人教新课标必修4 Unit 2 Working the land—Teaching Plans

人教新课标必修4 Unit 2 Working the land—Teaching Plans
Reading—A Pioneer for all people
Teaching Aids:
1. Learn the vocabularies of farming
2. Find information about Dr Yuan .his super hybrid rice and the important significance of his research
Teaching Procedures:
Step1: Watch the video (Poem---Planting seeds by Li Shen)
Question: What does the poem talk about?
Step2: Lead -in
1. Show the students some pictures and have them talk about the pictures
1) Some farmers are working in the field
2) Show some foods to students ( sorghum /wheat/ rice. /Tomatoes / corn / potatoes / cabbages / carrots)
2. Get the students to answer the following three questions and express there own opinions.
Q1: Are you from a farmer’s family? What do you k now about farming?
Possible answer: Yes, my father is a father. In my opinion, farming is hard work. People have to plant crops, smooth away weeds and get in crops at the right time. They have to get up early to work in the field so as to protect themselves from the sunshine.
Q2: If there was no food one day, what would happen?
Possible answer: hungry / died
Q3: What do you think is the greatest hero for hungry people in the world?
Possible answer: If the students read the passage about “A Pioneer for all people “in advance , May be they can answer:, “Yuan Longping”.
3. Show the introduction of Dr Yuan and tell students :
“Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the word that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the s ame problem in the world”.
Means:原子弹让中国人不在受恐吓!袁隆平(Father of Hybrid Rice)使中国人不再挨饿!
Step3. Reading
1. Give students two minutes and ask them to scan or skim for the answers to the following questions.
1).When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?
2).What did Dr Yuan invent?
Answers: 1 ) In 1974 / Yuan Longping
3) Super hybrid rice
2. Careful reading
Ask students to read the passage carefully, find main idea of the text and answer questions: Para1: Dr Yuan’s a ppearance and his achievement
Q1: What does Dr Y uan look like?
Q2: What is his achievement?
Answers: 1. He has a sun burnt face and arms and a slim, strong body , He is more like a farmer than a scientist.
2. He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of
the crop in the same fields, Thanks to his research , the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger, using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvest twice as large as before.
True or False:
1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist (F)．
2．Dr Yuan ＇s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. ( T )
Para2. Dr Yuan’s biography
Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order
A. he was born into a poor farmer’s family
B. he graduated from southwest Agriculture college
C. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice
D. 20 billion tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice
E. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expending the areas of fields
F. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Right order: A-C-B-E-D-F
Para3: Dr Yuan’s personality
1. Achievements
( keys ):a. Grow rice that has a high output
b. Circulate his knowledge abroad
c. Give money to equip others for the research
2. Hobbies
a. Play his violin
b. Listening to violin music
c. Playing mahjong
d. Swimming
e. Riding his motorcycle to his rice fields
Para4: Dr Yuan’s dreams
a. The first dream
(keys ): Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people
As tall as sorghum /As big as a corn /As huge as a peanut
b. The second dream
To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe
Step4. Exercise
Give some sentences, according to the passage and choose T or F.
1. Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist
2. Dr Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitable ways 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 simpler life than most rich and famous people.
Answers: T ( 2. 3. 4. 5) / F( 1 )
Step5: Oral practice---describe the life of Dr Yuan
Ask some of the students to retell the text
Step5. Homework
Discussion: If we had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would we do ?
人教新课标必修4 Unit 2 Working the land--Words and Grammar
Teaching goals
1. Target language
a. words and expressions
sunburnt, hunger, expand, circulate, struggle, export, output, satisfied,
strain, rid ... of, lead a ... life, would rather, thanks to
b. grammar
The -ing form as subject and object.
2. Ability goals
Enable students to master the usage of the words and expressions above and use the -ing form as subject and object correctly and freely.
3. Learning ability goals
Help students learn how to use these words and expressions freely to express their ideas and use the -ing form as subject and object as they like. They can also practise actively and attentively so that they reach their goals.
Teaching important points
The usage of the important words and the -ing form used as subject and object.
Teaching difficult points
How to use the words and expressions and the -ing form freely.
Teaching methods
Explaining, discussing and practising.
Teaching aids
A projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways
Step I Greeting and revision
T: Morning, everyone. What's your breakfast?
Ss: A steam bread, some potatoes and porridge.
T: When you are eating at the dinning-room, do you often find some food thrown away?
Ss: Yeah, we often see some.
T: OK, boys and girls. In last period we talked about agriculture and a pioneer in agriculture--- Dr Yuan. Today over 20 countries have adopted the hybrid rice. The FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) has vowed to be actively involved in spreading the Yuan Hybrid rice worldwide. 80 percent of China's total fields grow Yuan's hybrid rice species, yielding 60 percent of the rice production in China. My question is even if Dr Yuan's dreams come true, can this really solve the starvation? Why? What can we do to solve the problem?
S1: I think it's difficult to say that this can solve the starvation. Because even if there are enough food, as long as people don't treasure it, there is still starvation.
S2: I have an idea to solve this problem. That is we should call on people not to eat meat.
S3: Not to eat meat! It's impossible. I like meat most.
S2: But please think, if people continue to eat meat, they have to grow wheat, corn and some other crops to feed them. It's said in America or some other western countries, they do so. Feeding animals what people can eat can run out many foods. That's a big waste. If everyone stops eating meat, I believe we have enough food to supply people all over the world.
S: My god! How could we get rid of meat?
T: Your argument is really interesting. It reminds me a story. When Mr. Lu Xun went to Japan, he took up medicine at first. But later he wanted to become a writer. Because he found that medicine could only cure some diseases of body, but couldn't cure the diseases in the deep heart of people. That was the very problem. So I think only human being get rid of the greed for everything, not only can we solve the starvation but also any problem that bring us trouble and worries. Don't you think so?
Ss: That's right.
T: Buddha said people should give up greed, anger and craziness. That's truth. OK, we should go a-head to the next step.
Step II Word study
T: In the last period, we've learned some new words and expressions. Now let's review them. Look at the screen, please. Try to think of their meanings and their usages. Then complete the exercise on the screen to check if you can use them correctly. After finishing it, you may check your answers with your partners.
Teaches shows the following on the screen.
Complete the sentences with the words from the box in proper forms. Some words may not be used.
Sunburnt, strain, output, export, rid ... of, would rather, increase,
satisfied, super, lead ... a life, thanks to, struggle
l. With the development of science and technology China is ________many kinds of electric products to developing countries.
2.Yao Ming plays basketball in NBA and he is a _________ basketball star.
3. __________bad weather, our football match has to be put off.
4. Now the old couple ___________ simple but happy _________in the countryside.
5. Judging from his _______ face and arms, he works in the open air.
6. I'm very tired. I _______ have a good sleep than go to the cinema.
7. The __________ of corn this year is double that of last year.
8. We ________wheat to Russia and import silk from Japan.
9. The baseball league _________ by adding four new terms.
10. The people to get out of the burning building.
A few minutes later, the teacher may ask some students to read out their answers and give the Chinese meaning of each sentence. The teacher corrects any mistake and gives some explanations. Answers to the sentences:
1. exporting
2. super
3. thank to
4. is leading a ... life
5. sunburnt
6. would rather
7. output
8. export
9. was strained 10. struggled
T: Well, now let's turn to Page 11 and finish the Ex 1, 2 and 3. Now let's check the answers. Check the answers and give them some explanations.
Step III Grammar
There are two tasks in this step. One is to do some explanations about the structure; the other is to do some exercises in the Discovering useful structures in Page 12.
Task l
The following sentences are from the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE. There are some useful structures in them. Let students translate them and pay attention to these boldface words.
1...., He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P10
2. He also doesn't care about being famous. P10
3. His other hobbies include playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. P10
4. Wishing for things, however, costs nothing. P10
T: Well done. Now, please pay attention to the boldface part in each sentence and find out the function of them. Who'd like to explain the function of these underlined parts?
S1: Let me have a try. It's clear that the -ing form in the first and second sentences is used as object of preposition. And in the third sentence the -ing form is used as object. In the last one the -ing form is used as subject. So we can say the -ing form can be used as subject and object like nouns.
T: Quite right. That's the usage of the -ing form. In grammar the -ing form used like this has another name called the gerund. That is to say, it can be used as subject and object like nouns. But please pay attention. We seldom use "it" to replace the -ing form as subject. Ok. Now let's do some practice. Look at another three examples on the screen. Please complete the sentences with the given words in proper forms.
1. Fancy Mary ______(do) a thing like that!
2. _____(take) physical exercise every day is profitable to our health.
3. That is a matter of importance, it wants_______ (handle) carefully.
4.Her not _______(come back) made us disappointed.
5.1 must apologize for _____-(not let) you know ahead of time.
6. M.r Brown regretted _______(beat) his son.
Ask one student to do it. Correct mistakes if there is any and do some explanations at the same time.
Suggested answers:
1. doing
2. Taking
3. handling
4. coming back
5. not letting
6. beating
T: By the way, I'd like to do some further explanations. It is not always easy to decide when the gerund should be used after a given verb as the object. This is a matter of general usage. As we know some verbs and phrasal verbs usually take a gerund after them. Do you know what they are? S2: Let me see. Such words as advise, avoid, cannot help, consider, enjoy, escape, excuse, finish, give up, keep from, leave off, miss, practise, stop, suggest, etc. usually plus gerunds after them ... T: There are other words such as acknowledge, deny, admit, postphone, resist, fancy, put off, etc. are often followed by gerunds. Here are some examples.
e.g. I can not postphone answering his letter. He narrowly missed being killed.
Task 2
T: Let's continue to do some exercises. Please look at Page 12. Please do Ex 2. You are asked to rewrite the following sentences using the -ing form as the subject.
Ask some students to do them one by one.
Keys to Exercise 2:
Helping people in need of help is nice.
Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.
Learning more about fanning is not difficult.
Doing research in the countryside is not as easy as in the city.
Getting rid of hunger is very important in some African countries.
6. Explaining this again is important or we will get confused.
T: Well done! Why not go on with Exercise 3. This time join the two halves to make sentences. Keys to Exercise 3:
1. Dr Yuan likes talking to rice growers about his work.
2. He continued doing research until a better strain of rice was found.
3. Many city kids look forward to visiting the countryside.
4. Not all students enjoy working in the fields.
5. They started producing hybrid rice in 1974.
6.1 remember meeting the scientist while he was in Beijing last time.
T: Good! Now, please finish Ex 4 in Page 13. Use the following phrases with the -ing form to describe a person you admire.
Teacher can give students four minutes to write a short passage by themselves and then ask one or two students to give their answers.
T: Ready? Who's willing to read his or her passage?
S1: The person I admire is my uncle. As a young man, he dreamt of becoming a scientist. He was good at all his subjects at school. But when he saw the need for doctors in the poor countryside, he decided to devote himself to looking after sick people. After graduating from Shanxi Medicine University, he became a doctor in our hometown. He cares little about making money. He is interested in helping poor people. When some poor villagers come for help, he seldom asks them for charge. He even offers some money to them. He is never afraid of becoming poor. He is only concerned about people's health.
T: Very nice, thank you. OK, after class you can exchange your passages with each other and enjoy what your partners have written. Today we reviewed some important words and phrases. Please remember them after class. And we also learned about the -ing form used as the subject and object. Try to do some practice so that you can master the usage of the -ing form.
As for Exercise 5. If time permits, you can ask students to do it in class, If not, you can ask them to do it as homework after class.
T: Now, let's play a game called "What were you doing when the flood came?" That is, imagine when the food came what you were doing. You can tell an experience in a flood or you can imagine one. Please work in groups of four and take turns to describe an activity. Be sure to use the -ing form of the verb. Two minutes later, be prepared to tell your ideas to the class.
T: Which group would like to tell their ideas first?
S1: I was helping my parents get in the rice in the field when the flood came. I ran as fast as possible to the softy. I
S2: I was playing football with my friends on the playground when the flood came.
S3: I was reading a novel at home when the flood came. So I had to climb up a tree.
S4. I was riding my bike to the market to buy some fertilizer when the flood came. T: Excellent! Another group ...
Teacher can ask two or three groups of students to tell their ideas. Teacher can ask the rest of students to exchange their ideas after class.
The introductions about V-ing in the reference book are very good, teacher can add them to this step.
Step IV Using Structures
T: Now please turn to Page 50 and finish Exercise 1 quickly. I'll give you 2 minutes to do this. Check their answers with the whole class.
T: Well, Now I'd given you some time to do it, according to the instructions in Exercise 2. Please try to use the structures we learned today. Now work in pairs or groups to finish this task. Sample
1.1 hate chatting in QQ, because I find it really boring. After chatting, you will find that you gain nothing except boredom. It's dangerous when a person is tripped in it. One of my neighbours left his wife and child, and sold his house to meet his QQ girl friend. But half year later, he came back empty-handed. What a shame!
2. I'm interested in teaching. Though the job can't bring me much money, I think what I do will bring children wise or intelligence.
3. I'll enjoy visiting Taiwan. Because it is reported in news papers that People in Taiwan are those who are the most filial. People in Hong Kong are the second, and people in the mainland are the third. I want to go there and find what makes people there so filial. And it reminds me a Chinese poem. I can't help reading it out for you.
Step V Homework
T: Next time we'll learn Organic Farming on Page 13 and An Early Farmer Pioneer on Page 51. If possible, please find some information about them. Today's homework is to finish all Exercises on Page 49. That's all for today. See you next time.。