Unit 1 Women of achievement一、单元教学目标1. Talk about important women & great women2. Describe people from their life, personality and character3. Word-formation: noun suffix4. Subject-verb agreement5. Make an outline二、教学重难点Teaching Important Points1. Help the students to comprehend the story of Jane Goodalls protecting the African wildlife.2. Get the students to learn from Jane Goodalls story and come to the idea that great personality is of importance to ones success.3. Learn and master some important words, phrases and sentence patterns in this period.Teaching Difficult Points1. Get the students to comprehend the story and understand what Jane Goodall has done to gain the achievements.2. Get the students to believe that ones personality as well as luck and ability is important to ones success.三、教材分析本单元以女性为主题，以Warming up， Reading，listening的形式对古今中外六位不同女性的成就进行了介绍。其目的在于引导学生了解有什么样人格的人才是伟人；伟人是否是完人；我们在人格上离伟人有多远。这些对学生可起到一定的启发作用，使他们能以这些伟人为榜样，并坚定信念，塑造自我，创造未来。在这样一个主题之下，有两个值得让学生思考的问题：一，什么样的人是伟人，什么样的人是名人。在当今社会，不少人以一个人的经济能力为标准来衡量他的社会地位，乃至于幸福程度。让学生弄明白这一点是非常重要的。它可以引导学生树立正确的世界观和人生观。二，一个人的成就是否由性别来定。这就涉及到了男女平等的问题。通过本单元的学习，学生们可以深切地感受到无论男女，只要对他人有无私的爱心，对事业有坚定的信心，并不懈地为之倾注心血，都能成就一番事业。1.1 Warming up中的材料是古今中外六位杰出女性的简介。这部分要求学生通过讨论来区分伟人与名人。其作用有二：一是统领全单元主题，二是引导学生树立正确的世界观、人生观和价值观。教师在这一点上要起到引导作用而不是简单的说教。1.2 Reading 这部分由Pre-reading，Reading和Comprehending三部分组成。Reading一文介绍了Jane Goodall与其同事们在非洲森林里的一天，并由此引出她的工作方法及其所取得的成就。同时阐明了她的观点，即要理解、尊重和保护动物。Pre-reading部分提出了两个问题：Why do you think Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimps rather than to a university？和Do you think her work is important？Why？这两道题给了学生这样的提示：在研究动物时如何体现科学与人道的结合。 Comprehending中针对课文内容从细节到中心思想，由浅入深地设计了练习题，可帮助学生真正了解Jane Goodall 及其所从事的事业。1.3 Learning about Language 这部分包含两方面的内容：词汇和语法。词汇部分主要涉及一些构词法、重点词汇和短语。语法部分是“主谓一致”，重点在如何确定集合名词的数。所有这些项目都设计了相应的练习题，以求通过上下文语境，让学生了解词汇与语法如何具体运用，作到精讲多练。1.4 Using Language中包含读、听、说和写四个方面的内容，全面体现对英语的综合训练。读的部分介绍了我国著名的妇科病专家林巧稚。文章的第二段体现了本单元的目标之一：学会运用介绍人物品质的形容词来描述他人的情况。这也为下一步的说与写打下了基础。1.5 Workbook中包含的听、说、读、写的内容更为丰富，它是对前面所学内容的复习与总结，其设计仍然围绕单元主题。1.6 Summing Up 部分让学生从内容、词汇和语法结构三方面对本单元进行归纳与总结。词汇部分的小结可以从构词法的角度进行适当的拓宽。Learning Tip部分就人物描写提出了建议，即选取典型事件，抓住人物特征。四、课时安排Period 1 Warming up & Pre-reading Period 2 Reading Period 3 Language points Period 4 Grammar Period 5 Using language Period 1: Warming up & Pre-readingStep 1: Warming up 1. Lead-in (Let the Ss look at the pictures on P1) Do you know who these women are? Say something about them if you can. 2. Read and Discuss 1) Read the passages and answer the questions. (1)What did Joan of Arc do? dress as / fight for / drive sb out of (2) What did Elizabeth Fry do? help improve (3) What did Song Qingling do? concern oneself with (4) What did Lin Qiaozhi do? devote ones life to (5) What did Jane Goodall do? show the connections between (6) What did Jody Williams do? found a campaign to 2) Scan the passages and fill in the table Name Nationality Occupation Achievement 3) Discussion (1). What do these six women have in common?(Devoted, determined, committed, inspiring, influential, had careers) (2). Do you still remember Nelson Mandela? What do you think makes a great man or woman? Is it being rich? Is it being famous? Is it devoting oneself to help others? Step 2: Have a summary about the words and expressions Achievement, welfare project, institute, specialist, connection, Human beings, campaign, organization, found a campaign dress as / fight for / help drive sb. out of some place / help improve / concern oneself with / devote ones life to / show the connections between Step 3: Homework 1）Read the questions on Page 1 and preview the reading “A student of African wildlife” 2）Study the new words and finish Eexercise 1 on page 4. Period 2 ReadingTeaching goals 1 Target language a. 重点词汇achievement, welfare, project, institute, specialist, connection, campaign, organization, behave, shade, worthwhile, nest, nod, observe, outspoken, respect, argue,b. 重点句子Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. 2 Ability goals a. Learn Warming Up, and know how to tell the great women and the famous women.b. Learn the way to describe a person from what the person did, what she/he looks like and so on.3 Learning ability goals Teach Ss how to describe a person.Teaching important points a. By reading A protector of African wildlife, students can learn from Jane Goodall in at least two aspects: one is what is the humane way to study animals; the other is that it was her great personality - universal love and mercy（博爱与慈悲 ）that made her successful. If everyone had such kind of heart, they would give everything benefit for all living things. Th