Period 2　Vocabulary and Reading

　　The General Idea of This Period

　　In this period,we'll learn something about a famous Chinese scientist-Yuan Longping,who is called "the father of hybrid rice".The teacher may ask the students to get the main idea of each paragraph in the course of fast reading.Then the teacher may show them on the screen,such as staple,leading,nickname,species,etc.By guessing from the whole context they will have a good sense of enlarging their vocabulary and this is very important in learning a language.Then we'll do some careful reading and exercises to consolidate our understanding of the text.Meanwhile we can learn some reading strategies such as skimming and word guessing.

　　Teaching Important Points

　　Make the students learn the story of Yuan Longping and his contribution to China as well as the world.

　　Learn and master some important words and phrases in this period.

　　Teaching Difficult Points

　　How to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage better.

　　How to master the important Language Points in this passage.

　　Teaching Methods

　　Fast reading to get the main idea of the text.

　　Intensive reading to understand the passage better.

　　Discussion to help the students understand what they've learned better.

　　Explanation to help the students master some Language Points.

　　Teaching Aids

　　a tape recorder

　　a multimedia(if possible)

　　Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

　　Knowledge and Skills

　　Train the students'reading ability.

　　Learn some useful words an expressions.

　　Learn some information about the famous scientist.

　　Process and Strategies

　　Make the students know more about Yuan Longping and let the students learn his spirits of diligence and perseverance.

　　Feelings and Value

　　Through the study of this period the students will surely have a better understanding of this famous scientist and learn from him and make contribution to our country.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Greetings and Revision　

　　T:(Greet the whole class as usual.)Now,let's have a quiz.(Show the following on the screen.)

　　Write the scientist by the statement.

　　Example:She studies the structure of all living things.She is a biologist.

　　1.She studied radioactivity. __________

　　2.He works in a research laboratory which develops new types of plastics.__________

3.He studies the behaviour of wild pandas. __________