| 姓名 | 赵芯瑜 | |
| 课题 | Unit 16. Scientists at Work | |
| Teaching aims | 1. Talk about science and scientists. 2. Practice giving instructions. 3. Discuss and evaluate pros and cons. 4. Study some rules of word formation. 5. Learn to write an argumentative essay. | |
| Teaching key points | 1. To study and practice some typical words and phrases by learning about some works of scientists. 2. Do some relevant listening and reading. | |
| Teaching difficult points | 1. Rules of word formation may be difficult for students to learn in depth. 2. To enable students to write an argumentative essay. 3. Improve listening and speaking ability of students. | |
| Teaching approaches | 1. Students centered approach 2. Cooperation learning style 3. Group discussion | |
Teaching procedures Teaching procedures Teaching procedures Teaching procedures Teaching procedures | Step 1. Warming— up 1. Basic greetings to students. 2. Introduce the primary learning contents of this class to students and emphasizing that the object of learning can be focused on one word---- Science. 3. Set some daily examples of science and scientists. Examples are listed as follows: eg1. Einstein arrived at a conclusion that maximum speed in the universe is that of light. eg2. Edison is credited with the invention of the phonograph. 4. Show some pictures to students and ask them to answer the following questions as follows: 1).Describe what you can see in each picture? (Let students expand their own imagination.)
2). What are the names of the school subjects in which you study science? (physics; chemistry and biology) 3). Give an example of what you learn in each field of science. (Let students share their examples with their deskmates.) Step2. Listening 1.A few minutes can be given to students to do the preparing work for the following listening practice. Asking students to look at the exercises in the book and make a guess. 2.Listen to the tape and tick the things that Mrs. Zhu talks about. 1). Students need to guess the meaning of each word. 2). Start to explain the meaning of each word after finishing the listening contents. Safety in the lab 实验室安全 Gloves 手套 Gases 气体 Experiments 实验 Long hair 长发 Liquids 液体 Car accidents 车祸 Shoes 鞋子 Flames 火焰 3.Listen the tape once again and answer the questions as follows, all of these questions should be done by individuals. 1). What is the most important thing students should remember? 2). What is the first thing students should do when they come into the lab. 3). Why should students be careful smelling from bottles? 4). What is to be done when anything gets into your eyes? 5). What should students do before leaving the lab? 4. Check their answers together and then share the right answers in the screen. Step3. Speaking 1. Look at the dialogue and learn to talk about advantages and disadvantages of a high-tech. Using the following expressions to fulfill the advantages and disadvantages of high-tech. 2. Work in pairs to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloning, nuclear energy, computers and space flights. Ask students to share their ideas with their classmates and read the answer loudly. 3. Prepare a dialogue with your deskmates and making it to be a small presentation and this presentation will be performed in next class. Step4. Reading 1.Fast reading and listening: Franklin’s famous kite experiment Let students to read and listen to the tape to decide true or false statements about the text. 2. Skimming: Let students read the text again and find out some details about the text. 3. Read the text for a third time and choose the best choices. 4. The analyzes of the whole passage: Three parts When: on a rainy day in June,1752 Where: in a shed in the fields Who: Franklin and his son What”: a kite experiment Why: to prove lightning and electricity are the same 5. Ask students to discuss the three questions and let them share the answers to other students. Step5. Word study 1. Give the detailed explanations and several meanings of these words to students: 1). Charge V t. 装载；控诉；记账；使充电 v t.& vi.指责；进攻；向…方向冲去；注满（玻璃杯） n.费用；指示；掌管；指责 vi.索价；收费；要求支付；为…收取费用（常与 for 连用） 2). Conduct vt.& vi.引导；带领；控制；传导 vt.组织；安排；实施；执行 adj.指挥，带领，护送 vi.（在乐队里）当指挥；（在公共电汽车或火车上）当售票员；指路 3). Cross n.十字架；十字形饰物；杂交品种；痛苦 vi.交错而行；横渡；越境 vt.杂交；横跨，穿越；划掉；使相交 adj.坏脾气的， 易怒的；相反的，反向的 4). Sharp adj.敏锐的；锋利的；狡猾的，聪明的；尖锐的 adv.猛烈地；尖锐地；尖利地；偏高地 n.升半音；尖头；骗子；内行，专家 vt.[音乐]把（音调）升高（半音） vi.[音乐]升音演奏（或演唱） 5). Tear n. 眼泪；撕；裂缝；狂奔，疾驰 6). Tie n.关系；领带，绳子；平局；束缚， vt.（用线、绳等）系；（在线、绳上）打结；连接；与…成平局 vi.打结，系上；平局；被用带（或绳子等）系住 2. Analyzing the use of these words and asking students to work in pairs to discuss the answers of the exercise.
Step6. Grammar 1.The definition of compound word: Compounds are mainly nouns or adjectives that are made up of at least two parts 2.Give students some examples to learn about different types of compound words: a. 名词＋名词：bookshop ／store ／seller ／ mark，sunlight ／shine ／glasses，French ／Englishman，policeman ／woman，volley ／basket ／base ／ football，grandfather ／mother ／son ／ daughter ／parent（s）／children，schoolboy ／girl／ bag ／yard，headache ／master ／teacher，moon- cake ／light，team ／house ／homework，workbook ／place b. 形容词＋名词：loudspeaker，goodbye， midnight ／day，blackboard，Mid-autumn，software，mainland．．． c. 动名词＋名词：sitting ／waiting-room．．． d. 动词＋名词：playground ／house， watchtower，chopsticks，washroom，checkout， breakfast．．． e. 名词＋动名词：handwriting，homecooking，thanksgiving，roller-skating．．． f. 动词＋副词：get-together
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