高中英语必修四《unit2 Working The Land 》全英文说课稿

《unit2 Working The Land 》示范说课稿
Unit 2 Working The Land (NSEFC B4)
Reading: A Pioneer For All People
A teaching plan interpretation
Target students: students of average level in Senior 2
Period under interpretation: The second period of Unit 2 Working the Land
Time: 2nd, Dec, 2008
Teaching material: Reading passage A pioneer for all people
Teaching aids: A multi-media set for teaching, a tape recorder, a power-point display works Teaching aims:
a) Knowledge-oriented aims: Some idiomatic phrases and complicated sentences.
b) Ability-oriented aims: Comprehension of Dr. Yuan’s work and life.
c) Moral-oriented aims: Analyze Dr. Yuan’s characteristics and personality traits.
Teaching principles:
a)student-centered and teacher-directed
b)task-based learning and purpose-focused teaching
c)the communicative language teaching approach
Teaching methods:
a)free talk
b)question and answer activity
c)group presentation
d)pair work
e)role-play
Difficult teaching point:
Help students how to conclude Dr Yuan’s personality through the descriptions about his appearance, achievements and dreams.
Important teaching points:
Encourage students to be ambitious like Dr Yuan and follow his steps to make contributions.
Exploring work before class:
•New words & expressions
•Assigned the students to surf on the Internet to find out some information about Chinese agriculture and Yuan Longping.
Aims: 1. Remove the language obstacles before class and develop students’ habit of self-study.
2. Gain some background information about Yuan Longping.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Lead-in (2m’)
Show pictures of hungry Africans and draw out Dr. Yuan.
Aim: To grab students’ attention and lead in the topic of the passage.
Step 2: Task-based reading (7m’+ 5m’+8m’)
1. First reading (group work and discussion) (7m’)
The students will be given 7 minutes to skim for:
1) the main idea of the whole passage (4m’)
2) the main idea of each paragraph (3m’)
Aim:To enable students to get a general idea and the organization of the passage.
2. Second reading (individual work and chart filling) (5m’)
Students will be divided into 4 groups to finish 4 different tasks. This time more detailed information is called for. After the reading, there will be different tasks for different groups. Group 1: Dr Yuan’s appearance and Dr Yuan’s achievement
Group 2: Dr Yuan’s biography
Group 3: Dr Yuan’s personality
Group 4: Dr Yuan’s dreams
Aim: This task is aimed to develop students’ ability of reading for useful information within a limited time. Meanwhile, the teacher can help to remove the language obstacles in the reading passage.
3. Dig-in reading (pair work and personality recognition) (8m’)
How do you like Dr. Yuan? What characters can you conclude from these sentences?
Try to summarize Dr. Yuan’s characteristics.
Aim: To enable students to get a deeper understanding of Dr. Yuan and appreciate his noble personality.
Step 3: Movie watching (3m’)
A 3-minute short movie about Dr. Yuan will be played in order that the whole class may know him better.
Aim: To know Dr. Yuan better in a vivid way.
Step 4: An interview (pair work and role-play) (5m’+5m’)
Suppose Dr. Yuan will visit our school and he will answer the questions after a speech.
Prepare some questions, which may cover his life, agricultural research work, even his hobbies or love story and then show your interview.
Aim:1. The interview focuses on teamwork, cooperation and collaboration.
2. The purpose is to develop the students’ random thinking skills and practice their oral English.
Step 5: Feedback (number game) (4m’)
The students will play a number game--- What’s your lucky number? There are nine numbers to choose from and each number represents a different task. The task is mainly about the words, phrases and comprehension of the passage.
Aim:To check the teaching effect and consolidate students’ basic knowledge about words and sentences.
Step 6: Self assessment and assignment (1m’)
Check out how much you have learned in class!
Write an article which is entitled Dr. Yuan in my eyes.
Aim: 1.To expand the information and to broaden students’ minds.
2.To consolidate the knowledge and help improve students’ writing.。