Reading(1)：The search for happiness教案设计范例

Module 6 Unit 2 备课时间：2017年12月18日

上课时间：2017年12月22日

主备：CJ 审核：WL M6 U2 Reading

The search for happiness Learning aims: 1. To improve the reading skills of reading an interview. 2. To apply the skills to practical use. 3. To learn about happiness. Step 1 Lead-in

Brainstorming: What does happiness mean? Step 2 Reading strategy (an interview) Host (________, ______ questions) Interview Guest (________, ______ questions) Find out the topic interviewer introduces in para ___. Step 3 Listening＆Fast reading

Go through the passage and answer the questions. 1.What is the topic of the TV interview?__________________________________________ 2. What is the name of the interviewee?__________________________________________ 3. How did Sang Lan get injured?________________________________________________ Step 4 Careful reading Part 1 Reading comprehension 1.Which statement is NOT mentioned in the text? A. Happiness is being surrounded by family and friends. B. Happiness means meeting goals in life. C. Happiness can simply mean a day without pain or just being alive. D. Happiness means enjoying yourself all day long. 2. Why does Dr Brain often use the example of Sang Lan ? A. Because he wants to show how people can find happiness even in difficult times. B. Because he hopes to tell viewers that Sang Lan is a happy and successful gymnast. C. Because he thinks it is dangerous for a girl to take up gymnastics. D. Because he would like to introduce a great gymnast to our viewers. 3. The purpose of the text is to_________ A. tell us what is happiness B. introduce Sang Lan’s moving story

C. discuss the ways to find happiness D. tell us that we can find happiness in any cases, even in difficult times. 4. Why is Sang Lan's story so special? A. Because she is a famous gymnast who overcame many difficulties. B. Because many famous visitors like Leonardo DiCaprio went to see her.

C. Because she still feels happy to ba alive and lucky to have the rest of her life to learn new things after the accident. D. Because she has made great contributions to her motherland in gymnastics.

5. From the text, we can infer that________.

A. Sang Lan became disabled when she was only 16 years old.

B. Sang Lan received her first treatment in the USA. C. Sang Lan hosted a sports programme about the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Module 6 Unit 2 备课时间：2017年12月18日

上课时间：2017年12月22日

主备：CJ 审核：WL D. Sang Lan had practiced gymnastics for ten years before the accident.

Part 2 Fill in the blanks---group work Background information of Sang Lan: Age: ____ Birthplace: ____________

Teammates’ comments:________________________

Year of winning competitions_______ Age of being disabled:_____ Information about Sang Lan Time 1981 1987 1991 1998

Event

Part 3 Analysis of personality Use some adjectives to describe the personalities of Sang Lan according to the text. Personalities: _______, _______, _______, _______, ________, ________, _______, _______...

Part 4 Sang Lan's search for happiness How does Sang Lan find happiness? Find out the answers and underline the sentences in the interview. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Step 5 Discussion All the Ss are facing the pressure from senior high school educational level test for Jiangsu Province. How to stay happy under such tough pressure? 1.Through reaching goals. 2.Through the love of the people around us. 3.By keeping busy. 4.By..._______________________________________

____________________________________________ Step 6 Homework 1.

Write about ways of searching for happiness under exam pressure. 2.

Preview the phrases and language points in the interview.

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