教学设计
课程基本信息
学科 英语 年级 高一 学期 春季
课题 Book 3 Unit 2 Morals and Virtues Reading and Thinking
教学目标
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: figure out the main idea of the text and retell the story of Lin Qiaozhi; grasp the writing technique of drawing conclusions from facts and details; identify the basic elements of a biography and write a biography about a person.
教学内容
教学重点: How to guide students to summarize the characteristics and qualities of famous figures.
教学难点: How to train students to understand the meaning of “hard choices” and the principle behind them through deep-thinking.
教学过程
【Step 1】Guessing game. Guess the person according to the description. (Answers: Zhong Nanshan and Yuan Longping) Ask the follow-up question: What do they have in common (Answers: At their life crossroads, they chose to take on the social responsibility, devoting themselves to the people and the country regardless of personal gains and losses.) In the journey of life, we will encounter many crossroads. At these crossroads, we are all faced with choices. 【Step 2】Brainstorming. What are some important life choices (Answers: education, career, relationship, marriage, ambition...) Introduce a famous person, Lin Qiaozhi, to the students. Do you know something about her life What hard choices was Lin Qiaozhi faced with through her life 【Step 3】Understanding. Skim the passage and answer the question. What kind of text is it Exposition(说明文) B. Biography (传记) C. Argumentation(议论文) (Answer: B) Give the definition of a biography. 【Step 4】Understanding. Read for main ideas. Para.1: _____________________________________ Part 1 Para.2: _____________________________________ Para.3: _____________________________________ Part 2 Para.4: _____________________________________ Para.5: _____________________________________ Part 3 Para.6: _____________________________________ 【Step 5】Understanding. Read the first paragraph and answer the questions. What can we learn from her words What is the function of the first paragraph Introduce Skill ①: present an attractive introduction. 【Step 6】Understanding. Read Part 2 and find out how it is developed. Age 5 Age 18 8 years later 1939 1941 Time lines Introduce skill ②: list specific events. List Lin Qiaozhi’s three hard choices. Find the facts and details about Qiaozhi’s qualities. Facts and detailsQualities
Introduce skill ③ : use typical words. 【Step 7】Understanding. Read Part 3 and answer the questions. 1. What was Dr Lin known as 2. What achievements has Dr Lin made Introduce skill ④: add outstanding achievements. 【Step 8】Exploring. Pair work. Discuss the following questions in pairs. 1. What is the author’s purpose of mentioning Dr Lin’s life choices 2. What carried Dr Lin through a life of hard choices and led to her great achievements 3. What aspects are included in the biography about Dr Lin Elements of a biography Time and place of birth/death Family background Childhood experiences Education Achievements Qualities and spirits 【Step 9】Reflecting. Group work. Finish the short passage. What is life? They say it’s from B to D. From ________ to _________, But what’s between B and D It’s a C. So what is a C It is a __________. Our life is a matter of choices. Your principle guides your choices. Your choices make you. Rember : No matter what you choose, stick to your original aspiration (初心)! Never forget the morals and virtues in your mind. 【Step 10】Writing. Choose someone you want to introduce and write a biography about him/her. Possible version: Zhang Guimei, who has dedicated her 40 years to education at China’s southwestern border, is a “mother” of more than 170 children. She is also a principal motivating young girls from poverty-stricken areas. Zhang was born in Mudanjiang, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province in 1957. When she was 17, she came to Yunnan province with her elder sister, responding to the call of the country to support the development of border areas. In 1996, she went from Dali to teach in Huaping county, Yunnan’s Lijiang. In 2002, Zhang started her preparation to build a free girls’ high school, in hope of changing the destiny of the girls in mountainous areas and lifting them out of poverty. In 2007, Zhang went to Beijing for the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress as a deputy. Her report titled “I have a dream” was delivered at the meeting, which made her dream of building a free girls’ high school known to all. Later, both the Lijiang and Huaping governments sponsored her with a million yuan. A year later, Zhang’s school was completed, becoming the first free girls’ high school in China. In the past ten years, she has helped more than one thousand poor girls enter universities. She was honored as one of the “Moving China” figures of 2020. 【Homework】 Polish up your biography about a person you want to introduce. 2. Search for more information about Dr. Lin and share with your partners.