Using LanguageⅡ名师教学设计2

Part 1 Teaching Design 第一部分

教学设计

Period 1 A sample lesson plan for reading (PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES) Introduction

In this period, after warming up, students will first be introduced to gardening. Then they will be helped to read an exposition about plants exploration. While reading the form of the language is stressed. Three “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers’ reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning.

Objectives ■

To help students learn to express emotions (wonder, disgust) ■

To help students learn to read an exposition about plants exploration ■

To help students better understand “plants”

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To help students learn to use some important words and expressions ■

To help students identify examples of the direct object and indirect object in the text Focus Words Expressions

Patterns

Pollinate, anchor, seal, shave, appear, lower, postpone, rot, evolve, attach,

Date back to, appear to, give out In 1833, Ward shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney, Australia.

Collecting “exotic” plants，as they are called，dates back to the earliest times．

However，it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale．

Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyages or trips across

land between Asia and Europe.

Ward shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney，Australia．

He made several trips to China between 1843 and 1859.

Not only did Fortune introduce over 120 species of plants to Western gardens but he also shipped 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India，where a successful tea industry was established．

Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures 1Warming up

⑴Warming up by defining plants

We see plants every day. But what are they? Plants are a major group of living things (about 300,000 species), including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, and ferns. Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move or have sensory organs, and animals.

⑵Warming up by talking about different gardens Gardens vary in forms and functions. How many can you see in your area? Gardens may function in a particular manner Botanical garden, Community garden, Forest garden, Raised bed gardening, Residential garden, Roof garden, Vertical garden, Water or soil-less gardening (hydroponics) , Walled garden, Windowbox, Zoological garden ⑶Warming up by discussing plant exploration Plant Exploration is the search for new, undiscovered plants. The principal objective of most plant exploration expeditions is to provide germplasm resources for existing breeding programs, biotechnology, and conservation. Insight must also be used to identify new species or those that have not been evaluated on this continent.

2. Pre-reading by getting to know what a garden is A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made

materials. The most common form is known as a residential garden. Western gardens are almost universally based around plants. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called zoölogical gardens. Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all.

Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space.

3. Reading for forms

Read the text PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken

the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

4. Copying expressions and making sentences You are asked to copy all the useful expressions into your notebook after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with each of these expressions. Expressions from: PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES date back to the earliest times, bring back…from distant lands, gather plants，it was not until…that…, on a large scale, take the opportunity of…, go on botanical expeditions, face many dangers, set one selves up in…, vast quantities of…, keep… alive, be transported on long journeys, make a return trip, make trips to…, shave one’s head in the Chinese style, experience many adventures, pirates on the Yangtze River, value the study of the natural sciences, result in, appeal to sb. 5. Reading and transforming Read the text again to complete the chart to fill in the topic sentence of each paragraph. PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

as they are called，dates back to Topic sentence of 1st paragraph Collecting“exotic”plants，the earliest times．

Topic sentence of 2nd

However，it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale．

paragraph

Topic sentence of 3rd paragraph An important group of collectors were French Catholic missionaries who，by the middle of the 18th century，were beginning to set themselves up in China．

Topic sentence of 4th paragraph Sir Joseph Banks was a very famous British plant collector，who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage from England to Oceania．

Topic sentence of 5th paragraph

Keeping plants alive during long land or sea voyages was an enormous challenge. Topic sentence of 6th paragraph The world of plant exploration was completely changed with Dr Nathaniel Ward’s invention of a tightly sealed portable glass container．

Topic sentence of 7th paragraph A British man called Robert Fortune was one of the earliest plant collectors to use Wardian cases．

Topic sentence of 8th paragraph The second half of the nineteenth century was a very important period of plant exploration．

Topic sentence of 9th paragraph Although the missionaries collected large numbers of specimens，there was not enough material for growing particular species in Western gardens．

6. Type of writing Exposition

6. Making a diagram of PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES and retelling it in your own words dating back to the earliest times Para 1

not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Para 2

in China by the middle of the 18th century Para

3

voyage from England Oceania Para 4

to an enormous challenge Para 5

a tightly sealed portable glass container Para 6

Robert Fortune to Wardian cases Para 7

use The second half of nineteenth century Para 8

the not enough material for growing particular species Para. 9

7. Closing down by taking a quiz

I. Do reading comprehension questions. 1. The passage mainly tells about___________. A. a tightly sealed portable glass container B. the difficulties of keeping plants alive during voyages C. Sir Joseph Banks D.plant exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries 2. Why was the second half of the 19th

century a very important period of plant exploration? A. Because the missionaries got to know how to collect specimens. B. Because many Catholic missionaries were sent to China and brought back huge plant collections.

C. Because a

tightly sealed portable glass container was invented then. D. Sir Joseph Banks accompanied James Cook on his voyage.

3. What does the word “fluency” mean in the 7th sentence? A. good mastery of the language knowledge B. skillfulness in speaking or writing C. the state of being cognitively skillful

D. the quality of being poor in speech and writing 4. Who was able to collect seeds of the Dove Tree tehn? A. Father Farges B. Nathaniel Ward C. E H Wilson D. Joseph Banks (Keys: DBBC) II. Complete the summary of the text with one word in each blank. It was not ___1__ the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries __2___the exploration of the botanical world began __3___ a large scale．An important group of collectors ___4___ French Catholic missionaries ____5__，by the middle of the 18th century，__6____ beginning to set themselves up in China．__7____ plants alive during long land or sea voyages ___8___ an enormous challenge. __9____ numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea __10____ or trips across land ___11___ Asia and Europe. The world of plant exploration ___12___ completely changed ___13___ Dr Nathaniel Ward’s invention ___14___ a tightly sealed portable glass container．This invention，___15___ the Wardian case，allowed plants

to be __16____ on long journeys．A British man __17____ Robert Fortune was one of the earliest plant __18____ to use Wardian cases．__19____ second half of the nineteenth century ___20___ a very important period of plant __21____．During this time many Catholic missionaries ___22___ sent to China from France．___23___ the missionaries collected large numbers ___24___ specimens，there was __25____ enough material for growing particular species in ___26___ gardens．

(Keys: 1. until 2. that 3. on 4. were 5. who 6.were 7.Keeping 8.was 9. Large 10.voyages 11.between 12. was 13.with 14. of 15.called 16.transported 17. called 18.collectors 19.The 20.was 21.exploration 22. were 23.Although 24. of 25. not

26.Western )