1、- 1 -Unit 1 Women of achievement 1 Target language a. achieve, achievement, condition, welfare, institute, connection, campaign, organization, entertainment, inspire, support, devote . tob. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. P2Everybody sits and waits while the ani
2、mals in the group begin to wake up and move. P2But the evening makes it all worthwhile. P2. we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. P22 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 t
3、he 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: b. Ask students to answer these questions: 1) What made he
4、r a great success?2) What should we learn from Jane Goodall?Teaching difficult points Let everyone believe that all of us can become Jane Goodall.Teaching methods Inspiration, Questioning and Discussion.Teaching aids A computer, a projector and a recorder.- 2 -The first period readingProceduresStep
5、I. Warming up Warming up by describingGood morning, class. Today we are going to read about A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE. But first, Id like to know if you have ever heard of women like Elizabeth Fry, Soong Chingling, Jane Goodall, Jody Williams, Joan of Arc and Lin Qiaozhi. Now turn to page 1, l
6、ook at the photos, read the captions and describe to your neighbor the women in focus. Who is she? What is she? What did she do to benefit the world?Warming up by discussingHi, every one. How did you spend your winter vacation? Did you read any books? Did you read any women of achievement? What make
7、s a woman of achievement? Now in pairs discuss the women on page one. Which of these women do you think is a great woman? Give reasons for your choice. Warming up by reading aloud and translatingNice to see you back at school, boys and girls. As you have all prepared lessons before class I shall ask
8、 six of you at random to read aloud and translate the captions under the photos on page one. Zhao Yanfei, would you try reading aloud and translating the first caption?Well done! Next lets have Ju Xiaohong do the second one. Step II. Pre-reading1. Looking and sayingWork in pairs. Look at the photos
9、and the title A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE and predict the contents of the text. When you are ready, join another pair and compare your predictions and the clues that helped you to make the predictions. (Key: From the photos and title I guess that the text tells about a woman scientist who is wor
10、king in Africa to protect the wildlife there. She studies a family of chimps, delivers a speech on their behaviour, arguing for them to be left in the wild and protected. )2. Talking and sharingWork in groups of four. Tell your group mates what you know about wildlife - 3 -protection. Then the group
11、 leader is to stand up and share your group idea with the class. (Key: I am from Group 3. We think that Jane is a woman of achievement. For she has helped people understand how much chimps behave like humans. Because of her we know that it is better for the animals to be left in the wild or in the s
12、pecial places set up for them. )Step III. Reading1. Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you sha
13、ll read aloud twice, too.2. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.3. Reading to identify the topic sentence of each paragraphSkim the text and identify the topic sentence
14、 of each paragraph. You may find it either at the beginning, the middle or the end of the paragraph. (Key: 1st paragraph: Our group are all going to visit the chimps in the forest. 2nd paragraph: Nobody before has fully understood chimp behaviour. 3rd paragraph: For forty years Jane Goodall has been
15、 helping the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.)4. Reading and transferring informationRead the text again to complete the table, which list what Jane does to protect African wildlife.What does Jane do?Studied these animals for many yearsSpent many years observing an
16、d recording their daily activitiesDiscovered that chimps hunt and eat meatDiscovered how chimps communicate with each otherArgued for chimps to be left in the wildSet up special places - 4 -Working with animals in their own environment5. Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read
17、the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me the teacher. Step IV. Closing downClosing down by doing exercisesTo end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises No. 1 and 2. 2. Closing down by h
18、aving a discussionDo you agree with Janes ideas? Why or why not? (Key: I agree with Janes idea, because leaving the animals in the wild is the only good way to protect them. The animals belong to the forest, just as we belong to the civilized world. ) What do you think is the best way to protect wil
19、dlife?(Key: I think the best way is to understand and respect the life of animals. Setting up special places where they can live safely is important and effective)Closing down by retelling the story of Jane GoodallI shall write some key words and expressions on the board. You are to retell the story
20、 of Jane Goodall according to these words. (Key: visit the chimps, watch the chimps, understand chimp behaviour, argue for, set up special places) The second period Learning about LanguageAimsTo help students learn about subject-verb agreement.To help students discover and learn to use some useful w
21、ords and expressions.To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures.ProceduresStepI. Warming upWarming up by discovering useful words and expressionsTurn to page 4 and do exercises No. 1, 2 ,3 and 4 first. Check your answers against your classmates. Step II. Learning about grammar
22、1. Reading and thinkingTurn to page 2 and read with me the text of A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE. - 5 -As you read on, pay attention to the forms of sentence predicates and the subject-verb agreement shown in the sentences. (For reference: Our group are, Watching a family of chimps is, Nobody befo
23、re has fully understood)2. Doing exercises No. 1 and 2 on page 5Turn to page 5. Look at the two sentences: Our group are all going to visit the chimps in the forest. And Our group includes six boys and five girls. Have you noticed any difference between them? Yes. If the word “group ” refers to diff
24、erent members, use a plural verb. If the word “group” is considered as a whole, use a singular verb. Now fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given verbs in brackets on page 5. And then go on to do Exercise No. 2 on the same page, that is, fill in the correct verb form in the letter. Step
25、III. Ready used materials for Subject-verb agreementWe all know these meanings of “agree,“ but when we talk about subject-verb agreement, were talking about something different: matching subjects and verbs according to number. That is, when you have a singular subject, you have to match it with a si
26、ngular verb form: The boy plays. When you have a plural subject, you must have a plural verb form: The boys play.In short, simple sentences, you should have no problem with agreement. You can hear the problem: The boys plays. When its wrong , it just sounds funny. However, there are four potential p
27、roblem spots that you need to watch carefully:Reversed sentence orderThe normal pattern for English sentences is subject-verb. However, there are a few situations where this order is reversed (like this sentence):o There are snacks on the laundry-room table. o Where are they? o On the table are the
28、goodies! - 6 -See how the subject comes after the verb in each of these? If you can remember how to locate subjects and verbs, you shouldnt blunder into mistakes when writing reversed-order sentences.“-body,“ “-one,“ and “-thing“ wordsThe correct term for these words is indefinite pronouns, but if y
29、ou remember them as “-body,“ “-one,“ and “-thing“ words, youll probably be able to spot them more easily. You only need to know one thing: if a word has one of these endings (like everybody, everyone, anyone, anything, etc.), it is always singular! You can also include each, either, and neither in t
30、his group. Look at the following:1. Everyone is going on a picnic. 2. Each of the boys is taking his own lunch. 3. If anyone drops something to eat, Ill grab it before he can pick it up. You shouldnt have problems with these if you simply memorize the endings of words that are always singular.NOTE:
31、We said that either and neither are always singular; however, if you have two subjects in an either . . . or or neither . . . nor construction, getting the agreement right may give you fits. To get it right, just locate the subject closest to the verb and make the verb agree with it:o Either the mai
32、lman or the construction workers are causing Peggy to bark like crazy. o Neither the dogs down the street nor the one next door pays any attention. Compare this with the following: o Either the construction workers or the mailman is causing Peggy to bark like crazy. o Neither the one next door nor t
33、he dogs - 7 -down the street pay any attention. IV. Closing down by doing a quizTo end the period you are going to take a quiz on subject-verb agreement.The third period Using Language (A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME)AimsTo help students read the passage A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME.To help students to use the lang
34、uage by reading, listening, speaking and writing.ProceduresStep I. Warming upRead aloud to warm up: Lets warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME. Step II. Guided reading1. Reading and translatingRead the text A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME and translate it into Chinese par
35、agraph by paragraph. Li Wenqin. You are to do paragraph 1, please. .2. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.3. Doing exercisesNow you are going to do exercises No. 1 and
36、 2 on page 6 following the article. 4. ListeningFor listening turn to page 7 and be ready to do exercises No. 1, 2 and 3. 5. ActingNext we are going to put the text A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME ON STAGE. Now Zhu Qing and Zhang Qiang, plesase!Step III. Guided writing 1. Writing an imagined dialogueGroups 1
37、and 2 are going to write an imagined dialogue between Lin Qiaozhi and you. You may begin like this: Hello, doctor. I need your help. 2. Writing a description- 8 -Turn to page 8 and follow the direction to write a description of a womans character. You may use the information, structures and expressi
38、ons from the unit. Step IV. Further applying Finding informationGo to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on wildlife protection. Take notes of your finding and report to your group mates next Monday morning. Writing lettersWrite a letter either to Jane Good
39、all or Lin Qiaozhi, telling her about your life and hope. Acting a text playTurn the article A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR ME into a text play. Choose your part and rehearse for the School Art Festival next month.Step V. Closing downClosing down by filling a formMake use of the text and others to fill in form.
40、 Lin Qiaozhis life historytime place eventClosing down by describing a personTo end this period, I am going to have two of you stand up to describe to the class a person whom he admires. Who likes to speak first? The fourth period ListeningStep 1 Show the picture of the birth of boys and girls in Ch
41、ina. Then show another picture of the jobs of themStep 2 ListeningListen to the tape and do the true or false exercises1. Girls often leave school earlier for family reasons. 2. When there is very little money, the school often prevents girls from training. 3. Girls dont have a chance to run a compa
42、ny. - 9 -4. When women have children, they have to stop work. 5. Men have more chances to get to the top of their career than women. 6. Men can do whatever they like. Then ask them to answer the questionWhat three problems do women have which do not apply to men? Step 3 Listening textHand out the li
43、stening materials to the students , Listen to the tape and ask them to complete the passage , after three times ,encourage some students to read the passage with the right answers.Step 4 Listening on P41Introduce the war between France and Britain. Then mention the important woman: Joan of ArcAsk th
44、e students to listen to the tape and Answer the questions 1. Why did Joan have to dress up as a man to become a soldier? 2. Why did the Church not like Joan acting as a man?3. Why did France not win a war against the English before Joan became a soldier? 4. Why did Joan help the French army to fight
45、 better even after her death?5. How was she honoured after her death?At last show them the listening material and get some students to read it Unit 2 Working the land Teaching aims:1. Target Languagea.Words and phrasessunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid . of, be satisfied
46、 with, lead a . life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than b. Important sentencesThis 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.
47、 P102. Ability goals Enable Ss 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 - 10 -life. In fact this world faces a serious problemstarvation. So after rea
48、ding 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 Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.Teaching important points a. Help to comprehend t
49、he text and grasp the main idea of the text.b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions.c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.Teaching difficult points a. How to help students learn more about agriculture.b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.Teaching methods Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading.Teaching aids A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & waysThe first period ReadingStep 1.Greeting and Re
