Learning about Language教案3

Unit 2 Working the land Ｉ．单元教学目标

技能目标Skill Goals Talk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan Longping Talk about organic farming & green food How to write a brief summary Try to consolidate how to express suggestions & advice Master the usage of the -ing form as the subject and object Learn how to design English posters Reading Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target Language 目标语言

a. 词汇和短语

sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietnam, circulate, satisfied, freedom b. 重点句子

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

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 学能目标

Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality. Teaching important points 教学重点

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 教学难点

a. How to help students learn more about agriculture. b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions. Teaching methods 教学方法

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading. Teaching aids 教具准备

A tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式

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 (杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia”. He received the honor for his great contributions (贡献) 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 (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心). 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. He ________ from college.

In ________ He searched for a way to increase the rice ________ without _________ the area of the fields. Nearly ________ tons of rice was produced. He is ________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and other __________ countries. Last year Now

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 Second dream To _______ his rice so that it can be _______ all over the world. 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 ________. 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.

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