Unit 1 Great Scientists英文教案
teaching plan of book 5
unit 1 great scientists
teaching goals:
1. enable the ss to familiar with some famous scientists and their contributions.
2. enable the ss to learn how to organize a scientific research.
3. let the ss learn the reading skill of getting the main idea of each para./ part & each passage .
difficult points
1. how to grasp the main idea of each paragraph / part & each passage.
2. how to help the ss use what they’ve learnt to do first aid treatment for burns correctly.
teaching methods
1. skimming & scanning methods to make the ss get a good understanding of the text.
2.discussion methods to make the ss understand what they’ve learned in class.
3.pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities.
4.competition and role-play method to arouse the ss’ interest
teaching process:
period 1 word study, warming up, pre-reading
pre-class task:
1. preview new vocabulary of unit 1, and especially pay attention to the pronunciation of the new word
2. finish the quiz in warming up( p1) in groups of four by referring to books or surfing the net.
step 1 learning goals
get ss to go through the summing up form on p 8 in order to have a general idea of the learning goals of unit 1
step 2 word study
1. (pair work) get ss to learn the new words and phrases on p92 within 3 mins, by reading them aloud to each other to make sure that they can pronounce the words correctly---- get ss to read aloud the words in pairs by turns, e.g. 1 pairs read 4 words then go to next pair
2. practice use the correct form of the words to fill in the blanks.
n. v. adj.
infection infect infectious
examination=exam examine x
science /scientist x scientific
conclusion conclude x
analysis analyse x
defeat defeat x
value value(估價，評價) valuable
instructor/instruction instruct instructive(有益的，教育性的)
contribution /contributor contribute contributive
creation create creative
calculation calculate x
movement move movable
completion complete completive(完成的，完全的)
enthusiasm x enthusiastic
step 3. warming up (group competition and introduce the great scientists)
1.check the answers to the quiz to find out which group know the most .
2.introduce the great scientists.
1) archimedes (287—212 bc) ancient greek. he was a mathematician. he found that if you put an object into water the water pushes the object up. it rises and partly floats.