Reading(1)：The search for happiness特级教师教学实录

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The search for happiness (Reading)

Teaching Aims:

1. Improve their skills of reading and learn how to read an interview.

2. Learn about the gymnast Sang Lan, who is still optimistic towards life and future even in difficult times.

3. Be able to describe their own understanding of happiness, understand what happiness is and find happiness in daily life. Teaching important points: 1. Help the students to talk about the story about Sang Lan.

2. Help them learn something about “happiness”. 3. Help the students understand the text exactly and read an interview. Teaching difficult points: 1. How to make the students understand the passage better. 2. How to help the students finish all the exercises. 3. How to help the students develop their comprehensive and consolidating abilities.

Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Lead-in

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Ask Ss to sing and act out an English song named “If you’re happy”. T ask “Are you happy today?” and “What is happiness to you?”

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Watch a video about different people’s opinions on happiness. 3.

Brainstorming What are the things that make you happy? Then show some pictures of Sang Lan and ask Ss whether they can recognize her and guess if she is happy. Step 2. Reading 1. Reading strategy 1) Skim the text and find out the following information: Interview:________________

Interviewee:_______________________ Topic:___________________

Questions:_________________________ 2) Scan the text and match each part with the main idea. Part1

While staying in hospital Part2

Sang Lan, a good example, who is happy with her life Part3

Introduce the topic of the interview Part4

After leaving hospital Part5

Before Sang Lan’s accident

2. Careful reading Part 1 (Line1-10)

Question: What are the different opinions about happiness? To some, _______________________________.

To others,

______________________________.

To the injured and the disabled, ____________.

Part 2 (Line11-19)

1.Before the accident, what kind of girl was Sang Lan?

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2.While she was in hospital, the world was amazed by Sang Lan’s ________.

A. unexpected injury

B. way to remain cheerful C. success in her sports career

D. energetic, happy and hard-working spirit 3. How does she find happiness now? Part3 Line20-31

Complete Sang Lan’s File:

Name

Birth year Birth place Personality

Experiences

Part4 Line31-52

Fill in the form.

Many famous visitors went to hospital to (1)______ her up .

She knew that the secret to happiness is to have (2)___________ for the good things in life, and

to(3)_______ on goals. While (4)______ of crying about (5)_______ she had lost, she thought about what she could do to get in hospital (6)_______.

Hearing she would never be a gymnast, she was able to (7) __________ her (8)_______. by being proud of the things she had (9)__________ and felt (10)________ to be alive.

Part5 (Line53-62)

True or false?

1.

She went back to China, and graduated from Peking University in 2008. 2.

She attended a sports programme about the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a guest.

3.

Her primary goal is to advocate better treatment for the disabled people. 4.

She believes that keeping busy helps her stay positive. Step 3. Discussion

Discuss about Sang Lan’s personalities. Step 4 Conduct an interview Make an interview on happiness:

Sample questions: 1.Are you usually happy or unhappy? 2.What do you usually do to make yourself happy? 3.Can you think of some good ways to stay happy in our daily lives? Step 5 Homework

Write a report about your interview. 1981 1987(at 6) 1991 1998(at 17)

Best event

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