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Unit 2 Great people
Task
设计说明
通过对前期所学的伟人的描述让学生快速回顾,同时导入本课所要介绍的人物袁隆平。要求学生带着问题浏览袁隆平的资料,快速找到自己所需信息并分析文章结构。通过活动让学生说一说最崇拜的人物以及崇拜他(她)的原因,学生有机会比较、使用各种复杂句、复合句,为后面的写作做铺垫。通过搭建框架,让学生总结出文章层次及各层次的内容要求并自主完成写作任务。
教学目标
通过本课节的教学,让学生达成以下目标:
1.知识目标
掌握词汇:hybrid, title, agriculture, hunger, advantage, contribution,
increase, production, development, work as, die of, happen to, be introduced into, at present
2.能力目标
(1)读懂有关袁隆平的笔记,了解他的贡献;
(2)利用笔记补全短文。
3.情感目标
学习袁隆平精神——专注中国梦、实现中国梦。
重点难点
1.重点:掌握描述名人几个主要方面的词组和句式。
2.难点:完成一篇介绍名人的文章。
教学准备
PPT课件;相关图片
授课时数
1课时
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Ask students to talk about Marie Curie.
Who was she?
Marie Curie.
What did she do?
She was a famous scientist.
Why is she famous?
Because she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize.
2. Introduce Yuan Longping.
Who is he?
Yuan Longping.
What does he do?
He is a rice scientist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Why is he famous?
Because his achievements have increased
rice production by 20%-30%,and in some places even more.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Read and complete
Amy wants to write about Yuan Longping, a rice scientist. Ask students to read the information she has found and complete the table.
Name
Yuan Longping——Father of Hybrid Rice
Major events
In 1953,he worked as a teacher in an agriculture school after graduating from college.
In 1960,he saw people die of hunger,so he began research into hybrid rice.
In 1964,he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had many advantages over others.
In 1975,he developed a new type of hybrid rice plant,which produced 20% more rice per unit than other common kinds.
In 1979,this new type of hybrid rice was introduced into the USA.
Contribution
n. 贡献
His achievements have increased rice production by 20%-30%,and in some places even more.
Why I
admire him
has spent all his life on the research and development(n.发展)of better rice plants;has solved the problem of hunger for many people
2. Ask and answer
Ask students to read Amy’s no