Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学目标

Module 6 Unit 2

What is happiness to you? Reading

The search for happiness (Period 1) 盐城市第一中学

李玉洁

Teaching procedures: Step 1: Teaching objectives 1.To grasp the reading strategy on how to read an interview

2.To have a better understanding of Sang Lan 3.To learn how to stay happy in difficult times

Step 2:Lead-in 1.What does happiness mean to these people? 2.Can you imagine what will happen when a person can never walk?

Step 3:Global reading Task 1: Reading strategy What are the three parts of the interview? Task 2:True or false?

1. Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. 2. Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. 3. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

4.Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. 5. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. 6. Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy.

Step 4:Detailed reading

Part 1:(line1-line19) Task I: To some, happiness is having family and friends all _______.

To others, happiness means being __________ in something. To those who have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply mean a day ____ from pain or just being _____. Task 2: Why does Dr. Brain use Sang Lan as the example?

Part 2: (line20-line59) Task 1: Before her accident Activity 1:1981 ___________

1987___________ 1991__________

1998____________ Activity 2: Detailed malformation of the accident

time/place/cause/result Activity 3: Brief introduction of the Goodwill Games Task 2:While in hospital

comparative thinking Task 3:After leaving hospital graduate...host...continue...advocate...

Part 3 : (line60-line62)

Activity 1: Sang Lan’s courage is worth _________, and we should remember how she _______ her life in such an a_______ way.

Activity 2: The latest news about Sang Lan

Step 5:Task-based reading

Before gong to hospital

(4)_____while staying in hospital Being (1) __________ in her sport when she was young Being described as (2) _________, happy and hard-working Working towards something special Trying to make her parents take (3) _________in her

Being in good (5) _________ She was also happy for her teammates’ successes and was proud of her (6) _______________. Feeling thankful to be alive, and lucky

to have the rest of her life to learn new things

(7) ____________ from Peking University (8) __________ a sports programme about the 2008

Beijing Olympics Continuing to be a popular figure on TV (9) __________ better treatment for disabled people Believing that keeping busy helps her stay (10) _______

After leaving hospital

Step 6:Use some adjectives to describe Sang Lan

Step 7:Group work: Discussion

Suppose you were Dr. Brain, as a psychologist, what else do you want to tell your audience about ‘how to find happiness’ at the end of the interview?

Step 8: Interview Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your interview . The following key words and expressions may be helpful to you.

key words

Useful expressions

1. birth

1. Can you tell us a little bit about...? 2. success

2. We’d like to know something about...

3. accident

3. We heard that your best event is... 4. attitudes 4. That must have been difficult for you.

5. new life 5. How did you deal with it? ...

...

1.Could you tell us something about your birth?

(when and where ) 2. When did you begin to learn gymnastics? When did you begin to win competitions? 3. We heard that your best event is…

4. Can you tell us a little bit about the accident?

(when ,where and how ) 5. That must have been very difficult for you.

6. How did you deal with it?

(think about ;focus on; stay ;keep busy…)

7. What did you do when you were back to China?

(study, host )

Step 9:Homework 1.Write a composition titled What is happiness to me. 2. Retell the story of Sang Lan.