必修四英语教案第一单元.docx

1、必修四英语教案第一单元Unit 1 Women of AchievementI教学内容分析本单元的话题是“取得成就的优秀女性”,通过介绍几位不同国度、不同时代、不同职业、不同理想与追求、不同经历的杰出女性，探讨了女性对社会、对人类的价值和贡献，展示了女性的风采和她们在社会各个领域的成就。学习本单元有助于提高对妇女社会角色的认识，了解成功女性的奋斗经历和勇于斗争的精神，培养学生（尤其是女生）的事业心和社会责任感，建立正确的性别观和和自信心。Warming Up部分给出六位不同国度、不同时代、不同领域的杰出女性的画片和简介，要求学生结合以前所学知识，讨论“伟人”和“重要人物”的区别，评判这六位杰出

2、女性能否成为“伟人”，并给出自己的观点和理由。Pre-reading部分提出了两个问题。这两个问题要求学生思考两种不同的研究方法（即实验室研究法与野外研究法）的优势与不足。Reading部分以“非洲野生动物研究者”为题，描写了简与她的同事们在非洲原始森林观察非洲黑猩猩的一个片段，并阐释她从事这项工作的重要性以及她所取得的成就。Comprehending部分有四项练习，分别从不同层面引导学生进行阅读。前三个练习通过选择题、归纳段落大意和填表格来检查学生对阅读篇章的理解程度。练习四要求学生在深刻理解课文内容的基础上，对课文中简的行为表达自己的看法，并让学生设身处地，就是否愿意从事野生动物研究作出选

3、择。通过讨论四个开放性话题，坚定学生保护动物的信念。Learning about Language部分着重于词汇和语法的训练。本部分通过不同形式的练习，帮助学生熟悉构词法、重点词汇和短语并掌握“主谓一致”这一重要的语法项目。Using Language部分包括了听、说、读、写四部分，旨在训练学生的综合能力。本部分的话题仍围绕“Women of Achievement”。阅读部分介绍了我国著名妇科疾病专家林巧稚；听力部分要求学生根据材料，列出女性通向成功道路上所面临的特有的困难；说的部分运用介绍人物品质和个性的形容词来描述杰出女性的qualities或personalities；写的部分可以说既

4、是Speaking部分的具体落实环节，又是Speaking部分的升华。Summing Up部分让学生从内容、词语和结构三方面对本单元知识内容进行归纳、总结、梳理，使重要知识条理化、系统化、清晰化。Learning Tip就人物描写提出建议，即抓住人物的性格、特点、所遇困难及克服困难取得成就的过程。II教学重点和难点1. 教学重点（1）本单元的生词和短语；（2）主谓一致；（3）描述人物的词汇、句型。2. 教学难点（1）掌握描写人物的写作方法；（2）掌握集体名词的数；（3）掌握同词根的动词与名词的构成关系，进一步学习英语的构词法。III教学计划本单元建议分六课时：第一课时： Learning ab

5、out Language (1) & Warming Up 第二、三课时： Pre-reading; Reading & Comprehending第四课时：Reading (Using Language) & Reading task (Workbook)第五课时： Listening (Using Language), Listening (Workbook) & Listening task (Workbook)第六课时： Learning about Language (2)IV教学步骤Period 1 Learning about Language (1) & Warming UpT

6、eaching Goals:1. To develop Ss ability of using words and expressions and speaking.2. To Prepare Ss for the new unit.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. New words and expressionsPurpose: To prepare Ss for the new lessons. 1. Ask Ss to listen to the tape of Reading and read after the tape. 2. Ask Ss to read

7、new words aloud and try to keep them by heart. 3. Ask Ss to make sentences with the following words and expressions.respect, considerate, explain, achieve ones goal, devote to, deliver a baby, care for, Step 2. Words using Purpose: To develop Ss ability of using new words and expressions. To develop

8、 Sss ability of creating words. 1. Words using competition(1) Read the following ten meanings of the new words in this unit and ask Ss to guess the new words and spell them. Ss should put up their hands as quickly as possible. The student who does best will win the game. finish or reach succeed stat

9、e or sitiation relation expert encourage sb. with good feelings and aims quarrel watch carefully dont take sth. or sb. seriously make others understand by telling sth.again and again thoughtful or understanding Suggested Answers: achieve condition connection specialist inspire argue observe look dow

10、n upon/on explain considerate(2) Ask Ss to finish the Ex1 on P4 as quickly as possible. After they finish it, ask them to discuss in pairs and then check the answers with the class. Suggested Answers:1.bond 2.nest 3.institute 4.crowd in 5.childhood 6.outspoken7.move off 8.welfare 9.project2. Discuss

11、ion(1) Ask Ss to finish Ex2 on P4 and then check the answers.Suggested Answers:VerbNounVerbNounachieveachievementconnectconnectionbehavebehaviourorganizeorganizationobserveobservationinspireinspirationspecializespecialistargueargumentadvertiseadvertisementpermitpermission(2) Ask Ss to observe the wo

12、rds and discuss the meaning of each word in Ex1.(3) Ask Ss to remember some common suffixes of the noun, such as tion, - ist, -or(er), -ment, -ing.(4)Ask Ss to finish Ex3 on P4.Suggested Answers:Observed worthwhile argue respectStep 3. Warming Up Purpose: To let Ss know how to describe and evaluate

13、a person correctly.To develop Ss ability of speaking.1. Leading-inPurpose: To arouse Ss desire for more information about women of achievement.Discussion:(1) Ask Ss a question and let them discuss freely. How many great women can you think of? Who are they?(2) Show Ss some pictures of great women an

14、d offer Ss questions to discuss.Do you know these people? Who are they? Why are they still famous? (3) Ask Ss to turn to P1, look at the pictures and read the brief description under each picture.(4) Ask Ss to discuss the following questions in groups of four. Are they great or important? Why? What

15、makes the fifth person great woman?Suggested Answers: A great person is one who has followed his or her ideas and sacrificed something so that they could be realized. The six women are all great because they made great contributions to the human society. She studies chimps and works hard to protect

16、chimps everywhere.(5) Ask Ss to go through the brief description under each picture again and discuss the following question in groups of four. What qualities do the great people have? Suggested Answers:intelligent, determined, generous, kind, modest, serious, unselfish, hard-working, brave, confide

17、nt, considerate, honest, ambitiousStep 4. TalkingPurpose: To teach Ss how to describe a great person.To develop Ss ability of speaking1. Make a dialogue with a student to help Ss know how to describe a person. T: Have you heard of Jane Goodall?S: Sorry, I havent heard of her before. How would you de

18、scribe her?T: Well, she is a great woman. I admire her.S: Why do you admire her?T: She is ambitious and determined. She gave up the comforts of life to study the chimps.S: Why did she choose to study the chimps?T: She liked animals. As a young girl, She wanted to study animals.S: What do you think a

19、bout her?T: She works with animals in the wild and lives a hard life. I think she is a hard-working, brave, kind and great woman. Do you think so?S: Yes, I think so.2. Ask Ss to describe one of the six great women in pairs. One student asks; the other student answers. Use the following expressions t

20、o help Ss. What does she look like?What do you think about?Why do you admire her?What are her strengths?How would you describe her?Why did she choose to?How do her friends think of her?Step 5. Homework 1. Revise new words and expressions in this unit and finish Ex1, Ex2 and Ex3 in Using Words And Ex

21、pressions on P42.2. Ask Ss to describe a great woman they are familiar with by making up a dialogue in pairs.Period 2 & 3 Pre-reading, Reading & ComprehendingTeaching Goals: 1. To let Ss know about some extraordinary women and learn something from them.2. To develop Ss reading skills.Teaching Proced

22、ures:Step 1. Homework-checkingPurpose: To prepare Ss for the lesson by reviewing what was learnt last period. To make sure Ss have learned how to describe a great person1. Read the following words and expressions and ask Ss to write them down.achieve, working conditions, connection, organization, co

23、nsiderate, kindness, deliver a baby, modest, communication, How would you describe her? What do you think about?2. Ask two pairs of students to act out the dialogue made up by themselves in front of the class.Step 2. Leading-in Purpose: To develop Ss interest in wild animals and protecting them. To

24、prepare Ss for learning the new text in the unit.1. Show Ss some pictures of wild animals. panda penguin tiger chimp 2. Ask the following questions and ask Ss to answer the questions as quickly as possible. Whats the animal in each picture? Where do they usually eat? Do you like wild animals? Are th

25、ey very important to human being? Why? Would you like to take a job studying wild animals?Step 3. Fast readingPurpose: To develop Ss ability of reading. 1. Tell Ss that they are going to learn a new lesson about a student of wild life and then show a picture of Jane Goodall. Ask them to guess what t

26、he passage talks about. 2. Ask Ss to skim the text and find the answers to the following questions.(1) Who is the student?(2) What does she study? (3) Where does she carry out her work? At a university or in the forest?(4) What did she discover? Suggested Answers: (1) She is Jane Goodall. (2) She st

27、udies chimps. (3) She carries out her work in the forest instead of in a university. (4) One thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other. 3. Ask students to read the text fast and finish Ex.1 and Ex.2 on P3. Step 4. Report Purpos

28、e: To develop Ss ability of using language and speaking. Ask Ss to read the sentences in the form again and then ask some students to give a report about Jane Goodall. They may begin their report like this. Jane Goodall likes animals very much. She spent many years observing and recording chimps dai

29、ly activities. Step5. Language pointsPurpose: To let Ss master important words, phrases and grammar points. 1. Ask Ss to find these sentences in the text and then read aloud. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. (Para 1, Line5) This means going back to the place wher

30、e we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. (Para 1, Line6) Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. (Para 1, Line11) However, the evening makes it all worthwhile.(Para.1, Line13) Only after her mother came to help her for the

31、first few months was she allowed to begin her project. (Para.2, Line4) For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. (Para 3, Line1) 2. Explain the language points in the above sentences.(1) Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. (Para 1, Line5)V-ing形式可相当于名词在句中作主语，谓语动词用单数。如：Doing morning exercises is good for health.做早操对健康有益。Asking co