上外版（2020）必修 第二册Unit 4 Sports优秀导学案

高中英语 上教版 高一年级 第二学期

必修二 第四单元

第七课时 学案（教师版）

课题：Cultural focus I: A false start   

课时学习目标：

         复述课文中至少两位主人公的成功故事；

         解释获取成功的因素；

         分享生活中的成功故事。

I. Warming up

1.Think about two questions:

1) Who has had a big impact on our country?

2) Was it surprising that they were able to achieve what they did? Why or why not?

Answers may vary.

2.Think about the factors that contribute to a person’s success.

Answers may vary.

II. Text reading

Task 1: Scan the text and find out who the three people discussed in the text are.

Albert Einstein, Vincent van Gogh, and Hua Luogeng.

Task 2: Analyze the title and guess whether the three people achieved success at the very beginning.

No. They did not achieve success at the very beginning because they started out as failures.

Task 3: Find out three people’s false starts and successful ends.

Task 4: Summarize factors that contribute to success after reading the stories.

Hard work

Confidence

Perseverance

Not giving up

Talent

...

III. Discussion

Task: Share a success story.

You are required to:

1) define success;

2) use examples to show how they achieve success.

The answers may vary.

IV. Interaction

Share the success story with others.

V. Assignments

1) Retell at least two success stories of the people learned today;

2) Finish Exercise D on P48-49 in the workbook.