Predicting the future?

課程設(shè)計(jì)和課后反思

本課時(shí)內(nèi)容選自English in Mind Book 1 的Unit 9? It’ll never happen 單元中的Culture in mind模塊——Predicting the future? 該語(yǔ)篇介紹了四種不同形式的占卜方法，分別是星相學(xué)Astrology，手相學(xué)Palmistry，幸運(yùn)餅干Fortune cookies（通常在西方的中國(guó)餐館會(huì)見到）和茶葉占卜術(shù)Tea leaves reading。

本次授課對(duì)象為我校中預(yù)（1）班學(xué)生。學(xué)生們已具備一定的英語(yǔ)閱讀能力和口語(yǔ)表達(dá)能力，但對(duì)占卜相關(guān)的專業(yè)詞匯和文化背景知識(shí)了解較少，可能對(duì)部分內(nèi)容理解存在困難。同時(shí)，學(xué)生對(duì)神秘話題會(huì)充滿好奇。這節(jié)課會(huì)避免對(duì)于“占卜”可信度過多探討（點(diǎn)到為止）。作為授課老師，我會(huì)更多引導(dǎo)學(xué)生以辨證的態(tài)度看待占卜，同時(shí)從3個(gè)層面，用3C（即文化層面Culture，人類好奇心Curiosity和社會(huì)意義Connection/Communication）帶領(lǐng)同學(xué)們探討占卜存在至今的原因和意義所在。

下面記錄我的一些上課環(huán)節(jié)，并且以不那么formal的方式，復(fù)盤下這節(jié)公開課~

上課步驟

1. Duty report. 這個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)中，我印象最深的是，做演講的Elsa同學(xué)帶了手稿。我果斷偷偷拿下了她的手稿。她稍有停頓，馬上又鎮(zhèn)定自若完成了這個(gè)演講。雖然她即興發(fā)揮的時(shí)候，有一些小差錯(cuò)，但總體很流利。（相信這對(duì)于Elsa也是一次別樣的體會(huì)和成長(zhǎng)的機(jī)會(huì)?。┯绕洚?dāng)她提到的“心誠(chéng)則靈”四個(gè)字，引起我的關(guān)注。我把“心誠(chéng)則靈”四個(gè)字，寫在了黑板上。

在她演講結(jié)束后，Moni同學(xué)第一個(gè)勇敢舉手，點(diǎn)評(píng)了Elsa的演講！太贊了為我們大家回答問題環(huán)節(jié)開了個(gè)很好的頭！Elaine也很積極舉手。我隨后指著黑板上的“心誠(chéng)則靈“四個(gè)字和大家說As an English teacher, this is the first time for me to write Chinese on the blackboard. 然后我即興邀請(qǐng)?jiān)谧瑢W(xué)，也來試著翻譯“心誠(chéng)則靈”。我即興喊起來Jerry。他沒有怯場(chǎng)，略微思考了五秒鐘，翻譯成If you believe in yourself, you will make your dream come true. 哇我覺得很好?。livia也翻譯成了If you have faith, you will achieve things in the future. 特別棒！我說My version 是：If you are sincere enough, the whole universe will answer your call. 學(xué)生很起哄，我話音剛落他們一陣鼓掌哈哈哈。都是氛圍組選手??！

2. 進(jìn)入到warming up 小游戲環(huán)節(jié)。我化身為fortune teller告訴大家Kathy今天要make predictions啦！大家看看準(zhǔn)不準(zhǔn)。 在這個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)，我讓學(xué)生們從1到100區(qū)間里想一個(gè)數(shù)字，想好了嗎？想好后大聲念一遍“English is fun” (占卜不就是要一種儀式感嘛)。接下來，我讓他們報(bào)出數(shù)字，然后呈上了我的花花小紙片。背后是一句prediction.橫線處就是剛才同學(xué)報(bào)出的那個(gè)數(shù)字。這個(gè)游戲他們太喜歡了！幾乎所有人都舉手，躍躍欲試?。ê冒晌沂遣皇菓?yīng)該考慮去做專職的fortune teller呢？哈哈哈just kidding!）

給學(xué)生的預(yù)言如下——

1. If you fail to bring your homework, Kathy will ask you to do it ____________ times. (Are you sure, Miss?)

2. You will get a small prize from Kathy if your score in the final English exam is over ________________.

3. Mr Tao will ask you to sing songs for ___________ minutes in today’s class meeting.

4. You will be called to our headmaster Mr Du’s office __________ times next semester. ( I don’t know what you will do. May it be something good!)

5. You will get an extra ___________ yuan for your pocket money this weekend!

6. Your mom will allow you to play computer games for as long as? ______________ days this summer vacation!

7. Your best friend will buy you lunch _____________ times in the school canteen next semester.

復(fù)盤啦！最好玩的是Tahiti抽到的簽，配合他的數(shù)字100，他要在今天下午的班會(huì)課上唱100分鐘的歌。哈哈哈！還有Hubery抽到的簽，期末考試過了70分，就可以收到Kathy的禮物啦?。ㄟ€好我現(xiàn)場(chǎng)讓Hurbery把數(shù)字從17改到了70。我內(nèi)心想，明明應(yīng)該讓Hubery 說85以上的哈哈）最絕的是Michelle, 她說了個(gè)數(shù)字60。我說“這是個(gè)很安全的數(shù)字~“然后一看，哇Michelle的家長(zhǎng)會(huì)讓她在暑假一連玩上60天的游戲！大家一陣Wow! That is the whole summer! 不知道Michelle的愿望能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)嗎？

問大家感覺怎么樣，開心嗎？大家基本都很開心啦?。═ahiti 不開心，他不想唱歌哈哈哈）Sheila一臉遺憾說，No, I am not happy. I am sad because I didn’t get the paper.我答應(yīng)Sheila說好下次再帶你們玩一次（啊我會(huì)eat my words嘛？？）Sheila馬上說她開心了。哈哈戲精同學(xué)。這種直率的情感表達(dá)，給我們的課堂增添了更多色彩！

3. 從上個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)學(xué)好reliable, nonsense, weird生詞后，讓同學(xué)們看更多的占卜方式。Eric看到八卦很激動(dòng)，說這個(gè)很reliable. 我聯(lián)想到Eric是個(gè)TCM的愛好者（Traditional Chinese Medicine）哈哈難怪看到八卦圖很激動(dòng)。Eric說到了yin yang 的balance.這個(gè)回答也令我印象深刻。

4. 進(jìn)入到課文主題。Astrology當(dāng)中我們學(xué)personality這個(gè)詞。我問大家，What is Kathy’s personality? Sheila一口氣報(bào)了很多，第一個(gè)就是passion for teaching(哎呀呀這個(gè)評(píng)價(jià)我真的很喜歡！Passion之后Sheila還說了好多，說的好快，我走神了，當(dāng)時(shí)在想哎呀這個(gè)問題其他同學(xué)沒法回答了。所以沒有聽清楚后面的幾個(gè)詞。)我再問Hubery, 他回答：The same as Sheila. 哈哈哈~也算回答了不是~ 問大家：Kathy 需要再擁有其他好的qualities嗎（雖然不一定是Personality）大家一致回答No~（太給面子了~正在碼字寫這一段的我，不禁又一次誠(chéng)惶誠(chéng)恐中，感恩大家高贊~）

5. 下一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)。給大家發(fā)下worksheet.比較東方生肖和西方星座的異同。我和大家說，寫作文要有message, 也最好加入文化含量。所以這次身體力行，也把culture放進(jìn)去。題目有點(diǎn)難度，但是也有不少同學(xué)完成的不錯(cuò)！這里印象深刻的一個(gè)問題，來自Deng Deng. 她舉手問我，“Kathy在這處橫線上，為什么填入interest 做單數(shù)，而不是interests？明明是很多西方人呀。應(yīng)該填入interests呀！”我給到了我的回答。 我當(dāng)時(shí)心里想，Deng Deng 很棒！可以not be afraid of raising questions in class. 這種鉆研又細(xì)致的精神，也是我很admire的。我也要像Deng Deng同學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)細(xì)心呢！

6. 到了我也很中意的fortune cookies 和wise saying的環(huán)節(jié)啦！大家先補(bǔ)全三句wise saying。大家在Wise Saying 1: One that would have the fruit must ______ the tree. 這句中，有人填入chop, 有人填入grow, 填入have, 雖然我給的答案是climb，但是大家回答都在理啊。我問這句告訴我們the importance of…有同學(xué)接上“climbing” （哈哈哈這份幽默感，我跪了）后面說到importance of hard work就正經(jīng)又在線了。

第二句：Wise Saying 2: People learn little from success, but much from______. 我印象中Ivan 第一個(gè)舉手說failure. 我問大家喜歡success 更多還是喜歡failure?大家說success! (啊我也是喜歡success的！)不過，我在課上告訴大家，當(dāng)我到了一定年齡的時(shí)候，我會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)success和failure就好像是八卦中的陰和陽(yáng)，互相對(duì)立又互相補(bǔ)充（contradict and complement）等大家慢慢長(zhǎng)大，慢慢體會(huì)啦！

7. We think fortune cookies are popular not because they can tell fortunes, but because ___________________________________(Hint: give as many reasons as you can!)

然后，請(qǐng)大家自己設(shè)計(jì)一個(gè)wise saying或者prediction. 裝在Kathy給到的fortune ball里，最后給到自己care的人。設(shè)計(jì)這個(gè)模仿fortune cookies的課堂小活動(dòng)，也是想帶大家認(rèn)識(shí)到占卜作為帶來歡樂和鏈接的社交工具，有其重要價(jià)值呢！

8. 后面設(shè)計(jì)的兩個(gè)問題，由于時(shí)間限制，沒有辦法在第一課時(shí)探討。就請(qǐng)同學(xué)們帶回家做吧！

下課鈴響了，歡快的課堂結(jié)束了。

我其實(shí)也給聽課的13位老師準(zhǔn)備了彩蛋啦！給每人的蛋里，放入一個(gè)我給他們的預(yù)言~其實(shí)準(zhǔn)備彩蛋的時(shí)候，我還暗搓搓在其中一個(gè)fortune ball里藏了一個(gè)類似“輪到你開課 ” 的小預(yù)測(cè)（哈哈哈不知道拿到這個(gè)fortune ball的老師會(huì)喜歡這個(gè)預(yù)測(cè)哇~）我看到聽課的老師拿到這些fortune balls的時(shí)候眼睛里都閃著開心的光芒！哈哈哈我也想有這種又聽課又拿禮物的待遇。希望那位拿到我“預(yù)祝開課成功”小字條的那位老師，有沒有可能在不遠(yuǎn)的將來，邀請(qǐng)我去深圳聽他們一次英語(yǔ)課！哈哈哈~

今天我們班上的每個(gè)同學(xué)都很出色！你們肯定也以自己的方式，享受了課堂，并且獲得了成長(zhǎng)！感謝大家的配合！這節(jié)課，我認(rèn)為已經(jīng)可以打85分啦?。?5分扣在我身上，時(shí)間控制上欠缺了，可愛的同學(xué)們，你們拿滿分！）

最后附上我給其他13位老師的小字條（做了14個(gè)球，以防萬(wàn)一~）各位同學(xué)，你們最中意下面哪個(gè)Prediction呢？

You will be offered a chance to lead an important project. It’s time to show the world what you are made of!

You will take some time to indulge in self-care. Slow down and savor some simple pleasures of life.

An excellent time for networking! You will connect with more people, and these connections will open doors to new opportunities!

You will be mentally sharp, and will use this intellectual energy to learn something new. Maybe some Shanghai dialect? It’ll be fun!

Trust your gut feelings to make decisions! Also, your hard work will be recognized, and rewards are sure to follow!

Someone you love will plan some fun activities, and together you are going to create more beautiful memories.

You will become more efficient in your work. This will lead to recognition from your superiors and perhaps even a promotion.

You'll be able to build stronger connections with others, and your social circle might expand.

You will treat yourself with delicacy in a beautiful city. Your well - being is essential for you to fully enjoy all the good things coming your way!

You will be presented with an opportunity to take on challenging role. You might be asked to give an open lesson, and your talent and resourcefulness will make it a huge success!

Adventure and exploration await you. You might feel a strong urge to travel, learn about new cultures, or take on new intellectual challenges.

Today, your positive attitude and enthusiasm will be contagious, and you'll inspire those around you.

You will be open to new experiences and people. You might even have some extra funds to invest in your future.

You will be lucky in whatever you do today! Why not buy a lottery lol!

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