Teaching Aims:
1. Understand the author and accumulate language.
2. Understand the character of the shepherd.
3. To understand the significance of the shepherd's miracle.
Teaching time: 2 hours
Lesson 1
Teaching Objectives
1. To understand the author and accumulate language.
2. To understand the basic content of the text.
Teaching Content and Steps
Scene Stimulation:
Jean. Jono (1895-1970), born in Manosque, Provence, France, is a famous French writer and screenwriter. He worked as an infantryman in the First World War and became a firm pacifist after experiencing the tragic scenes. Jean-Jonot's works have won many awards, and some of his works have been brought to the screen, and he is considered one of the most famous French writers of the twentieth century. he was awarded the French Order of Merit in 1932, and won the Prince of Monaco's Prize for all of his works in 1953, and in the following year, he was inducted as a member of the Goncourt Academy.
Most of Jean Jonot's works are set in and around his home region, the Alps and Provence. The inhabitants of Manosque are still proud of Jean-Jonot, with a Jean-Jonot Center built in his honor and a street called Rue Jean-Jonot.
The Shepherd Who Plants Trees describes a lone shepherd in Provence, France, during the period from World War I to World War II, who transformed his heart's longing for his family into a love of nature, and devoted the rest of his life to planting trees in the wilderness of the Alps, and used his own hands and tenacity to transform the barren land into an idyll in which people could live and work in peace and happiness. This work was made into an animated movie by the famous Canadian animation master Frederick in 1987, and won the 60th (1988) Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. In today's gradually deteriorating environmental protection, "The Shepherd Who Plants Trees" depicts the spirit of "an ordinary man who loves the earth", which is even more inspiring.
Explore the interest
The first step is to read the text, correct the pronunciation, accumulate words, and understand the structure. When guiding students to read, it is required to mark the words that show the shepherd's character with emphasis, and use ( ?) Mark the text of the environmental description, use the horizontal line to mark the clues of the article, use the serial number to mark the meaning of the paragraph, annotate their own reading comprehension, list what they do not understand.
To read the process of correcting pronunciation and accumulating words:
Collapse (tān) collapse ? Ruins (xū) ? 流流 (tǎng) ? 缝隙 (xì) ? 琢(zuó)磨沉
Dry up: there is no water left in (a river, pond, etc.) 流淌: liquid flow.
Ruins: desolate places that cities and villages have become after destruction or disaster.
Reward: reward, a payment given to the person who contributed.
Wandering: strolling, wandering aimlessly.
Abundance: a lot of material goods, a lot of wealth.
Understanding Structure
1. Divide the text into paragraphs and summarize the main idea
Part I: The old man has a good heart and planted trees in the desert mountain
Part II: The old man has planted trees for ten years
Part III: The old man has created a miracle and changed the environment
Part IV: The old man has lived a long and healthy life, the wasteland has become a fertile land
What is the structure of this paper? > 2. What are the characteristics of the structure of this article?
Clarification: the order of time, to the wilderness to the oasis of change as a clue, the activities of the characters in the context of World War I and II to highlight the quality of characters, and the value of life.
3. What does the structure of this article tell you about composition?
Summarize the solid interest:
This article in chronological order, to the wilderness to the oasis of change as a clue, clearly organized. In the line of writing, pay attention to the before and after the contrast, illumination; with the first person narrative, "I" as a witness, so that the story seems to be real and believable, and through my thoughts and feelings, the planting of the ordinary and great life made a high evaluation.
Assign homework
Read the text in depth and make personalized understanding of the text.
Lesson 2
Teaching Aims
1. To understand the text y.
2. To understand the character of the shepherd.
3. To understand the significance of the shepherd's miracle.
Teaching Content and Step Gathering
Scenario Stimulating Interest
Students in the last lesson, we learned the basic content of the "Shepherd Planting Trees", but also y shocked by the spirit of the Lord, please think about it, the author wrote is a real person and things? And please say the reason:
Shepherd Planting Trees was written in 1953 in response to an invitation from a U.S. magazine to write an article on the topic, "Who is the most extraordinary, unforgettable person you've ever met?" The Shepherd Who Planted Trees" was written in 1953 in response to an American magazine feature "Who is the most extraordinary, unforgettable person you have ever met? When the editor received this shocking story, he investigated and learned that no one named Buffy had died in the nursing home in Banon, a small town in the mountains of Provence, and the manuscript was returned. It was published in American Vogue the following year and has since been translated and published in more than a dozen countries. Although it is a fictional story, the spirit of the main character has inspired many people. Today, as we continue to study the text, we need to have a deeper understanding of the content of the text, to understand what kind of person the shepherd is, and to understand why the spirit of the main character inspires many people.
Explore the interest
The second step is to read the text carefully, to understand the content in depth, to understand the characterization, and to understand the main idea.
I. Understanding the content
1. The article begins, "To really understand a person, you have to observe what he does for a long time." What statements in the article do you think illuminate this sentence? From the full text, how many years did the shepherd Elzea Bouffier plant the tree?
Clear: the text of the "1913", "1920", "1945", from the front to the back of the whole thirty years, indicating that the time is long; and to the Shepherd's decades of concern for reforestation shows the author's deep admiration for him and moved. *** planted for 35 years. From 1910 to 1945.
2. In the second paragraph of the selection, the author carefully describes the environment "in the boundless wilderness" and so on, what is the effect of this on the expression of the theme?
clear: for the later writing of the shepherd's tree planting to make a pad, this large desolate wilderness, abandoned homes, sparse populations, barren land, dry climate are presented with the later. Green, rich, nourishing, beautiful and happy paradise-like scenarios form a sharp contrast, highlighting the miracle created by the shepherd planting trees.
3. "I don't know, it may be public land! I don't know, maybe it's public land, but whether it's public land or private land, what does it have to do with me planting trees?" What kind of character of the shepherd is expressed in these words?
Clearly: noble and selfless, planting trees purely to save the earth, not to increase his own wealth.
4. "Creation is like a chain effect", what does the chain reaction in the text refer to?
Clear: after planting trees into forests, the natural environment has changed accordingly: the original dry riverbed for a long time, now actually flowing water, when the water back to the earth, willows, peony grass, wildflowers and so on one by one to come back to life, the hunters back to the highlands, began to hunt rabbits or wild boar.
5. "He disregarded the World War of 1939 as he had disregarded the World War of 1914." What does the author mean by this?
Clarification: the shepherd has been subconsciously planting trees without any distraction; the war is destroying while the shepherd is creating.
Second, understand the image
Find out what expresses the character or personality of the character, summarize what kind of person he is?
1. If you want to know who is really a man of outstanding character, I am afraid that you have to spend years of observation: to see whether his behavior is unselfish; whether his motives are generous; and at the same time, he must have left a visible mark on the earth. I was lucky enough to know a "man who planted trees" who met all these criteria.
Clarity: selflessness, generosity.
2. He seldom speaks, but can be perceived as a confident and determined person
Clear: confident and determined.
3. His beard is cleanly shaved and his clothes are carefully sewn, so that no patches can be seen.
Clearly: active life, love of neatness.
4. He said that this plateau was dying because there were no trees. Anyway, he didn't have the pressure of a career, so he could just take up the task of saving the earth.
Clear: the goal is ambitious and noble.
5. Perhaps it was because of Bufeye's selflessness, and because he lived in the healthful mountains and led a frugal life, that God gave him such a strong body.
Clarification: selflessness, frugality.
Third, understand the main idea
Learning method guidance: to understand the center, to find out the writing focus of the article and the part of the article on the overall content of the lyric or argument; to guide the students combined with the above, according to the author's writing background, intention, etc. to summarize the center of the article and understand the meaning; to understand the center of the profound or novelty of the center, and to understand the center of the original text in the original text of how the expression; to guide the students to understand the center of this The students will be guided to understand what the center tells them about themselves.
1. What is the main idea of the article?
Clear: this article through the "shepherd" insisted on planting trees to change the environment story, expressed the main idea: as long as the heart of the good wishes and long-term unremitting efforts to do, people can certainly change the poor living environment, nature will certainly give a generous return, the sad fate of mankind will be ultimately changed.
2. What does the main idea of this article tell you?
Supplementary Information
The Good Shepherd (in English The Good Shepherd is the meaning of shepherd or Christ Jesus, the Lord Jesus said he was the Good Shepherd.
As his wife and son died one after another, he was left alone, and after enduring loneliness and sadness, he went out into the desert to shepherd sheep and plant trees, determined to turn the barren land into an oasis. This is just like when Jesus Christ suffered from the torture of his soul in the desert, endured the temptations and trials of Satan, and then came to his senses, determined to atone for the sins of the people with his actions. The shepherds planted trees day after day and finally turned the desert into an oasis, benefiting tens of thousands of people, saving not only the land and water, but also the people of the area, whose behavior was like the Christ of salvation. Because of the aquatic plants, hunters came to hunt and fishermen came to fish, but these happy moments seemed to have nothing to do with the old man, because no one thought of the old man's achievements, nor did they ever know all the hard work and effort he had put into it. This is like Jesus Christ, who shows miracles everywhere, but no one knows his true face.
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The third step, choose to read the relevant content, personalized interpretation, reading and writing.
I. Personalized interpretation.
Methodological guidance: guide students to make personalized interpretation of the work according to their own life experience, knowledge and so on.
Classroom inquiry:
1. What other distinctive insights do you have about this article?
2. What are the distinctive gains you have after learning this article?
Second, the combination of reading and writing.
Learning method guide: find out the most important writing techniques in the text, reflecting the author is how to express, what expression effect?
1. What do you think is the most important writing technique in the text? How does the author use it? What is the effect of expression? What is the reference role of your writing?
2. Write an essay of more than 600 words on the topic of "The Person Who Moved Me Most".
Assign homework:
Pre-study "Take a Step, Take Another Step", and ask to be able to summarize the content of the article and formulate what you don't understand or what you have questions about.