lessonplan for the night of the horse

Teaching Plan for The Night of The Horse

外国语学院091

Cloris

1.Analysis of the teaching material：

This text is taken from the Oxford English 8A, unit 4, reading A, is about the story comes from the famous Greek tale. It is a new lesson for the students, and I make it as a reading and speaking lesson so as to develop the students’ reading and speaking skill as well as to increase their history knowledge.

2.Analysis of the students:

My students are in Grade 8.They are interested in historical stories and are active, passionate, and eager to accept new knowledge. Thus, they will know about and form their own ideas about Trojan War after learning the lesson.

3.Teaching objectives:

After learning the lesson, students will be able to:

(1). Language knowledge:

Know and master the meaning as well as the use of the new words and phrases: capture, plain, drag, seize, on wheels, make jokes about, with a trick, etc.

Define the past tense and present perfect tense and have a preliminary knowledge of their use.

(2). Language skills:

Grab the main idea of the text The Night of The Horse through skimming and finish the tasks (exercise A3 and ordering) through skanning.

Recreate a new ending for the story and speak it out to their classmates.

(3). Learning strategies:

Discuss the questions that teacher asked and express their own idea about the Trojan War with their group mates. (communicative strategy)

Get more information about the topic The Trojan War and Wooden Horse with the help of Internet or books after class. (resource strategy)

(4). Affect:

Increase their interests about the ancient historical tales and share their ideas with their classmates.

(5). Cultural consciousness:

Name some of the seven wonders of the world, like Pyramids, Great Wall, and know some of the countries, such as Greece, Egypt, etc.

Appreciate the original as well as the extended meaning of the wooden horse.

4.Teaching focuses and difficulties:

Teaching focuses:

New words and phrases like plain, capture, pull, drag, citizen, rope, seize, too…to, make jokes about, succeed in doing, and the different use of the word run.

Understanding of the text.

Teaching difficulties:

The moral of the story.

Grammar:the use of past tense and present perfect tense.(next class)

5.Teaching strategies:

In this lesson, I will use task-based approach and co-operative leaning strategies, thus students will learn through tasks and team work activities.

6.Teaching media:

Computer, pictures and the layout.

7.Teaching procedure:

(1). Lead-in (5 mins)

Show the students some pictures of the seven wonders of the world and the countries of these wonders. Then have the students to do the match game in groups. For example: Pyramids—Egypt, Great Wall—China.

Then check the answers and move smoothly to the story in the text that relative to one of the seven countries—Greece.

(2). Pre-reading (8 mins)

Watch several scenes of the film Troy and think of the questions like: where did the war happened? How did the Trojans do with the wooden horse? ……

List the new words and phrases in PPT, and tell students their meaning.

(3). While-reading (17 mins)

Let the students skim the text first and find out the main idea.

Follow the tape and read again the story and finish the exercise A3 in the book.

Then check the answers of A3, and have them finish the relevant task( ordering ) in groups. The task is as follows:

• A.The Trojan soldiers found the wooden horse.

• B. The Trojans celebrated all night.

• C. The Greek soldiers came out of the horse and opened the main gates for the army

• D. The Greeks seized the captain and won the war.

• E. The Trojans dragged the horse into the city.

• F. The Trojan soldier found the Greeks left.