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

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修一

Unit 5 Reading and Thinking公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.    Enable students to know the story about Yuan Longping and summarize his characteristics;
2.    Express their ideas on the given topics through critical thinking;
3.    Analyse the text and know the characteristics of language in the text.

Teaching key points:

1.    Enable students to know the story about Yuan Longping and summarize his characteristics.
2.    Let the students know the characteristic of language of a biography.

Teaching difficult points:

1.    Summarize the characteristics of Yuan Longping.
2.    Express the ideas on the given topics through critical thinking.

Teaching procedures:

Step ⅠLead-in

Talk about the picture on page 50.

1.Who is the man in the photo? What crop is he holding in his hands?

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2.What do you know about the man?What else do you want to know about

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Suggested answers:

1.The photo is of Yuan Longping,holding sheaves of his hybrid rice.

2.I know that he is often called the “father of hybrid rice”,and his work has sparked a farming revolution in China.I want to know what he thinks about the future of China’s agriculture.

StepⅡFast reading

Activity1:

Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph.What kind of writing do you think this is?Where can you find such a piece of writing?

Suggested answers:

I think it is a biography.We can always find this kind of writing in a journal.

Activity 2　Read the text.Match the main idea with each paragraph.

Para.1　A.Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.

Para.2　B.Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams.

Para.3　C.Yuan considers himself a farmer.

Para.4　D.Yuan decided to study agriculture.

Para.5　E.Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people.

Para.6　F.Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.

Suggested answer:

CDAEFB

StepⅢ Detailed reading

Read the text again and answer the questions.

1.Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer?

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2.Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture?

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3.What is the main advantage of hybrid crops?

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4.How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries?

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5.What attitude does Yuan hold toward money or fame?What does he do?

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6.    What is Yuan’s latest vision?

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Suggested answers:

1.Because he continually works the land in his research.

2.He considered that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat.

3.One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops.

4.Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China,but many other countries that depend on rice as well,such as India and Vietnam.

5.He cares little for celebrity or money. Instead,he makes large donations to support agricultural research.

6.Seawater rice.

StepⅣ Text type analysis

1.Since we have learned something about Lin Qiaozhi and Tu Youyou,do you still remember the main ideas of the two passages?

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2.Can you tell me what should be included when we are introducing a person to others?And what are included in this passage?

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3.In the text,the writing technique of contrast is used for many times.Can you find out them?

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Suggested answers:

1.Lin Qiaozhi overcame a lot of difficulty and sacrificed a lot to become the “mother of ten thousand babies”while Tu Youyou and her team did a lot of research to obtain artemisinin.

2.Birth,education,achievements,awards,deeds,evaluation,characteristics and so on. In this passage,education about Yuan, his education, his efforts, his achievements,and his characteristics are all mentioned.

3.Para.1 father of hybrid rice vs farmer;Para.2 his parents’ wish vs his own decision;Para.3 the general assumption about hybrid rice vs his belief;Para.5 retire to a life of leisure vs continue to work the land as a man of the soil.

Step Ⅴ Summary

After reading the passage,what do you think of Yuan Longping? Think about some adjectives to describe him.

Suggested answers:

1.    modest;2.generous;3.compassionate;4.simple/plain;5.creative;6.determined;7.devoted/committed

StepⅥ Critical thinking

Food is the most significant thing in the world,because everyone lives on food.Do you know what kinds of measures can we take to make sure everyone can save food well?

Suggested answer:

First of all,governments should call on people to save food and avoid wasting food.“Clear the plate” campaign is one of the effective measures.As for us students,we should order what we can eat.If we have ordered too much,we’d better pack and take the left-over home.Last but not the least,when we witness others wasting food,it’s our duty to warn them not to do so.At the same time,we should educate the people around us to build up the idea that wasting is a shame.

StepⅦ Language use

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Yuan Longping,born in 1930 in Beijing,chose to study agriculture to tackle food 1.　　　(short).After 2.　　　(graduate) in 1953,he worked as a researcher.Yuan was convinced that the creation of hybrid rice could solve this problem.Through intense effort,Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice in 1974,3.　　　 enabled farmers to expand their output greatly. 

Today,it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China 4.　　　(comprise) of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains.Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China,but many other countries 5.________　　　 (depend) on rice as well,such as India and Vietnam.Because of his invaluable contributions,Yuan Longping has received numerous awards both in China and abroad. 

6.　　　 a man of the soil,he cares little for celebrity or money.7.　　　,he makes large donations to support agricultural research.8.　　　impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams.His latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality,and 9.　　　 (potential) opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production.Despite his advanced years,Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision,and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next. 

10.　　　(know) as the“father of hybrid rice”,Yuan Longping is really one of China’s most famous scientists. 

Suggested answers:

1.shortage　2.graduating　3.which　4.is comprised 5.depending　6.As　7.Instead　8.What　9.potentially　10.Known

StepⅧ Homework

surf on the Internet to find more about Yuan Longping and take notes.