Great minds 教案 第九课时

Period NineTeaching target1. Explain the exercise assigned yesterday. Review the key expressions in this chapter.2. WritingTeaching courses1. Explain the exercise. Additional Exx.2. Writing-Organizing a story (1) When you write a story, it is important to arrange the facts and events clearly into paragraphs. This makes it easier for readers to understand how the story develops. The arrangement of Two geniuses is an example.Opening paragraphs: Information about the characters (Einstein and Hans) and about the main event of the story (the lecture).Other paragraphs: The events of the story in time order, i.e., what happened before, during and after the lecture.Most stories are about the past, so verbs in stories are usually in the past tense except when we use direct speech.(2) What is a good story?Writing a good story either in first or third person means to describing a sequence(连续) of events in an interesting, lively way. (3) A good story should consist of:a. An interesting beginning to catch the readers attention and make him / her want to go on reading your story. b. Good development in the main body to develop your story you should use appropriate(适当的) tenses, especially past ones.e.g. Past Simple to describe the main events, past continuous to set the scene, past perfect to talk about events which happened before the main events, etc. He went out to the car. It was raining hard and a cold wind was blowing. He had rung her ten minutes before, so he knew she would be waiting.c. A good ending. If possible an unexpected(想不到) or unpredictable(出乎意料的) one, to surprise the reader and create a long-lasting impression on your piece of writing. (4) Organization of the composition Introduction Paragraph Set the scene: ( who where when - what) Main Body Paragraphs 2 4Development ( describe incidents leading up to the main event and the event itself in detail) Conclusion Final Paragraph (refer to moods, consequences, peoples reactions, feelings, comments) (5) Look at the new words. astronomer n. 天文学家 astronomy n. 天文学 harmless adj. 无害的 producer n. 生产者，制造者，制片人 April Fools Day 愚人节 Jupiter n. 木星 Neptune n. 海王星(6) PracticeLook at the story below. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box as well as your own ideas. Divide the story into five paragraphs. Change the form of the verbs as necessary.Verbsagree notice arrive jump obey play wait floatOther wordsnext wonderful instructionsFloating listenersSir Patrick Moore is a famous astronomer with a good _ humor. He enjoys _ harmless jokes on people. Some years ago, he gave a _ series of talks about astronomy _ radio. After one of these talks, his producer _, Your _ talk _ 9 a.m. on the first of April April Fools Day. Why dont you _ joke _ listeners? Moore _. Moore _ very busy _ the next few days and forgot about the joke. However, _ way to the radio station on the first of April, he _ some children jumping up and down _ street. That _ him an idea. He _ the station and _ his talk. It was about gravity. At the end of _, he _ listeners, The planets Jupiter and Neptune _ very close to _ other this morning. This will reduce the gravity of Earth. If you _ into the air at exactly 9.47 a.m., you _ able to float around for several seconds.After the talk, Moore and the producer _ to see what would happen. A few mi