高中英语必修四Unit2WorkingthelandPeriod1Apioneerforallpeople学案.docVIP

Title Unit 2 Working the land Period 1 A pioneer for all people Teaching aims 1. knowledge and skills 1.To make students know about Yuan Longping and his hybrid rice 2.To develop the students’ good reading habits and skills 3.To help students master the new words and expressions 2. emotion and attitude 1. To encourage students to learn from Yuan Longping . 2. To develop students’ sense of cooperative learning. Emphasis and difficulty 1. To Let students learn more about Yuan Longping and his hybrid rice 2. To improve students’ reading skills Teaching steps Step1 : Warming up and leading in 1. Enjoy a poem and talk about the poem . 2. Get students to learn about some farming steps. Step 2: Pre-reading What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?(rice) What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was no rice to eat.? (hunger) Step3 : Skimming Skim the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Suggested answer：Para1 D；Para2 C ; Para3 B; Para 4A Step 4: Careful reading Read the passage carefully and finish the tasks. Task1 ：Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions: 1.What does Yuan Longping look like? Suggested answer: He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body . 2.What is his achievement? Suggested answer: He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Task 2：Read the second paragraph and fill in the blanks: In 1930, he was born into a poor farmer’s family. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since 1953, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. He is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries. Task 3: Read the third paragraph and choose the best answer: What’s his attitude to money? A. He t