人教版高一英语必修4Unit 2 Working the land 教学设计.doc

人教版高一英语必修4 Unit 2 Working the land 教学设计安义中学 占爱香Teaching aims:1. Target Languagea.Words and phrasessunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid . of, be satisfied with, lead a . life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than b. Important sentencesThis special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P102. Ability goals Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problemstarvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character.3. Learning ability goals Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.Teaching important points a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions.c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.Teaching difficult points a. How to help students learn more about agriculture.b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.Teaching methods Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading.Teaching aids A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & waysThe first period ReadingStep 1.Greeting and Revision1. Greet the students as normal.2. Revise the warming up with the following questionHow do you think to grow our main food-rice?-1)First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops.2)Second,grow some young plants3)Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field.4)At last ,they will get the harvestStep 2 Pre-reading1 Ask the following questions 1).Whats the main food in Canada and USA:- potatoes and bread2).What is the main food in South America:- corn/maize3 )What is the main food in Southeast Asian countries: - rice2 Show the students some pictures and ask the questionWhat is happening to these people in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Then show more news like that:International Facts on Hunger and Poverty (2002)1)Every 8 seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies from starvation. 2)More than 800 million people in the world suffer from malnutrition (营养不良)-799 million of them are from the developing world. More than 153 million of them are under the age of 5.At last ask the students to discuss:If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?Encourage the students to tell their opinions, Then give a conclusion: The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology. 3. lead the students to pay attention to the people-Yuan LongpingAsk : What do you know about him?-Father of Hybrid Rice Then lead to the topic of the reading passage. A Pioneer For All PeopleStep 3 ListeningListen to the tape, try to find out some information of the hero.Name _Age _Job _Education _Achievement _Hobbies _Step 4 Fast readingRead the passage quickly and answer the true-or- false questions 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2. Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland. 3.Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4. Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5. Dr Yuan enjoys a simple life than most rich and famous people.Step 5 Careful readingRead each paragraph and answer the following questions:Para 1: 1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why?2.What is his achievement?Para 2:1. Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?2.How does he help rid the world of hunger?Para 3.41. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading?2.What is Dr Yuans dream?Step 6 Skimming: find out the main idea of each paragraph.ParagraphMain Idea1His appearance and achievements2His birth, education and research3His personality4His dreamStep 7 Homework1.Learn the poemThe Peasants Lot Li Shen (772-846)Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Wh