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1、 Unit 2 Working the land单元教学目标1.技能目标Skill GoalsTalk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan LongpingTalk about organic farming & green foodHow to write a brief summaryTry to consolidate how to express suggestions & adviceMaster the usage of the -ing form as the subject and objectLearn how to d

2、esign English posters2.技能目标Skill GoalsTalk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan LongpingTalk about organic farming & green foodHow to write a brief summaryTry to consolidate how to express suggestions & adviceMaster the usage of the -ing form as the subject and objectLearn how to design Eng

3、lish postersII 目标语言1. 功能句式a.建议（ Suggestions & advice）I would rather . If I have a choice Id choose because .I dont like . because . You need to .Id prefer . because .May I suggest .Its a great pity that .Let me suggest Leng Jianli because.Should I/We .? Perhaps we should consider Leng Jianli because

4、.b.词汇1. 四会词汇 Sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietman, circulate, satisfied, freedom2. 认读词汇 hybrid, strain, sorghum, peanut, darken, organic, fertilizer, fertile, 3. 词组rid . of, be satisfied with, lead a . life, would rather, refer to, search for, thanks t

5、o, wouldrather,. 教材分析与教材重组1 教材分析本单元的中心话题是“农业”， 学生通过讨论和阅读了解有关农业、农村和农作物种植的内容。让学生了解农业在整个人类生活中的重要性，了解农村生活，了解中国农民的生活现状，提高他们对农业的认识，并且帮助他们更深刻地理解农业科学家袁隆平的科学研究的价值。同时让学生了解organic farming 以及它对人们生活的重要性，进一步扩大学生的关于农业方面的词汇量，并通过写一则海报提高学生的写作水平。1.1 WARMING-UP 通过提问有关农业、农村和农作物种植的内容，让学生谈谈自己对农村和农业劳动的认识或经验。教师可通过讨论让学生互相学习，

6、相互交流经验以增加他们的农业知识。1.2 PRE-READING 部分有两组问题。在第一组问题中，讨论大米在东亚和东南亚国家人民生活中的重要性；而第二组问题则提出世界部分地区所面临的饥饿问题。由此激发学生对世界的关注，培养学生的同情心。2. 教材重组21 把Warming up 和Pre-reading 作为reading 的导入内容，将这三部分与Comprehending整合成一节阅读课。2.2 将 Learning about Language on Page 11, USING STRUCTURES (P50)设计成一节词汇和语法课。2.3 将 Using Language 中的 Rea

7、ding 和 READING TASK in Workbook (P51) 还有USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS on P51设计成一节泛读课。2.4 将Using Language 中的Listening（P14），LISTENING TASK（P50）和LISTENING（P48）设计成一节听力课。2.5 将 Speaking and Writing（P15）和SPEAKING AND WRITING TASK（P53）及TALKING（P48）设计成一节写作课。2.6将 SUMMING UP (P16), USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS (P

8、49), PROJECT和CHECKING YOURSELF (P47) 设计成一节复习课。. 分课时教案The First Period ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target Language 目标语言a. 词汇和短语Sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietman, circulate, satisfied, freedomb. 重点句子Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in th

9、e battle to rid the world of hunger.2. Ability goals 能力目标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 p

10、roblemstarvation. 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 学能目标Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.Teaching import

11、ant points 教学重点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 教学难点a. How to help students learn mo

12、re about agriculture.b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.Teaching methods 教学方法Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading.Teaching aids 教具准备A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step Greeting and leading inT: Hello, ev

13、eryone.Ss: Hello, teacher.T: In last unit we learnt some great women. Today well learn a famous man. Who will it be? At first lets look at the two pictures on Page 9. What are the people doing?Ss: They are planting rice. T: Can you tell me something about rice?S: Rice grows in the south.S: But in so

14、me place of the north we can also find rice.T: Yeah. You are right. In fact rice is a cereal grain that has been grown for at least 5,000 years and is eaten by 2.4 billion people everyday throughout the world. In Australia, farmers have had to struggle with their harsh environment to grow rice.Ss: R

15、eally?Step Warming upT: Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?S: I have ever grown corn and potatoes. In autumn, my father and I ploughed the soil deep for the first time, then in the next spring,

16、we ploughed the soil for a second time, this time I put the corn seeds into the tunnel following my father. Finally my father covered the corn seeds by ploughing again.S: I never grow any plant. Id like to plant sunflowers. They look beautiful. They always face the sun when they are young. I dig som

17、e holes in my garden, put some sunflower seeds in them, water them and finally cover them with some more soil.T: Very well. Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there?S5: Yes, I went there to see my grandfather. In the village I played with other boys in the little stream and caugh

18、t little fish. I even helped my grandfather get in the corn by cutting the corn stems, which made me tired.T: Are you from a farmers family? What do you know about farming?S: Yes, my father is a farmer. In my view, farming is hard work. People have to plant crops, smooth away weeds and get in the cr

19、ops at the right time. They have to get up early to work in the field so as to protect themselves from the sunshine.T: Thats right. In the north, the biggest worry that farmers have is the drought. When it doesnt rain, and they cant irrigate the crops, the crops will die and they will have nothing a

20、fter hard working.Step Pre-reading The purpose of this step is to let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research. T: Food is the basic

21、 need for man. Rice is a main food in all Eastern Asian and Southeastern Asian countries. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice everyday throughout the world. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?S: I think if that happened, people there wou

22、ld suffer from starvation. They would be panic and the whole country would get into trouble. Maybe the situation that human beings eat human beings will happen.T: Thats too terrible. But this kind of thing once happened in history. Well, if you had the chance to do one thing to help end famine in th

23、e world, what would you do? S: I would invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.S: Ill make a kind of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition and let them grow quickly and have high product. But first without pollution to our environment.T: A great idea! Your idea is just the same with Dr Yu

24、an Longping. Do you know Yuan Longping?S: I heard that he is an expert on agriculture.T: Yeah, today we are going to read a passage about him. Lets see how he helped the world to solve the problem- starvation. Please open your books to Page 9. Step Fast ReadingThe reading material is about an agricu

25、ltural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice. It has proved so successful that his technology spread into other countries. The purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design so

26、me questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task.T: Please scan the passage and find out the answers to the questions on the screen. Then Id like to ask you to answer them. Show the questions on the screen and give students three minutes to read the tex

27、t quickly.1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? 3. How would you describe Dr Yuans personality? Use three or four adjectives.4. What do you think is the main reason for his

28、success?5. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? 6. Dr Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great diff

29、erence to world hunger? Step ExplanationShow the following points on the screen.1. struggle v to make great effortse.g. They have struggled for years to free their country from the enemy.Im struggling to finish the huge helping you gave me.2. sunburnt adj sun-tannede.g. His sunburnt skin looks healt

30、hy.3. super adj (infml) excellent; splendide.g. Youll like her, shes super.You look super in your new clothes.It was super of you to help.4. expand v (cause sth to) become greater in size, number or importancee.g. Metals expand when they are heated.Why not try to expand your story into a novel?5. ci

31、rculate v (cause sth to ) pass from one person, place, etc to anothere.g. People who circulate false news are to be blamed.Yet reports of this kind have been circulated by our newspapers.The news of the enemys defeat quickly circulated round the town.6. equip v supply sb/sth (with what is needed, fo

32、r a particular purpose)e.g. Now all fishing boats are radio-equipped.They cant afford to equip their army properly.Please equip yourself with a sharp pencil and a rubber for the exam.7. export v send (goods) to another country for salee.g. India exports tea and cotton to many different countries.Thi

33、s company has a large home market but doesnt export.8. rid . of make sb/ sth free from (sb/ sth unpleasant)e.g. We all wish that we would rid the world of famine.The farmer recently tried to rid the house of rats.9. be satisfied with, be content withe.g. The young lady isnt satisfied with the peacef

34、ul life.Are you satisfied with his answers?10. would rather, prefer toe.g. Id rather walk than take a bus.Id rather you knew that now, than afterwards.Step Listening and Post-readingAt first, let students listen to the tape, and then finish the exercise in Comprehending, we have involved some questi

35、ons in Exercise 3, so teacher can choose some questions to do. For Ex 1 and 2, teacher can leave some time for students to finish and then check the answers with the whole class. Step Summary and HomeworkThe second period GrammarThe Second Period Words and GrammarTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target languag

36、e 目标语言 a. 词汇和短语sunburnt, hunger, expand, circulate, struggle, export, output, satisfied, strain, rid . of, lead a . life, would rather, thanks tob. 语法 The -ing form as subject and object.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable Ss to master the usage of the words and expressions above and use the -ing form as su

37、bject and object correctly and freely.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help Ss learn how to use these words and expressions freely to express their ideas and use the -ing form as subject and object as they like. They can also practise actively and attentively so that they reach their goals.Teaching im

38、portant points 教学重点The usage of the important words and the -ing form used as subject and object.Teaching difficult points 教具难点How to use the words and expressions and the -ing form freely.Teaching methods 教学方法Explaining, discussing and practising.Teaching aids 教具准备A projector and a computer.Teachin

39、g procedures & ways 教学过程与方式The Third Period Extensive ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词语 chemical, bacteria, pest, lead to, discovery, nutrition, keepfree from, rootb. 重点句型 With these discoveries, some farmer and many customers are beginning to turn to organic farming.Over the

40、past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable Ss to master the main idea of the text and know the ways of organizing articles.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help Ss learn how to enlarge the words and structures of the same topic.Teaching i

41、mportant and difficult points 教学重难点1. How to grasp the main idea of the passage.2. How to grasp the words and phrases and be able to use them freely.Teaching methods 教学方法Show questions, read fast, find the main ideas, and then read carefully and finish all the tasks.Teaching aids 教学准备A recorder and

42、a projector.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法Step Greeting and revision T: Morning, boys and girls! Do you still remember the poem I gave you last time?Ss: Yeah!T: Whod like to recite it to the whole class?S1: Me. Listen! Step ReadingThere are three tasks in this step. First, teacher can ask studen

43、ts to read the articles one paragraph by one paragraph. Ask them some questions about these passages. There are three paragraphs in the article. In each passage, there are one or two questions. When students finish these questions, they will find that the structure of the text has turned up.Task 1:

44、Questions about the text.Show the questions on the screen:1. What is the organic farming?2. What is the advantage of using natural fertilizer?3. What is the disadvantage of using chemical fertilizers?4. Whats the main idea of paragraph 3?5. Why do farmers grow their crops in such ways?Structure of t

45、he textI using chemical fertilizers for a long time can hurt the land and also peoples healthII Problem caused by chemical fertilizers1. Damage the land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones2. Lead to cancer or other illness.3. Food grown with chemical fertilizers loo

46、k beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamins and minerals. Organic farming is becoming more popular with some farmers and many customers after these discoveries came out. 教学反思： 本单元的主题具有相当广泛的讨论和活动空间，在教学当中我根据学生的特点，多鼓励他们主动参与任务设计，激发他们的积极性。从提出想法、搜集资料、讨论研究、任务实施到完成评价的整个过程，都以学生为主体，从学生的兴趣出发来组织和安排教学活动，尤其要注意培养学生之间的合作精神。但由于学生的基础比较薄弱，在语法方面的操作上有点难度。11