Project(1): Making a happiness handbook教案板书设计

Project

Making a happiness handbook Teaching objectives: Ss will learn how to write an essay about their ideas of happiness. Ss will learn how to finish a project by working together. Teaching focus and difficulties: Cooperate with their group members to fulfill each part of the work. Teaching methods: 1.

Listening, reading and thinking to get students to understand the text. 2.

Pair discussion and group discussion to get students to participate in the classroom activities. Teaching aids: The multimedia Teaching procedures: Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in.

Do you think happiness lies in the past or in the future? play the song

Where is happiness

to present the topic and ask students to discuss what happiness is. Have students enjoy some proverbs related to happiness, e.g. 1. Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. 2. The great essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and

something to hope for. 3. Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others. 4. Happiness in not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

5. There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved. 6. To fill the hour -- that is happiness.

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Discussion.

Do you think happiness lies in the past or in the future? Reading.

Read and answer the questions related to the two passages

Step 2 Listening Golden days T or F : (

)1. He thinks the happiest of his life were the college days in the countryside in England. (

)2. He was so eager to grow up that he had a lot to worry about when he was young.

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)3. In the writer’s opinion, health plays an important role in a person’s happy life. (

)4. He can stay cheerful because he can still play sport when he was getting old. My future happiness Step 3 Answer the questions: Q1: What will guarantee people’s health and happiness in the future?

A1: It is technology that will guarantee people’s health and happiness in the future.

Q2:

In the future it will take less time to do housework and we will be able to have more time to enjoy staying together with your family. Why? A2: Because there will be automatic kitchens to cook instant meals for us in the future. Q3: What else makes the author think that she will enjoy a happy life in the future? A3: That she will be an adult then makes her think she will enjoy a happy life in the future. Step 4 Write an essay about your idea of happiness with the questions on Page 31.