Working the land教案
period3 extensivereadingthegeneralideaofthisperiod
thisperiodisaboutthereadingofthepassages:organicfarming.itcanhelpthestudentslearnsomethingmoreaboutthemodernagriculture.
teachingimportantpoints
helpthestudentstounderstandthepassagesandrealizetheimportanceoforganicfarming.
teachingdifficulties
howtoimprovethestudents’readingability.
howtohelpthestudentsu nderstandtheadvantagesoforganicfarming.
teachingmethods
asking-and-answeringactivitytocheckthestudents’understandingofthetext;individual,pairorgroupworktofinis heachtask.
teachingaids
ataperecorder
amulti-mediacomputerandablackboard
threedimensionalteachingaims
knowledgeandskills
trainthestudents’readingability.
learnsomeusefulwordsanddrill.
enablethestudentstoknowthedifferencesbetweenorganicfarmingandchemicalfarming.
processandstrategies
pairworktotalkabouttheadvantagesoforganicfarming.
individualworktofinisheachtask.
feelingsandvalue
throughthereadingofthispassagethestudentsmayhaveabetterunderstandingoftheadvantagesoforganicfarming.itisimportantaspeoplearemoreandmoreconcernedaboutthequalityofthefoodweeat.
teachingprocedures
step1warmingup
1.greetings
2.checktheanswersoftheexercisesaboutthe-ingformasthesubjectandobject.
step2readingforstructure
t:inthereadingpartwel earntsomethingaboutplantingrice,butdoyouknowwhatisthebestwaytoplantrice?
ss:...
t:todaywe’lllearnapassageaboutorganicfarming.nowpleasereadthetextandtrytofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.i’llgiveyoufiveminutes.
(fiveminuteslater)
t:whowouldliketotellmethemainideaofparagraphone?
s:it’s“whatis‘organicfarming’?”
t:that’sright.howaboutparagraphtwo?
s:themainideais“thefertilizerthatorganicfarmerspreferisnaturalwastefromanimals”.
t:thankyouforyourgoodanswers.let’scometothenextparagraph.
s:themainideaforthelastparagraphis“organicfarmerschangecropseverytwoorthreeyears”.
t:everyonehasdoneagoodjob,ihopeeveryonegotalltheanswersbyyourself.
step3readingfordetails
t:nowpleasereadthepassageagain,andtrytofindalltheanswersforthefollowingquestions:
1.whatisorganicfarming?
2.whatproblemsarecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?
3.whydoorganicfarmersgrowpeasorsoybeansaftercornorwheat?
t:finish?anyonegetstheanswerforthequestions?
suggestedanswers:
1.organicfarmingmeansgrowingcropswithoutchemicalfertilizers.
2.therearethreeproblems.first,chemicalfertilizersaffectthesoilandthewatersupplybadly.second,theyallowfarmerstogrowthesamecropyearafteryearandexhaustthesoil.third,theykillbothhelpfulandharmfulpests.
3.farmersgrowpeasorsoybeansaftercornorwheatsothatpeasandbeanscanputmineralsbackintothesoil,makingitrichandhealthyandreadytogrowmorewheatorcorn.