GeniusesandBetterParenting教学设计修改版.doc

教学设计Geniuses and Better Parenting12硕黄华青一设计思想It is a new teaching idea that university English teaching becomes a personalization, cooperation, modular and hypertext,as Hu Zhuanglin 2004 (胡壮麟2004) puts. So teaching design is a very important link of interpretation of these ideas, because any outstanding teaching idea has to be through teaching specific planning and design to reflect, to implement.二教学背景分析1. Einstein: The German-American physicist Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879 and died in Princeton, New Jersey, the U.S., on April 18, 1955, is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the modern era. As a preeminent physicist, he radically transformed our understanding of the universe. As an ardent humanist, he took an active and outspoken stance on the significant political and social issues of his time. Albert Einsteins contribution to modern physics is simply unique. His scientific career was a constant quest for the universal and immutable laws which govern the physical world. His theories spanned the fundamental questions of nature, from the very large to the very small, from the cosmos to sub-atomic particles. He overturned the established concepts of time and space, energy and matter. Einstein played a crucial role in establishing the two pillars of 20th century physics: he was the father of the theory of relativity and a major contributor to the quantum theory.2. Picasso: Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. By the age of 15 he was already technically skilled in drawing and painting. Picassos highly original style continuously evolved throughout his long career, expanding the definition of what art could be. In addition to painting, he would explore sculpture, ceramics and other art forms, and became one of the most influential artists of the 1900s. Paintings from Picassos blue period (19011904) depict forlorn people painted in shades of blue, evoking feelings of sadness and alienation. After his move to Paris in 1904, Picassos rose period paintings took on a warmer and more optimistic mood. In 1907 he and French painter George Braque pioneered cubism. By 1912 Picasso was incorporating newspaper print, postage stamps and other materials into his paintings. This style is called collage. By the late 1920s he turned toward a flat, cubist-related style. During the 1930s his paintings became militant and political. Guernica (1937), a masterpiece from this period depicts the terror of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish civil war. Following World War II, Picassos work became less political and more gentle. He spent the remaining years of his life in an exploration of various historical styles of art, making several reproductions of the work of earlier artists. Picasso died on April 8, 1973 at his home, Notre-Dame-de-Vie in Mougin, France. He was buried on April 10 at his castle Vauvenagues, 170 kilometers from Mougin.3. Mozart: born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria and died on December 5, 1791. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is probably the greatest genius in Western musical history. Mozart began writing minuets at the age of 5, and by the time of his death at age 35, he had produced 626 cataloged works including nearly 50 symphonies, 20 operas, and 23 piano concertos. His beautifully constructed works, including the famous last symphonies and the operas The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and The Magic Flute (1791), are ranked among the most perfect compositions.4. Karl Friedrich Gauss: Born on 30 April 1777 in Brunswick, Germany and died on 23 February 1855 in Gttingen, Germany, Karl Friedrich Gauss is noted for his wide-ranging contributions to physics, particularly the study of electromagnetism. At the age of 17 Gauss became interested in mathematics and attempted a solution of the classical problem of constructing a regular heptagon, or seven-sided figure, with ruler and compass. He not only succeeded in proving this construction impossible, but went on to give methods of constructing figures with 17, 257, and 65,537 sides. In so doing he proved that the construction, with compass and ruler, of a regular polygon with an odd number of sides was possible only when the number of sides was a prime number of the series 3, 5, 17, 257, and 65,537 or was a multiple of two or more of these numbers. With this discovery he gave up his intention to study languages and turned to mathematics. He studied at the University of Gttingen from 1795 to 1798; for his doctoral thesis he submitted a proof that every algebraic equation has at least one root, or solution. This theorem, which had challenged mathematicians for centuries, is still called “the fundamental theorem of algebra”. His volume on the theory of numbers, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Inquiries into Arithmetic, 1801), is a classic work in the field of mathematics. Gauss next turned his attention to astronomy.5. gene and genius: The debate on Nature versus Nurture is a hot issue in sociology, politics, and even in peoples everyday lives. The big question: is Man a product of Nature and what the sociobiologists proclaim: a product of his genes or is he a product of Nurture, namely: of his social environment, the society he lives in, and his education; said in terms of social science: a product of his socialization? The simplified result of the debate is the statement: “Well, Man is a product of Nature as well as of Nurture.”三学情分析Now the college students are more high quality in learning English,but there are many problems.The students of learning goal and motivation is not very clear ,the students are no continuity in study.四目标设计知识目标1.To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns 2.To be familiar with the structure of the text 技能目标1.To Improve Ss reading skills by answering the questions and choosing the best answer2.To respond to and cooperate with classmates willingly3.To participate actively五方法Use multimedia instruction and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.六情感，态度与价值观Develope the students feeling of supporting and stimulating others and understand the form of geniuses, and help them to form good reading-habit in daily study.七教学难点Learn the text and master the readingskills.八教学重点1.Get the main idea of each paragraph and make clear about the text structure.2.Explore the sentences of the text.九教学过程Step 1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step 2. ReviewMade a survey about students knowledge on geniuses. TopicsEinstein, Picasso, Mozart, Karl Friedrich GaussStep 3. Lead-in and preparation for reading1. Show Ss some pictures about some geniuses like Addison and Einstein and let them talk to each other about what they know of them. 2.ScanningScan the text to find the answers to the following questions on the screen.1.Whats the authors attitude towards the opinion that geniuses spring up out of nowhere?(Para.1)The author holds a doubtful attitude.2.What are the two kinds of parent style that parents take up towards their children?(Para.4)The supportive and the stimulating3.What are the four groups in the study? (Para.6)4.How much time a day does a father in Holland spend in conversation with his children?How about in Amercia？(Para.10)5.Which is more important to childrens development according to the author:the biological or the environmental factors? (Para.15)Step 4. Fast readingLet them get the main idea of each paragraph and make clear about the text structure.Text structure: Part1 (Para.1-3) The authors attitudePart2 (Para.4-8) Talk about supportive and stimulatingPart3 (Para.9-12) Conversation with childrenPart4 (Para.13-15) The factors of geniusesStep 5. SkimmingChoose the best answer to each of the following questions.1.It is a misconception that geniuses are_.A.influenced by their environment B.born intelligent C.products of good parenting2.Which group of children will suffer great parental pressure?A.Children whose parents are stimulating but not supportive.B. Children whose parents are supportive but notstimulating.C. Children whose parents are neither stimulating nor supportive.3.Through the conversation with parents,children_.A.dont feel lonely any more. B.pick up adult styles of thought.C.acpuire adult language quickly.4.Children usually have a head start over their peers when their parents often_.A.spend time telling stories about geniuses.B.teach them how to take advagtage of others.C.have beneficial conversations with them.5.Parents who are both supportive and stimulating_.A.can definitely create geniusesB.do not necessarily produce geniusesC.are more likely to be friends with childrenStep 6. Preparation for details of the text on the screenSs are required to look at the words and Phrases on the screen and give a brief presentation in class.Words and Phrases: New Wordsprodigyn. 奇才，天才Phrases and Expressionsspring up涌现，发生，迅速长出out of nowhere不知打哪儿来，突然冒出来look into调查，仔细检查go out of ones way特别费心（作某事），千方百计make a note of把（某事）记录下来pick up学到，获得have a head start有先起步的优势，领先in question谈论中的，考虑之中的pass on把传给step by step一步步，逐渐地have an advantage over比处于有利地位，比有优势in a (good) position to do能够（做某事），有条件（做某事）far from远远不，一点也不Step 7. Intensive readingSs are asked to read the passage carefully again and answer some detailed questions on the screen and. During the reading, there is an explanation of the following points: 1) It is popular mythby the finger of God: Most people wrongly believe that great geniuses such as Einstein, Picasso and Mozart appear suddenly and unexpectedly and they seem as if they were created by God.2) His father hadnot been one: His father had held a job of watching over manual workers to make certain they worked properly, but he himself was not a manual worker.3) too often, pressure from parentsbecoming geniuses: quite often, parental pressure leads so much to a childs intelligence as to his tiredness.4) Supportive parentsachievement resulted: Supportive parents were those who would make a s not special effort to help their children do whatever they find great