高二英语教案：Makingadifference教案1

1、Unit 1Making a difference单元教学目 技能目 GoalsTalk about science and scientistsPractise describing people and debatingLearn more about the infinitiveWrite a descriptive paragraph目 言Practise describing people and debatingThat s correct功 That s true.能There is no doubt that句It is clear that式 It is hard to sa

2、y.What s your idea?I doubt thatWell, maybe, butHave you thought about? 汇语 法1. 四会 undertake, analysis, obvious, within, agriculture,gravity, curious, branch, debate, scan, boundary,graduate, research, wheelchair, disable, theory,seek, misunderstand, scientific, observe, match,predict, unhappiness, cr

3、ime, astronomer, microscope, telescope, heaven, intelligent, patient, experiment2. 认读词汇Albert Einstein, genius, inspiration, perspiration,Alfred North Whitehead,quote, radioactivity, biologist,Stephen Hawing, PhD, promising, incurable, engage, Jane Wilde, exploration, Roger Penrose, observation, New

4、ton, DNA,Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, geographer, Copernicus3. 词组work on, go by, be/ get engaged to sb, go on with, dream of, turn out, use up, be satisfied with, take a look at, what if,the other way around4重点 undertake, debate, disable, seek, misunderstand, observe, match, predict, patient不定式的用

5、法The infinitive used as Subject, Attribute, Object and Adverbial重 1Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had点 always dreamed of.句 2. It is not necessary to be a great scientist to make a difference in the子 world.The first periodAims and demands:1.language aims:New words

6、: genius, inspiration, perspiration, quote, mind, curious, gravity, radioactivity, outer spacePhrases: be on fire for, be similar to2. language skills: Talk about scientists and their contributions; talk about the meaning of these quotes; listen to the tape and write down the main information3. Emot

7、ion aim: learn from these great scientists and their scientific spirit4. Strategy aims: to some extent, promote students abilities of listening and speaking, enlarge their vocabularyFocus and difficultyFocus: Learn and master new words and phrases: encourage students to talk about the scientists the

8、y know; make students focus on listening and take some notesDifficulty: Improve the students listening ability; master new words and phrasesTeaching Methods:1.Warming up to arouse the students interest in science.2.Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through the listening materi

9、al.3.Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class. Teaching Aids: multimedia,. a tape recorder, .the blackboard Teaching Procedures:Step I Warming upTask 1 (class work) words presentation on the blackboardgenius, inspiration, perspiration, quote, mind, curious, be on fire for,

10、be similar to, fear Task 2 (group work) competitionT: Who made great contributions to society and science? What great scientists do you know? And what are they famous for?Ss: Maria Curieradium and poloniumZhang Hengseismograph.Charles DarwinThe Theory of EvolutionThomas Alva Edisonthe light bulb.Alb

11、ert EinsteinThe Theory of RelativityTask 3 (group work) Learning quotesT: Who are they on the screen?Ss: Albert Einstein, Maria Curie, Thomas Alva EdisonT: Whom do you think these quotes are from? Do you know what they mean?S：I think it is from Edison. It means that if we make great efforts to do st

12、h, we ll succeed. And no matter how clever he is, a person will fail if he doesn t try his best. In Chinese, it means 天才就是百分之九十九的汗水加上百分之一的灵感。S: It is from Einstein. It means if you want to succeed, it s more importantfor you to haveimagination than knowledge. In Chinese, it means想象力比知 更重要。S: It is f

13、rom Madame Curie. It means there are only things to be understood in the world, whilethere is nothing to be feared. In Chinese, it means生活中没有什么可怕的 西，只有需要理解的 西Step II ListeningTask 1 (individual work) listeningT: Do you know any other scientists? Now let s do some listening practice on P2. We are goi

14、ng to listen to the descriptions of some famous scientists. Before listening, please read it through quickly. Listen to the tape for the first time to get a general idea, and then try to finish the exercises.T:What are the key words?Ss: No. 1 woman, her name is similar to the word curiousS: They wer

15、e on fire for science and spent much time doing research.T: What are you interested in? What would you like to invent, discover? What would you like to be?Step III Language pointUndertake (undertook, undertaken)着手做 We can undertake the work now.担 起，承担He undertook the leadership of the team. ，保 He un

16、dertook to pay the money back within six months. (作“ ， 保 ” ，其后不接名 或代 作 )考例： They have_ their support whenever we need it. (A)A. promisedB. takenC. givenD. undertakenIt takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.It takes+n+to do sth 做某事需要 It will take a lot of courage to tell

17、the truth.It takes 30 minutes to walk from here to the station.It took him a lot of money to buy her a fur coat.考例 : It _ a lot of nerve to do a thing like that. (D)A. needsB. takesC. spendsD. A or BSome passengers complain that it usually _ so long to fill in the documents.(B)A. costsB. takesC. spe

18、ndsD.sparesTo be feared 不定式做表 Be to do应该 ,必 The form is to be filled in and returned within three weeks 表 划或安排 Their daughter is to be married soon.表可能性No a sound is to be heard.Homeworkprepare for dictation (the words on the blackboard)preview new words in speakingfinish listening exercises on page

19、 81Comments: It is difficult for Ss to tell more scientists who they know, so it is necessary to let Ss read more books about the scientists to board their views. And the Ss should do more exercisesto consolidate the use of undertake and be to do.The Second PeriodAims and demands:1.language aims:new

20、 words:sentence patterns: I doubt whether, there is no doubt that2.language skills: talk about branches of science, the importance of each branch, practise debating with useful expressions3.emotion aims: learn the importance of sciencestrategy aims: to some extent, improve students abilities of crea

21、tive thinking and speakingFocus and difficulty:Focus: learn and master new words, consolidate what students learnt in the last lesson, encourage students to talk about branches of science and have a debateDifficulty: students debate with each other with the useful expressionsTeaching aids: multimedi

22、a, the blackboardTeaching procedures:Step 1. DictationStep 2 Warming upTask 1 (class work) words presentationrepresent, branch, debate, there s no doubt that, I doubt whether, obvious, gravity, agriculture, analysisTask 2 (group work) discussion and competitionT: How many branches of science do you

23、have to learn?Ss: maths, biology, physics,chemistry,computer scienceT: Why do you think they are important? Work in groups of five. Each group member represents a branch of science, eg biology, maths, chemistry, physics, computer science. Try to find as many reasons as possible.Branches of scienceWh

24、y?BiologyEssential to protecting the ecological balance and environment; people can t livwithout living things and medicine.ChemistryIs thekey to the progress of human being; it is chemical reactionthatproducemany new things.PhysicsWidely used in many fields, such as medicine, industry and agricultu

25、re.MathsYou can t learn physics or chemistry well without a good knowledge of maths.It is a tool in science and engineering.ComputerscienceIt is now an indispensable tool in many fields. It can settleallkinds ofproblems at a high speed and can help people work easily.Step 3 DebatingT: which branch o

26、f science is the most important and useful to society? Now each four or five students make a group and have a debate.A sample:S1: I think biology is the most important because it is essential to protecting the ecological balance and environment. People can t live without living things. And it goes h

27、and in hand with our life. If there is no science of biology, there would not be medicine.S2: Well, maybe, but I think that chemistry is the most important. Because it is the key to the progress of the human being. Besides, it is chemical reaction that produces many new things.S3: It s hard to say.

28、There are many physical products. And physics is widely used in many fields, such as medicine, Industry and agriculture. There would be no life without physics.S4: Thats true. But maths is the basic science. You cant learn physics or chemistry well without a good knowledge of maths. It is a tool in

29、science and engineering.S5: Well, there is no doubt that maths is important. In my opinion, computer science is the most important in our modern information society. The computer is now an indispensable tool in many fields. It can settle all kinds of problems at a high speed and can help people work

30、 easily.Step 4 Language pointsDebateV. debate sth (with sb)We must debate the question with the rest of the members.Debate wh - to do / wh - +clauseThey were debating whether to go to the cinema or to watch TV at home Debate about/on sthWe debated for over an hour on the advantages and disadvantages

31、 of the computer.n. 讨论 ,争辩 ,辩论After much debate, he was chosen captain of the team.考例 : The two sides debated _ each other _ who was better. (B)A. to, toB. with, aboutC. over, onD. between, inBranch1, 分支2. 树枝Maths is a branch of science.He was hanging from the branch支流The river has a lot of branches

32、Revision: undertake, It takes+n+to do sth, be to doStep 5 Homeworkprepare for dictationpreview readingComments: From the activity, we know that the Ss like to take part in the debate, and as I don allow the Ss to repeat, each one can have a chance to practice speaking.The Third and Forth PeriodAims

33、and demands:language aims:new words: promising, boundary, graduate, incurable,match, practical, disablephrases: there did not seem much point in doing, go by, be engaged to. Turn out, on the other hand,2. language skills:catch the main idea through scanning and skimming; guess the meaning of new wor

34、ds accordingto the context; understand some difficult sentences; talk about Stephen Hawking; discuss using the scientific method to solve problems3.emotion aim: learn from Stephen Hawking and get to know more about science4.strategy aims: Train the students reading ability, enlarge their vocabulary,

35、 enable them to solve problems with scientific methodsFocus and difficulty:Focus: Learn and master the useful words and phrases; catch the main idea of the text; understand difficult sentencesDifficulty: guess the meaning of some words according to the contextTeaching Methods:1.Scanning the text to

36、get some information about Hawking.2.Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.3.Discussion after reading the passage to make the students learn how to use the scientific method to solve the problem.4.Individural, pair or group work to make every student work in class. Teaching Aids: multime

37、dia, a tape recorder, the blackboard Teaching Procedures:Step 1 DictationStep 2 Warming upTask 1 (class work) words presentationboundary, scan, phD, observe, match, predict, promising, go by, be engaged to, turn out Task 2 (class work) leading inT: Yesterday we learnt some quotes from some scientist

38、s. Look at the pictures on the screen. Do you know who the person is?S: He is Stephen Hawking.T: Yes. Very good. He is one of the greatest physicists of our time. How much do you know about him?Ss:He is the author of the book A Brief History of Time, which is very popular.He is a scientist who alway

39、s sits in a wheelchair. He is famous for his discovery about black hole.T: Do you want to know sth more about him? Today we are going to learn a passage about Stephen Hawking. It will tell us Hawking s determination, thoughts and some theories.Step 3 ReadingTask 1 (individual work) pre -readingT: Sc

40、an the text to answer the following questions1 Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD?S: Because he wanted a job.2. When did Hawking become famous?S: Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes.When did Hawking visi

41、t Beijing?S: In 2002, Hawking visited China and spoke to university students in Hang zhou and Beijing. Task 2 (pair work) imagination and discussionSuppose: you may not have more than 12 months to live, How would you feel and what would you do? Please discuss with your partner and then give us your

42、answer.S: I would feel very sad and depressed. How unlucky and miserable!. I would do many things I was interested in. I would stop learning at school and travelled around the world.Task 3 ( individual work) while - readingT: As a scientist, what did Hawking think after knowing the bad news? Read th

43、e first 3 paragraphs and try to find the answer quickly.S: Instead of giving up, he went on with his research, got his phD and married Jane. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures.T: Well done. What doe paragraph 4 and 5 tell us? Now read these t

44、wo paragraphs and get the main idea.S; they tell us sth about his book A Brief History of TimeT: What are mentioned in the book ?S: In the book, Hawking talked about the big Bang and black holes (para 4). He explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works. (para5)T: According to

45、Hawking, how do people misunderstand science?S: According to Hawking, people often think that science is a number of “ true ” facts and never changes.T: How do scientists do research and how can they get theories? Please read para 6 and try to find the basic steps of the scientific method?S: First,

46、scientists observe what they are interested in. To explain what they have seen, they builda theory about how things happen and the causes and effects. Finally, the scientists test the theory to see if it matches what they have seen and if it can predict future events.T: What is the trouble with his

47、speech computer? Please read the last para, and give your answer.S: Hawking doesn t like his speech computer giving him an American accent. Step 4 Post-readingTask 1 (pair work) Ture of false questionsT: look at the sentences on the screen. Discuss with your partner and find the sentences in the tex

48、t to explain why it is ture or false.Hawking was told that he had an incurable disease when he was just 21 years old.(T)Finally Hawking had to give up PhD and his research(F)He and Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes.(T)“ A Brief History of Time ” is too difficult f

49、or people to understand.(F) Science is about true facts that never change.(F)a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world.(B)Your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than 12 monthsto live.(B)A. 可治愈的B.无法医治的(There did not seem) much poi

50、nt in working on my PhD.(A)A. 意义B.点C. 分数D.尖头There is no point in doing sth做某事没有用As his disease has disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now -famous wheelchair(B)A. 使(某人 ) 失能力B. 使 (某人 )残疾In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly become a best-seller.(B)A. 最佳 B.畅销书First, they careful

51、ly observe what they are interested in.(A)A.的事物B. 什么Task 3 language pointsT: Read after the tape, underlinethe words and phrases you don knowt. I explainll somelanguage points for you.imagine sth/ doing sth/+从句e.g. I can t imagine it.She imagined winning a gold medal.Imagine that you are in Landon.2

52、. expect (sb) to do sthI didn t expect to live so long.Expect sthI was expecting a present from her.Expect+从句I expect that I will be back on Sunday.3. match与相似或一致the scientists test the theory to see if it matches what they have seen.与相配The curtains and the carpets match perfectly.相匹 No one can matc

53、h her at chess.Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt ofNor 也不 ,放句首 ,部分倒装He can t see, nor could he hear until a month ago.keep sb from doing sth= stop/ prevent sb (from) doing sthThe snow stopped us from going to workKeep sb doing sthI m sorry to have

54、kept you waiting.Task 4 (individual work) Reading comprehensionFinish the exercises 1 on page 4, then let s check the answersStep 5 Discussion (group work)T: Work in groups. How would you use the scientific method to solve the following problem? How can I improve my English?Ss: Observe how new words and structures are used.Try to make a simple rule to explain how the word or structure is used.Test your theory by using the words or structures and see if your theory is correct.Step 6 Homeworkfinis