Reading(1)：The search for happiness公开课参赛课教案

M6U2 Reading---The search for happiness Objectives: 1. To help Ss get a general idea about the text. 2. To make Ss become familiar with the detailed information about the text. 3. To help Ss master Reading Strategy. Teaching important points: 1.How to make the students understand the passage better. 2.How to help the students finish all the exercises. 3.How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities. Interaction Patterns: individuals, pairs Teaching Aids: multimedia & blackboard

Procedures for teaching: Step1: Greeting Greet the class as usual. Step 2: lead-in

Show students a picture of Sang Lan and tell students that they are going to read an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Ask students how much information they know about Sang Lan. Encourage students to discuss freely their true feelings about Sang Lan’s story.

Step 3: Fast reading

Ask students to read the interview quickly and find the answers to these questions. Q1:

What’s the topic of the TV interview? Q2:

What is the name of the Doctor? Q3:

When and Where was Sang Lang born? Step4: Detailed reading 1.Play the tape and ask students to tell the sentences are True or False according to the interview. (P20) (

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)1. Dr Brain studies happiness.

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)2. Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old. (

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)3. Sang Lan was injured in China in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. (

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) 4. Before her accident, Sang Lan’s best event was the vault.

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) 5. Sang Lan broke her legs

and will never walk again. (

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) 6. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. 2. Have students conclude the personality of Sang Lan. 3. Reading strategy: Ask students to read “Reading Strategy” and know what is an interview and the characteristics of the interview. Step5: Exercise Ask students to finish exercises C2, D &E and then check the answers.

Step6: Group work Have students work in groups to discuss these questions: What have you learned from Sang Lan? Can you think of some adjectives to describe Sang Lan? Suggested answers: brave, optimistic, determined, considerate, hard-working, courageous…

Step7: Homework 1. Finish the rest of exercises. 2. Read the text again until they are familiar with the content.