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Unit 2 Working The Land (NSEFC B4) Reading: A Pioneer For All People A teaching plan interpretation

Target students: students of average level in Senior 2 Period under interpretation: The second period of Unit 2 Working the Land Time: 2nd, Dec, 2008 Teaching material: Reading passage

A pioneer for all people

Teaching aids: A multi-media set for teaching, a tape recorder, a power-point display works Teaching aims: a) Knowledge-oriented aims: Some idiomatic phrases and complicated sentences. b) Ability-oriented aims: Comprehension of Dr. Yuan’s work and life.

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Moral-oriented aims:

Analyze Dr. Yuan’s characteristics and personality traits.

Teaching principles: a)

student-centered and teacher-directed b)

task-based learning and purpose-focused teaching c)

the communicative language teaching approach Teaching methods:

a)

free talk b)

question and answer activity c)

group presentation d)

pair work e)

role-play Difficult teaching point:

Help students how to conclude Dr Yuan’s personality through the descriptions about his appearance, achievements and dreams.

Important teaching points:

Encourage students to be ambitious like Dr Yuan and follow his steps to make contributions. •

New words & expressions •

Assigned the students to surf on the Internet to find out some information about Chinese agriculture and Yuan Longping. Aims: 1. Remove the language obstacles before class and develop students’ habit of self-study. 2. Gain some background information about Yuan Longping. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Lead-in (2m’)

Show pictures of hungry Africans and draw out Dr. Yuan. Aim: To grab students’ attention and lead in the topic of the passage.

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Exploring work before class:

Step 2: Task-based reading (7m’+

5m’+8m’)

1. First reading (group work and discussion) (7m’)

The students will be given 7 minutes to skim for: 1) the main idea of the whole passage (4m’)

2) the main idea of each paragraph (3m’)

Aim:

To enable students to get a general idea and the organization of the passage.

2. Second reading (individual work and chart filling) (5m’)

Students will be divided into 4 groups to finish 4 different tasks. This time more detailed information is called for. After the reading, there will be different tasks for different groups.

Group 1: Dr Yuan’s appearance and

Dr Yuan’s achievement

Group 2: Dr Yuan’s biography

Group 3: Dr Yuan’s personality

Group 4: Dr Yuan’s dreams

Aim: This task is aimed to develop students’ ability of reading for useful information within a limited time. Meanwhile, the teacher can help to remove the language obstacles in the reading passage.

3. Dig-in reading (pair work and personality recognition) (8m’)

How do you like Dr. Yuan? What characters can you conclude from these sentences?

Try to summarize Dr. Yuan’s characteristics.

Aim: To enable students to get a deeper understanding of Dr. Yuan and appreciate his noble personality.

Step 3: Movie watching (3m’)

A 3-minute short movie about Dr. Yuan will be played in order that the whole class may know him better.

Aim: To know Dr. Yuan better in a vivid way.

Step 4: An interview (pair work and role-play) (5m’+5m’)

Suppose Dr. Yuan will visit our school and he will answer the questions after a speech. Prepare some questions, which may cover his life, agricultural research work, even his hobbies or love story and then show your interview. Aim:

1. The interview focuses on teamwork, cooperation and collaboration.

2. The purpose is to develop the students’ random thinking skills and practice their oral English.

Step 5: Feedback (number game) (4m’)

The students will play a number game--- What’s your lucky number? There are nine numbers to choose from and each number represents a different task. The task is mainly about the words, phrases and comprehension of the passage. Aim:

To check the teaching effect and consolidate students’

basic knowledge about words and sentences.

Step 6: Self assessment and assignment

(1m’)

Check out how much you have learned in class!

Write an article which is entitled Dr. Yuan in my eyes. Aim: 1.To expand the information and to broaden students’ minds.

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To consolidate the knowledge and help improve students’ writing.

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