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教学设计牛津高中英语（模块六）Unit2 What is happiness to you?Period 2Reading: The search for happiness 衡山县第四中学 张超良 Teaching Design for period2 of Unit2 in Advance with EnglishReading: The search for happiness The analysis of studentsThe students are senior two students, whose basic English knowledge and basic learning skills are not quite good. They are not quite interested in learning English. Therefore, to stimulate their interests of learning English is our teaching purpose. The analysis of teaching materialsThis unit introduces and develops the theme of what is happiness to you. The reading material consists of an interview from a Tv programme. The host is interviewing a psychologist about happiness. Teaching aims1. Knowledge aimsa. Important words and phrasesInjure, struggle, disability, simply, psychologist, gymnast, gymnastics, tournament, junior, event, energetic, apart, devote, specialist, severe, injury, cheer, hopeless, overcome, adapt, positive, inspire, courage, admirable, rebuild, unbearable, In hospital, apart from, devote oneself to, cheer up, in good spirits, across the world.a. Important sentences1. While she was injured and in hospital, the world was amazed by the way she remained cheerful.2. Well, in case some of our viewers dont know her story,can you tell us a little bit about Sang Lan and who she is?3. By the time she competed in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, 4. Her teammates described her as energetic, happy and hardworking.5. In 1998, could have cost her her future happiness.6. I know I will think about how she rebuilt her life whenever my life feel Unbearable.2.Ability aimsa. Enable students to develop the reading skills of how to read an interview.b. Talking about different opinions about ones real happiness.c. To help Ss master Reading Strategy.Emotional aimsa. To learn to be cooperative and helpful when working together.b. To help students to form a positive attitude towards real happiness in life.Teaching important points :1. How to make the students understand the passage better.2. How to help the students finish all the exercises.3. How to help the students express themselves freely and bravely.4. How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching difficult points :1. How to let the students understand the text quickly and efficiently.2. Help the students get more information about happiness.Teaching methods1. Task-based in-class activities2. Discussion in groupsTeaching aidsBlackboard and the multimediaTeaching proceduresStep one: GreetingsGreet the class as usual.Step two: lead-in 1.Tell students that they are going to read an interview from a TV programme about happiness. Ask students how much information they know about Sang Lan. If possible, you can ask students to collect some relevant information before class. You may conduct the activity as follows: Firstly, we are going to look at several pictures on the screen. The students are asked to answer:(1) Can you name any famous people with disabilities you admire?What do they have in common?（2） How would you feel if you were injured?（3） How can we find happiness in life? Use the CAI, ppt.NO.6 However, today,we are going to talk about a special girl named Sang Lan, who used to be a successful gymnast. Can you search for more information about this girl?2. Ask students to exchange the background information about Sang Lan they have found with each other. Ask students to think about Sang Lans experiences and answer the following questions: Different people find happiness and fun in different things. There are certainly no criteria assessing which way of being happy is the best. Do you think Sang Lan had had a happy life before she was injured? Do you think Sang Lan has a happy life now? What would you do if you had the same problem? Encourage students to discusss freely their true feelings about Sang Lans story. 3. Ask students to think about the following question: Suppose you had a chance to talk face to face with Sang Lan, what would you like most to ask her about? The following are suggested answers: Childhood and school education Things or experiences that had left her the deepest impression before the accident Reasons for learning gymnastics Things that encourage her during hard times Current physical condition Expectations for future Future career plans Attitudes towards life, success and failure(The purpose of designing: The students are asked to improve their abilities of expressing themselves and organizing the language.)Step three: Fast reading Ask the students read the text as quickly as possible ,and then find the answers to Part A.1. What is the topic of the Tv interview? Happiness. 2. What is the name of the psychologist? Dr brain. 3. When and where was Sang lan born? In Ningbo,China in 1981.Say something about Sang Lang in different years.1981 born in Ningbo, China.1987 began learning gymnastics.1991 started winning competitions.1998 got injured at the Goodwill Games. Use the CAI, ppt.NO.8,10(The purpose of designing: Enable the students to read the text quickly and get a general idea of the text in order to develop the ability of getting lnformation.)Step four: Careful reading Read the text again and get a detailed lnformation of the whole text . And then complete the exercises of Parts C1 and C2.1.The topic of the Tv interview was the story of Sang Lan. 2.Dr Brain studies happines3.Sang Lan became a gymnast when she was eleven years old 4.Sang Lan was injuried in Chain in 1998, while practicing for the Goodwill Games. 5. Before her accident, Sang Lan s best event was the vault. 6. Sang Lan broke her legs and will never walk again. 7. Leonardo DiCaprio visited Sang Lan in the hospital. 8. Sang Lan believes doing no work keeps her happy. (F,T F,F,T,F,T,F) Use the CAI, ppt.NO.12.14Look at partC 2, ask the students finish off the exercises.1.Before her accident,_. 2.After the Goodwill Games in 1998,_.3.While she was in hospital,_.4.Back in China,_.She tells people that_.She believes that_. (c,b,f,e,a,d)Read the text again,ask the students think about the following questions:1.What does the example of Sang Lan show us? 2.In the opinion of Sang Lan, whats the secret to happiness for many 3. How did she stay positive? Use the CAI, ppt.NO.15.17(The purpose of designing: Enable the students to read the text carefully and get a detailed idea about it. Help the students improve the abilities of reading and speaking.)Step five: SummaryFill the missing words in the blanks to complete the summary of the story about Sang Lan.( Sang Lan got to the Goodwill Games held in New York, she felt very happy. She was a d_ athlete,who had spent many years practicing herWhen sport. Her strongest event was the vault and she was the best in China. She hoped to win this event at the games. However, during a practice vault, this young girl made a small m_. Her mistake cost her the ability to w_. Instead of landing on her feet, Sang landed on her head and broke her n_. She was rushed to a top hospital, and doctors said she would never walk again. While in hospital, Sang had many v_, including Christopher Reeve, an actor who once played Superman. Reeve could not walk either, due to an unfortunate horse riding accident. He encouraged Sang to stay p_ and told her that being sad wouldnt help her get better. her good attitude and beautiful smile.Sang already knew this, and won the sympathy and admiration of people across the world with her good attitude and beautiful smile. Sang returned to China, and now studies j_ and is also hosting a sports p_ about the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Sang Lan works hard at everything she does. She enjoys learning new things and has a good attitude towards life. With her positive thinking, she is a role model for young people nationwide.(dedicated, mistake, walk, neck, visitors, positive, journalism, programme) Use the CAI, ppt.NO.26,27,28,29,30Use the following questions to make up a dialogue about happiness. (The purpose of designing: Enable the students develop their writing ability and organizing the language ability.)Step six: DiscussionWhat adjectives can you use to describe Sang Lan? (personality of Sang Lan: brave, courageous, optimistic, hard-working, determined, considerate)Use the following questions to make up a dialogue about happiness. 1. Some people say gymnastics is a dangerous sport, and only top athletes should be allowed to try the most difficult moves. Do you agree or disagree？2. Sang Lan tells people that to be happy, one must keep busy and think about positive things. Do you think this is a good way of finding happiness？ Use the CAI, ppt.NO.31.33(Design intention: After careful reading, the teacher gives students a topic to have a discussion. The students should be encouraged to use what they have learnt in the text and their imagination to talk about the topic. In this way, their oral English can be improved. This task can help the students to be open-minded.)Step seven: homework:Preview the text. Finish Exercise D on Page 20. Teaching reflection From the teaching of this period, I ponder a lot over the class atmosphere and teaching effect. 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