Class Type:ReadingClass

TeachingContents:The lesson mainly talks about the ThreeGorges Dam, including its features, advantages and disadvantages.

Teaching Objectives:

Knowledge objective

Students can get more information about the features, advantages anddisadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam.

Abilityobjectives

(1)Students can understand the main content and detail information ofthe passage through fast reading and detailed reading.

(2)Students can introduce the Three Gorges Damin their own words.

Emotional objective

Students can develop a sense of national pride through learning thispassage.

Teaching Key and Difficult Points:

Studentscan get a general idea of the passage and learn to use reading strategies tounderstand the material, such as summarizing, skimming and acquiring usefulinformation

Major Steps:

Step1 Pre-reading (5 minutes)

1. Show a poem of Mao Zedong on PPT:Walls of stone to hold back clouds and raintill a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.Students guess which placeit is. Then show some beautiful pictures of the Three Gorges Dam.

2. Students have a discussion: Why did weChinese build the Three Gorges Dam Then ask some of them to share their ideas.

(Justification: The poem and pictures canarouse students' interest in this class. Discussion will stimulate students’ backgroundinformation and students will get prepared for the reading class, and it willbe helpful to understand the material. )

Step 2 While-reading (9 minutes) .

1. Fast reading: Task 1 : Students read the passage quickly and give asummary of each paragraph. Students share their ideas and help students toanalyze the article structure.

2. Careful reading: Task 2: Students read the passage again and completethe following table. Then ask some students to show their answers and giveassessments.

Task3 : Students pay attention to Paragraph 2-5, and work in pair s to discuss thequestions below:

(1) What's the biggest advantage of the Three Gorges Dam project

(2) What has happened to the historical relics near the Three GorgesDam

Ask some pairs to show their opinions and lead students t0 1eam thenecessity of the Three Gorges Dam.

(Justification: Through three tasks, students can have a thoroughunderstanding of the passage, and improve reading skills by using different readingstrategies: such as summarizing and acquiring useful information.)

Step 3 Post-reading (6 minutes)

Interview: students work in a group of three. Two students act asengineers from the Three Gorges Dam and one student as a reporter. The reporterasks some questions about the Three Gorges Dam and their feelings about the constructionproject. After three minutes, invite some groups to show their dialogues.

(Justification: Students can improve their speaking ability by talkingabout the Three Gorges in their own words and develop a sense of national pride.)