Unit 2 Working the land（第3课时） 教案（人教版必修4）.docVIP

Period 3　Extensive Reading The General Idea of This Period This period is about the reading of the passages:Organic farming.It can help the students learn something more about the modern agriculture. Teaching Important Points Help the students to understand the passages and realize the importance of organic farming. Teaching Difficulties How to improve the students’ reading ability. How to help the students understand the advantages of organic farming. Teaching Methods Asking-and-answering activity to check the students’ understanding of the text;individual,pair or group work to finish each task. Teaching Aids A tape recorder A multi-media computer and a blackboard Three Dimensional Teaching Aims Knowledge and Skills Train the students’ reading ability. Learn some useful words and drill. Enable the students to know the differences between organic farming and chemical farming. Process and Strategies Pair work to talk about the advantages of organic farming. Individual work to finish each task. Feelings and Value Through the reading of this passage the students may have a better understanding of the advantages of organic farming.It is important as people are more and more concerned about the quality of the food we eat. Teaching Procedures Step 1 Warming up  1.Greetings 2.Check the answers of the exercises about the -ing form as the subject and object. Step 2 Reading for structure T:In the Reading part we learnt something about planting rice,but do you know what is the best way to plant rice? Ss:... T:Today we’ll learn a passage about organic farming.Now please read the text and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.I’ll give you five minutes. ( five minutes later ) T:Who would like to tell me the main idea of Paragraph One? S:It’s “What is ‘organic farming’?” T:That’s right.How about Paragraph Two? S:The main idea is “The fertilizer that organic farmers prefer is natural waste from animals”. T:Thank you for your good answers.L