Unit 2 Lesson10 Touch the World 教学设计

UNIT 2 Great People
Lesson 10: Touch the World
首先，通过展示海伦·凯勒的图片，与学生自由交谈，激发学生的学习兴趣。呈现本课生词，并让学生熟读，接下来，通过将生词运用到句子中让学生在语境中理解生词的含义，并进一步了解本课介绍的主人公海伦·凯勒。设置听课文回答问题环节，让学生简单了解课文内容。接下来，通过通读课文让学生回答有关课文内容的问题，锻炼学生提取有效信息和自行解决问题的能力。要求精读课文，并分段学习，通过回答问题、语篇填空等形式，让学生抓住主要信息。接下来，进入Let’s Do It! No. 2的练习，检查学生对几个生词的掌握情况。结合课本内容Let’s Do It! No. 3学习that和who引导的定语从句。然后，通过想一想、说一说，处理Let’s Do It! No. 4 的内容，让学生谈论其他伟人以及从伟人身上学到的优秀品质。
教学目标
通过本课节的教学，学生达成以下目标：
1. 知识目标
掌握单词：writer, blind, deaf, illness, ability, progress, community
接触单词：planetary, educator, greatly
短语：make a lot of progress
2. 能力目标
(1)能用that和who引导的定语从句进行表达；
(2)能够读懂有关伟人的文章。
3. 情感目标
逐渐培养学生不断努力，永不放弃的品格。
重点难点
1. 重点：掌握本课节的重点单词、短语等。
2. 难点：能用that和who引导的定语从句进行表达；能够读懂有关伟人的文章。
教学准备
PPT 课件；海伦·凯勒、斯蒂芬·威廉·霍金、张海迪、黄阳光的图片；与本课节相关的音频。
授课时数
1课时
教学过程
Step 1 Free talk
Show pictures of Helen Keller. Have the following conversation between teacher and students.
T: Have you heard of Helen Keller
Ss: Yes.
T: What do you know about her
Ss: She was a famous writer…
T: What can you learn from her
Ss: She worked hard and never gave up…
T: Do you know any sign language
Ss: Yes/No…
Step 2 Presentation
1. Teach the new words writer, blind, deaf, illness, ability, progress, community, planetary, educator, and greatly.
2. Then get some of the students to read the words in front of the class.
3. Use some words to show some information about Helen Keller.
1. Helen Keller was a famous writer and educator. 2. She had a high fever that made her blind and deaf. 3. After she lost her ability to see and hear, she often cried. 4. With her teacher’s help, she made a lot of progress. 5. She did her best to help others in the community. 6. Although she was dead, she will be greatly missed.
4. Let them work in groups and find out the meaning of the sentences.
Step 3 Listening and answering
1. Get the class to read the following question.
What’s the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan
2. Then play the recording for the class to listen.
3. Ask them to answer the question and check their answers in pairs.
Answer: Student and teacher.
Step 4 Reading and answering
1. Get the class to look through the questions in Let’s Do It! No. 1. Make sure the class can understand them. Then ask the class to read the passage in order to find the answers.
1. Who is Helen Keller
2. What happened to Helen Keller when she was nineteen months old
3. How did Anne Sullivan teach Helen Keller
4. What was the first word that Helen Keller learned
5. What was Helen Keller famous for
2. Elicit answers by asking individual students to read the sentences out.
Answers: 1. She is a well-known writer and educator.
2. She fell ill. She had a high fever that made her blind and deaf.
3. She spelled words on Helen’s hand with her fingers.
4. Water.
5. She was famous for her courage and hard work.
Step 5 Careful reading
Task 1:
1. Read Paragraph 2 and answer.
1. Where was Helen Keller born
2. What was Helen Keller like before her illness
3. What did she often do after she lost her sight and hearing
2. Elicit answers by asking individual students to read the sentences out.
Answers: 1. In the United States.
2. She was a bright and happy girl.
3. She often shouted and cried.
Task 2: Read Paragraph 3 and complete.
How did Helen Keller begin to learn “ water ” In 1887, a 　(1)　 Anne Sullivan began to 　(2)　 Helen. She 　(3)　 words on Helen’s hand with her 　(4)　. At first, the words didn’t 　(5)　 Helen. Then, one day, while Helen was 　(6)　 in some water, Anne 　(7)　 W-A-T-E-R on Helen’s hand. Suddenly, Helen 　(8)　. That day, she learned 　(9)　 words: mother, father, sister and teacher. Anne was 　(10)　.
Answers: (1)young teacher;　(2)help;　(3)spelled;　(4)fingers;
(5)mean anything to;　(6)playing;　(7)spelled;　(8)understood;
(9)many more;　(10)filled with pride
Task 3: Read Paragraph 4 and complete.
What about her life in the university 　(1)　 Helen grew 　(2)　, she made a lot of 　(3)　 and learned to 　(4)　. She had special 　(5)　 with letters that she could feel with her 　(6)　. She also learned to 　(7)　 and even 　(8)　. When Helen studied 　(9)　, Anne 　(10)　 her. She listened to the professors’ words and spelled them on Helen’s 　(11)　.
Answers: (1)As; (2) older; (3)progress; (4) read; (5) books;
(6)fingers; (7)write; (8)speak; (9)at university ; (10)sat beside;
(11) hand
Task 4: Read Paragraphs 5-6 and complete.
Her success After Helen finished university, she 　(1)　 many countries. She 　(2)　 about her life. She was very famous for her 　(3)　 and hard work. She did her best to help others 　(4)　 who were 　(5)　 or 　(6)　. She tried to live her life 　(7)　. She will be 　(8)　.
Answers: (1) visited; (2) spoke; (3) courage; (4) in the community;
(5) deaf; (6) blind ; (7) without any regret; (8) greatly missed
Step 6 Filling
Get the class to read the words in the box. Then fill in the blanks with the words. (Let’s Do It! No. 2)
ability community writer progress illness
1. Mo Yan is a famous ________ who received the Nobel Prize in 2012.
2. The medicine did not help, and her ______ got worse.
3. She is excellent, and we trust her ________________.
4. Keep on trying and you will make________.
5. My aunt is a nurse and works in the __________ clinic.
Answers:1. writer 2. illness 3. ability/abilities 4. progress
5. community
Step 7 Writing
1. Ask the class to write sentences. Use the example as a guide. (Let’s Do It! No. 3)
She did her best to help others in the community who were deaf or blind. →She did her best to help others in the community. They were deaf or blind. 1. Those students who study hard will pass the exam. → 2. We know that woman who is an English teacher. → 3. The basketball that you are looking for is behind the door. →
Answers: 1. Those students will pass the exam. They study hard.
2. We know that woman. She is an English teacher.
3. The basketball is behind the door. You are looking for it.
Step 8 Thinking and talking (Let’s Do It! No. 4)
1. Get the class to work in groups.
T: Have you heard of Stephen Hawking, Zhang Haidi or Huang Yang-
guang What do you know about them What can you learn from them
2. Ask the students to talk about them.
3. Let some groups to share their opinions.
Step 9 Language points
1. Helen Keller, the well-known writer and educator, died yesterday at the age of 88. 著名的作家和教育家海伦·凯勒于昨天逝世，享年88岁。
at the age of 在……岁的时候，与when引导的时间状语从句可进行同义转换。
I began to learn English at the age of 4. = I began to learn English when I was 4 years old. 我在四岁时开始学英语。
2. After she lost her ability to see and hear, she became difficult and wild. 在她失去了视力和听力后，她变得难以相处且很急躁。
ability n. 能力
其后常接to do sth.。
have the ability to do sth. 拥有做某事的能力
lose the/one’s ability to do sth. 失去做某事的能力
She had the ability to explain things clearly.
她有能力把事情解释清楚。
3. Anne was filled with pride. 安妮心中充满了自豪感。
be filled with 充满……，与be full of同义。
The box is filled with toys. (= The box is full of toys.)
盒子里装满了玩具。
4. As Helen grew older, she made a lot of progress and learned to read. 随着年龄的增长，海伦进步很大，并且学会了阅读。
make progress取得进步
make a lot of/much/great progress (in...)（在……方面）取得很大进步
John has made great progress. 约翰取得了很大进步。
Step 10 Homework
1. Remember the new words and expressions learnt in this lesson.
2. Retell the passage.
3. Preview Lesson 11.
当堂达标
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1. He has been 　　　　 educator for ten years.
A. a B. an C. the D./
2. The man is 　　　　. He can’t see anything.
A. blind B. deaf C. healthy D. wild
3. As we all know, Mount Tai is the 　　　　 of Shandong.
A. proud B. pride C. progress D. purpose
4. He could play the violin when he was five.
A. at the age of five B. five years later
C. for five years D. five years age
5. Mr. Brown is a teacher 　　　　 is strict with his students.
A. which B. who C. where D. where
6. Our plan to clean the park 　　　　 tomorrow.
A. discuss B. will discuss
C. will be discussed D. was discussed
Ⅱ.连词成句
1. have , great , in , learning , English , progress, made, I
_______________________________________________.
2. they, their , to , the , man , find , best , did
_______________________________________________.
3. we, live, without regret, our, life, want to _______________________________________________.
4. a model for , she , people , was , around the world
_______________________________________________
5. she , see , lose her ability to , did
_______________________________________________
答案:
I. 1—5　BABAB　6. C
Ⅱ. 1. I have made great progress in learning English
2. They did their best to find the man
3. We want to live our life without regret
4. Was she a model for people around the world
5. Did she lose her ability to see
板书设计
UNIT 2 Great People Lesson 10: Touch the World
writer, blind, deaf, illness, ability, progress, community that引导的定语从句 who引导的定语从句