1、Module 4 Great ScientistsBrief Statements Based on This ModuleThe Analysis of Teaching Contents in This ModuleIntroductionIn this part,we will lead in the topic by talking about some scientists.The teacher can show the students some pictures of scientists on the screen,such as Albert Einstein,Archim
2、edes,Marie Curie,Qian Xuesen.Make sure the students know them and encourage them to say as many things about them as they can.Thats the lead-in and also Activity 1 in the introduction.In Activity 2,well learn some words related to science.In this part,let the students match the subjects with their d
3、efinitions.Pair work can be involved in Activity 3.Ask the students to work in pairs and write some facts about a famous scientist.(The teacher had better ask the students to collect some information by surfing the Internet or reading some magazine ahead of time.)Vocabulary and ReadingThe passage ma
4、inly tells us the story of Yuan Longpingthe father of hybrid rice.The teacher may ask the students to read the text fast to get the main idea of each paragraph.Then do some careful reading to make sure the students understand the passage better.At the same time,well deal with some exercises includin
5、g some word study.The teacher may show them on the screen,such as staple,yield,sterile,hybrid,etc.By guessing from the whole context they will have a good sense of enlarging their vocabulary and this is very important in learning a language.While reading this passage,some reading strategies are nece
6、ssary:skimmingfast reading to find out the general idea of the passage as well as the answers to one or two questions;scanningcareful reading to look for important facts;guessingtry to guess new words from the context,understand the authors attitude and ideas from the context and understand the inte
7、ntion.In the teaching of reading,the teacher can organize different reading activities according to the content of the text on purpose to train the above reading strategies and help them develop good reading habits from the very beginning.FunctionFunction in this module is talking about numbers,whic
8、h include big numbers,fractions and percentages.The students can finish Activities 1 and 2 individually and check the answers with the whole class.As for activity 3,pair work or group work is better.Let the students dictate some numbers to their partners to consolidate what they learned.After that,t
9、he teacher can give them a quiz to make sure the students can distinguish different numbers correctly and can read and write them in the correct way.Grammar 1In grammar 1,well revise the passive voice of present tense,past tense,future tense and present perfect tense.There are four activities for th
10、e students to practice.Through Activity 1,the teacher will know if the students can tell passive voice from active voice and if they can distinguish the sentence tense.In class,the teacher should give the students more chances to speak English.Listening Activity 1 is an oral job.The teacher may give
11、 the students one minute to have a quick look at the picture on Page 36 and then describe what is happening.The teacher can ask two or three students to answer this question.In finishing Activities 2 Speaking and Everyday EnglishThe stress in long words is also the emphasis.The stress in a long word
12、 may come at the beginning,in the middle,or at the end.In this part,well do some practice about that.In speaking,well play a game of guessing scientists names.First,the students may think of a famous scientist or inventor and some information about his life.Some questions about scientists are given
13、as examples.Then work with another pair.Guess who pair B is describing by asking yes or no questions.Pair work will be involved in this part and more practice will be encouraged.Everyday English well learn in this module is as follows:breakthrough,nickname,Pass and well done.Cultural CornerIn this p
14、art,well learn something about rockets.After studying the text,the students will be clear about the history and development of rockets.This supplementary reading will enrich the students knowledge of some scientific invention.TaskAfter speaking,write down your notes about the scientist.Then prepare
15、a radio programme about the life of a famous scientist.If possible,record your radio programme.If not,write a passage about the famous scientist,and then report it to the whole class.Module FileThis part is a summary of this module.It may help the students to know whether they have mastered the main
16、 points or not.If time permits,the teacher may have a revision of this module by analyzing this part and consolidate it with some exercises.Six periods for teachingPeriod 1:Introduction;Writing Period 2:Vocabulary and ReadingPeriod 3:Function;Grammar 1,2Period 4:Listening;Pronunciation;SpeakingPerio
17、d 5:Everyday English;Cultural corner;Task;Module filePeriod 1 Introduction;WritingThe General Idea of This PeriodIn this period,we will lead in the topic by talking about some scientists.The teacher can show the students some pictures of scientists on the screen,such as Albert Einstein,Archimedes,Ma
18、rie Curie,Qian Xuesen.Make sure the students know them and encourage them to say as many things about them as they can.Thats the lead-in and also Activity 1 in this part.In Activity 2,well learn some words related to science.In this part,let the students match the subjects with their definitions.Pai
19、r work can be involved in Activity 3.Ask the students to work in pairs and write some facts about a famous scientist.In reading and writing,well learn a passage about Stephen Hawking and learn to write three short paragraphs about Albert Einstein.(The teacher had better ask the students to collect s
20、ome information by surfing the Internet or reading some magazine ahead of time.)Teaching Important PointsEncourage the students to say as much information as possible and teach them to learn some new words about science.Teaching Difficult PointsHow to write some facts about a famous person.Teaching
21、MethodsIndividual work,pair work to get every student to participate in class.Teaching AidsMultimedia teaching,a blackboard and some chalks.Three Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge and SkillsIntroduce some scientists and science to the students.Make sure the students can use simple English to introd
22、uce a famous scientist.Practice the students writing skill.Process and StrategiesTrain the students speaking and writing abilities through individual and pair work.Feelings and ValueEncourage the students to know some scientists and their main achievements.At the same time,practice their writing ski
23、ll.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 Lead-inT:Good morning,boys and girls!Ss:Good morning,sir!T:Now Id like to show you some pictures.(Show some pictures of Marie Curie.)Do you know her name?Ss:Madame Curie.T:Thats right.What did she discover?And when?Ss:Sorry,I dont know their English names.T:It doesnt mat
24、ter.Ill tell you.She discovered Polonium and Radium in 1898.She got the Nobel Prize in 1911,and she got two Nobel Prizes.She is a famous physicist.OK please look at this one.(Show the picture of Albert Einstein.)Ss:Albert Einstein.T:Good job!What did he invent?What do you know about him?SA:The Theor
25、y of Relativity.SB:He got the Nobel Prize.T:Well done!.(Do Activity 1 in turn.In this part,if there is no multimedia,the teacher can let the students have a look at pictures in Activity 1.)Suggested answers:From the top left:1.Qian Xuesen:”father of Chinas aerospace” and “king of rockets”2.Marie Cur
26、ie:physicist;discovered Polonium and Radium(1898);Nobel Prize:19113.Archimedes:”father of integral calculus”4.Albert Einstein:mathematical physicist;Theory of Relativity(1916);Nobel Prize:1921Step 2 Word studyT:From Activity 1,we know Albert Einstein is a physicist.What did he study?Ss:Physics.T:How
27、 about Charles Darwin?Ss:He is a biologist.He studied biology.T:Good job!There are some other scientific studies.Do you want to know them?Ss:Yes!T:Okay,lets look at the words in the box in Activity 2.Then match the words and definitions.First,read the words after me and pay attention to their pronun
28、ciation and stress!Biochemistry,biology,botany,chemistry,genetics,physics,zoology.Please match them with their definitions quickly.(After a while,check the answers.)Suggested answers:1.zoology 2.botany 3.biology 4.physics 5.biochemistry 6.chemistry7.geneticsStep 3 Writing some factsT:Just now,we sha
29、re some information about some famous scientist.Which scientists do you know about?Ss:Edison,Newton,Nobel,.T:Good!Can you write down some facts about a famous scientist?There is an example for you.Newton was born in England in the 17th century.He discovered the laws of gravity.Now,work with your par
30、tner and write down some facts.(Give the students three minutes to prepare.)Time is over.The teacher can check their work.T:OK,I know youve written some information.Whod like to share your facts?Sa:Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867.She discovered two radioactive elements,Polonium and Radium and
31、 made great contribution to physics and chemistry.She got the Nobel Prize twice in her life.She is a great woman scientist in the world.T:Excellent job!You give us a good example.Anyone else?If time permits,give more students the chance to speak out what they have written down.(In order to do the jo
32、b well,the teacher can ask the students to search for more information about scientists on the Internet or in a library before class.)Suggested answer for reference:Francis Crick(born in 1916)was a British molecular biologist.He graduated from Cambridge in physics,and was a scientist with the navy f
33、rom 1940-1947.He then returned to Cambridge to work on the structure of molecules using X-ray crystallography.In 1951,with the American J.D.Watson,he started work on trying to describe the chemical structure of DNA.Using X-ray pictures they eventually described it as a double helix.He and Watson wer
34、e awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962.In 1977,Crick went to work at the Salk Institute in San Francisco.Step 4 Reading and writingRead through the words in the box and have the students repeat them,paying attention to the words where the stress does not fall on the first syllable:cosmology,creation,diag
35、nose disability,disease.best-seller（畅销书） cosmology（宇宙论） diagnose （诊断） disability（残疾） motor neurone disease （运动神经元病） victim（受害者）T:Now lets come to the following passage,which is about the famous scientist,Stephen Hawking.There are three paragraphs and disordered.Read them and number them in the corre
36、ct order.While reading,try to get the main idea of each paragraph._Victims of motor neurone disease cannot move and cannot speak but their brains may work perfectly.In Stephen Hawkings case it was discovered that he was a brilliant scientist.Moving in a wheelchair and speaking through a special comp
37、uter,he has become the voice of science._Stephen Hawking has spent his career at Cambridge University,where he became Professor in 1977.His work was in the area of cosmology and he wrote about black holesin space.His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988 and is still a best-seller._Step
38、hen Hawking is one of the most famous scientist in the world partly because of his scientific discoveries and partly because of his physical disability.He was born in 1942 in Oxford and graduated from Oxford University.In the 1960s he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.Suggested answers:2 3 1T
39、:Lets come to Activity 3.Write the number of the paragraph.Give the students two minutes to prepare,then collect their answers chorally and individually.1.This paragraph explains why Hawking is famous._2.This paragraph talks about Hawkings personal life._3.This paragraph talks about Hawkings scienti
40、fic career._Suggested answers:1.The third in the book.2.The first in the book.3.The second in the book.T:So much for this passage.Now we read some facts about Albert Einstein,another famous scientist in the world.There are some notes about him,read it and write there short paragraphs about him using
41、 the notes given.born in Ulm,Germany,1879didnt speak until he was three loved mathematicshad the idea of his theory of relativity when he was 16studied physics in Zurich,Switzerlandgot a job in an office to earn his livingpublished the general theory of relativity in 1905became a university teacher
42、in 1909published the general theory of relativity in 1915awarded Nobel Prize for physics in 1921left Germany when Hitler came to power and went to work in the USdied in 1955Suggested answers:Albert Einstein was probably the most brilliant scientist of he twentieth century.Born in Ulm,Germany in 1879
43、,he didnt speak until he was three,but then developed a strong interest in mathematics as a child.He had idea for his theory of relativity at the age of 16,although he didnt publish it until 1905,after he had studied physics in Zurich,Switzerland.He became a university teacher in 1905,and published
44、the general theory of relativity in 1915.In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.When Hitler came to power,Einstein left Germany and went to live and work in the USA.He died in 1955.Step 5 Summary and homeworkT:First of all,we learned some facts about some famous scientists and also some
45、names of scientific studies.Then we read some facts about Stephen Hawking,a famous disabled scientist and some facts about the famous scientist Albert Einstein.And practise writing.Homework today is to write short passage about a famous scientist.Hand it in today.Thats all for today.Good-bye,everyon
46、e.Ss:Good bye,teacher.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardModule 4 Great ScientistsThe first periodbiochemistry biology botany chemistry genetics physics zoologyRecord after Teaching_Activities and Research1.Think of more famous scientists in the world and China and try to say something about
47、 them.2.Search for some information about scientists on the Internet or in a library.Reference for TeachingBackground InformationQian XuesenQian Xuesen is one of the pioneers of Chinas space science.A world-famous expert on aerospace rockets and aerodynamics,Qian has obtained great attainments in th
48、e areas of applied mechanics,engineering cybernetics and system engineering and made distinguished contributions to the foundation and development of Chinese aerospace undertaking.He plays a leading role in the research,manufacture and testing of carrier rockets,guided missiles and satellites.Due to research and development led by Qian,China successfully exploded its first atom bomb in 1964,launched its first man-made satellite in 1970,fired its first transcontinental ballistic missile toward the Pacific in 1980,and launched its first manned spacecraft on Oct.15,2003.In 1955,six y
