Reading(1)：The search for happiness优秀教案范文

Gaoyou No.1 Senior High

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Chief editor : Liu Ling Module 6 Unit 2 Reading

The search for happiness Learning aims: 1. To learn some information about Sang Lan and discuss the true meaning of happiness. 2. To develop the reading ability (including the analytic ability, summarizing ability and the ability of acquiring the information by different ways and means.) by learning the text. 3. To learn the basic characteristics of an interview and master the reading strategy and become more competent in reading an interview. Important and difficult points:

1. How to master the structure and main idea of each part when reading this text. 2. How to improve reading ability with various means of learning. 3. How to understand the article better and finish the connected exercises. Learning procedures: Step 1 Lead-in 1.

Play the song If you are happy. 2.

Brainstorming: What is happiness to you? 3.

Show the pictures about What happiness means to people. Step 2 Reading strategy

(P. 19) 1.

Introduce the topic of the interview, who the interviewee is and what he does. 2.

①Fully understand the question.

②Read the interviewee’s response.

③Pay attention to the summary of the background of topic. Step 3 Reading

1. Fast Reading Topic: _______________________________

Interviewer Interviewee

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Chief editor : Liu Ling 2. Main idea

①

The main idea of part 1

(Para ＿－＿)

A. Dr. Brain do some research on happiness.

B. Brief introduction of happiness and Sang Lan.

C. A sorrowful accident.

②

The main idea of part 2

(Para ＿－＿)

A. Sang Lan’s accident.

B. Sang Lan’ achivements.

C. How Sang Lan searched for happinss.

③

Conclusion

(Para ＿) 3. Detailed reading

①. Brief introduction.

Read (para.1-para.4) and answer the questions.

(2 minutes) 1) What does happiness mean to common people?

2) What does happiness mean to the disabled?

3) How did Sang Lan search for happiness after the accident?

②. Sang Lan’s experiences ( para5 – 12 )

COMPETITION

(3 minutes)

Round 1

Background information of Sang Lan

Age: ____

Age of being disabled:___

Birthplace: ____________

Best event :_______

Place of the accident: ________

Round 2

Important events 

1981 ________________________________________________________ 

1987 ________________________________________________________ 

1991 ________________________________________________________ 

1998 ________________________________________________________ 

2008_________________________________________________________

Round 3

Use as many adjectives as possible to describe Sang Lan Before accident __________________________________________________

(3 points)

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

While in hospital ________________________________________________

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Chief editor : Liu Ling Back to China ___________________________________________________

(3 points)

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Discussion: What impressed you most after knowing her story? Sang Lan’s personality:_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

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Task-based reading Title：The search for happiness 1_________ Opinions of

common people

How to find happiness Happiness means: 

Being 2___________

by family and friends. 

Achieving

a goal. 

To the 3_________, a day with no pain or being alive.

She felt happy with her life:



In order to realize her dream, she work hard in

gymnastics training since

her 5_________.



She was happy to 6________ herself to gymnastics although it means Sang Lan’s

living far away from her parents. 4_________ She remained cheerful in her difficult times: towards happiness 

An accident happened to her,7______ almost cost her

her

future happiness. 

Many people 8 _________ her to be sad, went to the hospital to see her but found her still 9___________. 

She managed to 10________ her life. She attended Peking University and has become a host of a sports program. Step 4 Group work

(Make an interview) 1. Suppose you are the host and invite Sang Lan to your interview . 2. Now You are required to make an interview according to the following key words.

3. Please write down your questions and answers. key words

1. birth 2. success 3. accident 4. attitudes 5. new life

Useful expressions

1. Can you tell us a little bit about …?

2. We’d like to know something about …

3. We heard that your best event is…

4. That must have been difficult for you…

5. How did you deal with it?

…

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Gaoyou No.1 Senior High

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Chief editor : Liu Ling Step 5 Show time H: We’re lucky to invite SL to our interview. Today’s topic is…

S: Thank you for inviting me.

…

H: …

S: …

H: I hope we can learn much from SL and try to achieve more goals.…

Step 6 Summary Step 7 Homework

1. Underline the useful words, phrase and sentence patterns and know how to use them freely. 2. Write a composition: what does happiness mean in your mind?

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