Reading(1)：The search for happiness教案公开课一等奖

Teaching Plan

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Reading ----The Search for Happiness

Teaching Objectives: 1.

Help students learn reading strategy and master the ability to grasp detailed information in a passage. 2.

Help students master the usage of difficult words in reading 3.

After learning the story of Sang Lan, students can form positive attitudes towards life.

Teaching Difficulties: 1.

Reading strategy: How to read an interview 2.

Help students fully understand the passage

Teaching Method:

Communicative language teaching

Task-based teaching

Teaching Aid:

Multimedia

Appreciation: Happiness is your own choice

Most of us /compare ourselves with anyone/ we think is happier. As a result, what we do remember/ is anything/ that makes the other happy/ and anything /that makes ourselves unhappy, totally forgetting that /there is something happy/ in our own life.

So/ the best way to destroy happiness/ is to look at something/ and focus on /even the smallest flaw. It is the smallest flaw/ that would make us complain. And/ it is the complaint /that leads to us becoming unhappy. If one chooses to be happy, he will be blessed; if he chooses to be unhappy, he will be cursed. Happiness is just what you think /will make you happy.

我们当中很多人将自己与他人比较。结果呢，我们确确实实记住了令他人快乐的事，确确实实记住了使自己不快乐的事，完完全全忘记了我们自己的生活中也有快乐的一面。

所以，毁灭快乐的最好方法是看待事情时把注意力集中到哪怕是最微不足道的缺点上。正是这微不足道的缺点让我们牢骚满腹；正是这些牢骚满腹导致了我们的不快乐。

如果他选择快乐，他将得到祝福；如果他选择痛苦，他会受到诅咒。

那么，选择快乐你就快乐。

Teaching Procedure:

Step 1: Warm-up

Before class, we appreciated a passage—happiness is your own choice. If you choose happy, you will be blessed. Happiness is just what you think will make you happy.

Are you happy now?

What makes you happy?

Ask students to present their opinion Show pictures to give a direct impression about happiness.

have a sound sleep/ score high marks/ enjoy the break-time after class/ take part in sports meeting/ have some close friends/ do your favourite sports.

You see, different people hold different opinions on happiness. Let’s watch an interview about what makes people happy. Pay attention to their happiness.

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Watch a video clip and fill in blanks. What makes you happy? Interviewee 1.A boy 2.A couple 4.A man in white T-shirt 5.A bald man 6.Two young girls 7.A black man 8.A black girl 9.A disabled man What makes them happy? ______ apartment : less than $1500 win $ 1080

I am_______ . __________ My__________ My man _________

3.A female Christian

(基督教徒) believe in God

Keys : toys, alive, shopping, girlfriend, love.

From the chart we can see, happiness varies among different age groups. Do you think the happiness of the disabled man is very impressive? Although he is a disabled, he also has love in his heart. If our heart is full of love, we can also find happiness easily. Today, we will learn an interview about the story of a smiling angel---Sang Lan. Just like the pictures, she is always smiling. In this interview, we will study how Sang Lan searches for happiness.

Step 2: Reading --- The Search for Happiness

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Reading Strategy: reading an interview In an interview, a person who asks questions is called interviewer; A person who answers

questions is called interviewee; they are talking around a topic. In the text, who is the interviewer?---Who is the interviewee？

The topic is happiness. When you read an interview, it is important to carefully scan the first paragraph to find out the topic of the interview. Fully understand the questions and responses.

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An interview takes place when one person asks another person a series of questions on a topic. 

The interviewer usually introduces the topic first. 

When you read an interview, it is important to carefully scan the first paragraph to find out the topic of the interview.

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Carefully read each question and try to fully understand the question before reading the interviewee’s response.

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Fast Reading

Please scan the passage quickly, find relevant information about Sang Lan.

Age: ______

Age of being disabled: _________

Birthplace: ____________

Best event: ___________

Place of the accident: ______________ Keys: 28; 17; Ningbo,China; vault; New York; 3.

Careful Reading

Let’s learn more about Sang Lan. First, we will enjoy a video about this passage, please look at the screen and appreciate this passage. Pay attention to three periods of Sang Lan.

The first period: _______going to hospital (L22-38) The second period: _____staying in hospital (L40-53) The third period: _____ leaving hospital (L57-62) Keys: Before; While; After Let’s come to the first period, you will be decided into several groups, 5 or 6 students in a group., please first read this part again in your group, then find answers together.

The first period: Before going to hospital, she...:

(L22--38) 

was a ___________ junior gymnast for 11 years.

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started winning ____________ in 1991 and keep working ______. 

was described as ________, ______ and ___________. 

was ______ to ______ herself to gymnastics 

worked towards something special and make her parents _______.

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made a mistake while practicing a ______. Keys: dedicated, competitions, hard, energetic, happy, hard-working, happy, devote, proud, vault Ok, let’s come to the second period. Also read this period in your group and discuss the questions.

The second period: While staying in hospital:

(L40--53) 

Instead of crying about what she had lost, what did Sang Lan think about? ---get better instead of crying about 

When did Sang Lan feel happy? ---know her teammates’ successes

--- see her parents. Ok, let’s come to the third period, read in your group first, and find answers.

The third period: After leaving hospital, she...:

(L57--62) 

studied___________ at Beijing University. 

______a sports show about the 2008 Beijing Olympics 

looked forward to playing _____ ______in the special Olympics for ________ people in 2008 

thought about ________ things and stayed__________

Keys: journalism, hosted, table tennis, disabled, positive, optimistic From learning three periods of Sang Lan, we know Sang Lan can stay happy even in difficult times. What kind of personality can make her stay happy? Can you use as many adjectives as possible to describe Sang Lan.

Personality of Sang Lan: optimistic, energetic, positive, hard-working, strong-willed, cheerful, perseverant, determined.... With this personality, we can also find happiness in our life. Let’s make a consolidation of this passage. Please discuss with your partner first.

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Consolidation People Some Others

Meaning of happiness Being (1)___________ by family and friends (2)__________ success in something like meeting a goal. Not feeling (4)______or just being alive. The injured and the

(3)_______

Sang Lan’s

(5)_______for Happiness Before the

She(7)______herself to gymnastics, and she made her parents proud. (6)_______ In hospital Now She thought about things and (8)_______on goals. She never cried or gave up hope. She felt happy for her teammates’ (9) _______.

She has adapted to her new life and keeps learning and stays (10)________. Keys: 1. surrounded, 2.Achieving 3. disabled 4. painful 5. search

6. accident 7. devoted 8. focused 9. successes 10. optimistic

After learning this passage, wer know happiness varies among different people. However, Sang lan has set a good example for us. As the old saying goes, Happiness is a feeling of your heart. Happiness is a state of mind where one feels that life is so good. There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved.

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As for Sang Lan, being optimistic while facing difficulties makes her happy. What about people around the world? Keeping healthy means happiness. For people in Philippines, living in peace means happiness; For people in Xinjiang, enjoying a harmonious life means happiness. What about people in Jiangyin city? --- Children are having a good time by Huangshan Lake ---Musical Fountain in Huangshan Lake ---Groups of villas in Hua xi

--- The ceremony of sunshine sport in Jiangyin No.1 High School The goal of our city is to construct a happy and harmonious life. The standards are

------Everyone has a good job. 人人都有好工作

------Every family has a stable income. 家家都有好收入

------Everyone enjoys a good environment. 处处都有好环境

------Everyone is in a good mood. 天天都有好心情

------Everyone is in good health. 个个都有好身体

Our government has taken some measures to make us live happier. As an individual, what can we do to make ourselves and people around us happy? Let’s have a heated discussion. Please work in your group, all group members should cooperate with each other ,share your opinion, the group leader should collect the information and report to us.

Step 3 : Discussion---Group Work

What can we do to make ourselves and people around us happy? Be determined to achieve our goals

Be ready to help others Do some exercise to keep fit

Be optimistic and full of enthusiasm about everything Maintain active attitudes towards life even in difficult times. Sample: First, find something to do. Working in the field that interests you may allow you to feel proud by realizing your own value.

Second, plan your life. Set long-term goals and short-term goals for yourself so that you may often feel the pleasure of accomplishing something.

Third, be kind to everybody around you, and you’ll get kind response from them too.

Last but not least, keep thinking positively. The power of positive thinking can change and improve your life. Maintaining positive thinking will drive you to success and happiness. Follow these tips, and you’ll find it is easier to stay happy.

After learning this passage, we should know Sang Lan is not the only person who has found happiness. Everybody here can also enjoy happiness. I hope everyone here can know where happiness lies in. No matter what situation we face, we should maintain positive attitudes towards life so that we can achieve our own happiness.

Step 4: Homework Assignment

Please write a short passage including the following: 

Happiness in your eyes 

Things you can do to seek happiness

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Conclusion (one or two sentences)

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