Unit 2 Make a difference
Period 1 Starting out & Understanding ideas
导学案
1. Learn to correctly describe personal qualities and develop your own speaking ability.
2. Skim the text for relevant information in the text and properly explain the title to improve reading comprehension.
3. Think about Ryan excellent qualities of and develop a sense of social responsibility.
1. Freely talk about different people, their typical deeds, contributions and outstanding qualities.
2. Read the text to learn about the unique life experience of Ryan and recognize Ryan’s good qualities
3. Explain the deep meaning of the title.and talk about the thought-provoking influence those admirable persons have on you.
New words and expressions for Period One
1 relief n. 9 fountain n.
2 contribution n. 10 earn v.
3 shortage n. 11 donate v.
4 fund v. 12 insight n.
5 recycle v. 13 perseverance n.
6 internal adj. 14 reality n.
7 effective adj. 15 break into a smile
8 foundation n. 16 look across
Step 1. Starting out
Activity 1
1. Play the video to the students and then have them answer the questions offered in the text.
① What kinds of good deeds are shown in the video
② What idea does the video convey
2. Play the video again and check the answers with the class.
Activity 2
1. Work in pairs. Let them look at the pictures and talk about the three people’s contributions and their outstanding qualities.
Role models Occupations His/her contribution and outstanding qualities
Bai Fangli
Florence Nightingale
Red Adair
2. Ask several students to report the results of the discussion. If time permits, guide the students to think and give other inspiration examples who have similar qualities to help them expand their thinking.
Step 2 Before reading
Activity 1
1. Work in pairs. Have students identify the information in the picture and discuss water problems in Africa.
Notes: the meanings of the following words
per capita renewable cubic meter purify facility conservation
2. Based on the background knowledge, students briefly put forward the possible solutions to supplying Africa with fresh water.
collect and purify rainwater fund water projects
build wells and pumps recycle waster water
set up facilities to purify water develop new water conservation technologies
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Step 3: While -reading
Activity 2
1. The students read the text with the question so as to identify the information that they should pay special attention to in the passage.
2. Ask the students to answer the questions and check the answers the whole class.
Who is Ryan What did he do What was the result of his effort
Step 4: Further -reading
Activity 3
1. Strengthen students' understanding of the theme by choosing the best explanation of the title.
2. Check the answer with the class and ask some students to explain their choice.
a The well built by Ryan solved the problem of world water shortage.
b The more wells you dig, the better the world will be.
c The well built by Ryan encourage more people to help make the world a better place.
The answer is _______. The reason I think is _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
Activity 4
1. Lead the students to further comb the text and complete Ryan’s story with expressions from the passage.
1 Ryan could get clean drinking water within ten steps, but some African children had to 1________________________. So Ryan decide to help.
2 Ryan cleaned windows and did gardening, and reached 2 ____________. but when he 3 _____ ______________ , he was told it cost $2000 to build a well.
3 Ryan persuade his classmates and neighbors to 4 ________________.His mother's friend also helped him. After months, he raised enough money and a well was built in Uganda.
4 Ryan visited Uganda. He saw 5 _______________. He also saw 6 _____________ who had turned to welcome him.
5 Later, Ryan's experience led him to 7 _____________. to encourage more people to help.
6 Today, the life-changing gift of clean water 8 _____________________________.
2. If time permits, students are asked to retell Ryan’s story following the storyline.
1.chronological order As a six-year-old schoolboy at first after several months In Uganda later today
2. the sequence of events decide to help plan to earn money for his first target ask more people for help and persuade them donate money set up a foundation to encourage more people to help Today, benefit people in Africa countries
Step 5: Post- reading: Think and share
1. Based on their own life, students are encouraged to expand and transfer their knowledge and abilities. Ask students to voice his or her opinion about Ryan’s virtues.
a Ryan’s good qualities:
b His quality I admire most:
2. The teacher divide students into groups to talk about what he or she can do to help others in need.
Step 6 Language appreciation:
1.Ryan had trouble believing the words spoken by his teacher that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water.
[句式分析] have trouble (in) doing sth / with sth 意为“________”,spoken by his teacher 为过去分词短语作 “_________” (成分); 句子“that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water”为“_______”从句, 解释名词 “_______.”
[尝试翻译] __________________________________________________________________.
2. The insight grew from the determined attitude of a six-year-old boy who had the courage and perseverance to make his dream a reality.
[句式分析] 过去分词 determined作“ ”(成分)修饰名词 attitude; who had the courage and perseverance to make his dream a reality.为“_________”(成分)修饰a six-year-old boy, 其中 to make his dream a reality.为不定式短语作“ ”(成分),make his dream a reality 意为“ ”构成“ ”(句法结构)
[尝试翻译] ___________________________________________________________________.
Step 7: Homework
1. Review the basic usage of the new words and expressions learned in Period One.
2. Write a speech about helping others in need.
【参考答案】
Step 1. Starting out
Activity 1
1. Play the video to the students and then have them answer the questions offered in the text.
① What kinds of good deeds are shown in the video
② What idea does the video convey
2. Play the video again and check the answers with the class.
Activity 2
1. Divide pupils into groups and let them look at the pictures and talk about the three people’s contributions and their outstanding qualities.
Role models Occupations His/her contribution and outstanding qualities
Bai Fangli tricycle driver make money for the students (charitable; kind-hearted)
Florence Nightingale nurse founder of modern nursing (caring; careful and considerate; responsible)
Red Adair oil well firefighter fight against oil well fires (brave; responsible; devoted)
2. Ask several students to report the results of the discussion. If time permits, guide the students to think and give other inspiration examples who have similar qualities to help them expand their thinking.
Step 2 Before reading
Activity 1
1. Work in pairs. Have students identify the main information in the picture and discuss water problems in Africa.
Notes: the meanings of the following words
per capita renewable cubic meter purify facility conservation
人均 可再生的 立方米 净化 设施 保护
2. Based on the background knowledge, students briefly put forward the possible solutions to supplying Africa with fresh water.
Collect and purify rainwater Fund water projects
Build wells and pumps Recycle waster water
Set up facilities to purify water Develop new water conservation technologies
More solutions: inter-basin water transfer project; moderately explore groundwater;
Step 3: While -reading
Activity 2
1. The students read the text with the question so as to identify the information that they should pay special attention to in the passage.
2. Ask the students to answer the questions and check the answers the whole class.
Who is Ryan What did he do What was the result of his effort
【答案】
Who is Ryan What did he do What was the result of his effort
a six-year-old Canadian schoolboy cleaned widows and did gardening got $70 and gave it to a charity, but it was not enough to build a well
persuaded his classmates and neighbors to donate money Raised $2000, with which a well was built near a primary in Uganda.
set up a foundation Encouraged more people to help and attracted their support.
Step 4: Further -reading
Activity 3
1. Strengthen students' understanding of the theme by choosing the best explanation of the title.
2. Check the answer with the class and ask some students to explain their choice.
a The well built by Ryan solved the problem of world water shortage.
b The more wells you dig, the better the world will be.
c The well built by Ryan encourage more people to help make the world a better place.
The answer is _______. The reason I think is ______________________________________
【答案】
The answer is c . The reason I think is as follows. On the one hand, with the help of some people nearby, Ryan tired his best to help build a single well in somewhere in Africa, On the other hand, Ryan’s experience inspired more people to support more people so that people in need can benefit the life-changing gift.
Activity 4
1. Lead the students to further comb the text and complete Ryan’s story with expressions from the passage.
1 Ryan could get clean drinking water within ten steps, but some African children had to 1________________________. So Ryan decide to help.
2 Ryan cleaned windows and did gardening, and reached 2 ____________. but when he 3 _____ ______________ , he was told it cost $2000 to build a well.
3 Ryan persuade his classmates and neighbors to 4 ________________. His mother's friend also helped him. After months, he raised enough money and a well was built in Uganda.
4 Ryan visited Uganda. He saw 5 _______________. He also saw 6 _____________ who had turned to welcome him.
5 Later, Ryan's experience led him to 7 _____________. to encourage more people to help.
6 Today, the life-changing gift of clean water 8 _____________________________.
【答案】
1 walk ten kilometers to get water every day. 5 the finished well with his own eyes
2 his first target of $70, 6 hundreds of delighted students
3 when he gave the money to a charity, 7 set up a foundation
4 donate money 8 benefits 800,000 people in 16 countries across Africa.
2. If time permits, students are asked to retell Ryan’s story following the storyline.
1.chronological order As a six-year-old schoolboy at first after several months In Uganda later today
2. the sequence of events decide to help plan to earn money for his first target ask more people for help and persuade them donate money set up a foundation to encourage more people to help Today, benefit people in Africa countries
Step 5: Post- reading: Think and share
1. Based on their own life, students are encouraged to expand and transfer their knowledge and abilities. Ask students to voice his or her opinion about Ryan’s virtues.
a Ryan’s good qualities:
b His quality I admire most:
【答案】
a Ryan’s good qualities: be courageous and persevering with insight.
b His quality I admire most: Ryan’s story makes me understand that perseverance makes the impossible possible. As far as I’m concerned, success comes to anyone who insist working with amazing perseverance. Instead, lack of perseverance can only result in failure or disappointment. We see this in our life. Out-standing athletes spend almost all their time taking exercise. Their endurance is beyond imagination. The same is true of businessmen who work day and night for the development of companies. Even when we fall behind others in certain fields, we will find that they don’t give up their targets, in which situation their continuous efforts are still admired by us.
2. The teacher divide students into groups to talk about what he or she can do to help others in need.
Step 6 Language appreciation:
1.Ryan had trouble believing the words spoken by his teacher that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water.
[句式分析] have trouble (in) doing sth / with sth 意为“做某事有困难”,spoken by his teacher 为过去分词短语作“后置定语” 成分); 句子“that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water”.为 “同位语” 从句, 解释名词 “the words.”
[尝试翻译] . 瑞恩很难相信他的老师所说的非洲发展中国家的许多人得不到足够的清洁水。
2. The insight grew from the determined attitude of a six-year-old boy who had the courage and perseverance to make his dream a reality.
[句式分析] 过去分词 determined作 “定语” (成分)修饰名词 attitude; who had the courage and perseverance to make his dream a reality.为 “定语从句”(成分)修饰a six-year-old boy, 其中 to make his dream a reality.为不定式短语作“后置定语”(成分)修饰the courage and perseverance,make his dream a reality 意为“使他的梦想成为现实”构成“动词+宾语+宾语补足语”(句法结构)。
[尝试翻译] 这个顿悟来自于一个六岁男孩坚定的态度,他有勇气和毅力使他的梦想成为现实。
Step 7: Homework
1. Review the basic usage of the new words and expressions learned in Period One.
2. Write a speech about helping others in need.