人教版英语必修四-说课稿Unit-1-Women-of-Achievement.doc

Unit 1 Women of AchievementTeaching Materials Analysis The topic of this unit is women of great achievements. The two texts in this unit introduce two great women in different countries, including their achievements, the sacrifices they have made and the difficulties they met. This unit will help the students get to know more great women in world history and will surely help them to build their confidence and sense of responsibility. This unit will be finished in four periods1st period: reading 2nd period: words and grammar3rd period: Reading and listening4th period: writing The first period: Reading A Student of WildlifeI. Teaching Material AnalysisThis text talks about Jane Goodall, who spent many years in African forest to research chimps. She also did what she can to help the chimps. This text is the most important teaching material in this unit. The important and difficult points of this text are as follows:a. Understanding the deep meaning Jane Goodalls spirit;b. Difficult language problems;II. Teaching Aims-Knowledge and Skill Aims:a. Skimming and scanning skills;b. Language points in the text;c. Learn how to describe people;-Moral Aimsa. Sense of environmental protection;b. Learn to be confident and responsible;-Learning Method Aimsa. Self-learning methodb. Cooperative learning methodIII. Teaching MethodsTask-based teaching and Computer assisted teachingIV. Teaching ProceduresStep 1: Lead-in and Warming-up (5 mins): There are many people in the world who have made great achievements that have changed the history of the world and the development of human beings. Among them, there are also many women. So now, I will show you some pictures of these great women. Next, the teacher will show several pictures of the great women in the warm-up section and ask the students to guess who they are and to comment on their achievements. The picture of Jane Goodall will be shown at last, and the students interest of will be aroused. Then the teacher asks the students to see the two pictures on Page 2 and let them predict what Jane Goodall works with. Then the teacher can go to the next stage naturally.Step 2: Fast reading (scanning and skimming) (7 mins) In this part, the teacher will use task-based teaching, and asks the students to read the text fast, then to work in groups, and fulfill the following tasks.Task I: Summarize the main idea of the text. (5 mins) The passage is mainly about how Jane Goodall worked with chimps in their environment and help people understand and respect the life of these animals.Task II: Work in groups and get the main idea of each paragraph. (7 mins)Para 1: How our group studied chimps in the forest;Para 2: What Jane Goodall discovered about chimps:Para 3: What Jane Goodall is doing now to help chimps;Para 4: Jane Goodalls achievements;Step 3: Explanation ( 15 mins)In this section, the teacher will explain the main language points in this text and then ask the students to read the text carefully and do the exercise on page 3. 1) What did the group do first in the morning? They _ A. went into the forest slowly B. left the chimp family sleeping in a tree C. observed the family of chimps wake up D. helped people understand the behavior of the chimps2) Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? Because she wanted _ A. to work with them in their own environment B. to prove the way people think about chimps was wrong C. to discover what chimps eat D. to observe a chimp family3) Jane was permitted to begin her work after _. A. the chimp family woke up B. she lived in the forest C. her mother came to support her D. she arrived at Gomble4) The purpose of her study was to _. A. watch the wild chimps in cages B. gain a doctors degree C. understand and respect the lives of chimps D. live in the forest as men canStep 4: Group Discussion (8 mins)This section is mainly designed to help the students to learn cooperative learning and to understand the deep meaning of Jane Goodalls deeds and spirits. What is more, discussion is a good way to inspire new ideas of the students and will help the students to practice what they have learned. Ask the students to discuss in group of 4 on the following questions.1) What did Jane have to give up when she went to live in the forest?2) Do you think you will go if you are asked to study animals in the wild? Why or why not?Step 5: Exercises and assignments (10mins)Task I: Fill the blanks of the summary of the text. Jane Goodall has studied the chimps for many years in Africa and helped people understand how much they behave like human. Jane was determined to work with animals in their own environment. She spent many years observing and recording their daily act