Great scientists（Period 2　Reading）

period 2　reading

the general idea of this periodthis is the second period of this unit.this period focuses on the reading passage, which is about john snow and king cholera.at the beginning of the period, the teacher can design some activities to draw the students’ attention to read.in order to attract the students’ attention, the teacher had better offer the students the opportunities to have a competition about some information about some scientists mentioned in the warming up.then the teacher can make full use of the questions in the pre-reading.this step is designed to make for preparing for understanding the passage.��reading skills are very important for senior students.for the first reading, we intend to cultivate ss’ skimming ability and scanning ability.first ask the students to scan it and tick out what...are mentioned in the passage.then let the students read fast to find out the main idea of each paragraph.in order to stimulate ss to take part in the class activity more actively, the teacher can organize a group competition to see which group can finish the task fastest and best.for the second reading, the students are expected to know some details about the passage.later on, the teacher will present some questions for the students to answer and at the same time they are asked to finish filling in the chart.the third time is to read for further information.this part is designed to get ss into the habit of reading a passage as a whole, that is, to get the general idea.another purpose of this part is to ask ss to pay attention to the details.��to develop ss’ further understanding ability, the teacher can design some questions, whose answers are beyond lines.so the teacher will help them to read between the lines, thus ss can gradually get the ability to understand the implied meanings.in this step, the teacher asks ss to read it again in order to make them think about the organization of the whole passage, and this method can help them not only in their understanding this passage but also in writing a short passage.��to consolidate the content of the passage, ss are required to retell it according to the main idea.in order to arouse the ss’ interest; the teacher can hold a competition between groups.after the students understand the whole passage, they are asked to have a topic discussion.��teaching important pointshave a good understanding of the text by doing the exercises.��get the students to learn different reading skills, especially gist reading and comprehending beyond lines.