高中英语-Unit-17《Great-Women》说课稿2-新人教版.doc

Unit 17 Great Women 说课稿

教材分析
1 ．单元背景分析：
从时间安排，本单元放在国际妇女节左右的时间，可以引起学生对妇女问题的关注。传统上女性作为贤妻良母，作为一名成功的男性背后的伟大女性而称颂。但“把女性还给历史，把历史还给女性”时，我们不难看出在社会发展过程中女性所做的不仅是生儿育女，操持家务等。她们也在政治，经济，科学文化，教育，军事等领域中熠熠生辉，彪炳史册。现今，妇女在取得进步的同时，无论中外都尚存在不少值得深思的女性问题，如妇女参政议政比率问题，妇女职业趋向问题，及美国黑人妇女现象等。
2 。本单元内容分析：
本单元中心话题为“伟大的女性”，并围绕此中心展开Warm up ,Listening ,Pre-reading ,Post-reading ,Language study ,Integrating skills ,Tips ,和Checkpoint 等系列活动。
Warming up: 此部分为两部分。第一部分，看图说话。针对四位著名女性谈论她们生平及在此展开心目中伟大女性的形象及产生的原因。第二部分，深层讨论针对女性在社会高层中成名或取得工作较难的问题，展开男女平等性的研讨。
Listening : 这部分是一则对话，两个人对旧照片中朋友展开介绍要求能正确抓住人物关系及人物特征的信息词：Workbook中是对世界妇女大会组织的介绍并探讨听力材料中人物及获奖的原因。
Speaking : 该部分分为两部分。第一部分看图说话。呈现出日常女性三个生活场景：工作，休闲，育儿。要求能正确使用有关形容词及句型谈论人物品质。第二部分分为小游戏“Guessing the name”。一位同学想着一名著名女性,其他同学以提问方式猜出人名。Workbook部分是对新中国成立后女性受到良好的教育及较多的工作机会,但为何她们接受高层工作机会较少展开讨论。
Pre-reading ：该部分是Reading的前奏曲。针对去南极探险展开提问.问题涉及探险用具，极圈附近地理环境，生态及动物等。
Reading : 该部分描述了一位60岁Helen Thayer女士独立探险南极的记述，刻画了一位勇于冒险,探索自然，不怕困难，冷静处事,意志坚强的女性形象。该文从Helen的日记中改编截取而来，共8段三个部分。第一段写开始探险，第二段到第七段说探险过程，第八段结束--由于身体缘故不得不放弃的心理描写。
Post-reading: 该部分分为两部分。第一部分对于课文的理解。第二部分要求描述Helen的品质及由此展开对女性品质的称赞。
Language Study：分为两个部分。第一部分词汇，采用选词填空的方式。第二部分语法是涉及主谓一致的情况。采用先提供语法知识，后用选词填空的方式和改写句子来巩固.Workbook词汇部分要求用正确形式填空及课文改编短文填词及翻译练习，语法中仍做主谓一致练习及一篇关于居里夫人的短文填空。
Integrating Skill：本文介绍了一位著名美国黑人妇女Oprah Winfrey的介绍。要求掌握刻画人物品质的介绍性说明文的写法，初步了解黑人妇女的状况及巩固书信的格式--该部分用了fan letter的方式来强调。
Tips： 掌握正确的方式描写人物。
Checkpoint： 语法检查---对主谓一致的掌握及总结群体性名词。本单元结束要求作一个简要的自评。
3 。教学重点及难点
重点：1.词汇，词组及句型结构。
2.正确描述人物品质。
3.按照时间为序有层次的刻画人物写作手法的掌握。
4.了解掌握主谓一致。
5.巩固fan-letter.
难点 ：1 .形象准确描述人物。
2 .讨论：男女平等性开放性话题。
3 .了解男女平等,美国黑人问题及黑人妇女状况等问题。
4 。课时计划
Period 1: warming up & listening
Period 2: speaking
Period 3&4: pre-reading , reading ,post-reading.
Period 5: language study.
Period 6: integrating skill.
5 .Teaching plan

Period 1 Warming up & Listening
Goals: 1. To know briefly some famous women
2.To know the reason why we admire them
3. To catch the key words to describe persons
Step one : Warming up
1. Daily report
2. Lead-in this unit by asking questions as follows
This month is March .Can you tell me the festivals of this month in the world ?
Can you tell me some days about women ?
In the world , do you know a woman who really inspires you ?Can you explain the reason ?
Can you tell me other famous women ?
Look at the pictures ,who are they ?

3. Listening
Now , I’d like you listen to some information about these four persons .After listening , tell me who I just describe .
She was born in Warsaw on Nov,7,1867. When she was 24 years old , she went to Paris to continue her studies in Physics and Mathematical sciences . There, she got married to Pierre .After the death of her husband , she took the place as Professor of Physics .She discovered polonium and radium. She received the Nobel Prize twice.—Madame Curie.
She was born in West Virginia, but she spent most of her life in China. In 1920s she began to publish stories and essays in magazines .Her first novel ,East Wind ,West Wind was publish in 1930. The Good Earth , her 2nd novel won her the Pulitzer Prize . She won the Nobel Prize in literature .She published over 70 books in her life time .---Pearl S. Buck
She was born on August 27 ,1910. When she was12,she determined to help the poor and India was her destination . At 18, she went to India and took her initial vows as a nun . She devoted herself to this place . She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died in 1997—Mother Teresa .(To keep a lump burning ,we have to keep putting oil in it –Mother Teresa)
She was born into a rich family . As the widow of Sun Yatsen , she became an important member of the elite of P.R.C. She was the vice-chairperson of the P.R.C. and devoted herself to the welfare activities for women and children.—Song Qinglin
4. Discussion
It has been said life is difficult as it is .For women it seems twice as difficult .Is it more difficult for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions. What do you think?
Step two : Pre-listening
Now ,we have few chances to talk with the famous women face-to –face . With the help of modern machines, we know of them . Yet in our daily life ,we have more pictures of our dear friends . Now Alice and Lucy are talking about the old friends .Listen carefully.
Step three : Listening (Extensive listening)
1. First time listening. Finish the blanks .
At first, Alice didn’t like lily because she thought she was very ____
Sandra and Lily were like ___ and ____
Jane and Rose could ___ ____ well .
Sandra ___ ___ a lot . She has her own ___together with a ____ of hers.
2. Second and third times listening. Finish the form
What was her name? Lily Rose Jane Sandra
What was she like?
What was she good at?
What has became of her?
3. Group work: every group just chooses one role
Use you own words to describe Lily. Rose ,Jane and Sandra.
Step four : Post-listening (P95—Intensive listening)
1. First time listening
Listen it quickly and know the main idea of the material
2. Second time listening
Listen it sentence by sentence and write down the passage sentence by sentence .
3. Third time listening
Check the material carefully.
Step five : Homework
1. Finish the exercises in P95
2. Find out other women organizations in the world .

Period 2: Speaking
Goals: To know how to describe the qualities of persons
Step one : Warming up
1. Daily report
2. Check the women organizations in the world
3. Tell the story about a famous native woman such as Zhu Yingtai or Zhao Wuniang…
Step two : Pre-speaking
1. What kind of person was Zhu Yingtai or Zhao Wuniang…
Positive Negative
strong smart honest friendly warm kind
cheerful popular generous hard-working weak stupid lazy dishonest mean tense
cold unkind unfriendly miserable dull
2. Why do people like her or admire her ?
Useful expressions
She seems to me to be a
kind woman who……
The impression she makes on me is…
I think she is the kind of person who is … She could be …

She might be …

People like her … She looks as if …

You can see that …

She doesn’t seem …
Step three : Speaking
1. Pictures-talking in P30
Where are they ?
What are they doing ?
What kind of woman is she ?
2. Discussion
Now women are asked to serve the society and at the same time to cook in the kitchen. How do you think of it ?
3. Group work in P30 Part 2
4. Group work in P96
A. Is it difficult for women to get a good job?
Do you think there are some jobs that women cannot do ? What are they ?
Is it even more difficult for women to become leaders or managers ?
Do you think that women are less able than men ?
B . Role- play:
Four persons a group . One is boss of the company , one manager who is leaving ,one is colleague and another is worker .Make a decision whether the women can take the job or not .
Step four : Post- speaking
1. Discussion: one group just chooses one topic
A. Now in China , one family has the only child . the parents give the different education to the child .If the girl, she is asked to learn playing the piano ,violin or learn dancing . If the boys , he is asked to study hard . How do you think of it ?
B. Now , in China there is a programme called Hope Project which helps the students who would lose the education because of the poor condition .And there is another programme called Spring Bud Programme which helps the girls who will lose the education . How do you think the projects ?
C. Can you describe the development trend of women in the future and why ?
D. In the Chinese history , there were four famous beauties : Xi Shi , Diao Chan, Wang Zhoujun and Yang Yuxuan. Some people just said it was they that buried some dynasty.
How do you think the relationship between beauty and history.
2 . Debate between boys and girls
Men/Women are more important to the development of the society .
3. Appreciation : Butterflies in love(Zhu Yingtai acted in a play called God River Married wifes)

Period 3 & 4 Reading
Goals : 1.To know the famous woman named Helen Thayer
2. To know how to write a vivid journey diary
3. To get moral education to the students
Step one : Warming up
1. Daily report
2. Brief introduction of Poles
A. Show the picture of the world
Can you tell me where the south pole and north pole are ?
Do you know the names of the three countries that are part of the North Pole ? How about the South 道Pole ?
Which animals live on the North Pole ? And which on the South Pole ?
Do you know other information about Antarctic ?
B. Show a small film fragmentary from Antarctic.
C. Imagination: You are traveling to the South Pole.
When will you go ?
What will you take with ?
Do you like traveling alone or traveling with many people ?And why ?
If traveling alone , which trouble will you meet with ?
How big is the Antarctic? Is it bigger than China ?
How many hours of sunlight will Helen have each day while walking across the Antarctic?
How does the summer climate differ from the winter climate?
How is the Antarctic (South Pole) different from the Arctic (North Pole) in terms of weather and animal life?
Now , we will see a famous woman named Helen Thayer who traveled alone to the South Pole .
Step two :Pre –reading
Age is no barrier to your dreams and goals ._______Helen Thayer
Brief introduction of Helen Thayer
Helen Thayer
World Adventurer, First Woman to Solo the North Pole. Wrote the National Bestseller Polar Dream about her journey. Born and educated in New Zealand, Helen Thayer walked and skied alone to the magnetic North Pole in 1988 at the age of 50. She was totally unsupported, pulling a 160-pound sled filled with supplies. Her only companion was Charlie, a black Canadian Eskimo Husky. His job was to walk at her side to protect her from polar bears. He saved her life at least once. Helen, her husband, and Charlie live in the Cascade foothills. In 1997, she traveled alone to the South Pole ,yet it failed at last because of her injuries
Step three : Reading .
1. Skimming :Make a decision whether the statement True or False
1) She spent her 50th and 60th birthday in Antarctica. (F)
2) During her expedition in Antarctica ,the weather was very good though the wind was very icy (F)
3) Every November there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. (T)
4) Her birthday fall on the 22th day when her began her journey to the South Pole .(F)
5) She had got self-rescue training before the expedition . (T)
6) She will never forget the solo travel in the south Pole. (T)
2. Scanning : more questions about text comprehension.
1) What about the weather in the south pole
2) How did she celebrate her birthday ?
3) How did she self-rescue after she had fallen into a hole ?
4) What was her biggest trouble she had met at last ?
5) Did she continue the journey at last?
6) What kind of journey did she describe it ?
7) Why did Helen want to want to travel the South Pole?
8) What kind of woman is Helen?
3 . Analyse the journey :
1) Ask the students to divide the text into several parts
Beginning ; Paragraph 1
Process: Paragraph2-7
Ending: Paragraph 8
2) Give the time and ask the students to finish the events

Time:1997/11/1
Event :beginning
the traveling Time Event
Time :11/23
━━━━
Event;
give up the travel
The first day
The third day
The next week Good weather
Stormy weather
Stronger wind
1997/11/12 Birthday party
A few days later Self-rescue from a hole
1997/11/22 Continue expedition
1997/11/23 Hurt leg
3) Can you tell about the feeling of her at last ?
4. Explain the language points
Step four: post reading
1. Interview: You are a host and your partner is Helen .Now give a chat with Helen
Such as:
Q. What skills do you think young people need to succeed in life?
A. Set Goals, plan for success, and believe in themselves.
Q. In this high-tech world, what’s the most important aspect of education?
A. A well-rounded education with a broad view of the world.
Q. Who was the biggest influence in your life? Why?
A. My parents, Sir Edmund Hillary
Q. What’s the toughest part of your job?
A. Finding time to do all that I want.
Q. How did you deal with temptations facing teens and young people when you were that age?
A. I was very focused on goals, for example, I wanted to represent New Zealand on the National track and field team, become a high altitude climber, and a good student. I dedicated my life to these goals and succeeded in reaching each goal. To set goals, I saw myself as a success, and it kept me far from trouble, therefore my teen years were fun.
Q. If you could have dinner with anyone, past or present, who would it be and why?
A. My husband, parents and Sir Edmund Hillary. They all shaped my life.
Q. When you were a teenager, what place in the world did you most want to visit, and have you traveled there yet? Was it as wonderful as you thought it would be? Why or why not?
A. The magnetic North Pole was my dream. I am the first woman to walk there alone without support. I wrote a best selling book about my journey with my polar bear dog Charlie who saved my life from polar bears. When I finally arrived after having survived storms, a tent fire, frozen fingers, broken sea ice and polar bears I had a tremendous feeling of achievement. I didn’t matter that I was first. It mattered that I had a goal, a plan and therefore I stood at the Pole.
2.Group work: Role-play ---Family together.
Now Helen is just at home from the journey .Helen’s Mama ,Helen’s husband and the children are around her .Make a short dialogue among them .
3.Discussion:
In a conference , some people just gave a proposal: In the 21th century , let women return to the families. How do you think of it
Step five : Homework
1. Finish the exercise in P32
2. Lecture : My idol women
3. Find some famous women in the 20th century in the internet .

Period 5 : Language study
Goals ; To master subject –verb Agreement
Step one : Warming up
Daily report -Lecture : My idol women
Step two : Word study
1. Play a game :
Two students from each group are standing face to face . Some words are shown on the screen . One of them explains them one by one , the other tries to say the word by guessing its meaning. The one who guesses the most in the given time will win .(dishonest ,solo, challenge, generous, value, slope, shelter ,optimistic, inspire, threaten miserable , mean , cheerful)
2. Fill in the blanks of Word Study in P32
Step three : Grammar : Subject –verb Agreement
1. Learn the rules
Singular nouns are used with singular verbs . Plural nouns are used with plural verbs
Collective nouns can have a singular or plural verb. If the noun refers to the unit as a whole , the verb is singular . If it refers to the individual members of a unit ,the unit is p