高中人教版必修4 Unit2 Working the Land.docVIP

Unit2 Working the Land (Period 2 reading) Teacher: Lianping Middle School Wu Yuxian Introduction: This period, after warming up and pre-reading, students could talk something about framing, but they knew a little about Dr. Yuan Longping. So they are curious to learn more about him. On this occasion, I try to make full use of students’ curiosity to learn this reading passage---A Pioneer for All People. Teaching aims: Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming Have Ss learn more about Dr. Yuan (3)Help Ss make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching important points: Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text Grasp the usage of some words and expressions Improve Ss’ reading skills Teaching difficult points: Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan including his personality Learn to paraphrase the sentences Teaching methods: Ask and answer activities; Individual; Group work; Task-based methods; Interview Teaching aids: A computer Teaching Procedures: Step I. Lead-in (2 mins) (Last lesson we’ve talked about the measures to end the World Famine, and the best way is that if we can invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. In China, one person has done it , do you know who is he?) 1.Show the picture of Dr. Yuan and his hybrid rice 2.Have Ss talk something about him and show the following statement. He is father of hybrid rice，who contributes (贡献）himself to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. He is called a pioneer for all people.(From this to draw forth the title of reading) StepⅡ. Reading (18mins) Task 1 Skimming (3mins) Skim the text quickly and try to find out some information of the hero and the fill in the chart below. Name ? Age ? Nationality ? Occupation /job ? Education ? Hobbies ? Achievement ? Task 2: Scanning (7mins) 1. Scan the passage to match the following headings to each para. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEO