Reading(1)：The search for happiness优质课教学设计

Class _______ Name________

M6 U2 What is happiness to you?

Reading—The search for happiness

Learning Paper Teaching Aims:

1. How to read an interview.

2. Learn something about Sang Lan and her search for happiness.

3. Improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching procedures Step I Leading-in

Play a game

Q: What is happiness to you, xx? A: My happiness is ……

Step II

Fast reading 1. Reading strategy:

Reading an interview People (at least 2)

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_______ Steps in reading an interview:

1>Find out the topic of the interview in para 1.

2>Who is being interviewed?

3>Think about the interviewee’s opinions on the topic

4>Read each question carefully.

5>Read interviewee’s response, including background information of the topic.

2. Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions: 1.

What is the topic of the interview?

_____________________________________________________________________________ 2.

Who is the interviewer and the interviewee?

_____________________________________________________________________________ 3.

How many questions are mentioned in the interview? What are they? ____________________________________________________________________________

Step III. Careful reading

Task 1: Find out some basic information about Sang Lan. (L22-37) Date of birth:

___________ Hometown:

_____________ When to learn gymnastics: ______________ Best event: __________________ When to get injured: ______________

Task 2: Fill in the blanks. (L39-50) During her stay in hospital, many ______ people went to see her and tried to ______ her up. Instead of crying about what she had lost and feeling ________, Sang Lan was in good ______ and thought about what she could do to get better. When she knew she would never again be a gymnast, she was able to overcome her _______ because she was ______ of what she had ___________. She felt thankful and _____ to have the rest of life to learn new things.

Task 3: True or false. (L54-59) 1.Sang Lan graduated from Peking University with a degree in journalism. ____ 2. Sang Lan hosted a sports program during the 2008 Beijing Olympic.

____ 3. Sang Lan is trying her best to help disabled people to get better treatment. _____ 4. Sang Lan believes doing no work helps her stay happy.

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Step V. Group work

Make an interview

Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your interview. Now you are required to make an interview according to the following key words. Please write down your questions and answers. Key words and 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?

H: We’re lucky to invite Sang Lan to our interview. Today’s topic is………Let’s welcome Sang Lan…..

S: Thank you for inviting me.

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H: I hope we can learn much from Sang Lan and try to achieve more goals. Step VI. Homework Reread the article carefully and review the new words and phrases.