Learning about Language教学设计及教案分析

Unit 2 working the land Reading : a pioneer for all people

Teaching procedure: 

Read the words of this unit, teacher may need to correct some of the hard ones; 

Word quiz (pick 10 blank-filling exercises); 

Lead in: some questions and pictures: Do you know the following grains? (show students the pictures of wheat, sorghum, rice, corn, soybean and peanut) Have you ever been to the countryside and see what farmers do to grow plants? (here students should have a little discussion and teacher could also share some experience) Show students the farming process; What kinds of grains do you eat the most in your daily life? (wheat and rice) Answer: rice is not only the main food in our country, but also the main food in east Asia and southeast Asia; When you eat rice, who would you think of? How much do you know about Yuan Longping? The introduction of Yuan; 

Listening of the reading passage; (remind students to underline the keywords and anything they have doubts) 

The reading procedure: Main ideas;(blanks) The text is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who made a great contribution to finding ways to grow more rice. Paragraphs;(matching): DCBA 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.

Careful reading; Summary and review the details of the passage; Yuan Longping Appearance _________ face and arms, slim and strong body; _______________ developed super hybrid rice; became the first __________________ in the world to grow high output rice; helps the UN reduce _______ in the world; Experiences

born in 1930 and __________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953; finding ways to grow more rice has been his life _____ to ________ his knowledge in less

developed countries such as India and Vietnam; Personalities is satisfied with his life;

doesn’t care about being famous;

gives a large amount of money to help others to do their research in ___________; has many dreams and never gives up; loves and ________ his people; Dreams to produce a kind of rice that could _____ more people; to _______ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe pay attention to the time of years appeared in the passage and do the match; read the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true or false; 1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 41. 2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. 3.According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950. 4. Yuan Longping was a farmer when he was young.

5. The super hybrid rice can produce 20% more of the crop without expanding the field. 6. Yuan Longping was determined to find ways to grow more rice as a young man.

7. Yuan Longping is now teaching his knowledge in many countries to get more honours.

8. The UN is more confident about getting rid of hunger in the world now. 9. Yuan Longping is trying to live a comfortable life.

10. Yuan Longping is now seeking to realize his dream of growing his rice around the world. Do the following multiple choices: on your exercise book, P 28. 

News of Yuan Longping developed new strain of rice in Dubai; (he achieved his dream again) 

Discussion: Read some statistics and facts about the hunger problems in many parts of the world and discuss what can we do to help solve the problem and help them?

Time control: Words and game:7 min Warming-up and talking: 3 min Introduction of Yuan: 3 min Listening: 4 min Questions: 15 min News 1 min Discussion :3min Homework