Reading(1)：The search for happiness国家优质课一等奖

课题

Teaching objectives M6U2 The search for happiness

1.

80% of students are able to learn and grasp Reading strategy on how to read an interview. 2.

80% of students are able to have a better understanding of Sang Lan’s story and her search for happiness. 3.

encourage students to work out an interview on how to be a happy teenager. Understand the story of Sang Lan and her search for happiness Focuses To motivate students to work out an interview on how to be a happy Difficult teenager. points Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in 1.

Students share their opinions about happiness in their eyes. 2.

Students enjoy a video about an interview of Mrs Liu to introduce the topic “happiness” and raise a question how Mrs.Liu search for happiness. 【教学设计】通过视频短片直接导入本课主题。

Step 2 While reading 1.

Reading strategy Enable students to know the basic elements of an interview according to the video in lead-in. 【教学设计】利用视频中采访的展示，引导学生掌握采访的几个基本要素，并为之后的小组活动做铺垫。

2.

Fast reading ①Scan the passage and finish the timeline of Sang Lan's life. ②Divide Sang Lan’s life into three parts according to the timeline. 【教学设计】快速扫读文章，了解桑兰人生的大致经历。为下一步细节阅读做铺垫。

3.

Careful reading ①How did Sang Lan search for happiness before the accident? ②Draw a mind-map to show how Sang Lan searched for happiness in the other two periods. 【教学设计】此环节通过细节阅读, 学生自主完成思维导图，训练其获取信息，理解信息的能力。

Step 3 Group work

Students work in groups to carry out an interview about how to be a happy teenager. 【教学设计】基于对文本的阅读及探讨，引发学生对于幸福的促成因素的思考，并通过采访的形式展现”如何成为一个幸福的青少年”。

Step 4 Emotional education

Unveil Mrs Liu’s ways of searching for happiness: be optimistic and grateful, happiness can be created by ourselves. 【教学设计】呼应导入中设下的疑问，揭晓寻求幸福的方法，引导学生乐观积极的面对生活，创造自己的幸福。

Homework Polish the report of “how to be a happy teenager?”

with more than 120 words.

Blackboard design

M6U2 The search for happiness

Reading

Key words

Mind map

accompany Sang Lan’s ways

assist of searching for happiness

attain

Before the After the

accident accident While in

hospital

Worked towards something special ;

Devoted herself to gymnastics;

Make parents proud