Learning about Language优秀教学设计内容

Unit 2 Working the land Reading A pioneer for all the people

侯马市平阳中学

张丽霞

Teaching aims 1, Knowledge goals 1)Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. 2)In 1973,he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 3)This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.

4) Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him..

2, Ability goals Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, and food supply around the world .By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life ,and by analyzing the structure of the passage ,teacher can help students form the reading ability further.

3, Moral goals

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 human beings . Of course, they will learn Dr Yuan’s noble characters. At the same time ,help Ss learn how to describe great person, like Dr Yuan Long ping including his personality. Teaching important points

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

Teaching aids

a projector and a computer，chalks,

blackboard,

books

Teaching procedures & ways Step 1. Lead- in

Enjoy a short film and light students’

patriotic enthusiasm and introduce the topic of this unit.

Step 2 Pre-reading 1, Show the students some pictures and ask the question 1) More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. the World Health Organization (WHO) 2) About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five (The purpose of this step is to let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Long ping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research.) 2, Facing the problem, our China has a great scientist who plays an important role in helping the world end hunger. He is the father of hybrid rice. Do you know who he is? (Yuan Longping) He saw the great need for increasing the rice output through the advancement of science and technology when he was young. He has (struggled ) for the past five (decades) to grow (super) hybrid rice.

This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields . Father of Hybrid Rice

Step2 Skimming: Listen to the tape carefully then answer these questions.

1）When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?

2）What did Yuan Long ping invent?

Step3.

scanning Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph

Para. 1: He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

Para.2:He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice..

Para.3:He cares little about spending the money on himself and would rather keep time for his hobbies.

Para.4 Dr. Yuan’s dreams.

Write down Yuan Long ping’s personal information

Facts about Yuan Long ping Facts about Yuan’s super hybrid rice age

capacity application

education

major hobby

contribution

overseas

ideal

future

Step 4 Careful reading

(The purpose of careful reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. Learn about some important sentences and phrases) Step 6 Thinking 1. What good qualities do you think Dr Yuan have as a great scientist ?

2. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?

1 .Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. 2. Find a sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition(营养)and let them grow quickly and have high product.

3. Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. Step 7 Summary and Homework Today we learn

about agriculture. And we also read about Dr Yuan Longping. We have known much about the great scientist.

homework :. 1.

Finish the exercises in Learning about Language. P 12

2. Retell the passage

Design of the blackboard

Paragraph------Main Idea 1----------His appearance and achievement 2----------His biographyt ( birth, education and research) 3----------His personality 4----------His dream

Teaching reflection