六上U4 Then and now

丁二小 蒋宁

一、单元主题分析

六年级上册Unit 4 Then and now这一单元话题为“过去和现在”，属于“人与自我”和“人与社会”主题范畴，涉及“生活与学习”、“社会服务与人际沟通”、“科学与技术”主题群，“身边的事物与环境”、“家庭与家庭生活”、“学校生活与个人感受”、“同伴交往”等子主题。

Story time分为四个段落，用一般过去时和一般现在时分别描述了Mike, Mr Brown, Grandpa及Mrs Brown过去和现在的不同生活方面，呈现了个人自身的成长变化和科技对生活及工作的影响。通过学习，学生应该能够熟练地朗读课文，并根据T字型表格、思维导图、关键词等复述课文，并在观察、交流、思考、展示等环节中，提升思维、学习和英语语用能力。通过对比，学生能够思考自己的成长变化，了解和思考科技发展对人们生活的影响，使孩子形成热爱美好生活，快时代不忘关心家人的理念。

二、教学目标

1. 学生能听懂、会说、会读、会写下列单词: ago, office, newspaper,news, watch, e-book.

2. 学生能听懂、会说、会读、会写下列句型::...ago, he/she... Now he/she...，并能用以上句型描述他人过去和现在的对比

3. 学生能阅读、理解、概括文本信息，提炼出“过去与现在变化”语篇关键信息，完成思维导图，并能基于思维导图和关键词，运用目标语言夏述文本内容。

4. 学生能通过观察、比较、展示等方式，对比Mike一家人的过去和现在。在语境中感知过去与现在的对比，感受个人的成长和社会的进步。

5. 通过阅读小故事，学生能够体会到“生活在变，但爱不变”的情感，形成多关爱家长的意识。

三、教学过程

Before class: let’s check preview task

T: Before this class,Let’s check your preview. Can you read these words? Do you know the changes?

T: Today we’re going to learn about Mike and his family’s changes, here’s the topic.
Step1. lead in

1. know about me

(1) listen to the chant

T: You know I’m your new English teacher today. From then to now, what happened to me? I’ll tell you with a chant. 

(2) Talk about me

T: These are all my changes. You know me now, so can you talk about me?

S: 24 years ago, you ....

T: So these are all my changes about growth.What about Mike and their family?

Step2. while reading

1. read and match:

T: Please read the story quickly, try to match the texts with 4 changes.. 1 min,go.

2. 文本学习：

(1) Part 1: changes about growth

T: Now let’s go into the first part. Mike’s changes about growth

A. Listen and fill:

T: What are Mike’s changes? Let’s listen and fill

T: Mike can do many things. What can he do?

B. Read after the tape

C. Think and say:

T: Six years, Mike changes a lot. What about you?

S: Six years ago, I was.../ could.... Now, I can...

T: Changes bring you a strong body./ make you happy...

D. Think and say:

T: What do the changes bring us/ make us...?

S: Changes bring us/ makes us...

(2) Part2 : Dad’s changes about communication

A.read and circle

    T: What about Mike’s father? Read and circle the answers

Teach: wrote-write, letter, e-mails

Teach: use-used, telephone, office, mobile phone，anywhere

B. Think and say

T: Do you have a mobile phone? Do your parents have a mobile phone? What do they use the mobile phones to do?

S: They use the mobile phones to...

T: Do you use mobile phones at home? What do you use the mobile phone to do?

S: I use them to study/do sports/read English/play games...

T: Mobile phones are useful, but don’t use too much. We should learn to limit the using time

(3) Work in pairs：选一个图片说一说，同桌合作，完成汇报

T: Work in pairs. Choose one part, talk, then report.

(4) let's share: Grandpa’s changes about information

   Teach: radio, read ,newspapers 

T: We still use radio newspapers today, but what’s the difference between then and now?

T:for example,  Asian games, more ways to get news. lots of applications. we can get the news at anytime, anywhere.

(5) let's share: mum’s changes about amusement

   teach: made, bought

T: Do you have e-friends/ buy things /play games on the Internet?

T: we should be careful and stay safe.

(6) reading time

    T: can you read them? Let’s read after the tape.

(7) Think and say

T: What do the changes bring us/ make our life...?

S: Changes bring us/ make our life...

3. Think and say

T: Time flies, life changes. So life then or life now, which do you like and why?

4. Let's share

Here’s a story for you .You can listen or read.

T: Was grandma happy? How do you know?

T: Yes, things may change, but love is still. When the technology is developing so fast, don’t just look at the e-products. But care more about our family members.

5. Homework