内容正文:
To China, with love
一.Teaching Objectives
1. Linguistic Ability:
Master key words (graduate, invent, organise, operate, humanitarian, internationalism) and phrases; extract factual details from the biography passage; complete true/false judgements and cloze exercises; express personal opinions about Bethune in simple coherent sentences.
2. Cultural Awareness:
Learn the life story of Norman Bethune, understand his internationalist and humanitarian spirit; appreciate cross-country friendship and selfless dedication; build respect for global heroes who supported China’s liberation.
3. Thinking Quality:
Distinguish true or false statements by locating evidence in text; sort out Bethune’s life timeline; analyse his noble qualities from specific deeds; form objective evaluation of the hero.
4. Learning Ability:
Develop skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific facts; finish individual exercises and group discussion; apply text information to personal oral expression.
二. Key and Difficult Points
Key Points
1. Grasp the timeline and main life events of Norman Bethune from the reading material.
2. Finish the True/False questions and blank-filling exercises accurately with text evidence.
3. Master sentence patterns to comment on heroes: He is a ... who devoted his life to ...
Difficult Points
1. Infer answers by matching statements with original sentences for reading comprehension tasks.
2. Summarize Bethune’s spirit and express personal thoughts logically in oral English.
3. Understand abstract nouns: spirit, humanitarianism, internationalism.
三. Teaching Methods
Task-based Language Teaching,
Cooperative Group Discussion,
Timeline Sorting, Evidence-based Reading Strategy
四. Teaching Aids
PPT; worksheet for exercises; word flashcards; short video clip about Bethune.
五. Detailed Teaching Procedures
Step 1: Warm-up & Lead-in
Teacher’s Activities
1. Greet students, review last lesson’s theme national heroes in China. Ask guiding questions:
Do you know any foreign heroes who helped China in the war?
Have you heard of Norman Bethune? Show his portrait on PPT.
2. Introduce the lesson title To China, with love, pre-teach core new words with simple explanations:
graduate, invent, medical instrument, organise, operate, humanitarianism
Students’ Activities
Answer open questions; read new words aloud repeatedly; guess what the passage will talk about.
Design Purpose
Connect prior knowledge of heroes to the new international character; activate background knowledge; remove vocabulary barriers for students before reading.
Step 2: Pre-reading
Teacher’s Activities
1. Present the reading task: Today we will learn Bethune’s whole life, then finish two reading exercises.
2. Guide students to predict content via subheadings and pictures: The text includes his early life in Canada, work in China and legacy after death.
Students’ Activities
Preview the structure of the article; mark unknown words on textbooks.
Design Purpose
Set clear learning goals; help students build a basic text framework to reduce reading pressure for learners.
Step 3: While-reading
Activity 1: Skimming
1. Ask students to read the whole passage quickly and divide the text into 3 parts:
Para 1: Early life and achievements in Canada
Para 2-3: Work and sacrifice during China’s Anti-Japanese War
Para 4: His death and memorials in China
2. Check answers as a whole class.
Design Purpose
Train skimming skill to grasp paragraph logic; help students sort out the full story order easily.
Activity 2: Scanning
Guide students to find original sentences as evidence for each question one by one:
A Bethune was an American doctor. → Original: born in Canada → F
B He finished university in 1916. → Original: graduated from the University of Toronto in 1916 → T
C He came to northern China to help people in the war. → Original: went to northern China because many people died in the war → T
D The Chinese government set up a school to remember him. → Original: set up Bethune Medical School → T
Students mark evidence lines in books and write down answers independently first, then share answers.
Design Purpose
Practise evidence-based reading strategy; teach students to locate exact sentences instead of guessing answers randomly.
Activity 3
Offer the word bank: spirit, Canada, wealth, modern, doctor
1. Norman Bethune was born in Canada in 1890. He was a famous doctor and a nice man.
2. A Chinese-Canadian professor said that the spirit of Norman Bethune does not actually belong to Canada alone, but to the spiritual wealth of mankind.
3. In modern times, we should greatly encourage the Bethune spirit.
Teacher walks around to give hints for confused students, then check answers together.
Design Purpose
Consolidate key vocabulary and text context; strengthen word usage in sentences.
Step 4: Post-reading
Activity 1: Analyse Bethune’s good qualities
Lead students to conclude his virtues with supporting examples from the text:
Hard-working: operated 69 hours non-stop
Selfless & internationalist: left his home to treat wounded soldiers in dangerous war areas
Creative: invented useful medical tools still used today
Provide fixed sentence frames for students:
Norman Bethune is a ____ man. He ____, so I respect him very much.
Design Purpose
Transfer input knowledge to simple oral output; offer sentence scaffolding to lower speaking difficulty for students.
Activity 2: Group discussion
1. Put students into groups of 4; show four given comments about Bethune on PPT.
2. Discussion question: What do you think of Norman Bethune? Use 2–3 sentences to share opinions.
3. Invite 3–4 groups to present their ideas in front of the class.
Sample student answer:
Norman Bethune is a great internationalist fighter. He devoted his whole life to helping Chinese people in the war. His selfless spirit inspires us all the time.
Design Purpose
Improve cooperative learning skills; combine text facts with personal feelings; realize the emotional and cultural goal of the lesson.
Step 5: Summary & Homework
Whole-class Summary
1. Review Bethune’s life timeline, key vocabulary and reading skills learned today.
2. Emotional sublimation: Bethune’s love for China crosses national borders. His selfless humanitarian spirit is worthy of eternal learning.
Homework
1. Basic Task: Copy key words and phrases; recite three evaluation sentences about Bethune.
2. Intermediate Task: Finish all textbook exercises neatly; retell Bethune’s story in 5 simple sentences.
3. Extended Task: Write a 60-word short passage to introduce Norman Bethune and his spirit.
Design Purpose
Consolidate in-class knowledge; design layered homework to fit different learning levels of intermediate students; extend thematic learning after class.
六. Blackboard Layout
To China, with love
Key Words
graduate, invent, organise, operate, spirit, humanitarianism, internationalism
True or False Answers
A: F B: T C: T D: T
Sentence Frame for speaking
____ is a great ____. He devoted his life to ____. We should learn his ____ spirit.
Life Timeline
1890: born in Canada
1916: graduate from university
1938: arrive in North China
Sacrificed himself; China builds schools to memorize him
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