Project(1): Making a happiness handbook优秀教学设计

Teaching plan for M6U2 Project 常州市北郊高级中学 刘

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Teaching objectives During this class, students will be able to 1.

understand the two passages (information and structure); 2.

read between the lines to get more information about the topic; 3.

form their own opinion about happiness.

Teaching key points 1.

Help the Ss understand the passages and the topic thoroughly; 2.

Help the Ss think deeply about the topic and form their own opinion.

Teaching difficult points 1. How to help the Ss read between and beyond the lines to get enough information about the topic; 2. How to help the Ss form their own opinion and express it in English.

Teaching procedure Step I Lead-in Ask the Ss what makes them happy and have a free talk with them about what will make me happy recently. So different people will have different opinions about happiness.

Step II Reading (I) Golden days 1. Read the first paragraph to find out when is the happiest time for the old man. 2. Read paragraph 2&3 to find out the reasons why school days are the happiest for the old man. (1)Ask the Ss to underline relevant sentences and guide them to summarize the idea using some key words. (2)Write down the key words on the Bb (3)Help the Ss to understand how these ideas are organized into two paragraphs and ask them to find the topic sentence of the two paragraphs. 3.

Read paragraph 1&4 to find out if there is anything else that makes the writer happy. (1)

Find some support sentences and guide the Ss to conclude other factors that make the writer happy. (2)

What is the function of the first and last paragraph.—Introduction and conclusion. (3)

What is the structure of the passage? (II) My future happiness 1. Ask the Ss to have a quick look at the passage and see if it is under the same structure.(Yes) Ask the Ss to get the main idea from the title and first and last paragraphs. --My happiest time will be in the future. 2. Ask the Ss to read paragraph 2&3 to find out why the young girl think her happiest time is in the future.

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Ask them to read and try to find the key word(s) of each paragraph and summarize what the young girl think her happiness comes from. Para. 2 Key word(s) _______________________________ She thinks happiness comes from ______________________________________________ Para. 2 Key word(s) _______________________________ She thinks happiness comes from ______________________________________________ 3. What can be inferred from the young girl’s opinion? A.

The girl is very optimistic about her future. B.

The girl is lazy for she only wants to work four days a week. C.

The girl is not free to make her own decisions now. D.

Teenagers usually can not enjoy happiness. E.

The adult life seems perfect to the girl.

Step III Further reading 1.

Ask the Ss to think about what the old man would say to the young girl, base on the reading. 2.

The two people’s opinions seem very different but is there any similarities between them? (1) They both think happiness comes from family, good health and achievements(success). (2) Neither of them think their happiest time is at present. (3) Both of them hold positive attitudes toward life. 3.

Ask the Ss to discuss what is the positive side of the young girl’s present life(the students’

present life/ adolescence)

Step IV Further thinking Ask the Ss to think about what real happiness is. (1) Ask them to think, discuss and fill blanks. Happiness is when _____________________________________________________________ If we__________________________________________________, we will enjoy a happy life. (2) Give them examples as conclusion

Step V Homework 1.

Go to www.ted.com to search for at least two videos about happiness. (Or you can go to www.baidu.com and enter key words “happiness TED”) 2.

Write a passage (no less than 150 words) about happiness(based on what we talked about today and what you get from TED videos) (1) Describe a happy moment recently and why it made you happy; (2) How can you get happiness from your present life.

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