Unit1 Making a difference导学案(精选2篇)
Unit1 Making a difference导学案 篇1
unit1 making a difference(一)导学案
.teaching aims and demands
1.topic:
talk about science and scientists
2. function: describing people and debating
that’s correct. it’s clear that…
i doubt that …
there is no doubt that…
it’s hard to say.
well, maybe, but…
that’s true.
what’s your idea?
have you thought about…?
3.vocabulary
undertake analysis within gravity similar paragraph
debate scan boundary incurable engage promise
exploration disable theory seek that(adv.) misunderstand
scientific method observe match predict astronomer
curious microscope telescope punish intelligent patient
be similar to work on go by be/get engaged to sb. use up
go on with dream of turn out be satisfied with
take a look at the other way round on fire
make a difference be curious to do sth./ about sth. / that clause
4. grammar
the infinitive used as predictive/ adverbial / attribute / subject/ object
.the analysis of the teaching material
the topic of this unit is “ making a difference”. in this unit, first we can learn about the science subjects and know the importance of each subject. second, we can get familiar with some great scientists and their famous quotes and achievements, such as stephen hawking, galileo, albert einstein, zhangheng and so on. third, we will know how the discoveries and inventions of the great scientists help us better understand the world and improve our life. by knowing this, students are encouraged to study hard, and their love of science and their hope of becoming scientists are inspired.
1.warming up: it offers us five pictures of foreign great scientists with their famous quotes. by learning their quotes and talking about their achievements, students can know about the key to success and make their minds to be successful.
2. listening: it contains 4 great minds including the students. in fact, it provides three passages and the students are asked to have a guess who they are, which is so interesting that it may further arouse the students’ enthusiasm in science.
3. speaking: the students are asked to have a debate about which branch of science is the most important and useful to society. by doing so, students can practice debating skills and use some useful expressions freely. at the same time, they will find that knowledge plays an important part in our daily life.
4.pre-reading the three questions in pre-reading pave the way for reading.
5.reading: the text describes hawking’s disease, dream, achievements and opinions on science and scientific research.
6. post-reading: the exercises help the students further understand this great scientist.
7. language study it contains word study and grammar. students will have a better knowledge of the uses of the infinitive in this part.
8.integrating skills it includes reading and writing. in the reading passage, students can learn about characteristics of five scientists and their scientific spirit. in the writing part, students are asked to write a paragraph to describe a favourite scientist.
9. tips unit one also gives students some advice on how to use the scientific method to learn english.
10. checkpoint
it sums up the uses of the infinitive.
.teaching arrangements
period 1&2: warming up, listening and speaking
period 3&4: reading
period 5: language study
period 6: integrating skills and writing
notes:
1. amending in warming up, it’s too abstract for the students to talk about the quotes, so we deal with it as a unit task to the students at the very beginning