Learning about Language教案及板书设计

Book4 Unit2 Reading An pioneer for all people 新洲一中

林惠娟

Teaching aims:

Help students understand the reading text and learn about Yuan Longping Improve students’ reading ability

Teaching important points: Have a good knowledge of Yuan Longping and his great achievement Understand the main idea of the text Improve students’ reading ability Encourage students to make a dialogue using gathered information

Teaching difficult points: How to teach students to speak, listen, read and write correctly.

How to help students make use of gathered information to make a dialogue.

Teaching methods:

Individual work Pair work Group work

Teaching Aids: A computer

Teaching Procedures: StepI. Lead-in Q: What will you grow in your QQ Farm? (sorghum, wheat, corn, potato, tomato, carrot, cabbage, rice…) Q: What is our main food? (rice) Q: If tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat, what would happen?

(die of hunger) Q: How can we solve the problem?

( A person is to help you. Guess who he is.

He is a Chinese.

He devotes his life to agricultural research.

He developed hybrid rice.

He is called “Father of hybrid rice”. Who is he?

Yuan Longping.)

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StepII. Reading I. Fast Reading 1. Listen and get main idea of the passage. The passage is mainly about _______. A. a farmer named Yuan Longping

B. how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping

D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice

2. Skim and get the main idea of each paragraph. What is the main idea of each paragraph?

(match) Para1

His dreams Para2

His personality Para3

How he thinks of himself and his achievement para4

His biography

II. Careful Reading Para1

Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievement Q1: What does Dr. Yuan look like? (make choices)

sunburnt

fat

weak

strong

slim

white-skinned Q2: Why is super hybrid rice so important?

Para2

Dr Yuan’s biography

a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .

b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billion tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.

e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding

the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge

in less developed countries. Proper order:

Para3

Dr Yuan’s personality

Which is not true about Dr Yuan’s personality?

A. He cares little about money and fame.

B. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.

C. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.

D. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.

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Para4

his dreams His first dream: ▲(rice plants) As ___ as ________

▲( each ear of rice) As ___ as an ear of _____ ▲(each grain of rice) As _____ as a ______ His second dream: III. Summary: Create his ID Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievement: Hobbies:

StepIII. Role Play:

Supposing that Dr. Yuan Longping is going to be invited to our school, you will act as a reporter to interview Dr. Yuan. Now, two of students are a group. One is the reporter, the other Dr. Yuan to make a dialogue.

For example: R---reporter

Y---Dr.Yuan R: Welcome to our school! Nice to meet you. Y: Nice to meet you. R: You are a great man in china. I’m curious about you. May I ask you some questions? Y: Sure, go ahead, please. R: You lead a busy life. Are you satisfied with your present life? Y: Yes, I like doing research……

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StepIV. Homework 1. Write a poster(海报) for the text. 2. Preview language points of Reading.

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