Unit5 Working the land Reading and Thinking 教案 -2026-2027学年英语新人教版选择性必修第一册

该教案围绕“了解农业科学家”核心知识点，通过传记文本学习袁隆平的生平、研究、成就及品质，掌握hybrid等农业词汇。课堂导入采用照片提问、引言解析、短视频补充背景的方式，搭建从已知到未知的学习支架，激活学生对人物的初步认知。 该资料亮点在于融合思维品质与文化意识培养，通过分段落精读分析传记总分结构，挖掘袁隆平的奉献、创新等品质，讨论对比写作手法提升分析推断能力。结合小组讨论其他农业科学家增强家国情怀，语言练习提供范例段落助力学生用形容词描述人物，提升语言表达能力，为教师提供清晰教学路径，有效落实核心素养。

课题 Get to know an agricultural scientist 章节 选择性必修1 U5 Period 1 课型 Reading and Thinking 课时 1 教 学 目 标 By the end of this period, students are expected to be able to: 1. Master key words & expressions related to agriculture: hybrid, convince, boost, yield, assumption, domestic, vision, envision etc. 2. Understand the structure of a biography; get main idea and supporting details of the passage about Yuan Longping. 3. Sort out Yuan Longping’s life timeline and dig out his personal qualities from text details. 4. Learn from Yuan Longping’s spirits; respect scientific pioneers and form positive attitudes towards devotion and persistence. 重点 1. Get detailed information about Yuan Longping’s life, research process, achievements and dreams. 2. Analyze the biographical text structure. 难点 Use the learned adjectives and phrases to describe a great person. 教 学 过 程 Step 1 Lead-in 1. Show Yuan Longping’s photo. Raise questions: Q1: Who is the man in the photo? What crop is he holding in his hands? Reference answers: The photo is of Yuan Longping, holding sheaves of his hybrid rice. He is known as “the father of hybrid rice”. 2. Present the unit quote: My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping. Guide students to understand the meaning of the quote. Explain the phrase work the land (=grow crops on the land; plough the land). 3. Play a short video about Yuan Longping. After watching, ask: After watching this video, do you know more about Yuan Longping? Give basic background information: Born in 1930; Chinese agricultural scientist; “Father of Hybrid Rice”; passed away in 2021. Step 2 Pre-reading 1. Show the title A Pioneer for All People. Explain the new word pioneer. 2. Prediction task: Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph. Q1: What kind of writing is this passage? Answer: Biography. Step 3 While-reading 1.General Reading (1) Match main ideas with each paragraph. (2)Figure out text structure General (Para.1‑identity); Specific(Para.2‑6): Motivation → Research → Achievements → Personality → Dreams 2. Detailed Reading Para.1 Identity (1)Fill in the table about Yuan’s basic information. Q1: Why did Yuan consider himself a farmer? Because he continually worked the land in his research. Q2: What qualities can we get from this paragraph? Hard-working, modest, devoted Para.2 Background & motivation Q1: Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture? What concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food. To tackle this crisis, he chose to study agriculture. Q2: What qualities can we get from this paragraph? Quality: sympathetic / caring Writing tip: Contrast: parents’ wish (science or medicine) vs his own choice (agriculture). Para.3 Research process Sort out the steps of his research: Q1: What qualities are reflected here? determined, innovative Writing tip: Contrast: common assumption (hybrid rice could not be developed) vs Yuan’s strong belief. Para.4 Great achievements & influence Q1: Why does the author list numbers in this paragraph? To emphasize Yuan’s invaluable contributions. Q2: How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries? About 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China comes from his hybrid strains. Chinese farmers produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. His strains help feed many rice-dependent countries, such as India and Vietnam. He received numerous awards at home and abroad. Para.5 Personality & attitude Q1: What do people think Yuan might do after he became wealthy? People thought he would retire to a life of leisure. Q2: What did Yuan actually do? Far from the case. At heart he was still a farmer. He cared little for celebrity or money and made large donations to support agricultural research. Quality: modest, selfless, generous Writing tip: Contrast: retire to a life of leisure vs keep working & donate money. Para.6 Dreams & vision Q1: What were Yuan’s dreams? Former vision: rice plants as tall as sorghum; each ear of rice as big as a broom; each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. Latest vision: make “seawater rice” a reality. Step 4 Post-reading (1) Describe the great person Students use given adjectives to describe Yuan Longping: Sample paragraph for reading aloud: Yuan Longping was an outstanding agricultural scientist. He was hard‑working and diligent, spending his whole life on rice research. Dedicated to ending hunger, he was determined to overcome all kinds of difficulties. Innovative and visionary, he had a big dream to feed more people. Ambitious for the good of all mankind, he was selfless and modest, never seeking fame for his great achievements. (2) Writing technique discussion Q: What writing technique does the author use to shape Yuan Longping? Contrast. List three groups of contrasts from Para1‑2‑3‑5. Note: Para6 has no contrast. (3) Group Discussion Q1: Apart from rice, what are some other important crops in China? Sample answers: Wheat and corn. Wheat is used for noodles and bread. Corn serves as food as well as animal feed. Q2: Do you know other agricultural scientists in China? Li Zhensheng (Father of Hybrid Wheat) Xu Yirong (Father of Rice in Beidahuang) Guo Sandui (Father of Insect‑resistant Cotton) (4) Language practice: word‑form filling Step 5 Summary and Homework 课后作业 ① Retell the passage according to Yuan Longping’s timeline. ② Finish the related exercise‑book exercises. 板书设计 Unit 5 Working the Land Get to know an agricultural scientist 教学反思 Most students can get basic facts about Yuan Longping’s life and hybrid‑rice research.Some students have difficulty digging personal qualities from text clues and using proper adjectives to describe great people. More sentence frames should be offered for output tasks.Students should be encouraged to connect Yuan Longping’s spirits with their own study and daily life. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $