Reading(1)：The search for happiness教学实录及点评

M6U2

What is happiness to you? Period 1

Reading(1) Teaching aims:

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Make an interview with students about what’s happiness to them.Get them to listen to the teacher’s happiness and learn some new words. 2.

Guide students to read the reading strategy and let them know how to read an interview. 3.

Inspire the students to read the interview about Sang Lan and complete the tasks in fast-reading,careful-reading and further-reading. 4.

Ask students to further read and summarize Sang Lan’s personalities and her secret to happiness ,and then call on them to learn from her. Morality aims:

Get students to know that the secret to happiness lies in being positive

Teaching focus & difficulties: 1.

Make sure that students know how to read an interview. 2.

Make them better understand Host’s questions by reading Dr Brain’s answers carefully with the help of some exercises. 3.

Make them find out Sang Lan’s personalities and her secret to happiness. Procedure: Step 1: Warming up and lead-in

1.Lead in the topic of the unit—happiness by greeting them and by playing the song If you are happy,clap your hands. 2.Make an interview about happiness with some students and encourage them to talk freely about their happiness. 3. Get them to listen to teacher’s happiness and teach them some new words. 4.Lead in the topic of this class by asking about what is happiness to the disabled persons and introducing Sang Lan. Step 2: Guide the students to read the reading strategy and help them know how to

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read an interview.Write down the four steps/factors on the blackboard. Step 3: Fast reading

1.Let students scan the first paragraph and find out three factors . What’s the topic of this TV interview?Who is the interview and who is the interviewee?(Happiness,Host and Dr Brain) 2.Ask them to read Host’s conversations and find out his four questions. Present the three questions and then help add another question—Could she still be happy after the accident?. Step 4: Careful reading 1.Let students read Dr Brain’s answer to Q1 after the tape and then complete:

PartA

Fill in the blanks of the table about San Lan’s general information.

Something about (1)_______ Time 1981 1997

Specific information was born in (2)_________, China started (5)_____________________ (3)____ began learning (4)___________ By 1998 had been a (6)____________________for 11 years 1998 broke her neck at(7)_________________ 2. Let students read Dr Brain’s answer by themselves to Q2 and then complete: Part B .Answer the questions:

Was she sad for the accident?Could she still be happy? why? Because Sang Lan :

was ___________when the visitors went to see her.

thought about _____________________________.

was able to _________ by being proud of the things she had accomplished.

felt thankful to ______and lucky to have the rest of her life to __________

3. Let students understand the meaning of “this” in Q3, and then complete: Part C Decide the sentences about the accident True or False (

)1.When the accident happened, she was only 17 years old.

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

)3. Sang Lan broke her neck and would never live again. (

)4. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital to cheer her up. (

)5.Sang Lan knew that for many people the secret to happiness is to

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have preparation for the good things. 4. Let students read Dr Brain’s answer to Q 4 in Line 53-59 and complete:

Part D Correct the 8 errors in Miss Yang’s copy about Sang Lan’s new life

Sang Lan has adapted with her new life—She graduate from Peking University with a degree in broadcasting.She also hosted a sports programmes about the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and continues to be popular figure on TV. Therefore, her primary goal is to advocate better treatment for disable people. She says that what she likes to be optimistic.She also believes that keeping busy helps him stay positive. Step 5: Further reading :Let students read the interview again and find out: 1.What personalities(品质) did Sang lan have ?

from 1981 to 1998: Sang was described as ______________and happy to _______herself to gymnastics.

while staying in hospital:Sang was __________________________.

after returning to China:Sang was ___________________________.

2.To Sang Lan,the secret to happiness lies in(在于) her _______________. Step 6: Post reading :Ask students to share their ideas with their members hotly:

What can we learn from Sang Lan? •

I find Sang Lan’s story _____ ( inspiring/ touching/ encouraging/admirable). •

I will learn from her __________________( devotion/hard work/strong will/ bravery/ courage/optimism/positive energy). •

I will ______________(not lose heart/not give up/rebuild my life) whenever my life feels ___________(hard/hopeless/unbearable). Step7.Homework

1.Ask students to interview their friends/teachers/ parents about their happiness. 2.Let them write a report on“The Search for happiness”.

Step 8.Blackboard design M6U2 Reading(1)

Points: An interview

The search for happiness G 1

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G3 G1 G2 G3

(How?)

(Sang Lan) 学生书写答案：

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Topic:

happiness

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Interviewer: Host

3. 4 Interviewee: Dr Brain

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Interviewer’s 6. questions : ? ? ? ? •

Interviewee’s

answers : ______________

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