
Q:1、What does he become when he goes up?
S: He becomes the vapour.
2、What does he become when he falls ?
S: He becomes rain.
3、Who helps?
S:The sun and Mr Wind.
T: wow, The Little Water Drop has a wonderful trip!
Let’s read together.
[设计意图]帮助学生进一步理解水的循环过程，解决和突破本课的重、难点。
三、Pratice
Make a story of rain and then act out in groups.
Choose some groups to act out.
[设计意图]让学生在有趣的小组活动中，进一步理解水的循环过程，拓展学生的表演能力和合作能力，提高学生的整体综合素质。
四、Retell the text in own words.
Show a picture book to fill in the blanks according to the text.
Then , retell it.
[设计意图] 让学生通过填空组织语言，发现阅读所得，将内化的知识运用起来，加深对课文的理解。
五、Homework
1、Share your picture book with your classmate.
2、Talk about the story of rain to your classmates or friends.
[设计意图] 让学生通过给别人讲故事方式内化所学知识。
六、Board Design：
Little Water Drop’s Trip
sky
cloud
feels heavy sun goes up meets become
rain vapour
fall down wind
Water Drop feels hot
river lake …
