Using LanguageⅡ说课稿【一等奖】

Unit 2 Working the land

Teaching aims: 1. Target Language a.Words and phrases sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export,

rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than

b. Important sentences This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10 He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P10 2. Ability goals

Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem—starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character. 3. Learning ability goals

Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality. Teaching important points

a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching difficult points

a. How to help students learn more about agriculture. b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions. Teaching methods

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading. Teaching aids

A tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures && ways The first period

Reading Step 1.Greeting and Revision 1.

Greet the students as normal. 2.

Revise the warming up with the following question

How do you think to grow our main food--rice? -----1)First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. 2)Second,grow some young plants 3)Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. 4)At last ,they will get the harvest Step 2 Pre-reading 1 Ask the following questions

1).What’s the main food in Canada and USA:

----- potatoes and bread 2).What is the main food in South America: ----- corn/maize 3 )What is the main food in Southeast Asian countries:

----- rice 2 Show the students some pictures and ask the question What is happening to these people in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? Then show more news like that: International Facts on Hunger and Poverty (2002) 1)Every 8 seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies from starvation.

2)More than 800 million people in the world suffer from malnutrition (营养不良)---799 million of them are from the developing world. More than 153 million of them are under the age of 5. At last ask the students to discuss: If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? Encourage the students to tell their opinions, Then give a conclusion:

The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.

3.

lead the students to pay attention to the people---Yuan Longping Ask : What do you know about him? --------Father of Hybrid Rice

Then lead to the topic of the reading passage. A Pioneer For All People Step 3 Listening Listen to the tape, try to find out some information of the hero. Name ____________ Age

____________ Job

_____________ Education _________ Achievement _______ Hobbies __________ Step 4 Fast reading Read the passage quickly and answer the true-or- false questions

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1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. •

2. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.

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3.Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. •

4. Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. •

5. Dr Yuan enjoys a simple life than most rich and famous people. Step 5 Careful reading Read each paragraph and answer the following questions: Para 1:

1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2.What is his achievement? Para 2: 1.

Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2.How does he help rid the world of hunger? Para 3.4 1. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading? 2.What is Dr Yuan’s dream?

Step 6 Skimming:

find out the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph Main Idea 1 2 3 4

His

appearance and achievements

His birth, education and research

His personality His dream Step 7 Homework 1.Learn the poem The Peasants’ Lot

Li Shen (772-846) Farmers weeding at noon,

Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray,

Due to their toiling day? 2. Finish the exercises in Learning about Language. 3. Retell the text in about 150 words.

Notes:

a. Use the first person to retell the story. b. Try to use the proper conjunctions.