Learning about Language公开课教案

A Sample Teaching Plan for Unit 2

Working the land

Learning about language

Designed by Da Xiaohong

From Gaolan No.1 Middle School Teaching aims: 1. To practise and consolidate the paraphrase strategies. 2. To master a framework of introducing a person. 3. To introduce the framework teaching idea. 4.To cultivate their ability to analyze and summary a passage.

Moral goal: To inspire the students to set their life goals and work hard to chase their dreams. Important points: 1.To practise and consolidate the paraphrase strategies. 2.To form the good habit of thinking in English. Difficult points: 1.To have a better command of retelling a short passage by summarizing, and paraphrasing.

2.To learn how to evaluate people of achievement.

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Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Leading-in As we all know, paraphrase

and summary are good ways to enlarge our vocabulary and form the good habit of thinking and expressing ourselves in English. Don’t be shy, just try and you’ll be another Li Yang or Zhang Ailing. At first, let’s check the answers to Ex. 1 and Ex.2. Just stand up and show your answers one by one. If you can’t follow, stop me. Are you ready? Let’s go.

Step 2. Practice and consolidation

Ex.1 Try to paraphrase the words below. 1.

Sunburnt: brown skin because of a long time in the strong sunshine without protection, such as sunglasses, sun umbrella, or sun scream,especially in summer. 2.

rid...of: get rid of ,remove, free from/ of

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expand: enlarge / become larger in size,number, amount. 4.

circulate：blood circulation means blood moves around within a certain system / our bodies while circulate knowledge means make more people known about it.

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would rather: prefer / like better / choose this one instead of that one. 6.

struggle: try one’s best,spare no effort.

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export: send goods to other countries, send goods

abroad.

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be satisfied with: be content with, be pleased with, not disappointed 9.

equip: prepare for a certain purpose. 10.

crops: whatever farmers plant / grow or harvest, output 11.

thanks to: due to, owing to, on account of, as a result of, because of.

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build up: enlarge in number , strengthen, set up

Purpose: Ex.1 is designed to consolidate some key words and phrases in this unit.

Ex.2 Try to paraphrase the underlined words and phrases in the sentences below using the new words in this unit, then paraphrase all the sentences. 1.

According to the WHO’s information, (statistics,data,database)about 1.8 million people across the world (globe)die each year from diseases caused by unsafe food and water. The whole sentence means that based on the statistics of the

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WHO, diseases caused by unsafe food and water lead to / cause about 1.8 million deaths across the globe / throughout the world. OR Based on the statistics of the WHO, about 1.8 million deaths across the globe / throughout the world result from diseases caused by unsafe food and water. 2.

Different kinds of strong (super)corn, another hybrid grain, has been developed by scientists of many different races (nationalities, countries, peoples). The whole sentence means that besides / in addition to / not only super hybrid rice, (but also ) , another kind of hybrid grain, super corn / strong corn, has also been developed by scientists of other countries. 3.

Not having enough food (hunger,food shortage, lack of food )leads to poor health and, therefore, sickness (disease). The whole sentence means that food shortage / lack of food / starvation results in / causes poor health / immune system免疫系统

and , thus diseases. 4.

Over 56 percent of the people in a small Southeast Asian country (Vietnam)are in jobs (occupations)related to agriculture. The whole sentence means that in Vietnam, more than 56 percent Vietnamese are farmers or in occupations related to

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agriculture. 5.

With the open conditions (freedom)in today’s international business world, hybrid grains can be sold and sent abroad (exported)to countries around the world. The whole sentence means that thanks to the freedom in today’s international business world, hybrid grains can be traded / imported and exported between countries across the globe, Purpose: Ex.2 is to consolidate new words and their usage in the context. Paraphrasing sentences helps to better comprehend long and complex ones to make them easier and simpler.

Ex.3

Summarize and paraphrase Para.2 and Para.3 of CHEMICAL OR ORGANIC FARMING.

What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they damage the land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the ground and underground water for a long time. This affects crops and, therefore, animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be washed off. These chemicals in the food supply build up in people’s bodies over time. Many of theses chemicals can lead to cancer or other illness. In addition, fruit, vegetables and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may look

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beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamins and minerals.

With these discoveries, some farmers and many customers are beginning to turn to organic farming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduces disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waster from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes the soil in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.

A possible sample: However, using chemical fertilizers in the long run will damage the land by killing all the bacteria and pests whether they are helpful or harmful.Even worse, using chemical fertilizers also causes damage to people’s health because left chemicals cannot be easily washed off. They will get inside the crops, thus inside the food supply. Over time, chemicals will build up in peoples’ bodies and develop cancer or other illnesses.Thirdly, short growth lessens nutrition since chemical fertilizers help crops grow too fast to contain enough vitamins and minerals. While organic farming makes the soil richer in minerals and more fertile, keeping the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals. Purpose:

Ex.3 is to show the students how to paraphrase a

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paragraph using other structures and some clauses.

A pattern of one phenomenon superior to the other:

A typical 3-paragraph structure

Para.1 a brief introduction of a phenomenon Para.2 the problems caused by the former and the benefits of the latter Para.3 a call for the latter and an inversion structure-- Only in this way will we / can we... A good example is Plastic Or Cloth Bags.

Step 3. Representation

Ex.4

Paraphrase and summarize and the whole passage A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE within 120 words or so with the help of the notes. Name: Yuan Longping Nationality: Chinese Age:

88 Occupation: agricultural scientist/farmer Education: graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953 Dream: to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe Achievement: in 1973, developed hybrid rice which produces 20% more than normal rice Hobbies: listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and

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reading A possible version: Yuan Longping, known as “the father of hybrid rice”. is China’s most famous agricultural scientist.Born into a poor farmer’s family in 1930, Yuan Longping witnessed/saw poor Chinese suffering great food shortage, himself included. Maybe, from a very young age, he set his life goal to increase crop production / harvest / output. In 1953, he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College . Since then , he has devoted himself to searching for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding

the area of the fields. In 1973, twenty years after his graduation, he developed super hybrid rice which produces 20% more than normal rice. But as always, he continues his research and donates millions of money to equip young agricultural scientists at home and abroad. It’s a long way to win the battle against hunger, so his goal is to export his super hybrid to be grown / planted across the globe. Purpose: Ex.4 is an extension to show the students that almost every passage of great people can be outlined as the notes below: a framework of introducing a person. Name

Nationality

Age

Occupation

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Education

Dream

Achievement

Hobbies

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three parts: Part 1. His or her birth Part2. His or her early life, middle-aged life, life before and after success and later life, including his or her experience in the childhood, education and hard work for his or her dream in the youth or young adulthood, his success in the adulthood.

Part 3. His or her achievements and contributions to the world.

Step 4. Extension

Ex.5 A topic class meeting entitled” Learn from Yuan Longping and work hard for our dreams” will be held. Please list at least two opinions. 1.

The significance of knowledge:

1.> Knowledge is power.

2.> Knowledge is productivity.

3.> Knowledge reshapes destiny. 2. About success: 1.> Success it not always that easy.

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2.> Success results from knowledge , goal , perspiration汗水, strong will, perseverance and determination ，etc. 3. Strong will 1.> Nothing is impossible if you put your heart. 2.> Where there is a will, there is a way. 4. Slogans to base on now but focus to future. 1.> Chase your dreams and live your life to the fullest. 放飞青春梦想，书写人生华章。

2. > Chase your dreams and make a great life. 放飞青春梦想，成就出彩人生。

3.> Set a life goal and work hard for you dreams. 十九大报告：“青年兴则国家兴，青年强则国家强”

志存高远，脚踏实际，不负新时代。

Purpose: Ex.5 is to

inspire the students to set their life goal and work hard to chase their dreams.

Step 5. Assignment Predict the content of the reading passage A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR in Unit 3 A taste of English humor using the framework of introducing a person.

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A Sample of Presentation of a Teaching Plan for Unit 2

Working the land

Learning about language

Designed by Da Xiaohong From Gaolan No.1 Middle School 一、Talking about teaching content Teaching aims: 1. To practise and consolidate the paraphrase strategies. 2. To master a framework of introducing a person. 3. To introduce the framework teaching idea. 4.To cultivate their ability to analyze and summary a passage.

Moral goal: To inspire the students to set their life goals and work hard to chase their dreams. Important points: 1.To practise and consolidate the paraphrase strategies. 2.To form the good habit of thinking in English. Difficult points: 1.To have a better command of retelling a short passage by summarizing, and paraphrasing.

2.To learn how to evaluate people of achievement.

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二、Talking about the students

Most of the students are active in class.

三、Talking about Teaching methods: Practice and consolidation combining with individual work and pair work . 四、Talking about learning methods 1.No pains, no gains. 2.Rome was not built in a day. 3. Practice makes perfect. 五、Talking about teaching process Encourage everyone to get involved in the teaching process and be active in thinking and expressing themselves in English. Always try to cultivate the students’

creativity by using advanced teaching strategies, such as paraphrasing, analyzing and summarizing to foster the students’

comprehensive competence of using language.

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Thinking after teaching

1.The ideas of my design 1.> Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. 2.> Don’t be shy, just try. 2.The highlights of my design 1.> How to paraphrase and summarize. 2.> Strategies and practice. 3.> The introduction of framework teaching idea and practice. 4.> Extension. 5.>Cross-subject teaching. 6.>Based on now, focus to future.

3. Weaknesses 1.> Preparation takes time.

2.> A demanding job for the students’

comprehending and expressing ability. As a consequence, it’s a long way to improve the students’

overall ability to use English.

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