北师大版高一英语Unit2 Lesson4 Superhero reading 公开课

Lesson4 Superhero教案I. Aims and DemandsKnowledge objectives.To learn information and spirit about a superhero by the name Christopher Reeve.To learn to cope with new vocabulary and phrasal verbs such as disaster and pull through..Ability objectives.To develop reading ability by gaining information about Christopher ReeveTo develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.Moral objectives:To learn from Christopher Reeve and never give up in face of difficulties.II. Important and Difficult PointsTo learn to the information and knowledge gained to talk about similar topics.III. Methods and aids.Free talk, listening, reading, discussion .Multi-media.IV. Teaching and Learning ProcessStep 1 Free talk —Warming up and leading inFirst get the students to talk about different trips or activities that the students did in the eight-day National Holidays and then lead the topic of my trip to Wu Chang.Mention the Wu Chang Uprising and tell the students that the Wu Chang Uprising took place on Oct.10th, 1911 and that it so happens that i t’s just October 10th today.Recall some events happening on Oct.10th and take Nelson Madala whom we learnt about in Lesson 2 as an example.Nelson Mandela’s houses were destroyed by terrorists on October 10th, 1991.Show the picture of Christopher Reeve and tell the students that Christopher Reeve died on October 10th,2004, the same day as today five years ago.Get the students to think about the following questions:What do you know about Christopher Reeve?A New Yorker in America.A famous actor, director and producer.What was his most famous film character?Superman.To know more about Christopher Reeve and how he changed from the character of superman in the films to a superhero in real life, we’d better come to the text. Today we are going to learn some more information about Christopher Reeve. Let’s take up Lesson 4, Superhero, Christopher Reeve , the fourth lesson of Unit 2.Step 2 Listening —Getting the general idea.Get the students to listen to the recording of the text and think about the following questions:1. What terrible thing happened to him in real life?2. What did he do afterwards?Reference answers come as follows:1. He fell off his horse and broke his back.2.He returned to film making, raised money to promote medical research and made speeches about his experiences.Step 3 Reading —Knowing about the detailsRead the text and then match the topics with the parts of the article.•the riding accident•his marriage•his feelings after the accident•his death•his parents•his belief•How he got involved with charity work•his work•before the accidentStep 4 Finding —Working out the meaning of new wordsWork out the meaning of these words from the text and use them to replace the underlined words in the passage.A.disasterB.promoteC.injuryD.confidentE.on her ownF.get involvedSang Lan was successful in her sport when she was young.But a really bad thing ( ) happened to her when she was practicing for the Goodwill Games in 1998. She had a bad hurt ( ) and since then, she has never been able to walk by herself ( ). Back to China , Sang Lan began to take part ( ) in the study of journalism. Now she works as a TV presenter and tries her best to help the development of ( ) entertainment. Sang Lan is sure ( ) that she would be another winner in life by working hard.Show the picture of Christopher Reeve “the superman” paying a visit to Sang Lan.Step 5 Practice —Learning to use the phrasesThere are also some useful phrases in the text. Get the students to do some exercises to learn to use them.Use the following phrasal verbs to complete the following sentence:come to pull through think of give up get on1.--What do you __________ our new school?--Excellent. It has been honourred as Model Senior High School in Anhui.2.Members of our school chorus(合唱队) _________ well with each other and they won the second prize in the singing competition of Hefei University of Technology.3. In face of hot weather and tiredness, we students did not _________ and kept on our military training.4. The dry run of aerial defence(防空演练) in our school helps the students ____________understand the importance of dealing with emergency.5.Many were shocked by their performances but few knew how some of the girls __________ their illness with great courage.Step 6 Discussion —Application and consolidationGet the students to work in pairs to learn to use the information and words and phrases . Discuss the following topic:What can we learn from Christophor Reeve?Mention that the students can refer to the adjectives to describe Christopher Reeve’s personalities and deeds.When the students get ready, ask some to report their results to the whole class. This also serves as consolidation.Step 7 Video —Relaxation and summary.If time permits, show a piece of the film “The superman” and get the students to watch it. They can get relaxed and at the same time have a deep understanding of how a superhero behaves. If time is limited, leave off this part.Naturally lead the students to gaining the moral lesson as is shown in the following three famous sayings.Never give up when facing difficulties!Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about c reating yourself.The really great person is the person who makes everybody great! ----G.K.ChestertonStep 8 HomeworkChoose one of the topics and write a short passage.Topic 1If a disaster happened, how should we start a new life and search for happiness?Topic 2If you were a superman, what would you like to do to change the world?Use the picture of a fish to show how the passage can be composed.V. Design of blackboard writing Head (Introduction of the topic)Body (details)Tail(Conclusion)Lesson 4 SuperheroChristophor ReeveFirst information Some new words General idea Some expressions Details Discussion。

U2 Heroes Lesson 4 SuperheroObjectivesTo develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.To develop word attack skills to cope with new vocabulary and phrasal verbs. To practise asking for and giving personal information.Pre-ReadingWhat do you know about Christopher Reeve?A superwoman in China. Do you know her?ReadingLook at the two pictures and answer the questions.1 What was his most famous film character?Superman2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life?He fell off his horse and broke his back.3 What did he do afterwards?He promoted medical research and made speeches all over the USA abouthis experiences.Match the topics with the parts of the article.a) the riding accident (1) b) hismarriage ( ) c) his feelings after the( )accident d) his death ( ) e) hisparents ( ) f) his belief ( )g) how he get involved with charity work ( )h) his work( )Answers: b 4 c 3 d 8 e 5 f 7 g 6 h 2Post-ReadingTrue or False1 After the accident, with his wife ’ s help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.2 Christopher Reeve got involved with charity work because he wantedto improve the quality of his life.3 Reeve was optimistic facing the fact that he couldn ’t stand up any longer.4 Both of Reeve’s parents loved their son.Answers: TFTTLanguage points1 be famous for以⋯而著名He is famous for his songs.be famous as作为而出名Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.2 on one's own独自；靠自己She lives on her own.她一个人过。

Teaching Plan forModule1, Unit 2 Heroes, Superhero◆Teaching Aims:To develop the students’reading strategies:1. Try to get the general idea when reading the first time.2. Read with a task while reading.3. Work out the meaning of new words through the text.To train the students’ reading skills.To practice the student’s speaking skills.◆Teaching Emphasis:To develop the students’ reading strategies.◆Teaching Difficulties:Get the students to voice their opinion.◆Teaching Aid:Multi-media set.◆Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Warming upTalk about the heroes we have learned in this unit.Introduce anther hero after watching a short movie.Get some information from the two pictures.Look at the two pictures and answer the questions.1 What was his most famous film character?2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life?3 What did he do afterwards?Step 2 Fast readingLearn reading strategies:Try to get the general idea when reading the first time.Ask the students’ to read the text quickly, and match the topics with the parts of the article.a) the riding accidentb) his marriagec) his feelings after the accidentd) his deathe) his parentsf) his beliefg) how he get involved with charity workh) his workStep 3 Careful-ReadingLearn reading strategies:Read with a task while reading.Present reading task:Task I:Read Paragraph 1-3, find the details in the text to answer the questions:1 What was his most famous film character?2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life?3 What did he do afterwards?Task II:Read Paragraph 4-9, choose ‘True’ or ‘False’, using the details in the te xt to support the idea.True or False1 After the accident, with his wife’s help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.2 Christopher Reeve got involved with charity work because he wanted to improve the quality of his life.3 Reeve was optimistic facing the f act that he couldn’t stand up any longer.4 Both of Reeve’s parents loved their son.Step 4 Working out the meaningLearn reading strategy:Work out the meaning of the words through the text.Example:A disaster happened last year. His father was killed in a car accident.a. something goodb. a terrible thing ( )Read through Paragraph 4, and work out the meaning of the underlined words:1.Four days after the injury, I came to understand my situation.a. to visitb. to reach a state ( )2. The doctor said I was not going to pull through.a. to surviveb. to walk ( )3. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up.a. to be afraidb. to stop fighting ( )4. But I’ve never had an y thoughts of committing suicide.a. living happilyb. killing myself ( )Step 5 Voice your opinion1.How would you describe Christopher Reeve? Do you think he is a hero? Why?2.Who else do you think is a hero? Why?Step 6 AssignmentDo Ex. 5 & Ex. 6。

高中英语Unit2heroesLesson4Superhero教案北师大版必修1单元总结 Communication Workshop重点词汇1.deadadv.完全地;绝对地He was dead lucky to get that job.他得到了那份工作，真是太幸运了。

拓展：dead是形容词，常作表语或定语，die是动词，常作谓语，dearh是名词，常作主语或宾语，运用:翻译句子他死了已经有4年了.答案 :He has been dead for 4 years./He died 4 years ago. /It is 4 years since he died.2. absolutely adv.当然；完全正确`1--Shall I leave a little late? 我们可以迟一点离开吗？--Absolutely! 当然可以！拓展:absolutely 还有“绝对地”，“完全地”之意，She made it absolutely clear.她把这个问题完全弄清楚了。

运用:选择填空She is an______brilliant scientist.A. absoluteB.absolutelyC. veryD.best答案： B 副词修饰形容词。

3.help....out 意为“帮助某人摆脱困境”拓展: help sb.with sth. 帮助某人做某事运用:He is always helping others _____in trouble.A. outB.inC.intoD. on答案：A help....out 意为“帮助某人摆脱困境”。

4. In Eva's story a girl rescued a dog from a burning building.在伊娃的故事中，一个女孩从燃烧的楼房中救出了一条狗。

rescue sb/sth from 意为“从...中救出某人/某物”。