①Read the text quickly and outline the content of the article;
②Taste the beautiful words and sentences in the text and try to analyze the role;
③Cultivate the students' reading ability and stimulate the students' interest in exploring the mysteries of science.
The focus of the teaching: to train students to read the article, summarize the content of the article, and combined with key phrases to appreciate the language characteristics of the article.
Preparation:
Teachers can read about Fabre's biography and The Book of Insects written by Fabre, and through the classroom, create animated images of insects, especially the grasshopper, to give students an intuitive image of the understanding of the students, and arrange the students to carry out observation carefully after class, and prepare to introduce one of their most familiar critters to their classmates.
○Teaching Design
Text Introduction:
Students, perhaps you remember watching ants moving in your childhood? Maybe you remember catching fireflies with lanterns in the grass on summer nights? There are singing robins, fluttering butterflies, these small insects of nature, perhaps you have experienced from various articles bees, birds and other types of small animal life interest, these wonderful insects, animals may be accompanied by your growth of good friends. Today, we go to visit another insect friend green grasshopper.
Show the topic: the green grasshopper '
Overall perception:
1, the teacher shows, the students exchange articles about the grasshopper and the picture, the students overall understanding of the perception of the grasshopper; 2, read aloud the text, the perception of the content of the text: a. What are the characteristics of the appearance of the green grasshopper? b. What habits of the green grasshopper does the author mainly write? (The above to students with concise language summary) 3, students read, group discussion, the teacher can also participate in the discussion, and timely guidance.
Teachers guide:
Characteristics of the appearance of the caddisfly: this insect is very beautiful, tender green, with two pale white ribbons on the side, beautiful, slim and well-proportioned body, two large wings light as a veil; habits of the caddisfly write the call and food.
Present the board:
Green Grasshopper Fabre (Science Fiction Essay)
Green
Color Characteristics: beautiful, tender green, slim, well-proportioned Simile
Gasshopper Vividness
Gasshopper Habits: call-soft, catching cicadas- for food
Study Inquiry:
Students re-read the text and give their own opinions or questions about the content of the text; the teacher can also guide students to study and explore their favorite beautiful words and phrases, or what are the good use of anthropomorphism and so on. Students based on the problem group, free to question. Teachers and students in the discussion of research and reading to complement each other, **** enjoy the pleasure of taste appreciation. Teachers can summarize the guidance. a. Which paragraph in the article is your favorite? Why? b．Which word or sentence do you like most? Why? (Students like "whispered", "savored", "had a sweet tooth", "accepted without hesitation") "These anthropomorphic writing, because it can give a person a vivid feeling; some students like "caddisflies are very amicable with each other *** living together fishing, they never quarrel" this anthropomorphic description, it is kind and natural, full of the author's love for the caddisflies.) Students question: 1, the caddisfly's call is very beautiful, but what is the difference between the caddisfly's organ and the human organ? 2、 How to see the phenomenon of cannibalism in animals? Extension, application feedback:
Please students flexible use of the writing characteristics of this article (or language vivid, or the use of anthropomorphism ......, etc.) to say their favorite kind of small animals.
Consolidation exercises: a. Read the abridged version of Fabre's Insects. b. Write a short essay on a familiar favorite critter. Lesson note: The Green Grasshopper is a scientific observation essay written by Fabre, a famous French entomologist. The article puts the green grasshopper in the natural environment and introduces its appearance, characteristics and habits. Read this article, not only can grasp the scientific knowledge, but also can taste a strong literary color, from which can stimulate students' interest in reading, better understanding, taste the interest of the illustration. In the classroom, the students set up a session of doubt fully mobilized the enthusiasm of students to learn, but also raised some very valuable issues to explore, the future to continue to maintain a link
This is a wonderful and interesting fiction. The author adopts a vivid and lively writing style to bring the caddisfly to life, which is highly readable. This is also the characteristic of the whole book of Faber's Insects. Lu Xun once called "The Book of Insects" a model of "telling insect stories" and "telling insect life". Zhou Zuoren said, "It is more interesting and meaningful than reading those boring novels and dramas." Indeed, Faber's caddisflies are alive, between the lines of the author's own respect and love of life. First let the students read the text carefully once and draw the birth words. Then read it a second time and draw out the paragraphs or sentences they think are the most wonderful. The purpose of doing this is to let the students feel the content of the text practically. What method does the author use to introduce the grasshopper? The first paragraph doesn't write about the caddisflies, it is about the fact that you haven't forgotten to observe the insects while others are celebrating the National Day. "I am alone" shows how devoted the author is to his passion! Such a spirit is needed for scientific research. Paragraph 2 writes that the cicada no longer chirps at night and it is going to rest. Suddenly, the cicadas' wail leads to the "main character" of this article, the grasshopper. What a creative way of writing! Starting from the third paragraph, the cicada is introduced. The author adopts the anthropomorphic technique to write about the grasshopper. First, she writes about its song. The voice of the caddisfly is "whispering to itself", "like the rattle of a pulley", "like the faint ringing of a dry, wrinkled membrane", and "raspy" and "shrill". "sharp," "short," "crisp." When the frogs and other insects are silent, the sound of the caddisflies is "very soft". All these descriptions show the author's love for katydids. Especially, "Green grasshopper, if you play a little louder, you are a better singer than cicadas. In the north of China, people let cicadas usurp your fame!" What strong and burning feelings flow out! Into the fourth paragraph, began to write the caddisfly's food habits, until the last paragraph, which is the main body of the article. The content of this part is to observe the caddisflies in the metal netting. In order to understand the living habits of insects, the author not only goes to the field to observe, but also catches a lot of them and keeps them at home, which is his laboratory. What do the caddisflies look like? The author made a description: "very beautiful, tender green body, the side has two pale white ribbons, beautiful body, slim and well-proportioned, two large wings light as yarn." The beautiful language portrays the lovely appearance of the grasshopper. Next, the author writes about the food of katydids. The author compares the katydid with the katydid, and neither of them likes lettuce leaves very much. This causes the author to have "trouble". The word "trouble" shows the author's attitude of taking good care of the katydids and not being afraid of trouble. The author speculates that the grasshoppers may eat fresh meat. This kind of introduction is different from the general descriptive text. With obvious emotional color, friendly and natural, rich in literary style, is the characteristic of Faber's Insects. This style of writing is very popular among young people. How does the author know what food is the favorite food of the grasshopper? In a word, by observation. Early in the morning, the author saw a scene during his walk that unveiled the mystery of the grasshopper's food - catching cicadas for food. So why does the caddisfly like to eat the cicada's stomach the most? "Is it that the belly is more popular than other parts?" The writer continues to experiment and observe with this question. The seventh paragraph is written to unveil the secret that caddisflies eat cicadas' stomachs first, because the stomachs have both meat and sweets.8,9 and 10 are additional explanations of caddisflies' eating habits.11 paragraph is written to say that caddisflies live with each other very amicably **** and never quarrel with each other.
This article is not the least bit mechanical and dull introduction, and it is interesting from the beginning to the end. The author's careful observation, careful speculation of the spirit of exploration and innovation shown in the text is very valuable, can have a good impact on the students.
The writing of this article is characterized by outstanding: 1. literary tone. This article is not as plain as the general description of the article, but flexible and vivid, unconventional. Both the image of the insect description, but also the flow of personal feelings.2. Vivid and evocative language. The author is full of love for the grasshopper, so the use of language as vivid and touching. For example, "they ate the dish with great relish" "it accepted without hesitation" "after the crop was full, it scratched the soles of its feet with the tip of its beak, wiped its face and eyes with its saliva-stained claws, and then closed its eyes or lay on the sand to digesting the food." The language is very evocative. 3. The use of anthropomorphism. Like "caddisflies whisper to themselves", "caddisflies love sweets", "caddisflies are very amicable with each other **** together" and so on are used anthropomorphism. The use of anthropomorphism makes the article natural, friendly, and enhances the readability.4. Write about grasshoppers by comparison. For example, when writing the caddisfly's call, take the cicada's call to make comparison; write it likes to eat meat, take katydids to make comparison; write it chasing cicadas, take the eagle to make comparison; write it the same kind of food, take the praying mantis to make comparison. These comparisons not only highlight the habits of the katydid, but also show that the author knows the habits of all kinds of insects very well.
Second, the problem study
This paper has more vocabulary words, the teacher should let the students read and write a few more times to clarify the meaning. These words are: campfire, hunting, clamor, weak, jaws, pincers,, raspy, quiet, silence, better, katydid, lettuce, disparity, kick, relish, crop, beak, suck, cool, mantis, greed, saliva.
This is a wonderful article, teaching to pay attention to mobilize students to learn actively, never on the boring. Therefore, read more and let the students discuss on their own is the desirable approach.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 paragraphs are very short, a paragraph of a layer of meaning, the teacher can let the students summarize their own. For example, the teacher can ask: "Is it okay to combine these five paragraphs into one? Why?"
Exercise Notes
I Read the text quickly, discuss and complete the following questions.
1. What are the characteristics of the appearance of the green caddis? What are the habits of the green grasshopper? Which habit does the author mainly write about?
2. The author keeps changing the names of the green grasshopper, find out what they are and say under what circumstances the author uses them and what effect they have.
3. The text uses anthropomorphism in many places, find out a few examples and say what is the advantage of writing this way.
Reference Answer:
1. This question checks the reading effect to see if students can catch the basic content of the text. Reference Answer: appearance features, "This insect is very beautiful, covered with tender green, with two pale white ribbons on its sides, beautifully built, slim and well-proportioned, with two large wings as light as a veil." The author writes about the call and food habits of the grasshopper. The main thing written is food habits.
2. The author calls the caddisflies by names such as: avid hunter, prisoner in my cage, butcher of cicadas, and so on. When the caddisfly kills cicadas, the author uses "avid hunter"; when the caddisfly becomes the object of observation and experiment in the author's cage, the author uses "prisoner in the cage"; when the caddisfly eats the cicada meat, the author calls it "butcher of cicadas". When the cicada eats the meat, the author calls it "the butcher of cicadas". The author's constant change of address makes the line more vivid, the description more graphic, and gives people a deeper impression.
3. "Whispering," "savoring," "having a sweet tooth," "accepting without hesitation" are personifications. "is anthropomorphic. This is a kind and natural way of writing and vivid image.
Two Go outdoors and listen quietly to the insects and birds, identify these sounds and describe them in a paragraph figuratively.
The purpose of this question is to encourage students to carry out practical language activities and realize interdisciplinary communication.
Teaching Suggestions
I. Find Fabre's The Book of Insects (an abridged version) for extracurricular reading and make reading notes.
II. Pay attention to learning and accumulating language.
Three, students introduce each other to one of the animals they are most familiar with.