Warming Up以农村、农业以及农作物耕种为话题,让学生讨论对农村和农业劳动的认识和经验。这一话题的引入,可以帮助学生更深刻地理解袁隆平博士的研究成果的价值。教师可以选用本书提供的Warming up by questioning/ Warming up by seeing and listening进行热身教学。
Pre-reading 课本设置的两个问题可以帮助学生理解课文,同时培养他们的同情心和人道主义精神。也可以以Pre-reading by questioning and answering形式进行预读。
Reading塑造了一个朴实、务实的中国农业科学家的形象,他过着普通人的生活,干着伟大的事业。建议从形式入手学习本文,参考使用下列设计:
Giving background information about Professor Yuan Longping,Reading aloud to the recording, Reading and underlining,Reading to identify and summarize,Understanding difficult sentences,Reading and transferring, Reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the text,Closing down by having a dictation。 Learning about language课本分为两部分,通过不同层面的练习,要求并帮助学生熟练掌握课文中所学的词汇以及-ing形式做主语和宾语的用法。
本书的程序设计是:Warming up reading the text aloud,Discovering useful words and expressions, Read and identify,Consolidating by doing exercises, Ready used materials for the -ing form as the Subject & Object,Closing down by doing a quiz。
Using language课本设计涵盖了听、说、读、写四个部分,分为三部分,Reading 部分读写结合,要求学生在理解文章的基础上写出文章的摘要。Listening讲了两个农民的故事,即进行了听力训练也说明了有机耕作的重大意义。Reading, speaking and writing 让学生假设自己是"绿色食品"生产商,在读说的基础上为自己的食品设计一个广告。教师可以参考本书的设计授课:Warming up by listening and reading aloud,Reading and underlining,Doing exercises,Listening,Reading, speaking and writing, Writing a poster, Writing a speech, Doing a project,Closing down by filling a form。 实际教学过程课时划分建议 将Warming Up、 Pre-reading、Reading和Comprehending整合在一起上一节"阅读课"。 将Learning about language 和Workbook中的 USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS、USING STRUCTURES 整合在一起上一节"语言知识课"。