分会场2-许晓佳-新标准九年级上册-Unit 2-Developing ideas-读写课-教学设计.pdf

1、Teaching DesignTitleUnit 2 On the moneyA love worth more than goldLesson typeReading for writingGradeGrade 9PeriodPeriod 4Analysis of theteachingmaterialTheme and contentThis unit is about the topic of money and values within the theme of“Man andSelf”.The text is a book review of OHenrys short story

2、 The Gift of the Magi.Itconsists of three parts:a brief introduction that hooks the reader,a plot summarythat builds towards the twist,and the comment part that states the writers opinionand the storys thematic meaning.Significance and valueThe text is written to inspire reflection on the relationsh

3、ip between money and love,encouraging students to consider what truly matters in life.Writing approach and language featuresThis text shows clear features of a book review.In terms of structure,it follows aclear three-part formatintroduction,plot,and comment.In terms of punctuation,quotation marks a

4、re used frequently to serve different purposes:to begin the reviewwith an eye-catching line(“One dollar and eighty-seven cents.That was all.”),tohighlight irony(“useless”gifts),and to cite the authors original words(“they arethe wisest”).From the perspective of vocabulary,descriptive language is use

5、d toshow the characters feelings and evoke readers emotions.Analysis of thetarget studentsStrengthsStudents in Grade Nine have basic reading comprehension and have already formedtheir own views on money.They are familiar with story elements,which can helpthem understand the book“The Gift of the Magi

6、”and engage in discussions aboutthe theme.WeaknessesStudents have limited knowledge of the genre.And they are not familiar with howquotation marks are used functionally in a book review.Also,they have difficultyrecognizing the language features of a book review,including quotes anddescriptive langua