Using LanguageⅡ教学实录与评析

Unit 2 Working the land 奇台县第一中学

刘颖

Teaching goals: 1.Help students to master some key words and phrases in this unit and use them correctly. 2 Enable students to learn to guess the meanings of the new words and phrases from the context. 3.Develop students’ sense of achievement and stimulate them to realize their dreams. Teaching important point: Enable students to guess the meanings of the new words and phrases from the context. Teaching difficult point: How to master as many new words and phrases as possible effectively in one period. Teaching Method: Task- based teaching method Teaching Aids: 1. a computer

2. an overhead projector

3.cards

Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Leading in The teacher asks students whether they have seen the cartoon Tom and Jerry. Today we will learn the story of another Jerry.

Step 2 Presentation Present Jerry’s story in the form of reading picture books. In this way, students’ interest increases and the pictures help students understand the story as well as new words and phrases better.

Meanwhile ,students learn to pronounce the new words according to their phonetic symbols. Jerry’s

Story

1.I was Jerry from India, living in a hole in a farmer’s house with my family. In front of the hole was a path leading to

the farmer’s kitchen.

2.The farmer had a scary cat and therefore

we couldn’t go outside unless the cat was out.

3.The other day, I had eight newborn brothers and sisters. My father said our house was too small to live in and it needed to be expanded.

4.My parents were busy looking for food. I took good care of the newborn babies. My parents were satisfied with my performance.

5.It was becoming more and more difficult for my parents to find food. I hadn’t eaten grain and peanuts for a long time. We had to go hungry. Hunger became a disturbing problem which made us upset.

6.I was so hungry that I decided to look for some food myself. Unluckily, the farmer’s cat suddenly blocked my way. The cat rushed at me. I struggled to run away.

7.Then my father appeared. The cat turned around to run after my father. Thanks to my father, I ran into our house safe , my heart beating fast.

8.We were worried about our father. Thankfully, after a while he ran in. He told us that the cat was too hungry to run any farther. Hearing what he said, we laughed happily.

9.I made up my mind to build myself up by taking exercise every day. In that case, I would not be the food for the cat.

Step3.Guessing the meanings of the new words and phrases through a game First ,with the teacher’s help, students guess the meanings of the new words together. In this way, students learn to find context clues. Second, students read the story again and find out the meanings of phrases themselves from the context. This procedure not only helps students to master the context strategy but also develops their sense of achievement and arouses their interest in vocabulary learning.

1.

Choose the correct words or phrases to replace the underlined ones. The farmer had a scary cat and therefore we couldn’t go outside unless the cat was out.

so

My father said our house was too small to live in and it needed to be expanded.

made larger

Hunger became a disturbing problem which made us upset.

worrying

We had to go hungry. Hunger became a disturbing problem which made us upset.

Not having enough food to eat

The cat rushed at me. I struggled to run away .

tried very hard to

2.

Read the story again and find out the meanings of phrases underlined in this story.

lead to

to connect one place to another be satisfied with

be pleased by what one wants or needs thanks to

because of build sb./oneself up

to make sb./ yourself healthier or stronger

Step 4. Practice through a game 1.

Compare sentences and choose the correct answers .

A. to result in

B. to connect one place to another

All roads lead to Rome.

_______ Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems. ______

A. strong wish

B. not having enough food to eat Many children in Africa suffer hunger. ______ People in Syria(叙利亚) have a hunger for peace._______

A. to fight against sb. or sth. B. to try very hard to do sth.

The butterfly was struggling to get out of the net. ______ He struggled with cancer for two years. ______

2.

Fill in the blanks with the following words or phrases.

therefore

expand

hunger

struggle

lead to

be satisfied with

thanks to

build sb./oneself up

1.He failed in the exam. His carelessness _____ _____ his failure. 2. The bird was caught in the net and ____ it couldn’t fly in the sky.

3. ______ ______ his help, the little girl was finally saved. 4. We had to _______ with all kinds of difficulties. 5. She has a _____ for knowledge. 6. You can_________ your knowledge by reading more books. 7. I’m glad that my parents ______ _____ _____ my performance. 8. Children need more protein(蛋白质) to _____ themselves ______.

3.The teacher shows two pictures, asking students to describe the pictures using at least three words or phrases learnt in this class.

4.Jerry realized his dream. Actually everyone has his dream. We Chinese have our Chinese dream. The future belongs to those who struggle to realize their dreams.

Step5. Homework Suppose you are Jerry: Tomorrow you are going to meet Yuan Longping . What would you like to say to him? Please use as many words and phrases as possible we have learnt in this class to express yourself.