Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学设计实例

Unit 2 Reading

The search for happiness(No1) 编制：陈梅

审核:：高二英语备课组

上课时间:_____________ Learning aims: 1. To help Ss get a general idea about the text.

2. To make Ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text. 3. To help Ss master Reading Strategy. Important points: 1. How to make the students understand the passage better. 2. How to help the students finish all the exercises. 3. How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities. Learning procedures: Words and expressions 1. 围绕，环绕____________

2. 疼痛，痛苦____________ 3. 体操运动员____________

4. 友善，友好____________ 5. 远离；除了____________

6. 专科医师；专家____________ 7. 严重的，严厉的____________

8. 心情好____________ 9. 感激，感谢n. ____________

10. 悲伤，悲痛____________ 11. 完成，实现____________

12. 感激的，感谢的____________

Step 1 Lead-in

The reading passage is ______ interview from a TV programme _______ happiness. Ms Brian, a doctor _______ studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and ________ (tell) a story about a brave girl _______(call) Sanglan. ______ the girl can’t walk any longer because of an accident, she is still ______（optimism）towards life and the future. The Reading Strategy in this unit teaches students _______ to read an interview. Students _______ (expect) to improve their reading skills and apply the skills to ________(practise) use. Step 2 Fast-reading

(1) Ask the students to read the passage quickly and then find out the answers to the following questions 1. What is the topic of the TV interview?

2. What is the name of the doctor?

3. How did Sang Lan get injured?

(2) True or false exercises (

) 1. Dr Brain studies happiness.

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) 2. Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. (

) 3. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

(

) 4. Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. (

) 5. Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. (

) 6. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital.

A slow sparrow should make an early start.

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Step 3 Careful reading Reading comprehension 1. At what age did SangLan being learning gymnastics?

A. 5

B. 6

C. 10

D. 17 D. back 2. In 1998 at the Goodwill Games, SangLan was practising vaults when she fell and broke her ______.

A. hands B. legs

C. neck

B. Very badly D. Just so-so 3. What does SangLan think of her new life?

A. Very well

C. Not so well

4. Why did the accident happen to SangLan?

A. The equipment with which she practiced didn’t function well during her competition

B. She failed to know a change had been made to the way the equipment was set up

C. She suffered from the loss of sheep and was ill

D. She was very nervous during her training 5. What is SangLan’s chief goal now according to the text?

A. To stay in the USA as a gymnastics coach

B. To continue her study in broadcasting

C. To be a host of a CCTV sports programme

D. To devote herself to helping the disabled

Ⅲ Exercises: Ask the students to read the text more carefully then finish the exercises in C1 C2 D and E on pages 20—21.

Ⅳ Homework finish the exercises for reading part in Students Times

【学后反思】:________________________________________________________

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A slow sparrow should make an early start.

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