Unit5Doyouwanttowatchagameshow？SectionB2a—2dSubjectEnglishContentReadingGradeGrade8Duration40minutesTeachingDesignAnalysesofthematerialThislessonisaboutreadingfromUnit5sectionBinGrade8，whosetopicisMickeyMouse.Thislessonplaysaveryimportantroleindevelopingstudents’attitudestowardsculture.Afterreading,studentscanknowthehistoryofMickeyandunderstandthespiritofMickeyMouse.AnalysesoflearnersThestudentsinGrade8havegraspedsomebasicEnglishandbasicskills.Mostofthemareinterestedincartoons.Sothistopiccangreatlyattracttheirinterests.ItcanacceleratethemtolearnEnglishwellandenhancetheirculturalawareness.KnowledgeAims：GetthestudentstograspthemainideaandthestructureofthepassageGetthestudentstolearnfactsaboutMickey.Getthestudentstobefamiliarwithsomewordsandphrases.(cartoon,character,famous,culture,appear,common,comeout...）AbilityAims：Trainthestudents’readingskills，likeskimmingandscanning.EmotionAims:GetthestudentstounderstandthespiritofMickeyMouse:“littleman”willbesuccessfuloneday.Keypoints1.Getstudentstograspthemainideaandthestructureofpassage.2.GetstudentstohaveabetterunderstandingofthispassageDifficultpoints1.Getstudentstousethereadingskillstogetthemainidea.2.Getstudentshavetheirownideas.TeachingmethodsIndividualworkorgroupworkTask-basedteachingapproachTeachingaidsThemultimediaTeachingProceduresTeachingstepsTeacher’sactivitiesorpurposesStudentsactivitiesSteponeGreetingandlead-inIntroduceandgreetthewholeclass.Lead-inbyaskingquestions.Doyouliketowatchcartoons?ThenshowpicturesaboutcartooncharactersWhat’syourfavoritecartooncharacter?Whydoyoulikeit?Purpose:toarousestudent’sinterestandgetthemtothetopic.Individualwork:greetwithteacherAnswertheteacher’squestions.SteptwoPre-readingCompareChinesecartooncharacterwithAmericancartooncharacter.IntroduceMickeyMousetostudents.HowmuchdoyouknowaboutMickey?Purpose:toprovidesomebackgroundinformationtostudentsandsolvesomekeywors.Individualwork:LearnsomebackgroundofMickeyandsomenewwords.StepthreeWhile-readingGuidestudentstoskimandmatchthemainideawithparagraphs.(LetSsreadthebeginningandKeywords)Guidestudentstoreadpassageveryquicklytocirclethetimeinthepassage.Thenletthemtocompletethetimeline.Whathappenedindifferentyears?ReadthepassageagainandfillinthefactsaboutMickey.(workon2c)First,askthemtoreadparagraphoneWhatdoeshelooklike？Whocreatedhim？Whatwashisfirstcartoon？Then,askthemtoreadparagraphtwoWhoishisgirlfriend？Whyishepopular？Purpose：Totrainstudent’sreadingskills—skimming，carefulreading.TogetstudentsknowaboutMickey’slook,creator,girlfriend,reasonsforpopularity.Individualworkorpairwork:Skimthepassageandmatchthemainidea.Finishactivity2bbyscanningonpage（37）(keywords,keyphrases)Readtheparagraphone,twoandfinish2c4.Studentsunderlinetheanswers.Whyishepopular?.(checkwithpartners)StepfourPost-readingGuideSstoanalysethepassagebyusingmind-map.GuideSstoretellthepassageusingthewordsinthebox.GuideSstodiscussquestions.DoyouliketobeMickey？Whyorwhynot？Purpose：understandthespiritofMickeyMouse.IndividualworkandgroupworkTofinishthemind