高中英语人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第一册Unit 5 Working the Land教案设计

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修一

Unit 5 Discover Useful structures公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.    Enable students to analyse the forms and features of subject clauses;
2.    Learn the function of subject clauses in the context;
3.    Appreciate and use subject clauses in reading and writing.

Teaching key and difficult points:

Help students to learn and use subject clauses in the context and describe a person by using subject clauses in real situations.

StepⅠLead-in

Ask students the question“What concerned Yuan Longping most while he was young?”

T:What concerned Yuan Longping most while he was young?

S1:What concerned Yuan Longping most while he was young was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serous shortage of food to eat.

S2:It concerned Yuan Longping most while he was young that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat.

StepⅡObserve and analyse

Activity 1　Look at the following sentences and tell the functions of the underlined sentences.

(1)What concerned Yuan Longping most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. 

(2)How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. 

(3)Whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants was a matter of great debate. 

(4)It is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains. 

(5)What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams. 

Activity 2　Finish the table and learn the structures and functions of the underlined sentences.（红色为学生填写部分）

Activity 3　Understand the sentence structures of the following.

(1)It is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains. 

That about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains is estimated.→ 

It is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains. 

(2)That agriculture is the foundation of our country is well known.→

Suggested answer:

It is well known that agriculture is the foundation of our country.

StepⅢ Practice

Activity 1　Find and mark the subject clauses in the sentences and then state their functions and leading words italicized.

(1)What Yuan Longping really cared about was not money or celebrity.

(2)It surprised the whole world that Yuan Longping had realized his dream of developing seawater rice.

(3)How he did the experiment was puzzling to others.

(4)When the sports meet will be held hasn’t been decided yet.

(5)It remains a mystery where he has gone for further study.

Suggested answers:

Activity 1

(1)What Yuan Longping really cared about was not money or celebrity. 

(2)It surprised the whole world that Yuan Longping had realised his dream of developing seawater rice. 

(3)How he did the experiment was puzzling to others. 

(4)When the sports meet will be held hasn?t been decided yet. 

(5)It remains a mystery where he has gone for further study. 

Activity 2　Match the sentence parts,and then translate the completed sentences into Chinese.

Suggested answers:

(1)D这些小麦农户什么时候会加入预试验仍然不得而知。

(2)C如何能够找到一个合适的解决办法,在保证环境安全的同时,生产足够的粮食,是一个需要我们研究的重要课题。

(3)A令很多人担心的是,这些化学制品甚至可能导致癌症。

(4)E令我们所有人惊讶的是,通过这种新技术可以无土栽培这些蔬菜。

(5)B有些人更喜欢住在乡下而非城市的原因是前者生活节奏更慢、生活方式更健康。

Activity 3　Circle and correct the mistake in each sentence.

(1)What have I forgotten is that I have a test today.

(2)Who left me these flowers are not clear to me.

(3)This is obvious that students should prepare well for their future.

(4)Who’s ticket this is has not been confirmed.

(5)When the test will be given have not been decided.

Suggested answers:

(1)What I have forgotten is that I have a test today. 

(2)Who left me these flowers is not clear to me.

(3)It is obvious that students should prepare well for their future. 

(4)Whose ticket this is has not been confirmed.

(5)When the test will be given has not been decided.

Activity 4　Read the passage and underline all the subject clauses.Then discuss whether the sentences with subject clauses can be paraphrased.

Grandma has been complaining about the vegetables sold in the supermarket,which have been grown using chemical fertilizers.To her,that they look beautiful on the outside is obvious.However,what she is unhappy about is the lower nutritional value and reduced flavour.Now that both of my grandparents have retired from their jobs in the city,how they are going to spend their retirement is an important decision for them.Whether they can live a healthy life is the first thing they are considering.So they have made up their minds to move to the countryside,where they can live a green life.

Suggested answers:

Grandma has been complaining about the vegetables sold in the supermarket, which have been grown using chemical fertilizers.To her, that they look beautiful on the outside is obvious.However, what she is unhappy about is the lower nutritional value and reduced flavour.Now that both of my grandparents have retired from their jobs in the city, how they are going to spend their retirement is an important decision for them.Whether they can live a healthy life is the first thing they are considering.So they have made up their minds to move to the countryside,where they can live a green life. 

To her,it is obvious that they look beautiful on the outside. 

Step Ⅳ Prepare a presentation

What qualities do you think make a person like Yuan Longping so successful?Have a discussion and prepare a presentation.

*his/her determination to tackle the crisis of...

*his/her intense effort to overcome...

*his/her dream to develop...

*his/her love and care for...

*he/ she succeeded in...

*he/she never gave up...

*he/she is devoted to...