Unit-1-Women-of-achievement.doc

Unit 1 Women of achievement
Ｉ．单元教学目标
Talk about important women & great women
Describe people from their life, personality and character
Word-formation: noun suffix
Subject-verb agreement
Make an outline
II． 目标语言

功
能
句
式
Describing people
What does she look like?
What do you think about...?
Why do you admire her?
How would you describe her?
Why did she choose to...?
What are her strengths?
What are her weaknesses?
How do her friends describe her?

词
汇
1. 四会词汇
achievement, welfare, project, institute, specialist, connection, campaign, organization, behave, shade, worthwhile, nest, nod, observe, outspoken, respect, argue, entertainment, crowd, inspire, support, refer, audience, rate, sickness, intend, emergency, generation, kindness, considerate, consideration, deliver, modest
2. 认读词汇
Elizabeth Fry, Quaker, Nobel Peace Prize, China Welfare Institute Jane Goodall, chimp, Jody Williams, landmine, Joan of Arc, Gombe National Park, specialize, career, determination, personality
3. 词组
Human beings, move off, lead a …life, crowd in, look down upon, refer to, by chance, come across, carry on

语
法
Word formation: Noun Suffix（名词后缀）
Subject-verb agreement（主谓一致）
1. Our group are all going to visit the chimps in the forest.
2. Our group includes six boys and five girls.
3. Nobody before has fully understood chimp behavior.

重 点 句 子
1. She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.
2. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.
3. It seems that she had been very busy in her chosen career, traveling abroad to study as well as writing books and articles.
4. Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school.
5. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.
6. This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in the tree the night before.
7. It was unusual for a woman to live in the forest.
8. Her work changed the way people think about chimps.
9. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it.
10. However the evening makes it all worthwhile.
11. We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree.

Ⅲ.课型设计与课时分配:
Period 1 Warming up & Pre-reading
Period 2 Reading
Period 3&4 Language points and word formation
Period 5 Grammar: Subject-verb agreement
Period 6 Extensive reading
Period 7 Speaking & Writing

IV. 分课时教案

Period 1 Warming up & Pre-reading
Step 1. Warming up
1. Lead-in
(Let the Ss look at the pictures on P1)
Do you know who these women are? Say something about them if you can.
2. Read and Discuss
1) Read the passages and answer the questions.
(1)What did Joan of Arc do?
dress as / fight for / drive sb out of …
(2) What did Elizabeth Fry do?
help improve …
(3) What did Song Qingling do?
concern oneself with …
(4) What did Lin Qiaozhi do?
devote one’s life to …
(5) What did Jane Goodall do?
show the connections between …
(6) What did Jody Williams do?
found a campaign to …
2) Scan the passages and fill in the table
Name
Nationality
Occupation
Achievement

3) Discussion
(1) What do these six women have in common?
(Devoted, determined, committed, inspiring, influential, had careers)
(2) Do you still remember Nelson Mandela? What do you think makes a great man or woman?
Is it being rich?
Is it being famous?
Is it devoting oneself to help others?
Step 2. Have a summary about the words and expressions
Achievement, welfare project, institute, specialist, connection,
Human beings, campaign, organization, found a campaign
dress as / fight for / help drive sb. out of some place /
help improve / concern oneself with / devote one’s life to /
show the connections between …
Step 3. Homework
1） Read the questions on Page 1 and preview the reading “A student of African wildlife”
2） Study the new words and finish Eexercise 1 on page 4.