Unit 6 The changing colors of our crops
Teaching aims:
1. To help the students have a good understanding of the structure and the content of the text.
2. To encourage the students to learn to use some new words and expressions to report news.
3. To lead the students to be interested in high-tech in agriculture.
Teaching aid: Multi-media
Teaching procedure:
Teaching Steps T’s activities Ss’Activities Purposes
Lead-in Ask students to
name the vegetables
on the screen.
Name the vegetables
on the screen.
To raise Ss’ interest in
the main topic of the
text.
Pre-reading Ask questions Read title, picture and
the introduction and
then answer
questions.
To activate the
students’ thinking
about agriculture.
While-reading 1. 1. Ask students to
read Para 1.
Guide students to
identify different
agriculture.
2. Ask students to
read Para 2.
Guide them to
further understand
white agriculture.
3. Ask Ss to read
Para 3 and 4.
Make students
know more about
green and white
agriculture and
Sunqiao.
4. Ask students to
read Para 5.
1. Read Para 1 to
identify green, blue
and white agriculture.
2. Compare green
agriculture with white
agriculture.
3. Read Para 3 and 4
and complete the
table.
4. Complete the table.
To help Ss to know
differences between
different agriculture.
To help Ss get to know
about the differences
between two kinds of
agriculture.
To help students to
understand what green
and white agriculture
can benefit people.
To help students to
understand what white
agriculture can bring to
city people.
Post-reading 1. Encourage students
to make a report.
Prepare a report by
using the words
and phrases.
To consolidate the use
of the words and
phrases.
Assignment To finish Ex E and
improve the
presentation.
Work sheet
Green agriculture White agriculture
Achievements (1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2
(3)
Influence People won’t worry about
poisonous spray.
(1)
(2)
News on Sunqiao
Good News, everyone! I’m proud to announce there’s a hi-tech strawberry!
Several years ago, Sunqiao started to __________ white agriculture and it employed a
new __________ method of farming. The new method ____________________ water
and __________.
Introduce how the strawberry is grown.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
People throughout the city are attracted by them. Introduce how the strawberry
boosts tourism and economy. ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Word bank
hi-tech practise profitable fertilizer nourish profitable
varieties of make the best use of boring and backward regard…as…
hold up …
教学目标：
1. To help the students have a good understanding of the structure and the
content of the text.
2. To encourage the students to learn to use some new words and expressions to
report news.
3. To lead the students to be interested in high-tech in agriculture.
教材分析：
本节课是新课阅读教学，所选用的教材为牛津英语上海版高一下半学期第六
课 The changing colors of crops。本单元主题为科技，本课的阅读材料为一篇新
闻报道，新闻报道的篇幅较长，内有不少新词和短语。针对本文的特点，在讲解
本课时引导学生关注文本特征结构，整体理解课文大意，并通过对文本内涵深层
次的把握和学生生活的紧密相连，激发学生对农业，对高科技产生兴趣，使得枯
燥的文章变得生动起来。
学生分析：
本课的授课对象为七宝中学高一实验班的学生，学生的词汇量较大，阅读理
解能力较强，但口头表达能力较弱。而本课最后的产出为新闻报道，对学生来说
有一定难度。
重点难点：
1. 重点
理解课文内容：白色农业的含义和与传统农业的区别。
2. 难点
理解新闻报道的特点。
运用课文中学习到的新词汇进行新闻报道。
活动 1：
Lead-in
Ask students to name the vegetables on the screen to arouse students’ interest.
活动 2
Pre-reading
1. Ask students to read the title, picture and the introduction and ask questions:
(1) What topic will be discussed?
(2) What kind of article is it?
(3) Which place may the passage focus on?
活动 3
1. Ask students to read Para 1 to identify green, blue and white agriculture.
(1) What does blue agriculture refer to?
(2) What does green agriculture refer to?
(3) Predict what white agriculture refers to?
2. Ask students to read Para 2 to compare green agriculture with white
agriculture.
(1) Where are the plants grown?
(2) Where can the plants get nutrition?
(3) Where is green/white agriculture most useful?
3. Ask students to read Para 3 and 4 and complete the table.
Green agriculture White agriculture
Achievements (1)
(2)
(3)
(1)
(2
(3)
Influence People won’t worry about
poisonous spray.
(1)
(2)
活动 4
Post-reading
Ask students to prepare a report by using the words and phrases.
News on Sunqiao
Good News, everyone! I’m proud to announce there’s a hi-tech strawberry!
Several years ago, Sunqiao started to __________ white agriculture and it employed a
new __________ method of farming. The new method ____________________ water
and __________.
Introduce how the strawberry is grown.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
People throughout the city are attracted by them. Introduce how the strawberry
boosts tourism and economy. ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Word bank
hi-tech practise profitable fertilizer nourish profitable
varieties of make the best use of boring and backward regard…as…
hold up …
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