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Unit2Working the land

Teaching objectives

1.Knowledge objectives

(1).important words

Sunburt.decade.super.output.crop.hunger.disturb.expand.circulate.

Vietnam.battle.freedom.therefore.equip.grain.export.

(2).important phrases

Struggle for, Thanks to, Rid…of, Be satisfied with,

would… rather.

(3).important sentence pattern

Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.

2. Ability objectives

Improve students’ reading ability through reading activities.

3. Affective objectives

(1) After learning the passage, students are expected to know about Yuan Longping and his quality.

(2)Enable students to know Dr Yuan’s key secret to success. Teaching important points

1. List the words .phases and sentences listed above.

2. Enable students to improve their reading comprehension. Teaching difficult points

1.Understand the following sentence correctly.

Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.

2. How to help students understand the passage better.

Teaching procedures

Step1 Leading in (3 minutes)

教师活动：呈现一幅农民在田里劳作和一幅田地的图片让学生们

观察。

Ask students some questions after representing two pictures.

1. Please describe what you have seen in the picture.

2. Have you ever experienced something like that? If so, tell us the experience about it; If not, would you like to try growing? And why? 学生活动：Describe what you see in the picture and recall what you have experienced.

设计目的：

激活学生的学习兴趣，让学生积极、主动参与。

Step 2 pre-reading (3 minutes)

I am so surprised that all of you are interested in working the land. As we all know, food and grain are essential for all people to survive. And working on land is also a necessary approach. Grains, like wheat, rice, are planted on the land. Besides, it’s reported that rice is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. What

do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice

to eat?

Now that everyone has realized the importance of food, I can’t help knowing who get us out of the hunger. We all must appreciate it. Today, we come to the reading –A PIONNER FOR ALL PEOPLE. Let’s have access to him. Please read the article fastly.

教师活动：老师问学生What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?并呈现资料：According to the world, Health Organization(WHO):

The world produces enough food for everyone.

More than 800 million people go to bed hungry everyday.

学生活动：学生分组把自己的想法汇报给组员，组员之间相互交流，并做好在班级学生面前发言的准备。

设计意图：

（1）激活学生已有的信息，使学生具备摄入新知识的心理定势。（2）激发学生的学习兴趣。

（3）帮助老师引入课文的主题。

Step 3 while-reading（14 minutes）

1.fast reading (4 minutes)

(Before you read the article ,I will ask you to answer the question presented on the PPT.)

Ask the students to read the passage quickly and match the

paragraphs with the main ideas.

教师活动：教师用投影仪展示出下列问题：

Paragraph 1 Dr Yuan’s attitude towards life.

Paragraphs 2 The quality of Dr Yuan

Paragraphs 3 The process to grow more rice and its magnificence. Paragraphs 4 A general introduce to Yuan Long ping.

学生活动：学生快速浏览课文，了解课文大意。

设计意图：训练学生快速阅读，归纳各段落的中心意思的能力。（skimming for the main idea ）

2. Careful reading (10 minutes)

(1) 教师活动：要求学生认真阅读课文，寻找相关信息：

①What is the super hybrid?

②Why does Dr Yuan want to grow more rice?

③Get the students to read the text and decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F).

ａ. He has struggled for the past fifty years ( )

ｂ. Now not less than 60% of the price produced in China

each year is from this hybrid strain. ( )

ｃ. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests

with expending the area of the fields. ( )

ｄ. Thanks to his research, the UN d oesn’t have more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. ( )

ｅ. However, he cares about being famous. ( )

学生活动：认真阅读课文完成任务，然后向全班学生汇报。

设计意图：训练学生快速查读细节、捕捉信息的能力。（scanning for detailed information ）

(2)教师活动：用多媒体展示表格

学生活动：填写表格

Name: Nationality:

Age: Occupation:

Education:

Dream:

Achievement:

Hobbies:

设计意图：

1.让学生进一步了解和认识袁隆平。

2.梳理文章的脉络和大意。

Step 4 Post-reading (6 minutes)

教师活动：教师展示一些具有归纳总结性的问题：

①Tell us what the article is mainly about, in your own words.

②Dr Yuan was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his success?

③Dr Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and

hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that makes a great difference to world hunger?

学生活动：学生思考并讨论上述问题，然后向全班同学汇报。

设计意图：

①帮助学生进行课堂反思，自己学到了些什么知识；

②拓展学生的视野，致力于实际问题的解决。

Step 5 Language study (7 minutes)

There are some useful words and expressions the students should learn to use in the passage:

①decade

②output

③crop

④would rather

⑤rid of

⑥V- ing + 谓语

Step 6 listening and consolidation (4 minutes)

Play the tape for the students to listen and follow. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.

学生活动：学生小声跟读课文，并注意语音语调。

设计意图：让学生更进一步巩固课文内容，并训练其语音语调。

Step 7 Discussion and homework (3 minutes)

1.帮助学生认识成功并非易事，让学生讨论思考：

What qualities do you think are most important for Yuan Long ping?

2. Write an essay about what you have learned from Yuan Long ping as well as what you will do to achieve your goals.

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