Unit 19 Modern Agriculture教案

unit 19 modern agriculture教案
課時安排
period 1             warming up & listening
period 2             reading
period 3             speaking
period 4             grammar & integrating skills 2(wb)
period 5             integrating skills 1 & writing(sb)
period 1  warming up & listening
task:
the students are to read the statistic graph & discuss the changes that the graph shows.
goals:
1) to cultivate the students’ ability to read & analyze the graph.
2) to cultivate the students’ ability of listening for information.

teaching procedure
task 1 brainstorming
what will you think of when you see the word “agriculture”? ask the ss to give as many words about agriculture as possible.
task 2: discussion
ask the ss:  “how many meals do you have every day? which meal do you think is the most important? why?”
now let’s have a discussion. (divide the whole class into 2 groups.)
1 group 1 & 2: what kind of food did we eat at breakfast, lunch & supper in the past?   group 3 & 4: what kind of food do we eat at breakfast, lunch & supper at present time?
 breakfast lunch supper
in the past porridge & salted
vegetables noodles rice & delicious dishes
at present milk, bread, fried
bread, etc. fast food fast food
2 why do you think people always prefer fast food? (fast; busy) what can we learn from the differences between the food in the past & at present time? (now people live a better life; people are busier than before, etc.)
task 3:  now open your books. look at the graph on page 43 & answer the following questions.
compared with the farm products from 1986-1990, we produced more grains, cottons … than before.
why do we produce more farm products than before? (we live a better life; make more money; can afford more expensive food than before )
1 how are people’s eating habits changing over the years? why do you think this happens?
2 how has agricultural product changed during these years? what do you think caused these changes?
3 what effects do you think the changes in eating habits will have on agriculture or nature?
task 4: listening
pre listening
ask the ss: “what does agriculture depend on?” the ss will give many different answers. after that, show the answer & the pictures on the screen.