Unit9LearningLesson1ActiveLearning【教学目标】Studentswillbeableto1.readandtalkaboutactivelearning2.readforgeneralunderstanding3.identifythemainthemeofeachparagraphandlabelthemwithsubheadings4.presentasuggestionaboutactivelearning5.practiseverb+verb-ing/infinitivestructures6.completeasummaryofthetext【教学重难点】Identifyingmainthemesandsummarisingthetext【教学过程】1.Whatdoactivelearnersdo?1)Discussthetitleofthelessonandgatherideasonitspossiblemeanings,i.e.,amethodoflearningthatisnotonlyaboutlisteningtolecturesandtryingtorememberwhattheteacherhassaid.Pointoutthattheoppositemethodis“passivelearning”andinvitelearnerstothinkofcontrastingdetailsabouteachmethod.2)Readthelistofactivelearningmethodsaloudandinvitestudentstoraisetheirhandfortheonestheypractisebythemselves.3)Studentsworkinsmallgroupsanddiscusswhichstudentstheythinkbestrepresenttheprincipleofactivelearning.4)Askstudentstothinkaboutwhichareastheycouldimproveonandwhethertheythinkthatissomethingtheycanachieveornot.2.Readthefirstparagraphandanswerquestions.1)Readthethreequestionsoutloudandinvitestudentstogivetheiropinion.a.Whatdomostpeoplebelieveaboutthehumanbrain?Isittrue?b.Whatisactivelearning?c.WhatisKevinDaumgoingtotalkaboutinthearticle?2)Insmallgroups,studentsreadthequestionsandthenthefirstparagraphofthetext.3)Studentsdiscusstheiranswers.4)Eachgrouppresentstheiranswerstotheclass.3.Readandwritesubheadings.1)Asklearnerstosilentlyreadthroughthesubheadingsonpage52andpointoutthatsubheadingsinlongertextsareveryhelpfulwithcoherenceandtheflowoftheinformation.2)Independently,studentswritethesubheadingsbeforethecorrespondingparagraphs.Studentsdonotneedtoreadforanyspecificdetails.Theyshouldfocusonthegistofeachparagraph.3)Studentschecktheiranswersinpairsandthenreviewasaclass.4)Askstudentstoidentifythepartineachparagraphthathelpedthemtofindthecorrectsubheading.4.Identifylearningactions,reasonsandlearningeffects.1)Explaintostudentsthateachparagraphofthetextfocusesononeactivelearningsuggestion.2)Studentsreadaboutthefirstactivelearningsuggestioninthesecondparagraphandcompletethediagramonpage54.3)Copythediagramontheboardandinvitestudentstovolunteertheanswers.4)Inpairs,studentsdothesamefortheotheractivelearningsuggestions.5)Completethediagramontheboardfortheothersuggestionsbyaskingstudentstovolunteertheanswers.5.GroupWork:Introducesuggestions.1)Insmallgroupsoffive,studentseachpickoneofthesuggestionssothateachstudenthasadifferentsuggestion.2)Independently,studentswriteashortparagraphontheirsuggestionusingtheinformationinthediagram.Helplowlevelstudentsbyprovidingsentenceframes.3)Encouragestudentstothinkofadditionalinformationthatwouldmaketheirpresentationmoreinterestingandpersonalised.4)Eachgrouppresentstheactivelearningsuggestionstotheclass.6.WriteT(true)orF(false)forwaysoflearning.1)Explaintostudentsthatforthisactivitytheywillneedtofocusondetailandreadforspecificinformation.2)Readthestatementsasaclassandexplainanyunknownwords.3)Independently,studentsidentifywhetherthewaysoflearningarecorrectornotandnotedownreasonstosupporttheiranswers.Studentscanextractinformationfromthetext.4)Makesurestudentssuggestanalternativewayoflearningforthestatementsthatareincorrect.5)Reviewanswersasaclass.7.Talkaboutthesuggestions.1)Studentsreadthetextagainanddecideonwhichsuggestionwouldbemostusefulfortheirownlearning.2)Drawtheirattentiontotheexampleansweranddemonstratetoprovideone,ideallyonethatfocusesonadifferentsuggestion.3)Insmallgroups,studentsdiscusstheiropinionsandprovidereasonsfortheiranswers.4)Volunteerscansharetheiranswerswiththeclass.Findoutwhichsuggestionisthemostpopularintheclass.8.Readthesummaryandparaphrase.1)Revisesynonymswithstudents.Explainthatstudentswillusethesynonymstoreplacetheunderlinedparts.2)Encouragestudentstoworkindependently.3)Reviewtheanswersasaclass.9.Completethetableonpage55.1)Drawstudents’attentiontothecolouredverbsinthereadingtextonpages52and53.Explainthattheyareeitherfollowedbyaverb-ingformoraninfinitive.RevisetheseconceptsbyreadingtheGrammarSummaryonpages96and97.2)Studentsindependentlycompletethetask.3)Reviewtheanswersasaclass.10.Completethetextonpage55.1)Askstudentstofocusontheverbprecedingeachspaceandtochooseeitherthecorrect-ingorinfinitiveform.2)Readaloudthetextandpausebeforeeachspaceforstudentstocallouttheanswerinchorus.11.Expressyourself.1)Questionsfordiscussion:a.Whatotherwaysofactivelearningdoyouknow?b.Howwillyoulearnactivelyinthefuture?2)Ingroups,studentsdiscusswaystheycanbecomemoreactivelearners.3)Ifpossible,studentscanresearchactivelearningonline.4)Writeinterestingideasontheboardandencouragestudentstoapplytheseideasintheirschoollife.