Subject

English

Contestant

Material analysis

  This material is a picture book about the   process of a baby bird’s birth. The whole story can be divided into three   parts: small in the egg- grew and grew- got out of the egg. The birth process   is a bittersweet and challenging one, during which the baby bird felt amazed,   curious, afraid and helpless. Students will find the story attractive and   meaningful to read and can truly relate to it, because it actually reflects   their growth to some extent. Students at their age are going through growing   pains, and they are going to constantly experience new several stages of that   later. Only after overcoming the obstacles and embracing and adapting to the   inevitable changes can they break free and truly grow up. The story should be   made full use of to facilitate students’ understanding and internalization.

Learner analysis

  Learners are from Grade 5. They have learnt   English for more than two years, so they have some basic English knowledge.   This story is close to their life and students can easily relate to it and   express their feelings and creative opinions. Their reading skills need to be   high lightened. The more attention will be paid on their thinking abilities.

Teaching objectives

  At the end of this lesson, students should   be able to:

1.Understand the story as a whole with the help of   various reading strategies and feel the emotions in different stages.

2.Learn to read cooperatively and individually and   guess the meaning of words in the context as well as with the help of   pictures.

3.Think logically and critically by generalizing the   stages of the birth and expressing their opinions about the growing process.

4.See the growing thing objectively and form a   positive attitudes towards life by relating to their real-life experience.

Key points & challenges

Key points:

1.Understand the   story as a whole and act it out.

2.Develop their   logical thinking and critical thinking

Teaching methods

PWP

Teaching procedures

Teaching activities

Predicted students’ activities

Teaching purpose

Step1. Pre-reading

1.Observe and find

Show three pictures about animals that give birth by   laying eggs.

Q1: What do they share in common?

Q2: Do you know more of them?

2.View pictures

T plays the pictures without words as a whole.

Q: What’s the story about?

Step2. While-reading

1. Read and divide

Teacher asks   students to read the whole story book quickly and divide it into three parts.

2. Questions raising

T: Do you have any questions for the baby   bird?

3. Read and feel

(1) Part one

How was the baby bird at first?

(2) Part two

Read and generalize

Q: How many stages?

Stage 1

Q1:How does she feel?

Q2:What will she say?

Stage 2

Q1: What is “run out of”?

Q2:How does she feel?

Stage 3

How does she feel?

Stage 4

Q1:How does she feel?

Q2: What do you think of the process?

Q3: Can you help her?

Q4: What did the baby bird do?

Q5: What do you think of the little bird?

(3) Part three

Q1: How was the baby bird at last?

Q2: What do you want to say to the little bird?

Step3 Post-reading

1. Think and discuss

2. Let’s imagine

3. Think and discuss

Step4  Homework

Step1. Pre-reading

1.Observe and find

S1: Eggs

Ss: chicken/   ducks/ geese/ birds/ spiders...

2.View pictures

Students view   all the pictures and predict.

S1: It’s   about how a baby bird got out of the egg.

Step2. While-reading

1.        Read and divide

2.        Questions   raising

S1: How is your home like?

S2: Do you feel lonely?

S3: How long did you stay in the egg?

S4:What happened in the egg?

...

3.        Read   and feel

(1) S1: She was small.

   S2: She was   warm and happy.

(2) Part two

Read and generalize

Stage 1

S1: happy/ curious/ excited/ amazed/ surprised...

S2: Wow! My feet!

S3: Oh my god! What happened?

S4:...

Stage 2

S1: No more space.

S2: Too crowed.

S3: worried.

...

Stage 3

S1: afraid

Stage 4

S1: Helpless.

S2: Bittersweet/ tough/ hard/ challenging...

S3: shout/ flap wings/...

S4: Pecked.

S5: She didn’t give up and kept trying.

(3) Part three

S1: You made it!

S2: Bravo!

S3:...

Step3 Post-reading

1. Think and discuss

S1: First she blames the egg. But later she realizes   she can’t change the environment and it is she who grows bigger. So she will   think of a way and make a change herself.

2. Let’s imagine

S1: Mom it’s a beautiful world.

S2: It’s tough in the egg, but I finally got out!

S3: I’m so excited mom...

3. Think and discuss

Difference:

S1: Human babies stay in mom’s body. Birds lay eggs.   They are different.

Similarities:

S1: When I was little, my family protect me and love   me. I feel warm and safe.

S2: When I grow, sometimes I feel worried and have   many problems. It can be hard and tough.

S3: When I solve my problems, I feel I truly grow   up.

S4:...

Step4    Homework

观察图片寻找共同点，以卵生动物话题入手，激活已有经验和语言储备，激发阅读兴趣。

观看图片，整体感知故事。

快速阅读，培养学生理解信息、概括大意能力。寻找过渡句，培养阅读策略。

鼓励学生提问，培养自主提问能力。

概括信息。

观察图片，有依据的猜测、想象，培养学生逻辑性思维和发散性思维，同时在情感上也体会到baby bird不同阶段的心态。

根据上下文和图片猜测词义句意，培养学生合作能力和阅读策略。

开放性问题，培养发散性思维。

鼓励学生评价故事和人物，自由发表观点，培养学生的批判思维与综合语言输出能力。