人教版高二(下)Unit 11 Scientific Achievement教案

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Period 1

I. Teaching aims

1. learn and master the following:

(!) new words: engineering, solar, significant, mankind, constitution

(2) spoken English:

If I got the money, I would ---

My plan is ---

I hope that ---

I want/wish/ hope/ intend/ plan to ---

I’d like to---

I’m thinking of ---

2. Train the students’ listening and speaking abilities.

Talk about the significance of great scientific achievement and encourage them to work hard at their lessons.

II. Teaching Important Points;

1. Finish the task of listening to train the students' listening ability.

2. Practise expressing intentions and wishes to train the students' speaking ability.

III. Teaching Difficult Points;

1. How to help the students talk in English about science and scientific achievement freely.

2. How to help the students finish the tasks of listening and speaking smoothly.

IV. Teaching Methods;

1. Listening and speaking to train the students' ability to use English.

2. Individual, pair or group work to make every student take an active part in class.

V. Teaching Aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard

VI. Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Warming Up

1. Show the pictures about several inventions on the screen. And let the students discuss the following questions in pairs within limited minutes..

1) When do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?

2) Which one do you think is the most important?

3) Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what?

4) Give some other important scientific achievements you know.

Alexander Bell the First telephone

Thomas Edison the electric Lamp

the Wright Brothers‘ the First Plane

Madame Curie Radium

Franklin electricity

Steven Hawking black holes in Universe

Elbert Einstein the Theory of Relativity

Isaac Newton Theory of Gravity

2. Check the answers and look at the list of achievements. Ask the students to try their best to make it clear that how they improve our daily life.

3. Introduce some important words and phrases that the students will encounter in the unit, such as mankind, achieve, likely, arrange, failure, organ, base, breakthrough, evolution, rejuvenate, institute, announce, in store, economic zone, rely on, put forward, have an effect on, aim at, come to life, set foot in and so on as well as the pronunciation of the names of some famous scientist.

Step 2. Listening

The listening material contains two parts. The students are to hear some words said by some famous people at the time when they achieved success.

1. Look at the chart in Exercise 1 at the top of Page 2 quickly. Then play the first part of the tape for the students to complete it. After that, check their answers.

2. After checking the answers to Exercise 1, the teacher goes on to deal with Exercise 2. Have the students listen to Part 2 and complete the sentences in Exercise 2. If necessary, play it twice for the students to finish it and check their answers.

3. Discussion:

What would you say if you were … ?

Step 3. Speaking

Here are four scientists who want to get money to complete their project. Each scientist will have to introduce his or her project and explain why it is the most important. Now, the teacher put the students into groups of five to have a discussion. One member will listen to all the scientists and ask questions. At the end of the discussion, he or she must decide who will get the money and why.

1. Teacher and the students go through the expressions. After that, teacher puts the students in groups of five and gets them to prepare for a few minutes. At the end, teacher asks one or two groups to report their work to the rest of the class.

2. Ask the students to practise the intentions and wishes by discussing who will get the money to complete his or her project and why.

3. Useful expressions:

a. I want/ wish/ hope/ intend/plan to…

b. My plan/ hope/wish/intention is to …

c. I hope that…

d. I’d like to do sth.,

I feel like doing sth.

e. If…, I would …

f. I’m thinking of/ considering doing sth.

Homework

Practise using the useful expressions learnt in this period.

Preview the reading part.

Period 2

I. Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words and phrases.

likely ,economic, zone , hi-tech, private, technological , overseas, grasp, master, perfect, arrange, set foot (in), IT , Lenovo, founder, rely , rely on, failure ,locate, silicon, valley

2. Train the students' reading ability.

3. Get the students to learn about Zhongguancun - China's Silicon Valley.

II. Teaching Important Points;

1. Learn to use the following:

(1) Phrases:

in store, set foot in(on), rely on, come to life, put forward

(2) Sentence patterns;

It is likely that……

……makes it clear that……

2. Improve the students' reading ability.

III. Teaching Difficult Point:

How to help the students understand the reading material exactly.

IV. Teaching Methods;

1. Discussion before reading to make the students interested in what they will read.

2. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.

3. Careful reading to get the detailed information.

4. Pair or group work to make every student take an active part in class,

V. Teaching Aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard

VI. Teaching Procedures;

Step 1 Pre-reading

1. Show some pictures of Zhongguancun. Ask the students what they know about it.

2. group work:

Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.

1) If you wanted to do research or start a hi-tech company, what king of support and environment would you need?

2) Why are scientific achievements important? Look at the list of achievements in the Warming up. How do they improve our daily life? How do they improve society?

3) Why do scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something?

4) if you want to do research or start a hi-tech company, what preparations you should make?

3. Teacher shows the new words on the screen and deals with them as usual.

Step 2 Reading

1. scanning

The students read the text quickly and answer the following questions:

1) What is the passage mainly about?

2) Where is Zhongguancun?

3) What can you find in Zhongguancun?

2. Read the article to find the main idea of each paragraphPara 1. Brief introduction of Zhongguancun.

Para 2. The development of Zhongguancun.

Para 3-7. Zhongguancun is home to a growing number of overseas Chinese.

Para 8. Zhongguancun has had a positive effect on business.

Para 9. The spirit and creativity are more important than money.

3. Careful reading: Read the text carefully and answer the following questions( shown on the screen).

1)When and how did Zhongguancun get started?

2) What role does Zhongguancun play in China’s hi-tech industry?

3)Why did Xiang Yufang return to China after studying and working abroad?

4)How does Zhongguancun affect business?

5) What kind of spirit has made Zhongguancun a success?

6) What are the two mottos mentioned in the text for the park? (Teacher writes the two questions above on the blackboard. Four minutes later, teacher checks the answers. )

4. Show some phrases and sentences on the screen and explain them to the students.

Step 3 Post-reading

1. Work in pairs to finish the first exercise in Post-reading.

Suggested answers: l. ABC 2.D 3.CD 4. B 5.CD

2. Zhongguancun is sometimes called “ China’s silicon valley”. Find out some information

about Silicon Valley in the US and then compare the two areas. In which ways they are similar or different ?

Step 4 Listening and Reading Aloud

The students listen to the tape of the passage, paying attention to the pronunciation and intonation. Then get the students to read it aloud by themselves and try to understand the phrases and sentences learnt just now.

Homework

Surf on the internet and find more about the topic.

Prepare to give a speech about Zhongguancun.

Period 3

I. Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words: brand , luggage , achieve , organ

2. Review the words appearing in the last two periods.

3. Learn about Word Formation.

II. Teaching Important Points;

1. Learn some words which are closest in meaning,

2. Study the ways of forming a word.

3. Study the meaning of some affixes and stems.

III. Teaching Difficult Point;

How to help the students master some knowledge of Word Formation,

IV. Teaching Methods;

1. Doing exercises to review the learnt words.

2. Studying and practising to master the ways of forming a word.

3. Pair or group work to make every student take an active part in class.

V. Teaching Aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard

VI. Teaching Procedures :

Step 1 Revision

1. Ask some students to present their speech about Zhongguancun.

2. Show the following on the screen. Ask the students to find the right explanation for each word. Match them.

1. zone A. something you have worked hard for and done well

2. significant B. to say something in public

3. institute C. to take hold of something firmly

4. achievement D. a group of people who want to study a special thing, or the building used by such a group

5. announce E. without any fault or bad points

6. grasp F. large and important; having a special meaning

7. giant G. unusually large person, animal, plant, business organization, etc.

8. perfect H. area or region with a particular feature or use

Suggested answers: l.-H 2.-F 3.-D 4.-A 5. -B 6.-C 7. -G 8. -E

Step 2 Word Study

Look at the exercise in Word Study. Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part. First, do it individually. Then check the answers with each other. In the end, collect the right answers.

Suggested answers:

LA 2.B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C

Step 3 Word Formation

1. Ask the students to observe the given words carefully and find out the ways of forming a word. Then ask some students to explain how they are formed.

international= inter-+national telephone= tele-+phone

mankind=man+kind broadband= broad+band

extremely=extreme+-ly manned= man+ -ed

hi-tech= high+technology email= electronic mail

IT= information technology CSA= Chinese Space Agency

2. Have the students look at the stems and affixes on the screen. Match each of them with the right meaning on the right.

Teacher shows the following on the screen.

trans-

-graph

tele-

super-

co-

vis-

bio-

Sub-

-port- carry

see

below

life

together/with

more than usual

far

across

writing

Suggested answers:

trans- = across tele- = far co- = together/with bio- = life vis- = see -graph= writing -port-= carry sub-= below super-=more than usual

3. Show the students some stems and affixes on the screen. Encourage them to give as many examples as possible. The following are some examples.

ab (away) abstain, absent, absolve

ad (to) adverb, advertisement, advance, adjoin

in /il-/im-/ir- (not) incapable, indecisive, intolerable , illegal, impossible, irrugular

dis/un/non (not) dishonest, disorderly, unknown, unfair, non-stop, nonsense

inter (between, among) international, interaction interdependent, interprovincial

pre (before) prerecorded, preface prefer

post (after) postpone, postscript, postwar

sub (under, not quite) subsoil, subscription, suspect ,subway, subnormal

trans (across, to a changed state) transfer, transit, translate, transport ,transform

super superpower, supermarket; co- cooperate, oaction

mini miniskirt, minibus ; micro microsope, microphone

anti antiwar ; en enable, enlarge ; re rebuild, repeat

bio biography, biology ; kilo kilometer, kilogram

Step 4 Consolidation

Finish Exx1-4 on p6 & Ex1-5 on page 83-84 of WB to consolidate word formation.

Homework

Review what we've learnt in this class. Finish Ex 1-3 on page 82 and 83.

Preview the next part in this unit - Integrating Skills.

Period 4

I. Teaching Aims;

1. Learn and master the following words and phrases:

boom, put forward, breakthrough, agency, announce, evolution, supercomputer

2. Train the students' integrating skills, especially reading and writing skills.

II. Teaching Important Points:

1. Help the students understand the passages exactly and master the following words and phrases: put forward, aim at, announce, map out

2. Learn to write a persuasion essay to train the students' writing ability.

III. Teaching Difficult Point:

How to help the students finish the task of writing.

IV. Teaching Methods:

1. Fast and then careful reading to improve the students' reading ability.

2. Learning tips to help the students learn to write a persuasion essay.

3. Individual, pair or group work to make the students finish each task.

V. Teaching Aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard

VI. Teaching Procedures-

Step 1 Warming up

1. Ask the students some questions about great achievements in science and technology.

Ask them what inventions they know in China’s history.( Powder, compass, printing, making paper and so on)

2. Teacher shows the new words on the screen and deals with the new words.

Step 2 Scanning.

Read each passage quickly and find out the answers to the following questions on the screen.

1.What fields that China has made great achievement are mentioned in the passage ?

2. What plan has helped Chinese scientists make many breakthroughs?

3. What does CSA stand for?

After a while, teacher checks the answers.

Step 3 Careful reading

Read the passage again carefully, trying to understand it more exactly and pay attention to some detailed information. After that, work in groups to complete the chart after the passages according to what is learnt from the text. Check answers later.

Field Achievement Importance

Exploring the space

Genetic research

Computer engineering

Medical science

Step 4 Language points

After that, teacher deals with the language points.

Teacher shows the following on the screen and gives brief explanations to make sure the students understand how to use them correctly.

1. put forward: advance, propose or suggest sth. for discussion

e. g. He is putting forward radical proposals for electoral reform.

2. aim at: intend or try to do sth.

e. g. We must aim at increasing exports.

3. announce : make (sth. ) known publicly

e. g. They announced their engagement to the family.

Have they announced when the race will begin?

4. map out: present sth. in detail

e. g. He mapped out his ideas on the news project.

Step 5 Listening and Reading Aloud

Play the tape for the Ss to listen. The first time, listen and follow. The second time, listen and repeat.

Step 6 Writing

The Ss have been asked by the magazine Modern Science to help them choose the greatest scientific achievement ever. Write a short essay, telling them which achievement you

have chosen and explaining why you think that it is the most important.

1. Study the tips at Page 8 carefully before writing.

2. Show the following material as an writing example to ease their work.

Internet ---- the greatest achievement of this century

Argument 1: Internet changes our daily life.

Details: a. make communication easier.

b. change our ways of shopping.

c. get to know outside world more quickly.

Argument 2: Internet make our work easier.

Details: a/b/c

Argument 3: Internet accelerate the development of science and technology.

Details:a/b/c

Homework

Finish writing their essay.