外语组刘丽浓
Lesson 49
Teaching demands
1.
Through the
learning of this unit, introduce the great contribution and the great life of
the outstanding scientist
2.
Using fluent
English to describe the important activity and the scientific attitudes of
pursuing truth and hold the strong belief.
3.
Understanding
the sentence structure of portraying people
Teaching Plan
Step 1
Presentation
1.
do you like
Physics? Why or why not?
2.
What do you
find most interesting in Physics study?
3.
What does
Physics mean to oue daily life?
4.
Do you know
any famous Physics scientists?
5.
What common
characters do they have?
6.
If you are
asked to write an article about a scientist, what subjects will you cover?
Today we will learn a passage about a great scientist
named Einstein.
Step 2 fast-reading
Let the Ss Skin the text and
finish the time table.
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In 1879 |
Born in Germany |
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When he was a
young boy |
Used to ask lots
of questions, didn’t enjoy school, found it hard to get along with others |
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By the time he
was 14 |
Learned maths
all by himself |
|
From the year he
was 17 |
Studied in
Switzerland, earned money to go on with his studies |
|
In 1905 |
Received a
doctor’s degree |
|
Between
1905-1915 |
Began the
research and studies leading to his new discoveries |
|
In 1918 |
Received
world-wide praise fro his research |
|
In 1921 |
Won the Nobel
Prize for physics: gave talks in many countries |
|
In 1933 |
Left Europe for
the USA; accept the job as a professor; asked for little money; never
interested in becoming rich |
|
In 1940 |
Took American
nationality, spent time working for human rights and progress |
|
In 1955 |
Died at the age
of 76 |
Step 3 reading
Listen the first part and ask
some comprehending questions
- Albert Einstein was nothing different
from other boys. (F)
- He had learned everything all by
himself. (F)
- He was a boy easy to make friends as a
child. (F)
- What kind of life did he prefer?
- What job did he take? For what reason?
- Why was the period between 1905 and
1915 was an important one for Einstein?
- Foe what did he get the Nobel Prize
for Physics?
- anything else showed that he was most
successful during that period?
- Why did his family leave for the
U>S>A?
- What other contribution did he make ?
- What’s his another hobby? Why did he
like music?
Step 4 Part2
Get Ss to read aloud
1)
What did
scientists believe before Einstein?
2)
What did
Einstein prove?
3)
What did he work out?
4)
How did
Einstein become world famous?
5)
What brought
him great sadness?
6)
Why didn’t he
have to join the army?
7)
What did the
want to see?
8)
Why did he
find it impossible to continue living in Germany?
Keys to the
questions:
1)
Scientists believed
that light traveled through space in a straight line before Einstein
2)
Einstein
proved that light coming from the stars as bent as it passed the sun
3)
He worked out
just how much the light would be bent and how far the stars would appear to
have moved
4)
At first many
of the scientists did not accept his scientific ideas. Yet by 1919 scientists
who had been watching the stars supported his work a and he quickly became
world famous
5)
The first
world was brought him great sadness
6)
Einstein had
taken Swiss nationality and therefore did not have to join the army since
Switzerland did not take sides in the war
7)
He wanted to
see and end to all the armies of the world
8)
When Germany
was ruled by Hitler in the early 1930s Einstein who was a Jew, found it
impossible to continue living in Germany.
Step 5 discussions
1)
Why do you
think that many of the scientists would not accept Einstein’s discovery at that
time? Why do you think that Einstein would just stick to his opinion and never
give up? What can you learn from Einstein?
Key for reference:
1)
First, what
Einstein had discovered was completely new, and scientists at that time had
been used to the theory that light travels in a straight line. They could not
understand how Einstein had proved his discovery
2)
Einstein had
proved that light coming from the sun was bet as it passed the stars by working
very hard, by doing a lot of research. He himself had worked out just how much
the light would be bent and how far the stars would appear to have moved. He
believed that what he had done was based on scientific research and he could
prove that. So he stuck to his opinion. We should learn from his scientific
attitude.
Step 6 Retell
Curious about everything
Learned maths all by himself
Childhood shy/not enjoy school
Like being alone
Learn
maths by himself
Studied in Swthland from 17
Education received a Doctor’s degree in
1905
Study
and research in Physics all his life
Great contribution to Physics
His contribution
Human rights and progress
Shy
/clever/curious
Character hard-working/perseverant
Prefer
simple life / care little about money / love music ,peace
Step 6 Talk show
Let Ss present a talk show
Host / Einstein / his wife / his son
Subjects may mentioned:
Childhood / education / character /
contribution / career and family ,etc
Lesson 57
Teaching demands
1. Through the learning of the text, let the students enjoy complicated episodes of detective stories and great character of Holmes
2. Using fluent English to retell the story as one of the characters of the story
Step 1 Presentation
1. Do you like reading detective stories?
2. Who like reading detective stories better in this class, the boys or the girls?
3. Have you ever read detective stories about Sharlock Holmes?
4. Why do you like reading detective stories?
5. What’s good reading this kind of stories?
Show some pictures of Holmes and Konan. T introduces some information.
Step 2 Reading
1) fasting reading
say something about each characters of the story using several sentences in their own words.
Describe the rooms of young lady’s and her uncle’s
2) Reading
Play the tape and then test Ss on the ext they have listened
1. What is Holmes famous for? In what way?
2. What happened to the lady before she came to Holmes?
3. What did the lady often hear at night?
4. Did she get along with her uncle very well?
5. Why did Holmes want to pay a visit to lady’s home?
6. Why did Holmes have special interest in the hole in the young lady’s room?
7. Where was the end of the rope?
8. Where did the rope go?
9. When did Holmes begin to doubt the lady’s uncle?
10. What was in the corner of her uncle’s room?
11. What was Holmes sure after examining the whole houses?
12. What did Holmes decide to do?
13. What did Holmes put on the table?
14. What did he do after he heard a long low whistle?
15. How did he hit the bell rope?
16. What did he hear later?
17. What did the young lady’s uncle keep in the heavy metal chest?
18. Why did he keep it?
Step 3 Discussion
1. Could you explain the use of the box of matches and the thin stick?
2. Why did the young lady open and shut her bedroom door without entering?
3. Why did Holmes and Watson sit with the light on for half an hour and then turn off the light?
4. Why do you think Holmes hit the bell again and again?
5. Why will the snake attack its keeper?
6. What do you know about Holmes from the story?
7. How could be a good detective in your opinion?
Step 4 Retell
Retell the story of “Noises in the night”. They may choose to be one of the characters. )workbook P86.
Model: words maybe used
Go up; a box of matches; stick; in silence; geet; have dinner; upstairs hide in another room a scream rush on the floor dead brown snake open metal chest drive the snake back attack its keeper
Mr Holmes and his assistant went up to my bedroom and waited there. I saw the detective put out a box of matches on the table and lay his stick next to it. I did not know why. As soon as they heard my uncle return, they stopped talking and sat in silence.
I greeted my uncle as usual and we had dinner together downstairs. After dinner, I went upstairs and said good night to my uncle. Then I opened my bedroom door and shut it. But I didn't enter. Very quieting I stole into another small room to hide there. It seemed to me that many hours had passed when I heard a sudden scream. It came from my uncle’s room. I rushed there and saw my uncle on the floor, dead. Around his head was a brown snake . Holmes took the snake with a piece of rope, threw it into the open metal chest and shut it. Then he explain to me what had happened. Now I realized how the snake had been driven back to attack its keeper. Anyhow, I was saved.
Step 5 Post- reading
If time permits, ask some students to read the detective stories written by themselves..