Unit 1 People of Achievement Reading and Thinking 教案-2026-2027学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 People of Achievement | Period 1 Reading and Thinking教案 Basic Information Subject: Senior High English (Selective Compulsory Volume 1) Class Duration: 45 minutes Target Students: Senior Two Text Genre: News Report (combining objective news facts and biographical research stories) Theme Context: Remarkable figures, scientific dedication, traditional Chinese medicine and global public health I. Teaching Objectives Key & Difficult Teaching Points Key Points Figure out the complete text structure: news lead, life and research story, and Tu Youyou’s post-award remarks. Sort out key milestones in Tu Youyou’s life and every stage of the artemisinin experiment; grasp core statistics that reflect the drug’s life-saving value. Sum up Tu Youyou’s shining personal qualities and support conclusions with original text evidence. Difficult Points Help students distinguish objective news statements from subjective evaluations, and understand the humanistic meaning hidden behind a large set of medical data. Get students to express logical, evidence-based views in critical discussions, and connect Tu Youyou’s spirits with their own life planning. Guide students to flexibly apply newly learned words and sentence patterns to write an authentic character introduction for the TV programme Touching China. II. Teaching Aids & Pre-class Preparation Visual Materials: Short footage of Tu Youyou’s Nobel Prize award ceremony, infographics showing global malaria infection data, blank printed copies of KWL Charts, timelines and experimental flow charts. Pre-class Task: Ask students to fill in the “K (What I Know)” and “W (What I Want to Know)” columns of the KWL Chart to record their prior knowledge and curiosity about Tu Youyou. Group Arrangement: Four students form a fixed group, with clear roles assigned: note-taker, group speaker, data organiser and supplementary reporter. III. Teaching Procedures (45 mins) Step 1 Lead-in: Picture Observation & Predictive Discussion (5 mins) Project the photo of Tu Youyou receiving the Nobel Prize on screen, and raise progressive open-ended questions for free class sharing: Q1: What event can you see in this photo? What honour is the lady receiving? Q2: All the audience stand and applaud sincerely. Why do they hold such deep respect for her? Q3: Read the headline TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE. Write down at least five pieces of information you expect to find in this news article. Write students’ shared answers on the blackboard: identity, award, winning year, major achievement, global influence. Naturally introduce the text type: this passage is a newspaper news report, made up of two core parts — objective news facts and the untold research story behind the award. Hand out KWL Charts, and let students fill in the first two columns on their own. Instead of giving rigid standard answers, encourage them to write down their real thoughts. Design Feature: This session abandons mechanical question drills from the original worksheets. Real award ceremony photos create a genuine language context, pushing students to analyse headline information actively. Teachers introduce features of news reports through student sharing, instead of reciting textbook definitions word-for-word. Step 2 Pre-reading: Genre Analysis & Content Anticipation (6 mins) Assign small-group inquiry tasks based on the headline: Each group discusses three questions and prepares to present their ideas later: ① What kind of publication would carry this passage? ② What two main parts will the whole text cover? ③ What types of numbers might appear to prove Tu Youyou’s extraordinary contributions? Invite groups to share results, then the teacher sums up typical features of news reports: the text relies heavily on objective facts and statistics, separates the final event from the character’s experience, and uses passive voice frequently to keep narration neutral. Teach key vocabulary with picture aids: artemisinin, malaria, extract. Only explain meanings within the text context, rather than forcing isolated word memorisation to avoid dull rote learning. Step 3 While-reading: Layered Reading & Dual-line Information Sorting (20 mins) Three progressive reading tasks convert repetitive fill-in-the-blank exercises from the original two documents into inquiry-based mind map activities, cutting down mechanical copying work. Task 1 Skimming: Divide the Text Structure (7 mins) Students skim the full text within 2 minutes, and split the article into two core sections: News (objective facts) and Story (life & research process). Paragraph matching task (students must explain their logic, instead of simply picking letters): Para.1 → News: Announcement of the Nobel Prize and artemisinin’s global medical value Para.2 & 3 → Story: Tu Youyou’s growth and the complete discovery process of artemisinin Para.4 → Comment: Tu Youyou’s original words after winning the award Invite random groups to state their division grounds: Paragraph 1 is full of objective data; Paragraphs 2 and 3 record timelines and twists in experiments; Paragraph 4 consists of direct quotes from Tu Youyou. Task 2 Scanning: Extract Core News Data (6 mins) Focus on Paragraph 1; groups work together to finish the global malaria data sheet. Students need to locate corresponding sentences in the text and talk about the humanistic meaning behind each number: Pick out the 5 basic news elements: Who / What / When / Why Find two adjectives used to describe the discovery of artemisinin: vital, crucial Organise key statistics and share interpretations in groups: Annual number of malaria infections and deaths worldwide Lives saved by artemisinin in Africa every year; hundreds of thousands of lives saved globally Each group’s speaker interprets one set of data and makes a simple comment: “This number shows artemisinin has changed millions of people’s lives.” to deepen humanistic awareness. Task 3 Close Reading: Sort Out Life Timeline & Experimental Flow (7 mins) Each group picks one of the two visual sorting tasks, then all groups exchange their works for class presentation afterwards: Option A: Tu Youyou’s Life Timeline Students fill in key life milestones on blank timeline boxes and add short notes about their significance: 1930: Born in Ningbo — origin of her medical pursuit 1955: Graduated from Peking University Medical School 1967: Selected as a researcher to develop anti-malaria medicine 1969: Appointed leader of the anti-malaria research project 1971: Her team successfully extracted effective artemisinin from sweet wormwood 2015: Received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Step 4 Post-reading: Critical Discussion & Authentic Language Output (10 mins) Combine critical thinking and writing tasks from the two original worksheets, and add a new simulated interview activity for oral practice. Activity 1 Group Critical Discussion (6 mins) Groups draw lots to choose one discussion topic. All views must be supported with text details, without empty generalisations: Topic 1 What precious qualities can we see in Tu Youyou? Find sentences in the passage as evidence. Reference angles: persistent (repeated rounds of experiments), selfless (volunteering for drug tests), modest (attributing success to TCM and teamwork), patient, patriotic, cooperative Topic 2 Which plays a bigger role in major scientific breakthroughs: natural talent or long-term hard work? The teacher guides balanced thinking: talent points out a direction, but lasting efforts, group cooperation and inheritance of traditional wisdom together bring final success — which matches the text’s analysis of success factors: joint efforts of Chinese researchers and the unique value of traditional Chinese medicine. Activity 2 Short Practical Writing (4 mins) Scene-based task: Write an 80-word introduction to Tu Youyou for the TV programme Touching China. Writing rules: include one key statistic, one of Tu Youyou’s fine qualities, and artemisinin’s global contributions. Pick 2–3 student drafts for whole-class comments, and summarise practical advanced sentence patterns for students to take down. Step 5 Class Summary & Tiered Homework (4 mins) Lesson Wrap-up: The teacher and students build a simple logical framework on the blackboard together, covering four core clues: news text structure, Tu Youyou’s life experience, artemisinin’s research process and scientists’ noble spirits. Students complete the final “L (What I Have Learned)” column of the KWL Chart. Tiered Homework (suitable for students of different learning levels, practical for teaching resource platforms): Basic Level: Polish the timeline and flow chart finished in class; memorise three useful sentence patterns for describing outstanding figures. Improvement Level: Expand the Touching China character draft to 120 words with richer supporting details. Extended Level: Search materials about one distinguished female scientist online, and prepare a one-minute oral sharing for the next class. IV. Blackboard Design (Clear, Logical & Easy to Write Live) TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE Text Structure ▷ News (Para.1): Nobel Prize + life-saving statistics of artemisinin ▷ Story (Para.2–3): Life timeline & setbacks in experiments ▷ Comment (Para.4): Tu’s thoughts on TCM and teamwork Tu Youyou’s Core Qualities:committed, patient, self-sacrificing, cooperative, modest V. Teaching Reflection (Standard Module for Discipline Resource Websites) Core Innovations: This lesson abandons piles of repetitive fill-in-the-blank exercises from the two original handouts. All knowledge points are turned into visual mind-map exploration, situational group debates and authentic TV script writing tasks, reducing pure exam-oriented training and highlighting English’s humanistic educational value. Instead of only training students to locate information in news texts, this design digs into the humanistic care behind cold statistics, integrating language training with cultural understanding and logical thinking cultivation. Predicted Classroom Problems & Solutions: Students with weak foundations may miss key information when sorting timelines and experimental procedures. Teachers can prepare prompt cards with core words for auxiliary guidance. Some students only put forward simple viewpoints in discussions without text support; teachers need to reinforce the reading habit of “finding evidence from the original text” to avoid empty oral expression. Optimisation Ideas: If class time permits, add audio clips of Tu Youyou’s Nobel acceptance speech to increase listening input. Teachers can also arrange group shows of simulated Nobel award speeches to further consolidate students’ language output ability. Supplementary extended reading materials can be attached to tiered homework to meet the learning demands of students at different levels. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $