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必修4 Unit 2 Working the land Period 1 Reading A PIONEER ALL PEOPLE教学设计

Teaching analysis They can exchange their experience with each other by talking. They will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life by reading. In fact this world faces a serious problem—starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan, students will know the importance of his achievement to human beings. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character.

Teaching aims 1. Ask students to grasp the important words and phrases as well as important sentences 2. Help students to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. 3.Help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching important and difficult points Teaching important points

1. Help students comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. 2. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. Teaching difficult points

1. How to help students learn more about agriculture. 2. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions. Teaching procedure Step 1.Review(about 10 minutes) Review the warming up with the following question

Do you know how our main food is planted? Ask several students to answer the questions below. Possible answers 1) First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. 2)Second, grow some young plants 3)Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. 4)At last ,they will get the harvest Step 2 Pre-reading(about 10inutes) 1. Ask three students the following questions(about 5 minutes) 1).What’s the main food in Canada and USA:

----- potatoes and bread 2).What is the main food in South America: ----- corn/maize 3 )What is the main food in Southeast Asian countries:

----- rice 2. ask the students to discuss(about 5 minutes): If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? 1.Encourage the students to tell their opinions, Then give them a conclusion:

The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.

2.lead the students to pay attention to the people---Yuan Longping Ask : What do you know about him?

--------Father of Hybrid Rice

Then lead to the topic of the reading passage. A Pioneer For All People Step 4 Fast reading(about 6 minutes) The reading material is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice. It has proved so successful that his technology spread into other countries. The purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task. T: Please scan the passage and find out the answers to the questions on the screen. Then I’d like to ask you to answer them.

1 Read the passage quickly and answer the true-or- false questions 1) Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2) Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.

3) Yuan would rather work than relax. 4) Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5) Yuan enjoys a simple life than most rich and famous people. 2.show the questions on the screen and give students three minutes to read the text quickly. 1)Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2)How would you describe Dr Yuan’s personality? Use three or four adjectives.

3)Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Step 5 Careful reading(about 8 minutes)

Read each paragraph and answer the following questions: Para 1:

1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2.What is his achievement? Para 2: 1.

Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2.How does he help rid the world of hunger? Para 3.4 1. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading? 2.What is Dr Yuan’s dream?

Step 6 Skimming(5minutes):

find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1 2 3 4 Main Idea His

appearance and achievements

His birth, education and research

His personality His dream Step 7 Homework(1minute)

Read the article carefully and retell the story of Yuan Longping

Notes: 1.Use some words we have learnt in this lesson. 2. No less than 150 words.