Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学设计及说课稿

Teaching Design of M6U2 Reading 一、

Analysis of the text

In this period, I choose M6U2 Reading “The search for happiness”. The reading passage is an interview from a TV program about happiness. Ms Brain, a doctor who studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and tells a story about a brave girl called Sang Lan. Though the girl cannot walk any longer because of an accident, she is still optimistic towards life and future. The Reading Strategy in this unit teaches students how to an interview. 二、

Analysis of the students

Students of senior2 have their opinions of happiness. So this passage can attract students learning interests. After learning the passage, the students will know how to read an interview and get the true meaning of happiness and foster correct values. 三、Teaching aims: 1.

Knowledge aims: Enable the students to get the main idea of the passage and grasp some new words, phrases and sentences. 2.

Ability and skill aims: Help students learn how to read an interview and improve their reading skills and apply the skills to practical use. 3.

Moral cultural ability：By studying the story of Sang Lan, the students will know the true meaning of happiness and foster correct values of happiness.

四、Teaching important points:

1.

Improve students’ reading, speaking and writing ability. 2.

Improve students’ ability of cooperation. 五、Teaching difficult points: 1.

How to improve students’ skills of reading an interview and apply the skills to practical use. 2.

How to help students foster correct values of happiness. 六、Teaching aids:

multimedia, blackboard 七、Teaching Procedures: Step1. Warming-up Free talk: Divide the students into different groups and ask them to discuss freely what is happiness to them. ( Goal: To train students speaking ability and lay the foundation for the further study of the reading part.) Step2. Reading strategy Give the students three minutes to go through the reading strategy and conclude how to read an interview. Find the four important factors of an interview. ⑴

Persons ( at least 2 ) : interviewer and interviewee ⑵

Topic （Introduced in paragraph 1）

⑶

Questions (the following paragraphs)

⑷

Answers (Goal: By learning how to read an interview, students will find it easier to understand the passage.) Step3. Fast-reading Ask the Ss to read the article quickly and anwer the following three questions. ⑴. Who is the interviewee? ⑵. What’s the topic of the TV interview?

⑶. What are the questions from the interviewer? (Goal: To consolidate the reading strategy and put it into practice and help students get the main structure of the passage.) Step4. Listening

1. Listen to the tape and do some true or false exercises.

⑴. Dr Brain studies happiness. ⑵. Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. ⑶. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

⑷. Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. ⑸. Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. ⑹. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. 2. Fill in the table. Information about Sang Lan

1981

1987

1991

born in Ningbo, China began learning gymnastics started winning competitions got injured at the Goodwill

1998 Games in New York

(Goal: To practice students listening ability and let them focus on some detailed and important information of the passage.) Step5. Careful-reading 1. Read Line 1---5 and find out what happiness is. 2. Read the rest of the text and find out three periods of Sang Lan’ story

Period1. Before going to hospital (22-31) Period2. While staying in hospital(39-50) Period3. After leaving hospital(54-59) 3.

What does happiness mean to Sang Lan at different periods? Work in groups and fill in the table. Before the Accident (line22-31) While hospital in 1.Visited by many 1. Proud of her achievements.

famous people.

2. Thankful to be alive and Be devoted to Being successful.

Making her parents proud. gymnastics

(line39-50) 2. Cared by her parents. 3. Never cry lucky to learn new things. After hospital leaving 1. Study journalism 2.Host programs

3.Hope to play table tennis 1. Be optimistic.

sports 2. Stay positive.

(line54-59)

(Goal: To deepen the students’ understanding of the passage and improve students’ reading ability.) Step6. Discussion What is the personality of Sang Lan? (Goal: To practice students’ oral English and strengthen their cooperation and inspire students to learn from Sang Lan to pursue the real meaning of happiness.) Step7. Consolidation 1.

Let students read what Sang Lan said. 2.

Enjoy a poem written by me.

(Goal: To instruct students to foster correct values of happiness.) Step8. Group work Work in group and write a poem on HAPPINESS! (Goal : To improve students’ written ability.) Step8. Homework 1.

Finish writing the poem.

2. Review the passage and recite important words and expressions.