新人教版高中英语必修4《Unit 2 Working the land》教学案.doc

Teaching designTeaching aims1. Language goalsa. 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. Sentences1. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.2. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.2. Ability goalsEnable 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.Teaching important pointsa. 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 pointsa. How to help students learn more about agriculture.b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.Teaching aidsMultimedia and a computer.Teaching proceduresSong: Enjoy the song I have a dream before class.设计意图： 提高学生学习英语的兴趣。同时，在本阅读中也提到了袁隆平的梦想，所以也为学习本课做好准备。Pre-reading：1. Talk about some pictures to know hunger is serious and deadly(致命的).2. Group discussion: How to solve hunger? 3. Brief introduction of Yuan Longping by a video.设计意图：通过谈论图片、分组讨论和视频“感动中国”的播放，让学生了解饥饿问题的严重和袁隆平做出的巨大贡献。并且，提高学生的听说能力，增强学生的合作意识和创新意识，提升学生的情感、价值观。同时，导入新课。While-reading:1. Skimming1). What may be the writing style of the passage according to the title?A. A travel journal. B. A biography (人物传记).设计意图：分析文章体裁是常见的阅读理解题。2). Read the text quickly and try to match the main idea of each paragraph.Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography.Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance (外貌）and his achievement.设计意图：总结段意，学会抓住段落的主题。2. Scanning设计意图：细节理解文章。每个环节给足够的时间去阅读理解，锻炼学生的表达能力，提高学生的阅读理解能力。1). Para 1. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementQ1: What does Dr Yuan look like?Q2: What is his achievement?2). Para 2. Put the following sentences in right order. a. He was born into a poor farmers family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college. c. Chinese farmers produced about fifty million tons of rice. d. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.3). Para 3. 1. Which of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuans personality is NOT true?A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B. He cares little about money and fame(名声).C. He is generous and unselfish.D. He is energetic and active.2. What are Dr. Yuans hobbies?He enjoys listening to_, _, _, and _.4). Para. 4Topic sentence?设计意图：细节理解文章。学会找段落的主题句是考试的常见题。 A. The first dream:B. The second dream:Post-reading:I. Appreciate sentences：1. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.1) thanks to: _ 幸亏你的帮助，我通过了考试。 _ your help, I passed the exam.2) rid of 意为“(使)摆脱, (使)除掉” 你应该摆脱这个坏习惯。You should _yourself _ the bad habits.拓展 rid 还可构成get/be rid of,意为“丢弃, 扔掉; 摆脱, 除去”。让我们丢掉这件旧家具吧。Lets _this old furniture.2. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. would rather do sth. _ 简宁愿待在家中。Jane _ at home. 拓展: would ratherthan 宁愿而不, 与其不如我宁愿考不及格, 也不愿意考试作弊。I _ fail _ cheat in the examination.设计意图：分析欣赏文中好句，正确表达，为写作打好基础。II. Listen to the tape carefully and judge T/F. 1. Dr Yuan considers himself a farmer. 2. Dr Yuan has circulated his knowledge in many more developed countries. 3. Dr Yuan would rather care about being famous than keep time for his hobbies. 4. Dr Yuan gives much money to equip others for their research in agriculture.设计意图：注意单词的发音和句子的语调，提高学生的听力水平。同时，再次理解文章。III. RetellingYuan Long ping, who grows what is called 1._ hybrid rice, was born into a poor farmers family in 1930. When he was young he found hunger was a 2._ problem in many parts of the countryside. So he searched for a way to increase rice harvests without 3._ the area of the fields. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high 4. _. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 5._ his research, the UN has more tools in the 6._ to rid the world of hunger. Yuan Longping is quite 7._ with his life. He feels being famous gives him less 8._ to do his research, and he also cares little about money. He 9._ gives millions of yuan to 10._ others for their research in agriculture.设计意图：概括文意，整体理解，兼顾高考语法填空题型。让学生到黑板写答案，可以检查学生写的水平。IV. Role playYuan Longping is doing his research in a field when a reporter comes to interview him. Now make an interview according to some key words.Achievements, hobbies, personality, dreams 设计意图：给学生提供语言情境，合作学习，展现自己的风采，提高英语表达能力，进一步提高学习英语的兴趣。V. Further discussionWhat are the similarities（相似点） between Yuan Longping and Jane Goodall?1. LifestyleThey both lead a busy life. 2. Work They love their work and devote their lives to doing their researches. 3. PersonalityWhen facing difficulties, they never give up.4. Achievements They make great contributions to people/mankind. Questions: Do you want to be a person like them? What should we do?If we all work hard and make contributions to our society like Yuan Longping, t