Reading(1)：The search for happiness教案设计范例

M6U2 Reading

The Search for Happiness Step 1 Lead-in Let’s enjoy a video. It can make us feel very happy and in a good mood. We can see most ordinary healthy people around us lead a happy, meaningful and colorful life. We work and live with smiles every day. Free talk: What is happiness to you? Useful sentence patterns: I will feel happy when_______________.

_______________ can make me feel happy. __________ will bring me happiness.

Step 2 Fast Reading The reading text is an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Dr Brain, a psychologist who studies happiness, is interviewed in a television talk show and tells a story about a brave girl called Sang Lan. Task1: Skim the text and find the related information Interviewer: _____________________ Interviewee: _____________________ Topic:

______________________ Questions: _______________________

________________________

___________________________ Task 2: Go through the interview quickly and find out three periods of Sang Lan’ story Period 1

before the ______

(line_____to ______) Period 2

While __________

(line_____to ______) Period 3

Adapting to _______(line_____to ______) Step3 Detailed Reading

Task 1 Before the accident 1.When did she begin learning gymnastics?

______. 2.The best event:_______ 3.She started winning competitions in the year of______. 4.How long had she been a junior gymnast ? 5.How did she get injured at the Goodwill Games? Task 2 While in hospital 1.Was Sang Lang happy?

2.What was happiness to Sang Lang after the accident? 3.How did she find happiness? Task 3 Adapting to new life 1.When and where did she finish her study? 2.What does she believe? Step 4 Consolidation:Task-based reading

Before going

to hospital

(4)_________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 5 Conclusion What can we learn from Sang Lan?

Step 6 Group work: Conduct an interview Suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with Sang Lan , what would you like most to talk about to him?

You can also interview the other person who represents the positive energy，Such as the famous people, the heroes, the top students in your class. Reference: key words

1. Basic information of Sang Lan 2. Reasons for saving the girl 3. Things that encourage her during the hard times in hospital 4. Current physical condition 5. Expectations for future 6. Attitudes towards life, success and failure …

Useful expressions H: We’re lucky to invite Sang Lan to our interview.

Today’s topic is…

S: Thank you for inviting me.…

1. Can you tell us a little bit about …?

2. We’d like to know something about …

3. We heard that …

4. That must have been difficult for you…

How did you deal with it...? H: I hope we can learn much from Sang Lan and try to achieve happiness through helping others.

Homework:

1. Write a short passage about what happiness is to you. 2. Preview the language points.