教學目標 評論

Teaching goals 教學目標 1. Target Language 目標語言 a. 詞匯和短語 sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietnam, circulate, satisfied, freedom b. 重點句子 Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 2. Ability goals 能力目標 Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem —starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character. 3. Learning ability goals 學能目標 Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.

2學情分析 評論

高一的學生接觸英語已經有好幾年,他們渴求知識,想要學到更多的東西,對本單元的內容學生比較感興趣,可以拓展的內容有不少,我在這一單元進行知識授受的 同時,也對他們進行情感教育

3重點難點 評論

Teaching important points 教學重點 a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching difficult points 教學難點 a. How to help students learn more about agriculture. b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.

4教學過程

4.1 第一學時

4.1.1教學活動

活動1【講授】Book4　Unit2　Working　the　land 評論

Teaching procedures && ways 教學過程與方式 Step Ⅰ Greeting Step Ⅱ Warming up Enjoy a song of “On the hopeful field” Q:What will you think of when you see the word “field”? Ss voice their opinions Step Ⅲ Pre-reading Show some pictures on the screen. What are they doing? ploughing, seeding, inserting the young plants into the field,harvesting Show some farm produce and then ask them “What is the main food in Southeast Asian countries?” Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people who eat rice every day throughout the world. Step Ⅳ Fast Reading The reading material is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice. It has proved so successful that his technology spread into other countries. The purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task. He is father of hybrid rice (雜交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia”. He received the honor for his great contributions (貢獻) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中國湖南省國家雜交水稻研究與發展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. Step Ⅴ Skimming Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. Para 1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para 2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para 3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para 4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. Keys: Para 1: D Para 2: C Para 3: B Para 4: A Step Ⅵ Careful reading Para1 Appearance and achievement Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. 1. What does Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2. What is his achievement? With _______ face and arms, _____, strong body, he is more like a ______ than a _________. He grows what is called ____________, which makes it possible to produce _________ more of the crop in the same field. Para 2 Biography In 1930 He was ________ in Beijing. In ________ He ________ from college. He searched for a way to increase the rice ________ without _________ the area of the fields. Last year Nearly ________ tons of rice was produced. Now He is ________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and other __________ countries. Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. He is ________with his life, doing his research, ________ to violin music, ________ mah-jong, _________ and _______. Para 4 Dreams First dream Rice plants were as tall as_______. Each ear of rice was as big as that of __________ and each grain of rice was as huge as a ________. Second dream To _______ his rice so that it can be _______ all over the world. Step Ⅶ Post reading What can you learn from Dr. Yuan? use some adjectives to describe Yuan Step Ⅷ Discussion If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? Step Ⅸ Homework 1. Surf the Internet to find more information about farming. 2. Summarize the differences and similarities between Yuan Longping and Jane Goodall. 3. Preview the reading.