班级:_________ 姓名:_________
XB1 U5 Revealing nature
Understanding ideas学案
Teaching objectives:
Lead the students to skim the text, get familiar with the topic context, get the main idea of the text, perceive the structure and language characteristics of the narrative text, and follow the sequence of events;
2. Lead the students to read the text carefully and interpret the text Darwin's journey of discovery;
3. Guide students to read the text, learn and master the vocabulary related to the topic in the text, and use the vocabulary to communicate;
4. Guide students to relate to the reality of life, experience the hardships of exploration from the story of Darwin, learn the scientific spirit and innovation of scientists, and use this to guide their actual study and life.
课前预习案
Background information:
Charles Robert Darwin查尔斯.罗伯特.达尔文 (Feb 12th, 1809—Apr 19th, 1882)
The British biologist, naturalist(博物学者)and the founder of Theory of Evolution. In his early years, he sailed around the world on the Beagle for five years, and observed and collected a lot of animals, plants and geological structures. He published the Origin of Species 《物种起源》and put forward the theory of biological evolution.
"Theory of Evolution"《进化论》 as one of the three major discoveries of natural science in the 19th century (the other two are cell theory and the law of conservation and transformation of energy), which has made outstanding contributions to mankind.
Useful expressions:
a disgrace to………的耻辱
one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time有史以来最重要的科学发现之一
the young man in question所说的这个年轻人
give… the chance to do…给……机会……
study various living things研究各种各样的生物
come to exist / come into existence产生(exist短语)
evolve into many different species进化成很多新物种
cause a storm引起强烈反响
evolve from lower forms of life从更低的生命形式进化而来
课中学习案
Activity 1. Pre-reading
Who made this discovery ____________________________________________
What is the discovery _______________________________________________
How did he make the discovery _______________________________________
Activity 2. Fast Reading
1. What's the genre of the passage ( )
A. Exposition B. Argumentation C. Narration
2. What's the structure of the passage
After the journey
Para._______ Para._______ Para.________
The text is organized in order of_______ .
Activity 3. Careful reading
Para.1 Labels on a young man
in captain’s eyes:____________________________________________________
in common people’s eyes______________________________________________
in his families’ eyes__________________________________________________
Para.2 Start a journey
Who ________________________________________________________________
Collecting things ______________________________________________
What
Asking himself a question_______________________________________
Para 3 Generate new ideas
Old ideas _____________________________________________________________
New ideas what ____________________________________________________
how to prove_____________________________________________
Para 4-5 Look for more evidence & Develop the ideas
How_________________________________________________________________
Answer of that question_________________________________________________
Para.6-7 Propose a theory
1. Why did Darwin's book cause a storm when it was published ( )
A.Because many people refused to believe his theory.
B.Because many people agreed with his ideas.
C.Because Darwin's scientific studies were convincing.
D.Because more and more people believed his theory.
2. According to the passage,which of the following words can NOT be used to describe Charles Darwin ( )
A.Brave. B.Diligent. C.Dedicated. D.Modest.
Activity 4. Think & Share
What kind of person was Darwin according to the passage
_____________________________________________________________________
Can you speak out some famous Chinese Scientists
_____________________________________________________________________
课后探究案
Assignment:
Task 1: Number the puzzle pieces in order. Organize information from the passage and complete them.
Task 2: Fill in the blanks.
As a young man .disgrace to his family. Charles Darwin was regarded to be 1._______ However , his adventures on the ship, the Beagle, would lead to one of the most important scientific 2.________(discovery) of all time.The journey on the ship offered him a good opportunity 3._______(study) the living things on the islands. He was so fascinated by rocks, plants and animals on the islands 4._______ he got his room crowded with samples. At that time, it was believed that all species5._______(appear) on Earth at the same time and hadn't changed since. Through his careful observation, he began to think 6._______(different). He noticed that the beaks of the finches had some differences on each of the islands according to what they ate. So he thought they must have evolved from a common ancestor , and they had evolved to adapt 7.________ the environment.
Darwin based his new ideas on his observation and generated his theoryof 8._______(evolve). The book, On the Origin of Species, explained his theory, 9._______(cause) a heated storm of debate. Today it is still regarded as one of the most important works ever 10._______ (write).