Unit 2 Great minds国家优质课一等奖

Teaching Plan Teacher: School：

Lesson length:

Teaching Aims：

1. Students can read and understand the story and the sense of humor/wit of the two different characters.

2. Students to guess the meanings of some new words in the context: genius, curiosity, let...down, complex, etc. 3. Students’ reading skills of skimming and scanning so as to get the general and specific information from the text. 4. Students have a better understanding of the great scientist Einstein. Guo Chen（郭晨）

Yu Min Middle School 40 mins Date：

Level: Lesson type: March 14th, 2019 Senior One Reading Teaching Key and Difficult Points:

(1)

To build up students’ reading strategies such as skimming and scanning, and help they better understand the magazine article.

(2)

To develop

students’ speaking skills

and creative thinking by heated discussion ans inspiring questions.

Assumptions:

(1)

Students have already experienced reading lessons before, but hardly have they been exposed to the literary form of story.

(2)

Students have certain knowledge about Albert Einstein but they may not know his personality.

Teaching Aids Multi-media facilities; hand-out

Procedures Pre-reading

Teacher’s activities 1. Show Ss some pictures and answer the questions Step1 on the screen. 2. Guide Ss to define the

meaning of ‘fictional’ and Students’

activities 1. Look at some pictures and answer the questions given by

the teacher. 2. Define ‘fictional’

Purpose 1. Introduce the concept of ‘fiction’& ‘non-fiction’. 2. Lead to the main character of the story by identifying the four characters in the pictures.

‘non-fictional’, and show some examples. Let Ss look at the 3 pictures in the story, read Step2 the title and the introductory part, and answer some questions.

Let Ss read Paragraph 1-3 Step1 and fill in the blanks on the

screen given by the teacher. and ‘non-fictional’

with the help from the teacher. 1. Ss can have a general idea of the Look at pictures on theme and main characters.

textbook and answer 2. Arouse Ss’ curiosity in learning and 4 questions.

stimulate Ss’ background of the scientist Einstein. Read Paragraph 1-3 quickly and finish the exercise on the screen. Ss learn the background of the story and know the personality of the character Einstein, which can lay foundation for reading later. 1. Guide students to find the detailed information of the passage. 2. Practice the students’ reading ability of scanning. 1. Strengthen Ss’ understanding of the story and the title ‘Two Geniuses’. 2. Encourage Ss express their opinions. 1. Help students to consolidate the newly-learned words of the article. 2. Let Ss truly understand the plots of the story. Review the reading strategies used in class and consolidate the understanding of the article.

While-reading

1. Ask Ss to read the rest of the story to find out the Step2 details of the story.

2. Ask Ss to answer more questions. Invite Ss to have a

discussion about the Step3 sentence in the story and show their opinions. 1.Scan the passage and finish the tasks 2. Give the answers. Post-reading

Homework

Ss have a discussion under the guidance of the teacher and give their ideas. 1. Play a game 1. Invite Ss to play a game: together to guess the word guessing.

correct words 2. Ask Ss to retell the story. 2. Try to retell the story. 1. Listen to the tape and read the text aloud at least three times. 2. Complete Exercise E1 on page 21.

M1U2 Extraordinary tales Reading: Two Geniuses Task 1 Read Paragraph 1-3 Albert Einstein is regarded by many people as a _________. He tried his best to explain_______________ , which speed up the development of _____________.Einstein once said that his only gift was ____. Because of his reputation, he was often invited to _______________________________. Einstein had a driver named ______, he often said to Einstein that,'__________________________________.

Task 2 Find key words and phrases

Time

On their way

At the university

Left the university

Events(words & phrases)

Einstein Hans

so tired

let....down

Task 3 Retell the story:

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. —Albert Einstein