Learning about Language教案评析

Unit 2

Working the land

I．教学内容分析

本单元以“农业”为中心话题，涉及了农村、农业产量、我国著名的杂交水稻专家袁隆平和有机农业等一些问题。

Using Language部分综合训练学生的听说读写能力。本部分紧扣本单元的话题，讲到了什么是有机农业、有机农业的好处和有机农业在农作物种类选择方面的具体做法。其中写作部分使学生复习了如何表达建议并学习怎样用英语设计食品小广告，突出了实用性。

Reading (Using Language) & Reading task (Workbook)

Teaching Goals:

1. To get Ss to learn what organic farming is. 2. To get Ss to know the advantages of organic farming.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Leading-in Purpose: To lead Ss to the topic and arouse the Ss’ interest in the reading text. 1. Ask Ss to look at the picture on P14 and guess what the passage is bout. 2. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions. (1) What do you refer to when you say something is “Green food”?

(2) What is organic farming?

(3) What’s your idea? Encourage Ss to use a variety of words. Step 2. Reading Purpose: To learn more about agriculture.

(1) Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the text. (2) Ask Ss to discuss the questions and then answer them in pairs.

①

What is “organic farming”?

②

What do organic farmers prefer to use as fertilizer?

Suggested Answers: ①

It refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers. ②

The fertilizer that organic farmers prefer is natural waste from animals. 3. Discussion

(1) Divide Ss into groups of four to discuss the questions. 1Why do we support the organic farming?

○2Why did Jian Sixie write the book Qi Min Yao Shu?

○Step 6. Homework 1 Ask Ss to finish Ex3 on P49. 2 Ask Ss to form two groups and surf the Internet to collect more information about green farming in China and abroad.