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

Module 6 unit 2 what is happiness?

The search for happiness

(Reading)

澧县第六中学

胡群

教学目标

1.

Check and improve reading abilities. 2.

Let the students learn about the meanings of happiness. 3.

Train the students to gain overall understanding of the article and learn to adopt different reading strategies. 4.

Cultivate the feelings and encourage students to express ideas about happiness. 教学内容

1. Help the students know something about Sang Lan. 2. Help students learn something about happiness. 教学重点和难点

1.

How to read an interview. 2.

How to understand the passage better. 3.

How to retell the story of Sang Lan. 教学过程

Step 1: Lead-in

1. Enjoy some photos.（My dear students, Are you happy? Now, I would like to share my happiness）

2. How to understand an interview . ( by enjoying a video) 3. Introduce some words related to interview (interviewer, interviewee, topic) Step 2: Reading 1.

Fast-reading the topic of the short passage______ the name of the interviewee_______ An interview takes place when one person (interviewer)asks another person (interviewee) a series of questions about topic. 2.

Detailed reading

Activity 1 Read para.1-para.4 there is one mistake and please correct it. She had a personally catastrophe. Happiness means different to different people.

When she was in hospital, she remained cheerfully. Activity2 Read para.5-para.12 Competition 4 groups competes the questions. If your answer is right, you will get some points. 3.

Consolidation (have a discussion and fill in the correct forms, and show answers on the blackboard and read them aloud) We are talking about happiness. To some, happiness means being 1._____ (surround) by family and friends. To others, happiness means achieving2.______ (succeed) in something. To those 3.______ have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can

simply mean

a day without

4._____ (suffer), or just being alive.

Sang Lan is a great example of someone who is happy

5._____ her life. Before her accident, she was happy and successful in her sport. She started winning 6._____ (compete) in 1991 and kept working hard. Her teammates described her as

7._______ (energy), happy and hard-working while she was in hospital, she amazed the world by the way in 8. ______ she remained cheerful. After the accident, she was able 9.________(overcome) her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished.

I think her courage is admirable. I know I will think about how she rebuilt her life whenever my life feels 10. ______(bear) Step 3: Making a happiness card 1.

Students write down their happiness and wishes for the class. 2.

Invite students to read them aloud and stick it on the blackboard. 3.

Read some sentences. Let’s learn from Sang Lan.

Be positive and optimistic. Where there is a heart , there is a dream. Whatever you do, happiness is the most important in our life. Step 4: Writing down some wishes for your parents.

Every student prepares an envelope and put wishes in them and give

them to your parents. Step 5: Homework

教学反思

本堂课通过合作探究教学，让学生自由表达关于幸福的观点，能真正懂得快乐的内涵。

教学任务的设计根据新高考的特点，力争让每一个学生都有能力完成任务，都能从中学到一些知识。幸福的话题具有很强的人生意义，希望学生学完该文章后能够积极面对学习，生活中的困难与挫折。

The search for happiness

(Reading)

Fast- reading Read paragraph 1 (1minutes)

Answer the following questions.

1. the topic of the TV interview:_______

2. the name of the interviewee:________ Detailed reading

Read paragraph 1- 4 (2 minutes) For the following sentences, there is one mistake and please correct them. 1.

Dr Brain studies happy. 2.

Sang Lan had a personally catastrophe. 3.

Happiness means different to different people. 4.

When she was in hospital, she remained cheerfully.

Questions Read paragraph 5- 12 (3 minutes) 1.

What happened in 1981? 2.

What happened in 1987?

3.

What happened in 1991? 4.

What happened in 1998? 5.

What happened in 2007? 6.

Where was Sang Lan born ？

7.

What was Sang Lan’s best event(项目)？

8.

Where did the accident happen? 9.

How old is Sang Lan now? 10.

Use two adjectives (形容词) to describe Sang Lan’s personality, such as brave (勇敢的).

11.

How do you feel after learning Sang Lan’s story?

Ask one student to retell Sang Lan’s story according to the short

passage. Consolidation We are talking about happiness. To some, happiness means being 1._____ (surround) by family and friends. To others, happiness means achieving2.______ (succeed) in something. To those 3.______ have been injured or struggle with a physical disability, happiness can simply

mean

a day without

4._____ (suffer), or just being alive.

Sang Lan is a great example of someone who is happy 5._____ her life. Before her accident, she was happy and successful in her sport. She started winning 6._____ (compete) in 1991 and kept working hard. Her teammates described her as 7._______ (energy), happy and hard-working while she was in hospital, she amazed the world by the way in 8. ______ she remained cheerful. After the accident, she was able 9._______(overcome) her sorrow by being proud of the things she had accomplished.

I think her courage is admirable. I know I will think about how she rebuilt her life whenever my life feels 10. _____(bear)