新课标人教版高一英语必修四unit 2教案.doc

Unit 2 Working the land The first period Reading Step 1.Greeting and Revision Greet the students as normal. Revise the warming up with the following question How do you think to grow our main food--rice? 1)First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. 2)Second,grow some young plants 3)Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. 4)At last ,they will get the harvest Step 2 Pre-reading Show the students some pictures and ask the question What is happening to these people in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? Then show more news. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? Encourage the students to tell their opinions, Then give a conclusion: The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology. Step 3 Fast reading Read the passage quickly and answer the true-or- false questions 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 3.Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4. Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5. Dr Yuan enjoys a simple life than most rich and famous people. Step 4 Careful reading 1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2.What is his achievement? 3.Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? 4.How does he help rid the world of hunger? 5. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading? 6.What is Dr Yuan’s dream? Step 5 Skimming: find out the main idea of each paragraph. Step 6 Homework 1. Finish the exercises in Learning about Language. 2. Retell the text in about 150 words. The secondthird period Learning about Language (The –ing form as the Subject Object) Step I. Warming up Warming up reading aloud the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Step II. Discovering useful words and expressions In pairs do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 on pages 11 and 12.