Time: 40 minutes
Title: Life on the Go
Teacher: Zhu Jingli
Students: Senior 1 Students in High School Affiliated to Ren Min University
Realia: Computer, Videos, Papers, Pictures……
Teaching Procedures and Teaching Techniques
Pre-task:
Activity 1:
Presentation: (4 minutes. Warming up by showing the video.)
Questions: What is the problem? / Whose fault is it?
Answer: (Cellphone's)
The video to be shown is a funny story which is about a couple who are making a phone call. The wife in her car is talking through her mobile phone to her husband in the house who is watching a video at that time. In the video the husband is watching, another one couple are crazy about each other, and the wife can hear the more sensitive voice of the couple. She thought her husband had been with another girl at home. So...(48 seconds)



Activity 2.
Presentation: ( 3 minutes )
Group work:
4 students in a group discuss the merits and demerits of the cellphones.
List the words to describe the merits and demerits, and sentences are encouraged to be said.
A small competition to see which group will list the most words in the certain time can make students involved.

Task cycling:
Activity 3.
Reading (3 minutes fast reading. Get the general idea of the passage.)
Problem solving
Individual work:
All the students are supposed to finish the reading within 3 minutes.
And then give the general idea of each paragraph
Much more attention should be paid to the logical construction of the passage.

Activity 4.
Reading Comprehension (5 minutes intensive reading.)
Group work:
Read the passage for the second time.
Afterwards finish the forms provided before the second time reading.
I. Use the key words or phrases to fill in the forms.

II. Much more attention should be paid to the logical construction of the passage.

III. Understanding the title: Which is better: Life on the Go or Cellphones
Use video to make students undertand more about the title — Life on the Go
This video to be shown takes place in the subway, in which the office workers are rushing to the office. Unfortunately, there is something wrong with the subway. So people in the subway are busy dialing the office number to ask for a leave. Suddenly the subway is moving forwards. Most people are falling down to the floor because of the unexpected moving except a woman who is holding the grip in one hand, and at the same time she is calling her boss using her new MOBILE PHONE, which is one-hand access, one–button dialing & one really small piece. (39 seconds)

Activity 5.
Presentation: (6 minutes. Report what you have already got from the passage.)
Report & Information exchange
Group work:
Report what you have already got or retell the passage according to the key words and phrases in the forms. One in the group as a representative gives the report.
Activity 6.
Matching (3 minutes. Match the words with the proper definitions according to the context.)
Problem solving
Group work:
Students need to understand the correct meanings of the words in the passage.
4 students who deal with these problems together can reduce the difficulty of the problems.

Post-task:
Activity 7.
Discussion zone (10 Minutes. Show the third video to break the ice.)
Topics: The design of your own cellphone
The third video to be shown happens in the public bath house. Three men are reading newspapers in the steaming room. One of them gets a phone call and he uses his ring to answer it. Afterwards another phone call which is for one of the other two is coming. Then the man who needs to answer the phone call switches a button on one of his teeth and he goes. Of course the third man also gets the phone call, but he uses a very special and particular way ...(36 seconds)

Opinion exchange, Sharing personal experiences & Reporting
Group work:
Students can be interested in the topic due to the leading-in video.
And they can share their ideas together.
One is supposed to be chosen as a representative to give a report.

Homework:
Problem solving task
1. P62 Integrating Skills Reading
2. P136 Integrating Skills Reading
3. P134 Vocabulary 1, 2, 3, 4.
附件:课上学生活动是用材料:
4 students in a group finish task 1 below.
Please list the words or phrases.
(Open answers)
Advantages(merits) | Disadvantages(demerits) |
| 1. | 1 |
| 2. | 2. |
| 3. | 3. |
| 4. | 4. |
| 5. | 5. |
| 6. | 6. |
| 7. | 7. |
| 8. | 8. |
| 9. | 9. |
4 students in a group finish task 2 below.
Please use the key words to give the general idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1.
Paragraph 2.
Paragraph 3.
Paragraph 4.
Paragraph 5.
4 students in a group finish task 4 below. Read the passage for the second time. Use the key words or phrases to fill in the form.
Cellphones | ||
Functions | Results | Why popular |
| 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ | 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ | 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ 4. _____________ |
4 students in a group finish task 4 below.
Much more attention should be paid to the logical structure of the passage.

4 students in a group finish task 5 below.

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