冀教版九年级上册 Unit 2 Lesson 8 A universe of thought 教案

Lesson 8: A Universe of Thought教学设计
Step 1 Lead-in and warm-up
Hello, boys and girls. Nice to meet you. I will show a picture of Albert Einstein and ask “Do you know who he is Can you tell us something about him ” Some students answer “Yes, he is born in Germany. He is a great scientist. He is most famous for his Theory of Relativity…” So, let’s learn Lesson 8: A Universe of Thought. Learn more about Albert Einstein.
Learning aims ：
1.Master the key words and expressions
2.Be able to introduce the lifetime of Einstein
3.Learn from Einstein and study hard for our aims .
Important and difficult points of this lesson:
As for the important point, I’d like to help my students to get the meaning and structure of this lesson.
As for the difficult point, I’d like to help them to retell the text.
Step 2 Listening
Listen and choose the thing about Einstein that is Not mentioned in the lesson.
1 . Einstein's hobbies
2. Einstein's sayings
3. Einstein's early years
4. Einstein's family
5. Einstein, the teacher
Step 3 Fast reading
Get some simple information about the text. Here students work individually.
Step 4 Careful reading
Here I ask students to read the text in groups of four. On the one hand, they can get the key information of each paragraph and answer some more difficult questions . On the other hand, they get the opportunity to practice speaking English. I’d like my students work in pairs. Play games and show their reading abilities in the front of the classroom . Here I design a short passage based on the text for my students to complete. They have to complete it using the key words of this lesson . Here students work together.
1. In what field did Einstein solve many problems during his lifetime
2. What is Einstein most famous for
3. In what countries did Einstein teach
4. What did he ask people to do in his last letter
Albert Einstein was one of the _______ minds of last century. He was born in _________in______. He is most famous for his ___________________.
After he finished school, he went on to study ________ in Switzerland .In 1921, he received the __________. In 1933, he left Germany and went to teach at Princeton University in the ____________. Before he passed away, he signed a letter to ask people to ______ nuclear weapons . His sayings are “The important thing is not to ______ ___________. Anyone who has never ________________ has never tried_____________.
Step 5 Retell
I lead my students to retell, and then ask them to retell with me, and then I’ll give them 2 minutes to practice. After that, I’ll ask some of them to retell with the hints.
1. one of… 6. The Unite States(1933)
2. be born in… 7. pass away
3. be famous for… 8. give up
4. go on to do ... 9. stop doing
5. The Nobel Prize (1921) 10. make a mistake
Step 6 Writing
Practice is necessary and important for students. So, this step is to ask students to write a short passage about a great man that I admire.
1. When and where was he/she born
2. What did he /she do
3. What was he /she most famous for
Step 7 Summary
I will make a summary using the mind-map on the blackboard. And asked the monitor to summarize.
Blackboard design:
Lesson 8: A Universe of Thought