Teaching plan for Unit One
Class




Date

project
Great scientists
Period One
Aims and demands
1. Enable the Ss know sth about great scientists.
2. Learn some new words and expressions.
3. How to examine a new scientific idea.
4. Comprehend the reading passage.
Main points
Warming up and Reading passage
Difficult points
Comprehend the reading passage
Teaching procedures
Step One warming up
1.  Show the Ss some pictures of great scientists; ask them to talk about them.
2.  The Ss discuss the quiz questions in groups and walk along to offer them help if needed.
3.  Work out their answers by themselves.
4.  Check their answers to see who knows the most.
Step Two pre-reading
1.  The Ss discuss the stages in examining a new scientific idea in pairs by asking the questions in the pre-reading.
2.  Ask the Ss to put them in order and get their answers.
Step Three Reading passage
1.  Fast reading. Let the Ss go over passage as fast as possible and try to find the hard words, expressions and sentences they have.
2.  Explain the difficulties they have.
3.  Extensive reading. Ask the Ss to read the passage more carefully and then try to complete the chart in the comprehending by discussing in groups.
4.  Choose some Ss to answer the questions in the comprehending.
5.  Ask the Ss to choose one of the paragraphs to read aloud fluently.
Notes: steam engine, physical characteristics, put forward a theory, draw a conclusion, expose to, be to blame, in addition (to), be linked to, know about, absorb into.
It seemed the water was to blame.
To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that …be found. (suggest sb do sth)
Step Four homework
Read the passage again and go over Learning about language.


Teaching plan for Unit One
Class




Date

project
Great scientists
Period Two learning about language
Aims and demands
1. Discover the useful words and expressions.
2. Learn and improve the use of useful words and expressions.
Main points
Learn to use the words and expressions that the Ss discover.
Difficult points
Improve the use of the words and expressions.
Teaching procedures
Step One Learning about language
1.  Discover the useful words and expressions in this unit in groups of four.
2.  Ask the Ss to show their results to the class.
3.  Ask them to study the words and expressions in Exx.1
4.  Ss have a discussion and do the exercise.
5.  Check their answers.
6.  Change the verbs into nouns and make sentences by using “make a …”
Step two Using words and expressions
1.  Make sure the Ss know the words and expressions.
2.  Let the Ss work in groups to complete the blank in Exx.1.
3.  The teacher walks around the offer them help.
4.  Check their answers. The possible answers are: exposed to, linked to, connect to, blame, examine, test, rejected, defeated.
5.  Do the translations. Ss discuss the sentences and the translate them into English, using the words and phrases in brackets.
Step three words learning
1.  Show the Ss a list of prefixes. Ask the to talk about them.
2.  Ask them to work in groups to find some words with the prefixes and study their meanings.
3.  Ask them to show their results to the class.
4.  Walk around the class to give them help if needed.
Step four study the use and meanings of suggest.
1.  Study the meaning of suggest by looking the dictionary entry.
2.  Match the meanings with the sentences on the right in Ex.4.
3.  Check their answers.
Step five Homework
Write down the translation Exx.2, 4, 6 and 7 in the exerci
生词表:

enable [i´neibəl]   vt.使能够；赋予权力   (初中英语单词)

scientific [,saiən´tifik]   a.科学(上)的   (初中英语单词)

reading [´ri:diŋ]   n.(阅)读；朗读；读物   (初中英语单词)

extensive [ik´stensiv]   a.广阔的；大量的   (初中英语单词)

physical [´fizikəl]   a.物质的；有形的   (初中英语单词)

conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən]   n.结束；结论；推论   (初中英语单词)

expose [ik´spəuz]   vt.揭露，暴露；陈列   (初中英语单词)

addition [ə´diʃən]   n.加；加法；附加物   (初中英语单词)

absorb [əb´sɔ:b]   vt.吸收；吸引   (初中英语单词)

learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)

discussion [di´skʌʃən]   n.讨论；辩论   (初中英语单词)

comprehend [,kɔmpri´hend]   vt.了解；领会；包含   (高中英语单词)

translate [trænz´leit, træns-]   v.翻译；解释；说明   (高中英语单词)

translation [træns´leiʃən, trænz-]   n.翻译；译文；译本   (高中英语单词)

warming [´wɔ:miŋ]   n.暖和；加温   (英语四级单词)

happening [´hæpəniŋ]   n.事件，偶然发生的事   (英语四级单词)