Teaching plan Unit 2 Working the land 课型设计与课时分配：The first period: ReadingThe second period Words and GrrmmarThe third period Extensive ReadingThe four period ListeningThe five period WritingThe six period SummaryThe First Period ReadingTeaching goals 1.Target Language a. 词汇和短语sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, ridof, be satisfied with, lead alife, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather thanb. 重点句子This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P10He also doesnt care about being famous. P10He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. P10His other hobbies include playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. P10Wishing for things, however, costs nothing. P102. Ability goals Enable students to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem-starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character.3. Learning ability goals Help students learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.A. Teaching important points1. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.2.Grasp the usage of some words and expressions.3.How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.B. Teaching difficult points 1.How to help students learn more about agriculture.2.Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.C. Teaching aids A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.D. Teaching procedures & ways Step 1 Greeting and leading inlook at the two pictures on Page 9 and answer the questions:1. What are the people doing?2.Can you tell me something about rice?.Step 2 Warming up1.Discussion: (group work)Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?Step 3 Pre-readingThe purpose of this step is to let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research.1.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?2. If you had the chance to do one thing to help end famine in the world, what would you do?Step 4 Fast ReadingThe purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher designs some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task.1. What does Dr Yuan look like?2. Whats his achievement?3. What do you think of him?Step 5 Careful Reading and Explanation1.Give students 3 minutes to read and find the main idea of the text. While students are doing this, teacher show the chart on the screen. After they have finished their task, ask them to look at the screen and fill in it.Show the chart on the screen. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer.2. His biography.3. His personality.4. His dreams.Five minutes later, teachers can ask some of them to fulfil the chart. They can use words, phrases, or sentences to do this. Here is a sample for teacher to refer to. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer.(1) A scientist works the land.(2) Sunburnt face and arms, slim, strong body.(3) Grow hybrid rice.(4) The first agricultural pioneer.2. His biography.(1) In 1931, born.(2) In 1953, graduated and devoted his life to finding ways to grow rice.(3) Last year, twenty billion tons of rice was produced. Now, Dr Yuan is circulating his knowledge.3. His personality.He is satisfied with his life. Because he doesnt like money and fame.4. His dreams.(1) The first dream.(2) The second dream.2.language points: 1)“for thats how he regards himself”.“how he regards himself”, means how he thinks of himself. It refers to a persons self-image .2) “has more, rather than fewer troubles.”?while “ has more, rather than fewer troubles” means that you expect fewer troubles but in face you get more than you thought you would.3) struggle v to make great effortse.g. They have struggled for years to free their country from the enemy.Im struggling to finish the huge helping you gave me.4)sunburnt adj sun-tannede.g. His sunburnt skin looks health