教技课作业
一 简介
<On Becoming a Better Student> 本文是一篇论说文。作者通过介绍优秀学生的特点和给好学生的若干建议两个方面,说明优秀学生应该具备的品质以及如何成为一名优秀学生。由于课文是一个节选的部分,所以在开头和结尾等地方读起来会有不太自成一体的感觉,所以教学过程应要求学生自习全文,或者提供相关网站让学生更细致的了解全文。
在说明和论证的手段上,作者通过举例,引用名人的话语,比喻和设问等多种手法来加强说明和论证的效果。这些写作手法是本文教学的难重点,将花较大课时。
二 任务
1.(教学目标)Teaching Aims:
A Train the students’reading ability.
B Learn and master the following words and phrases;
C Words: mile Antarctic threaten optimistic somehow shelter regret extreme climate value
D Phrases: struggle through threaten to do sth lie down be thankful for in good health struggle to one’s feet make a decision
E Train the students' ability of surfing the Internet to find the background information about famous outstanding woman.
F Train the ability of writing a piece of argumentation
2.(教学重点)Teaching Important Points:
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Enable the student to understand the text better.
3. Let the students have strong wills and determination by reading the passage.
3.(教学难点)Teaching Difficult Points:
1. How to improve the students’reading ability.
2. The use of some useful expressions.
3. How to improve the students’ability about writing a piece of argunmentation .
4.(教学方法)Teaching Methods:
1. Discussion before reading to make the students be interested in what they learn in class.
2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.
3. Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.
4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
三 资源
(教学辅助)Teaching Aids:
1. a map of the world
2. a tape recorder
3. a computer
四 在线资源
(教学网络信息)Teaching information from Internet:
1.课文相关原文http://www.gyu.cn:8094/englishonline/wsjs/englishmajor/textbooks/zhjc/book3/B3u09text.asp
2.课文音频阅读资料
http://www.beiin.com/html/22/22-3430.html
3.作者资料
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/51105824.html?fr=qrl&cid=197&index=1
五.(教学进程)Teaching Procedures:
1.Step I Greeting and speech
Greet the students as usual and the student who is on duty give a speech before class.
2.Step II words
repository n. a place where things are stored
partake
v. to eat or drink, especially something offered
receptivity
n. ability or willingness to receive new ideas, suggestions, etc.
embody
v. to serve as a symbol or expression of an idea, quality, etc.
acquisition
n. action of acquiring, gaining
rigid
a. firm or fixed in behavior, views, or methods; difficult to change or unwilling to change
yoga
n. a Hindu philosophy which teaches control of the mind, senses, and body in order to reach union with God; a system of exercises for the body and control of breathing for those practicing yoga or wanting to become fitter
ongoing
a. continuing, or continuing to develop
discrete
a. separate; having a clear independent shape or form
mundane
a. ordinary and uninteresting, with nothing exciting or unusual in it
live up to
to achieve (what is expected, especially high standards)
demon
n. an evil spirit
punctuation mark
any of the signs (e.g., full stop, comma, question mark, etc.) used in a written or printed text to separate sentences, phrases, etc. and to make the meaning clear
relinquish
v. to give up (power, position, a claim, etc.)
stigma
n. a feeling of shame or dishonor
approach
n. way of dealing with a person or thing
precedence
n. the condition of being dealt with before other things or of being considered more important than other things
initiative
n. the ability to make decisions and take actions without asking for the help or advice of others
formulate
v. to invent and prepare (a plan, suggestion, theory, etc.)
proportional
a. in the correct relation (to other things); corresponding in size, amount, or degree (to something)
therapy
n. the treatment of illnesses of the mind or body, especially drugs or operations
prior
a. coming or planned before
pitfall
n. a mistake that may easily be made
complacency
n. a feeling of calm satisfaction with one's own abilities or situation that prevents one from trying harder
strain
v. to try (too) hard; to make (too) great efforts
correspondence
n. the act of exchanging letters; the letters exchanged between people
go out of one's way (to do something)
to take particular care and trouble to do something
cumulative
a. increasing steadily in amount or degree by one addition after another
livelihood
n. the way one earns money to live on
pertinent
a. relevant; to the point
scathing
a. (of speech or writing) bitterly cruel in judgment
unethical
a. wrong and unacceptable according to a society's rules or people's beliefs
badger
v. to repeatedly tell (somebody) to do something or ask (somebody) questions
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3.Step III Fast – reading
Ask the students to read the text quickly and silently, find the answers to these three questions .
1 How did the writer celebrate her 60thbirthday ?
2 When was the writer is 60th birthday ?
3 Why did she say it was an experience she would never forget and would value for the rest of her life ?
4.Step IV Careful-reading
Ask students to read the text again carefully and finish three tasks:
1 Finish Exercise 1 of post-reading on page 32.
2 Fill in the form on the screen .
3. Do some T/F exercises on the screen.
1). She celebrated her fiftieth birthday by traveling alone to the South Pole.
2). She went to Antarctica with the dog team pulling her sled.
3). Everything went all right during the first few days.
4). During the next week the wind grew so strong that it blew away her tent.
5). She had an accident after her birthday.
6). It was all her training that helped her out of danger
5.Step V Listening and Consolidation
Play the tape for the students and ask them to read the text after the tape in a low voice, paying attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
Step VI Discussion
1. What kind of woman is Helen Thayer ? Describe her in a few sentences.
2. Do you admire her? Why ?
6.Step VII Reading together.
7.Step VIII Homework
1. Reading the text again and again after class.
2. Finish the exercises of Grammar.
3. Writing a piece of argumentation about HOW TO BE A GOOD STUDENT