Period2VocabularyandReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodInthisperiod,we’lllearnsomethingaboutafamousChinesescientist—YuanLongping,whoiscalled“thefatherofhybridrice”.Theteachermayaskthestudentstogetthemainideaofeachparagraphinthecourseoffastreading.Thentheteachermayshowthemonthescreen,suchasstaple,leading,nickname,species,etc.Byguessingfromthewholecontexttheywillhaveagoodsenseofenlargingtheirvocabularyandthisisveryimportantinlearningalanguage.Thenwe’lldosomecarefulreadingandexercisestoconsolidateourunderstandingofthetext.Meanwhilewecanlearnsomereadingstrategiessuchasskimmingandwordguessing.TeachingImportantPointsMakethestudentslearnthestoryofYuanLongpingandhiscontributiontoChinaaswellastheworld.Learnandmastersomeimportantwordsandphrasesinthisperiod.TeachingDifficultPointsHowtohelpthestudentsimprovetheirreadingabilityandunderstandthepassagebetter.HowtomastertheimportantLanguagePointsinthispassage.TeachingMethodsFastreadingtogetthemainideaofthetext.Intensivereadingtounderstandthepassagebetter.Discussiontohelpthestudentsunderstandwhatthey’velearnedbetter.ExplanationtohelpthestudentsmastersomeLanguagePoints.TeachingAidsataperecorderamultimedia(ifpossible)ThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeandSkillsTrainthestudents’readingability.Learnsomeusefulwordsanexpressions.Learnsomeinformationaboutthefamousscientist.ProcessandStrategiesMakethestudentsknowmoreaboutYuanLongpingandletthestudentslearnhisspiritsofdiligenceandperseverance.FeelingsandValueThroughthestudyofthisperiodthestudentswillsurelyhaveabetterunderstandingofthisfamousscientistandlearnfromhimandmakecontributiontoourcountry.TeachingProceduresStep1GreetingsandRevisionT:(Greetthewholeclassasusual.)Now,let’shaveaquiz.(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)Writethescientistbythestatement.Example:Shestudiesthestructureofalllivingthings.Sheisabiologist.1.Shestudiedradioactivity.__________2.Heworksinaresearchlaboratorywhichdevelopsnewtypesofplastics.__________3.Hestudiesthebehaviourofwildpandas.__________4.Theydiscoveredthelifemolecule(分子)DNA.__________5.Theyaremakingacompletelistofalltheplantsinthenaturereserve(自然保护区).__________Suggestedanswers:1.She’saphysicist.2.He’sachemist.3.He’sazoologist.4.Theyaregeneticists.5.Theyarebotanists.Step2FastreadingT:OK,somuchforrevision.(Showthestudentsthetitle—TheStudentWhoAskedQuestionsonthescreenorwriteitontheblackboard.)Thisisthetitleofthereadingpassagewe’lllearntoday.Guesswhatthepassagemightbeabout.(Afterawhileofthinking,askfewstudentstoanswerit.)Sa:Itmaybeaboutahard-workingstudent.Sb:Ithinkitmaybeaboutafamousperson.T:Yes,maybe.Nowreadthepassageasquicklyasyoucanandtocheckyourguess.Meanwhile,trytogetthemainideaofeachparagraph.(severalminuteslater)T:Let’sseeifyourpredictionisright.Whatisthetextabout?Ss:Afamousscientist—YuanLongping.T:Yes,youarequiteright.Canyougiveusthemainideaofeachparagraph？(Encouragesomestudenttotellabouthisorheridea.)Mainideaofeachparagraph:Paragraph1:YuanLongpingisaleadingfigureontherice-growingworld.Paragraph2:Asaboy,hewascalled“thestudentwhoaskedquestions”.Paragraph3:Asayoungteacher,hebeganexperimentsincropbreeding.Paragraph4:Hediscoveredanewtypeofrice.Paragraph5:Hisdiscoverieshavebroughtingreatprofit.Paragraph6:TheyieldofthenewhybridriceismuchgreaterthanthatofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan.Step3CarefulreadingT:Readthepassageagainandunderlinethenewwords...
