内容正文:
B3U2 Morals and Virtues
Reading and Thinking: Mother of ten thousand babies
——高一英语组
Teaching objectives:
In this class, I will
1. Enable Ss to sort out the life experiences of Lin Qiaozhi and the choices she made;
2. Enable Ss to analyze the virtues/ qualities of Lin Qiaozhi through her choices;
3. Guide Ss to feel the importance of good virtues when one is making life choices;
Teaching procedure:
Step 1: lead-in
Activity 1: Talk about important life choices.
Before reading, ask students the following question:
Q1: What are some important life choices?
Q2: How can we make better life choices?
Step2: Pre-reading
Activity 2: Make predictions about the reading passage.
Show students two pictures of the text. And ask students:
Q1: Who is the woman in the pictures?
Q2: What is her job?
Q3: Is she the real mother of ten thousand babies?
So, this passage is about: Doctor Lin Qiaozhi delivered a lot of babies.
Step 3 While-reading
Task1: Skim for main idea of each part of the passage.
Para1: The principle guides Dr. Lin through the choices in her life.
Para2: The life as a student.
Para3-6: The life as a physician.
According to skimming we can conclude:
Q1: What kind of text is it?
A. A news event B. A life story C. A science report
Q2: How does the author organize the passage?
A. By time order. B. By space order. C. By logic order.
Task2: Scan to make a timeline of the important events in Lin Qiaozhi's life.
time
events
at age 5
Her mother died.
at age 18
She chose to study .
8 year later
She from PUMC and became a resident in it.
in 1939
She was sent to study in .
in 1941
She became director
in 1954
She was to the first National People’s Congress
in 1983
She died.
Task3. Careful reading
Read para2-5 and answer the following Qs(analyze para2 as an example and ask each group to analyze para3-5)
Q1: what are the hard choices Lin Qiaozhi faced?
Q2: why did she make such choices?
Q3: what kind of person was she?