沪教牛津版英语九年级上册 Unit 6 Healthy Diet-1 Reading A Healthy Diet 教案 教学设计 Teaching Plan.docxVIP

Healthy Diet Teaching objectives: To help students learn about different food types and what food is healthy or unhealthy. To help students learn about what a balanced diet refers to through reading the conversation. To push students to compare the differences between different diet patterns with the purpose of helping them better understand a healthy diet. Teaching procedures Lead-in (pre-reading) Steps and activities Purpose Step 1: Introduction to a picture Define what a diet is and introduce the topic with a picture Step 2: Categorizing food items Ask students to classify different food items into the specific type; then ask students to consider what food is healthy or unhealthy To quickly lead students to the topic of “diet” and activate their relevant schema To raise students’ awareness of healthy food and unhealthy food in their diet While-reading Step 3: First reading and sharing ideas Ask students to read the conversation on p. 83 and answer related questions about Samuel’s diet Ask students to comment on Samuel’s diet To help students get a glimpse of what unhealthy diet is like To enable students to express their opinions based on what they have acquired in pre-reading. This is done as a consolidation Step 4: Second reading and making comparisons Ask students to read the conversation on p. 83 again and answer related questions about Doris’ diet Ask students to compare the differences between Samuel’s and Doris’ diet To help students get a glimpse of what healthy diet is like To train students’ ability of making comparisons while reading Post-reading Step 5: Consolidated reading Students are expected to answer a few basic comprehension questions from the text and then make a summary of what a balanced diet is This is done to further improve students’ understanding of what the conversation is about and the concept of a balanced diet Step 6: Further discussion More tips about how to keep a healthy eating habit are offered to students This is to extend the co