Teaching plan for Unit One
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project Great scientists
Period One
Aims and demands 1. Enable the Ss know sth about great scientists.
2. Learn some new words and expressions.
3. How to examine a new scientific idea.
4. Comprehend the reading passage.
Main points Warming up and Reading passage
Difficult points Comprehend the reading passage
Teaching procedures Step One warming up
1. Show the Ss some pictures of great scientists; ask them to talk about them.
2. The Ss discuss the quiz questions in groups and walk along to offer them help if needed.
3. Work out their answers by themselves.
4. Check their answers to see who knows the most.
Step Two pre-reading
1. The Ss discuss the stages in examining a new scientific idea in pairs by asking the questions in the pre-reading.
2. Ask the Ss to put them in order and get their answers.
Step Three Reading passage
1. Fast reading. Let the Ss go over passage as fast as possible and try to find the hard words, expressions and sentences they have.
2. Explain the difficulties they have.
3. Extensive reading. Ask the Ss to read the passage more carefully and then try to complete the chart in the comprehending by discussing in groups.
4. Choose some Ss to answer the questions in the comprehending.
5. Ask the Ss to choose one of the paragraphs to read aloud fluently.
Notes: steam engine, physical characteristics, put forward a theory, draw a conclusion, expose to, be to blame, in addition (to), be linked to, know about, absorb into.
It seemed the water was to blame.
To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that …be found. (suggest sb do sth)
Step Four homework
Read the passage again and go over Learning about language.
Teaching plan for Unit One
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Period Two learning about language
Aims and demands 1. Discover the useful words and expressions.
2. Learn and improve the use of useful words and expressions.
Main points Learn to use the words and expressions that the Ss discover.
Difficult points Improve the use of the words and expressions.
Teaching procedures Step One Learning about language
1. Discover the useful words and expressions in this unit in groups of four.
2. Ask the Ss to show their results to the class.
3. Ask them to study the words and expressions in Exx.1
4. Ss have a discussion and do the exercise.
5. Check their answers.
6. Change the verbs into nouns and make sentences by using “make a …”
Step two Using words and expressions
1. Make sure the Ss know the words and expressions.
2. Let the Ss work in groups to complete the blank in Exx.1.
3. The teacher walks around the offer them help.
4. Check their answers. The possible answers are: exposed to, linked to, connect to, blame, examine, test, rejected, defeated.
5. Do the translations. Ss discuss the sentences and the translate them into English, using the words and phrases in brackets.
Step three words learning
1. Show the Ss a list of prefixes. Ask the to talk about them.
2. Ask them to work in groups to find some words with the prefixes and study their meanings.
3. Ask them to show their results to the class.
4. Walk around the class to give them help if needed.
Step four study the use and meanings of suggest.
1. Study the meaning of suggest by looking the dictionary entry.
2. Match the meanings with the sentences on the right in Ex.4.
3. Check their answers.
Step five Homework
Write down the translation Exx.2, 4, 6 and 7 in the exercice book.
Teaching plan for Unit One
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project Great scientists
Period Three learning about language
Aims and demands 1. Discover the useful structure.
2. Learn to use the grammar of past participle.
3. Enable the Ss understand the past participle using as attribute and predicative.
Main points Learn the usage of the past participle using as attribute and predicative.
Difficult points Use the useful structure.
Teaching procedures Step One revision
Review the past participle of some verbs.
Step Two
1. look at the chart and study the phrases.
Past participle as the attribute Past participle as the predicative
1.terrified people
2.reserved seats
3.polluted water
4.a crowded room
5.a pleased winner
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10. 1.
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6.children who look astonished
7.a vase that is broken
8.a door that is closed
9.the audience who feel tired
10.an animal that is trapped
3. Ask the Ss the following questions:
1)What kind of words before the past participles?
2)What kind of words after the past participles?
1)1pp.+noun; *2noun+pp phrase
2)link verb +pp
4.Ask the Ss find the sentences using the past participle in the reading passage.
5.Ss have a discussion and complete the chart with the same meaning of the phrases above.
6. Ss show their results to the class.
7. Complete the sentences in Ex.3.
Step Three using structure
1. Make sure the Ss know the words and the discuss in groups to finish the sentences using past participle.(Ex.1)
2. Rewrite the sentences into one sentence using the past participle as the attribute or predicative.
3. Check their answers.
Step four Homework
Write down 1)3)5)7) of Ex.2 in the exercise book.
Teaching plan for Unit One
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Period Four using language Listening
Aims and demands 1. Improve the Ss listening skills.
2. Know more about great scientists.
Main points Listening and speaking
Difficult points Get to know the information of listening materials.
Teaching procedures Step One Listening and speaking
1. Listen to the tape and answer the questions.
1What did Qian Xuesen study first?
2What experience did he get in America that was very useful for China?
3What was Qian Xuesen’s achievement when he returned to China from America?
4How has he been honoured in China?
5How did Steve honour him?
Step Two speaking
1. Ss discuss what scientific job they will do in the future in pair by using the questions and expressions on Page6.
2. Choose some Ss to talk in class.
Step Three Listening and talking
1. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and finish the exercises in the workbook , pause from time to time if needed.
2. Check their answers.
3. Work in pair. Imagine you are going to meet a specialist about a newly-found flower by using the useful sentences on Page42.
Step Four listening task
1. Play the tape for the Ss to get the information of the listening task.
2. Check their answers.
Step Five Homework
Prepare the reading task.
Teaching plan for Unit One
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Period Five Reading and reading task
Aims and demands Improve the Ss reading skills and their talent in getting the information.
Main points Reading and reading task
Difficult points Finding the Euler path
Teaching procedures Step one Revision
Revise the past participle used as the attribute and predicative.
Step two Reading
1. Ss read the passage as fast as they can and then draw the two theories of the universe in groups.
2. Ask the Ss to show their pictures to the class.
3. Ss read the passage again and find the problems they have.
4. Solve the Ss’ problems.
Notes: lead to (All roads lead to Rome.)
Make sense (1.Here, read the sentence. It doesn’t seem to make sense.2.Your story doesn’t make sense to me.)
Only (1. Only by shouting and waving his hand could he be noticed. 2. Only if I get a job can I have enough money to continue my studies at college. Only phrase … could he …. Only if I … can I …)
5. Discuss in pairs. If you were Nicolaus Copernicus, would you have hidden your theory for so many years? Why?
6. Choose some Ss to share their ideas to the class.
Step three Reading task
1. Ss read the passage and answer the following questions.
1What is odd point? 2What is even point? 3What rule did Euler find?
2. Ss discuss in groups and try to find the answers.
3. Teacher walks around to offer them help.
Notes: If a figure has more than two odd points, you cannot go over it without lifting your pencil from the page or going over a line twice.
4. Use the rule to see if you can go over the diagram, not missing any points or going over any line twice.( See figures on page 46)
5. Ss work in groups.
Step four Homework
Write a short passage about Copernicus.
Teaching plan for Unit One
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project Great scientists
Period Six
Aims and demands 1. Try to write sth persuasive.
2. Learn to write a report about people.
Main points Make a plan in discussion.
Difficult points Write a passage / a report.
Teaching procedures Step one Writing
1.Ask the Ss to read the passage again and gather some information about Copernicus. For example:
He believes his new theory is true.
There are problems with his present theory.
He has done many years of observation to prove his new theory is true.
Science cannot develop unless people publish their ideas.
Time will show if his theory is true or not.
2. Plan to write a letter.
1Ss work in groups to make up a plan of writing the letter. They can follow the plan in the book on P8.
2Ask the Ss to read their plans.
3Write their letters in groups, when finished,ask the Ss to read in class.
Step two Writing task
Write a report about your scientist, his/her life, achievements and the key to his/her success.
1. Before you begin to write, remember to put your information under three headings: life, achievements and key to success.
2. Plan your report like the one on P47.
3. Ask them to read their plans.
4. Begin to write the report.
Step three Homework
Complete the report and write down on the exercise book.