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Teaching Design 单

元：Unit 2 What is happiness to you? 板

块：Welcome to the unit

Thoughts on the design: 本节课以引入和讨论为主，努力遵循认知规律，让学生体验、体验真实的语言材料并进行发现、归纳、应用的实践。其次，兼顾“知、情、意、行”，即在教学中要有：知：语法知识、正确表达的学习；情：学生在学习中的快乐体验；意：乐观态度和人生意义的体悟与提升；行：教学中和学生的语言、情感互动，促进学以致用。

Teaching aims:

After learning “welcome to the unit”, students can review –ing form, learn to find happiness in daily life and realize the importance of being happy even though we may come across something unfortunate. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Brainstorming

A flash appreciation （One minute and 11 seconds）P3

Boys and girls, good morning (good afternoon). Are you in a good mood today?

Yes or No? So What is the happiness to you? Brain storm: Give students 1-2 minutes and ask them for the opinions.

Let’s enjoy a flash together. P4

(In the flash, we can see people of different ages take about their happiness. They make us burst into laughter) What kind of happiness can you see in the flash? Some happiness seem similar for all of us. Let's find it together.

Different people have different understanding of happiness. To some people, it means an easy life, a good job, money; to some, it may be helping others, contributions to one’s country......

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Step 2: Picture-talking (Expand the thought with other pictures to show the meaning of happiness.) Open your books to Page 17. Let’s share information about each picture on this page with each other.

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What are people doing in each picture?

How do they feel? (excited, happy, thrilled) Picture 1 Being creative

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Do you like drawing? When and how did you begin to develop this interest? What does this hobby bring to you?

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my thoughts and ideas can be expressed in my pictures.) What other things mean 'being creative' to you? (Thinking of different solutions to solve problems, expressing myself in my own ways and making new things.) Picture 2

Doing exciting things

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What are exciting things to you? (like white-water surfing or bungee jumping.) Why do people like exciting things? They bring lots of fun and help people forget all the troubles and worries.

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Picture 3

Reading

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Do you like reading?

Does reading make one happy? Why? It is really enjoyable when reading especially in a peaceful and quiet environment. Sometimes we are so absorbed by the characters in the book and their stories that we forget all about the outside world. Through reading, we gain knowledge and our horizons are broadened.

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Playing sport

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Which are your favorable sports?

It's a really good way to make friends, keep fit and relax.

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Spending time with family

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Do you enjoy spending time with your family? When you feel happy or unhappy, do you talk to them about your problems and achievements? Family is important to everyone. It's a perfect time to talk to your family about your problems. They can give you good advice and make you confident. They are also happy for the achievements you made.

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Learning new things

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Have you ever been to a natural history museum? Why do people like museum? In a museum, we can find out more information than we can just through reading books. Visiting these kinds of places can give us a real insight into history.

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What other ways do you think may help you learn more new things? (Surfing the Internet and talking to different people.) 2. Talk about each picture and exchange opinions with your partner.

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Step 3: Homework

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What is happiness in your opinion?

(Form your opinion into a 100-word passage.) 

To preview wordlist in this unit 

To preview The search for happiness on Pages 18-19

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