Unit 1 Food for thought

Developing ideas

【教材分析】

本课时学生将学习一篇记叙文，了解五个不同职业的人各自的饮食方式。通过对这些饮食方式利弊的思考及提出建议，培养学生改善自己不良饮食习惯，健康饮食的思想。在练习设置上，本课时的练习倾向于培养学生的思维，比如读图、释义等。本课时的语言相对比较简单，但是还是有许多比较重要的单词、词组或句型等，深入挖掘还是可以挖出很多需要掌握的东西。一方面要注意学生对于基础知识的掌握，采用各种方式培养学生的自主学习能力。另一方面也可以联系前面reading部分出现的语言点进行适当的深入拓展。

【教学目标】

1. 语言能力目标

（1）学习本课时下的重点单词和词组，要求会读、会写、掌握意义及灵活运用。

（2）阅读能力培养：Paraphrase。

（3）能够根据提示对某种饮食方式进行口头或书面说明。

2. 思维品质目标：

（1）能够进行直观图片与抽象文字之间的对应。

（2）能够按照一定的顺序组织文章：what→why→how.

3. 学习能力目标

（1）能够充分利用字典和小组合作学习等方式探究英语中的语言现象和语法，培养自主学习能力。

（2）能够在小组和班级中积极交流自己的观点和想法，培养自信心和合作学习能力。

4. 文化意识目标：

培养改善不良饮食习惯，健康合理饮食的思想。

【教学重难点】

1. 重点：本课时的重点单词和词组

2. 难点

（1） Paraphrase。

（2） 按照一定的顺序组织文章：what→why→how.

【教学过程】

Step 1 Warm-up

1. Look at the pictures and decide whether the food is healthy or not.

2. Work in pairs. Talk about what you usually eat for dinner and decide who eats more healthily.

(Before deciding who eats more healthily, students should think the question: what is a healthy diet?)

Step 2. Learning to learn

Visual information, such as photos and illustrations, can support reading and help you identify the theme and content of a text. Make the most of these images to look for clues to help you understand the text.

1. Now read the passage and match the pictures of the fridges to their owners.

(a--Jenny, b--Mike, c--Ted, d--Max, e--Ellie.)

2. Try to find information from the passage to support your answer.

(This step is designed to train students’ skills of finding detailed information and building connection between images and words.)

Ellie: My fridge is usually half empty...toast...yogurt with honey.

Jenny: We don’t eat meat...We like cooking at home and make our meals from fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables.

Ted: I don’t think that anything can beat my mum’s homemade sausages.

Mike: I bring home from the restaurant...buy a lot of frozen food.

Max: I daren’t let my mum see this photo.

Step 3. Paraphrase.

1. Find out who might say the sentences below.

(1--Mike, 2--Jenny, 3--Max, 4--Ellie, 5--Ted)

2. Find sentences from the passage to support your answer.

Ellie: My fridge is usually half empty and I’m often too tired to eat much.

Jenny: We don’t eat meat, and any milk or cheese had better be dairy-free...We like cooking at home and make our meals from fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetables.

Ted: I guess I’ve always been a meat eater and in this house, no family meal is complete without some form of meat.

Mike: I bring home from the restaurant where I work.

Max: I’m too busy studying and meeting friends. I suppose the fridge could be kind of cleaner. I daren’t let my mum see this photo.

Step 4. Think and share

1. What do you think the saying “You are what you eat” means?

2. Do you know of any Chinese sayings about food and health? What is your understanding of them?

3. Which person’s eating habits are most similar to yours?

4. What can you do to improve your eating habits from now on?

Discuss the questions in groups and then share your opinion with the class..

Step 5. Group work

Make comments and suggestions about the lifestyle of each person in the passage.

1. Discuss the lifestyle of each person. Use the table to make notes.

2. Organize your ideas follow the steps below.

▪ Describe the lifestyle of each person in the passage.