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Unit 2 Working the land 教案1 (A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEPART 1) Introduction In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to imagine and share their views about the farming. They will then be helped to read a narration entitled A PINEER FOR ALL PEOPLE. It’s about Yuan Longping and his dream. Examples of “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers’ reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives To help students read an introduction about a person. To help students better understand “a pioneer for all people” To help students understand and use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of the present progressive tense: expressing futurity in the text Focus Words sunburnt, struggle, output, super, decade, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, circulate, Vietnam, battle, freedom, equip, grain, export Expressions struggle for, thanks to, rid of, be satisfied with, would rather Patterns Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. He enjoys listening to violin music. Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedure 1. Warming up (1)Warming up by discussing Good morning, class. Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you see or do here? Are you from a farm’s family? What do you know about farming? 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 try growing? How would you grow it? Now look at the following pictures and discuss it in pairs. picture What are they doing? (2)Warming up by asking and answering Now suppose you live in countryside. You plan to grow some plant. Do you know how to do? Please have a short discussion with your partners. Ok, now I’d like you to ask your partner the following questions. What kind of plants do you want to grow? When do you want to grow it? How do you grow it? 2. Pre-reading by ta