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d. Nearly 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.
e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality and hobbies
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not
true?
Para 4: Dr Yuan’s dreams
1）His first dream: (rice plants) ____________ (each ear) ______________ (each grain) _____________
Teaching
focus & skim for the main idea of the text and scan for detailed information
difficulty
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching method Discussion
Step1: Lead-in
Task 2:Discussion
What do you want to do in the future and why?
Step5Homework Teaching
1) Read and review the text;
procedure 2) Underline the new words and phrases in the text.
learn some information about Chinese agriculture（农耕文化）， traditional Chinese virtues(传统美德) and Dr Yuan Longping； ② skim for the main idea of the text and scan for detailed information;
Para 2. Dr Yuan’s biography Work out the right time order:_________
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c.in 1950 Chinese farmers produced fifty-six million tons of rice.
Step2 Skimming
Task1:prediction What may be the style of the passage? Task2 Read and Match
Para.1
A. Dr Yuan’Yuan’s hobbies and personality.
Para.3
C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记)
Para.4
D. Dr Yuan’s appearance.
Step3 Scanning
Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievement Answer the questions 1）what does Dr Yuan look like? 2）what is his achievement?
Traditional Chinese virtues Don’t waste , Be grateful Hardworking,selfless
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________a kind of rice that could _________________
2）His second dream:To _____________________
Step4 Post-reading(consolidation)
Task1: choose a number and do as instructed(1,2,3,4,5,6)
1) Look and say 2) How to grow rice? Traditional Farmingsteps:____________________________________________________ 3)Enjoy a poem by LiShen
Teaching procedure (45mins)
f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
Reading tip :time order (1930,1950,1953,after graduation, recent, now)
(45mins)
Layout
T ips: ①keys words↔time (Verb/noun phrases) ②put them in right order
Unit2 Working the land A pioneer for all people
Step1:lead-in --farming steps Step2:skimming--main idea Yuan Longping, Super hybrid rice Step3:scanning--details Step4:post-reading
A Lesson Plan for Reading in Unit2, Book4
Teacher
贺小银
Date
2019.12.8
Class
Senior1
Teaching Book4 Unit2 Working the land
topic
A pioneer for all people
Teaching objectives