unit6[上学期]
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The first Period
Teaching Steps:
Step1 warming up
1. T: There are many outstanding scientists in the world who made great contributions to society and science. Now make a list of the names of some scientists and their contributions.
Maria curie ------ radioactivity Zhang Heng ------ seismograph
Thomas Edison ------ light bulb Charles Darwin-------The Theory of Evolution
Albert Einstein ------ The Theory of Relativity
T: Well done. What do you think makes a successful scientist (Discussion)
B: much imagination , intelligent , creative, hard—working, confident, curious, careful.
2. Look at the pictures in the book. Have the students read he quotes and discuss what the quotes mean in class.
3. have the students present more quotes they know about science and thinking.
Step2 listening
1. Go through the requirements first ,and then listen to the descriptions of some famous scientists to get the main idea.
2. play the tape again and finish the exercise.
3. check the answers.
Step 3.Speaking
1. Work in groups of five. Each group member represents a branch of science, and debate each other to see which branch of science is the most important and useful for society. They should prepare their role cards and then debate each other.
2. Ask one group to present their debate in class.
Example:
S1: I think biology is the most important and useful science because people can not live without living things. If there were no science of biology, there would not be medicine.
S2: Well, maybe.But I think chemistry is the most important and useful ,because chemistry is the key to the progress of the human being. Besides, it is chemical reaction that produces many new things.
S3: It is hard to say .There are many physical products. And physics is widely used in many fileds, such as medicine, industry and agriculture. There would be no life without physics. So I think physics is the most important and useful for science.
S4: That’s true. But maths is the basic science.You can not learn physics or chemistry well without a good knowledge of maths. Maths is a tool in science and engineering .Therefore, maths is the most important and useful science. What’s your idea
S5: Well,there’s no doubt that maths is an important and useful science .In my opinion,the most important and useful science should be computer science in our modern information society. The computer is now an indispensable tool in many fileds. It can settle all kinds of problems at a high speed and can help people work easily. So I think computer science is the most important and useful science.
Step 4. Homework
1. Collect more quotes after class.
2. Preview the reading text----“No Boundries”.
The second Period
Teaching Steps:
Step1.Lead-in
1.Introduce and explain the title of the passage.------"Science is no boundries."
T: Everyone can study science.and share the results of science.The study of science is never finished.
2.Introduce something about Stephen Hawking.
Step 2.Discussion
1.Read Paragraph One,try to discuss the situation in paris.
Imagine this : you are a ….
2.Then ask two students to tell how they would feel and what they would do .
S1: I won’t give up my dreams.I will spend all my rest time having fun.I will travel around the world and eat different kinds of food in the world…
Step3.Reading
1. Read the passage and find out the answers to the following questions:
a. What did Stephen Hawking feel after he was told that he had an incurable disease.
b. What did he do
He went to his research and got his PhD.
c. Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD
In order to get married.
d. When did Hawking become famous
In the early 1970s.
e. When did Hawking visit Beijing In 2002
2. After several minutes,ask five students to answer the questions.
3. Explain some language points :
a. There didn’t seem much point in doing sth =there is no point in doing sth .
e.g There is no point arguing with him.
b. work on
e.g He is working on his composition.
c. go by
e.g He went by my house yesterday.
d. be/get engaged to sb
e.g He got engaged to Mary last month.
e. in order to ….
e.g. In order to study English,he listens to English songs. In order to listen to English songs,he often buys English tapes.
f. go on with
e.g After a short rest,he went on with his study.
g. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of .=He didn’t let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of .
stop sb from doing sth / dream of
h. make a discovery
I. Turn out ( to be )
The experiment turns out to be very successful .
Step 4. Listening and reading
1. Play the tape,and let the students listen and read after it.
2. Have them read the text aloud.
Step 5. Post-reading
1. Finish the exercises in the post-reading part.
2. Check the answers.
Step 6. Consolidation
1. Raise any problems they have .
Step 7. Homework
1. Read the text after class
2. Write all the phrases and important points in the exercise book
3. Write a passage about Stephen Hawking.
The third Period
Teaching Steps:
Step1.Revision
1. Read the text aloud.
2. Read the words in the unit.
Step2.Word Study and Practising
1. Choose the closest meaning to the underlined word in Word Study.
seek：search for obvious：easily seen
Gravity：the natural force that attracts objects towards the earth’s centre.
Predict：tell before it happens observe：look carefully at
match：look exactly like
2. Do Ex 1 in the WB. Pick out the sentences in which the underlined words are used with the same meaning as they have in the text.
3. Do Ex.2 in the plete the sentences by choosing the correct word from the pairs in brackets.
e.g A microscope can make small objects look much larger.
Step 3. Grammar
1. Explain the use of the Infinitive:
The Infinitive:
a. subject ：(主语) To learn English is important.
It’s important to learn English.
b..predicative：（表语）常放在BE动词后面
My job is to clean the classroom.
c.Object：(宾语) 放在谓语动词后面
I want to go . I find it important to learn English.
d.Attribute：（定语） 放在名词后，修饰名词
I have much homework to do .
e.Adverbial：（状语）放句首或句末，表目的、结果或原因等
We came here to learn English.(表目的)
We arrived at the station only to find that the train had gone.(表结果)
I am glad to meet you .(表原因)
f.The passive tense: It is honour to be invited to the palace.
Step 4.Exercises
1.Do some exericises in the WB…
Step 5 Homework
1.Revise the grammar and finish the workbook exercises.
Period 4
Teaching steps:
Step1.Revision
1. Revise the Grammar-----the Infinitive
﹙1﹚I study medicine in the college.___To become a doctor_____ is my dream.
﹙2﹚I like drawing pictures.My hobby is __to draw pictures.
﹙3﹚It’s an interesting novel.I find it _interesting to read
﹙4﹚I am hungry . I would like something___to eat _____.
﹙5﹚I study hard __to go to college_.
﹙6﹚I am sorry to _hear that _.
2. Read the text----“No boundries”.
Step 2. Reading
1. Go through the text----Making a difference ,and find out the names of the scientists mentioned in the passage.Then discuss what they are famous for in the class.(Q1)
Stephen Hawking . Galileo Galilei (Prove the theory of Copernicus that the earth moves around the sun .). Francis Bacon. ZhangHeng (invented seismograph;draw maps of heavens and stars). Copernicus.
2. Go through the text again and conclude the characteristics of great scientists mentioned in the passage . (Q2)
( curious ,creative ,believe in what we do , find out what we like to do and what they are good at )
Then discuss which one is the most important ,and give the reasons for it .
Step 3. Language points
1.Explain some language points and difficult sentences in the reading text.
﹙1﹚be satisfied with
His parents were satisfied with his girl-friend.
﹙2﹚take a look at
I took a look at the map .
﹙3﹚what if
By asking why,how ,and what if,curious minds find new ideas and solutions.
What if we move the picture over here
﹙4﹚the other way around
The earth moves around the sun,not the other way around.
We should turn left ,not the other way around.
﹙5﹚He built a model that could move in order to show the position of the stars changed from season to season..
﹙6﹚It was only later that the world recognized his greatness.
﹙7﹚Knowing who we are means knowing how we think and what we like to do .
﹙8﹚Only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference. =We can hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference only by discovering what we do best .
Step 4. Listening and reading
1. Play the tape. Have the students read after the text .
2. Read the text aloud by themselves.
Step5.Writing and Checkpoint
1.Write a passage about a scientist ..
2.Go through the checkpoint .Revise the use of the Infinitive.
Step 6. Homework
1.Finish the passage after class.
2.Finish a paper .
3.Write down all the phrases in the unit.
Period 1
Teaching Steps:
Step1. Revision
1. Have a dictation in class.
2. Read the new words in the period.
media, reliable, fire, face, difficulty, nosy, Gray, editor, reason, elect, go up, burn down, injure, rumor
Step2.Warming up
1. T: Today we will talk about the news media…What kind of news media do you know
Ss: radio ,internet, TV, newspaper, books, magazines, etc
2. Go through the questions below the pictures in the book, and then have the students discuss the questions in class.
﹙1﹚Which of the news media above is the most reliable Why
I think that newspaper is the most reliable , because …..
﹙2﹚How are the media above different from each other
For radio,the host broadcasts some news ,and then the audiences listens to it .For TV ,the host reports some news ,and then the audiences watch it .For magazines or newspapers, the editors or the writers write the articles and then the readers read them. For internet, web designers design the pages and then people can read them from internet .
﹙3﹚How do you know whether what you hear, see or read is true
We can compare the information from TV, newspaper, internet .And then analyse the information and decide whether they are true or not .We can also discuss with our friends or family.
﹙4﹚Do you know how a newspaper is made What about a magazine
People collect information or interview some people .And then analyse and write some articles .At last ,they print them in the newspaper.
﹙5﹚What words will you need to talk about news and the media
journalist ,reporter, news item, article, headline, front page, current affairs, interview, host, cover, presenter, editor, reliable, biased, ads, etc.
Step3.Listening
1. Go through the instructions and questions before listening to the tape. Have them guess what they will hear on the tape.
2. Play the tape. And let the students answer the questions.
3. Check the answers ,and then discuss the speakers’ different attitudes towards Mr Gray.
Step4.Speaking
1.Go through the instructions and then classify the list of ten things that happened today.
International news: 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.
France elected a new president.
National news: Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.
Food prices are going up .
A Chinese scientists has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air.
local news: Three children from your city were killed .
A house in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured .
2000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.
There is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your city.
sports news: China best Brazil 2-1 in football.
2. Discuss and choose five news items for a newspaper. They can use different criteria for making the decisions, eg what do the readers want to know about, what items are more important, etc.
3. Students present their choices in class.
Step5.Homework
1. Preview the next lesson.
2. Write down a short passage about which five items to put in the newspaper and the reasons .
The Second Period
Teaching Steps:
Step 1.Revision
1. Have the students talk about their decisions they made in the speaking part.
Step2 New words
1. Read the new words in the reading text.
Step3.Pre-reading
1. Look at the tile and the pictures, and then guess which questions the text till answer.
Step 4.Reading
1. Go through the first paragraph with the students, then get the main idea of the whole passage.
2. Have the students read the text, and then get what the two reporters answered in the interview.
﹙1﹚ How do they decide what they are going to write
e. g. Discuss with the editor, interview some people, etc
﹙2﹚ Which of the articles that they have written do they like best
Chen Ying: about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China
Zhu Lin: about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad .
﹙3﹚ What would they write about if they could write any article they want
Zhu Lin: about music, art, nature, and the importance of spiritual fulfillment.
Chen Ying: about people whom people seldom read about .
Step 5.Language points
﹙1﹚ more than He more than smiled, he laughed outright.
﹙2﹚ relate to The article relates to the cultural relics.
﹙3﹚ switch roles
﹙4﹚ for once For once, he was won.
﹙5﹚ rather than He is a writer rather than a teacher.
﹙6﹚ adapt to It’s hard to adapt to new situation.
﹙7﹚ be addicted to The child is addicted to computer games
﹙8﹚ even if I’ll help you, even if I have to help for a night.
﹙9﹚ draw attention to The professor drew our attention to the air pollution.
﹙10﹚on all sides You may see it on all sides.
Step 6.Listening and speaking
1. Play the tape, and the students listen carefully.
2. Have the students read the passage ,and raise any problems they have .
3. Answer the questions in the post-reading part.
Step7.Homework
1. Read the passage after class.
2. Remember all the language items in the period.
Period 3
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Revision
1. Read the reading text aloud.
2. Read the words learnt in the last period.
Step 2. Word Study
1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Change their forms if necessary.
2. Check the answers.
3. Look at the words in the Ex. 2. and put them into three groups according to their meanings: positive , negative or neutral.
Positive: reliable, experienced .informed talented ,.balanced
Neutral: unique ,printed, social
Negative: nosy. careless, awful, addicted
Step 3. Grammar
1. Look at the sentences from the text of the last period .Work in pairs to translate each sentence into Chinese and then tell if he past participle in it is used as attribute or predicative.
Attribute: experienced , informed . talented, organized , stolen, addicted, printed
Predicative: needed , respected, tolerated.
2. Rewrite each past participle that is used as attribute with the attributive clause in Ex.2.
e.g. informed decisions== decisions that are informed.
3. Rewrite the sentences in Ex.3 with the past participle.
4. Change the underlined part into a past participle phrase and then make a sentence with it in Ex.4.
5. Read the news in the Ex.5 and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. They can discuss with their partners.
Note: Tell them the different usages of the past participles (-ed) and the present participles(-ing) .
Step 4. Consolidation
1. Review the usages of the past participles as attribute and predicative.
Step 5. Homework
1. Finish the exercises in the WB.
he Fourth Period
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
1. Complete each sentence with the right forms of the verbs in brackets.
﹙1﹚I had nothing to do .I was _bored (bore) and lonely.
﹙2﹚Jack looked even more amazed (amaze) than he left.
﹙3﹚The results were very disappointing .(disappoint)
﹙4﹚I was thanked by the satisfied (satisfy) customer.
﹙5﹚The girl dressed (dress) in red is my daughter.
﹙6﹚Last Monday our class went on an organized (organize) trip.
Step 2. New words
1. Learn the new words in this period
trouble-maker, responsible ,caring ,polluter, arm, comparison, update, checklist
Step 3.Reading
1. Play the tape .The students listen to the two reports and discuss which one is reported truthfully in pairs.
2. Read the reports carefully and discuss the questions in the students book.
﹙1﹚ How are the reports different
Report One Report Two
Trouble-maker responsible ,caring citizen who love nature and planet ,
rude ,noisy brave, strong
Most successful company polluter
Caused trouble, make it difficult talk to workers and left positive messages
for the workers to get into the factory
﹙2﹚ Who do you think wrote each report
The first writer supports the company ,while the second writer supports the citizens.
﹙3﹚ What do you think are facts and what are opinions
Some citizens demonstrated outside a factory to protect the nature and our planet.
﹙4﹚ What would be a good headline for each story
a. Trouble-makers stop wokers.
b. Activists protest against polluter
﹙5﹚ What pictures would you use Why
Step 4. Reporting
1. Choose one of the events and write a short newspaper article about it
2. Ask two students to present their articles.
Step 5. Writing
1. Go through the instructions for writing a comparison passage.
2. Compare two different kinds of media, and then write a comparison passage.
Step 6. Homework
1. Finish the writing after class.
Teaching Steps:
Step1 warming up
1. T: There are many outstanding scientists in the world who made great contributions to society and science. Now make a list of the names of some scientists and their contributions.
Maria curie ------ radioactivity Zhang Heng ------ seismograph
Thomas Edison ------ light bulb Charles Darwin-------The Theory of Evolution
Albert Einstein ------ The Theory of Relativity
T: Well done. What do you think makes a successful scientist (Discussion)
B: much imagination , intelligent , creative, hard—working, confident, curious, careful.
2. Look at the pictures in the book. Have the students read he quotes and discuss what the quotes mean in class.
3. have the students present more quotes they know about science and thinking.
Step2 listening
1. Go through the requirements first ,and then listen to the descriptions of some famous scientists to get the main idea.
2. play the tape again and finish the exercise.
3. check the answers.
Step 3.Speaking
1. Work in groups of five. Each group member represents a branch of science, and debate each other to see which branch of science is the most important and useful for society. They should prepare their role cards and then debate each other.
2. Ask one group to present their debate in class.
Example:
S1: I think biology is the most important and useful science because people can not live without living things. If there were no science of biology, there would not be medicine.
S2: Well, maybe.But I think chemistry is the most important and useful ,because chemistry is the key to the progress of the human being. Besides, it is chemical reaction that produces many new things.
S3: It is hard to say .There are many physical products. And physics is widely used in many fileds, such as medicine, industry and agriculture. There would be no life without physics. So I think physics is the most important and useful for science.
S4: That’s true. But maths is the basic science.You can not learn physics or chemistry well without a good knowledge of maths. Maths is a tool in science and engineering .Therefore, maths is the most important and useful science. What’s your idea
S5: Well,there’s no doubt that maths is an important and useful science .In my opinion,the most important and useful science should be computer science in our modern information society. The computer is now an indispensable tool in many fileds. It can settle all kinds of problems at a high speed and can help people work easily. So I think computer science is the most important and useful science.
Step 4. Homework
1. Collect more quotes after class.
2. Preview the reading text----“No Boundries”.
The second Period
Teaching Steps:
Step1.Lead-in
1.Introduce and explain the title of the passage.------"Science is no boundries."
T: Everyone can study science.and share the results of science.The study of science is never finished.
2.Introduce something about Stephen Hawking.
Step 2.Discussion
1.Read Paragraph One,try to discuss the situation in paris.
Imagine this : you are a ….
2.Then ask two students to tell how they would feel and what they would do .
S1: I won’t give up my dreams.I will spend all my rest time having fun.I will travel around the world and eat different kinds of food in the world…
Step3.Reading
1. Read the passage and find out the answers to the following questions:
a. What did Stephen Hawking feel after he was told that he had an incurable disease.
b. What did he do
He went to his research and got his PhD.
c. Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD
In order to get married.
d. When did Hawking become famous
In the early 1970s.
e. When did Hawking visit Beijing In 2002
2. After several minutes,ask five students to answer the questions.
3. Explain some language points :
a. There didn’t seem much point in doing sth =there is no point in doing sth .
e.g There is no point arguing with him.
b. work on
e.g He is working on his composition.
c. go by
e.g He went by my house yesterday.
d. be/get engaged to sb
e.g He got engaged to Mary last month.
e. in order to ….
e.g. In order to study English,he listens to English songs. In order to listen to English songs,he often buys English tapes.
f. go on with
e.g After a short rest,he went on with his study.
g. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of .=He didn’t let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of .
stop sb from doing sth / dream of
h. make a discovery
I. Turn out ( to be )
The experiment turns out to be very successful .
Step 4. Listening and reading
1. Play the tape,and let the students listen and read after it.
2. Have them read the text aloud.
Step 5. Post-reading
1. Finish the exercises in the post-reading part.
2. Check the answers.
Step 6. Consolidation
1. Raise any problems they have .
Step 7. Homework
1. Read the text after class
2. Write all the phrases and important points in the exercise book
3. Write a passage about Stephen Hawking.
The third Period
Teaching Steps:
Step1.Revision
1. Read the text aloud.
2. Read the words in the unit.
Step2.Word Study and Practising
1. Choose the closest meaning to the underlined word in Word Study.
seek：search for obvious：easily seen
Gravity：the natural force that attracts objects towards the earth’s centre.
Predict：tell before it happens observe：look carefully at
match：look exactly like
2. Do Ex 1 in the WB. Pick out the sentences in which the underlined words are used with the same meaning as they have in the text.
3. Do Ex.2 in the plete the sentences by choosing the correct word from the pairs in brackets.
e.g A microscope can make small objects look much larger.
Step 3. Grammar
1. Explain the use of the Infinitive:
The Infinitive:
a. subject ：(主语) To learn English is important.
It’s important to learn English.
b..predicative：（表语）常放在BE动词后面
My job is to clean the classroom.
c.Object：(宾语) 放在谓语动词后面
I want to go . I find it important to learn English.
d.Attribute：（定语） 放在名词后，修饰名词
I have much homework to do .
e.Adverbial：（状语）放句首或句末，表目的、结果或原因等
We came here to learn English.(表目的)
We arrived at the station only to find that the train had gone.(表结果)
I am glad to meet you .(表原因)
f.The passive tense: It is honour to be invited to the palace.
Step 4.Exercises
1.Do some exericises in the WB…
Step 5 Homework
1.Revise the grammar and finish the workbook exercises.
Period 4
Teaching steps:
Step1.Revision
1. Revise the Grammar-----the Infinitive
﹙1﹚I study medicine in the college.___To become a doctor_____ is my dream.
﹙2﹚I like drawing pictures.My hobby is __to draw pictures.
﹙3﹚It’s an interesting novel.I find it _interesting to read
﹙4﹚I am hungry . I would like something___to eat _____.
﹙5﹚I study hard __to go to college_.
﹙6﹚I am sorry to _hear that _.
2. Read the text----“No boundries”.
Step 2. Reading
1. Go through the text----Making a difference ,and find out the names of the scientists mentioned in the passage.Then discuss what they are famous for in the class.(Q1)
Stephen Hawking . Galileo Galilei (Prove the theory of Copernicus that the earth moves around the sun .). Francis Bacon. ZhangHeng (invented seismograph;draw maps of heavens and stars). Copernicus.
2. Go through the text again and conclude the characteristics of great scientists mentioned in the passage . (Q2)
( curious ,creative ,believe in what we do , find out what we like to do and what they are good at )
Then discuss which one is the most important ,and give the reasons for it .
Step 3. Language points
1.Explain some language points and difficult sentences in the reading text.
﹙1﹚be satisfied with
His parents were satisfied with his girl-friend.
﹙2﹚take a look at
I took a look at the map .
﹙3﹚what if
By asking why,how ,and what if,curious minds find new ideas and solutions.
What if we move the picture over here
﹙4﹚the other way around
The earth moves around the sun,not the other way around.
We should turn left ,not the other way around.
﹙5﹚He built a model that could move in order to show the position of the stars changed from season to season..
﹙6﹚It was only later that the world recognized his greatness.
﹙7﹚Knowing who we are means knowing how we think and what we like to do .
﹙8﹚Only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference. =We can hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference only by discovering what we do best .
Step 4. Listening and reading
1. Play the tape. Have the students read after the text .
2. Read the text aloud by themselves.
Step5.Writing and Checkpoint
1.Write a passage about a scientist ..
2.Go through the checkpoint .Revise the use of the Infinitive.
Step 6. Homework
1.Finish the passage after class.
2.Finish a paper .
3.Write down all the phrases in the unit.
Period 1
Teaching Steps:
Step1. Revision
1. Have a dictation in class.
2. Read the new words in the period.
media, reliable, fire, face, difficulty, nosy, Gray, editor, reason, elect, go up, burn down, injure, rumor
Step2.Warming up
1. T: Today we will talk about the news media…What kind of news media do you know
Ss: radio ,internet, TV, newspaper, books, magazines, etc
2. Go through the questions below the pictures in the book, and then have the students discuss the questions in class.
﹙1﹚Which of the news media above is the most reliable Why
I think that newspaper is the most reliable , because …..
﹙2﹚How are the media above different from each other
For radio,the host broadcasts some news ,and then the audiences listens to it .For TV ,the host reports some news ,and then the audiences watch it .For magazines or newspapers, the editors or the writers write the articles and then the readers read them. For internet, web designers design the pages and then people can read them from internet .
﹙3﹚How do you know whether what you hear, see or read is true
We can compare the information from TV, newspaper, internet .And then analyse the information and decide whether they are true or not .We can also discuss with our friends or family.
﹙4﹚Do you know how a newspaper is made What about a magazine
People collect information or interview some people .And then analyse and write some articles .At last ,they print them in the newspaper.
﹙5﹚What words will you need to talk about news and the media
journalist ,reporter, news item, article, headline, front page, current affairs, interview, host, cover, presenter, editor, reliable, biased, ads, etc.
Step3.Listening
1. Go through the instructions and questions before listening to the tape. Have them guess what they will hear on the tape.
2. Play the tape. And let the students answer the questions.
3. Check the answers ,and then discuss the speakers’ different attitudes towards Mr Gray.
Step4.Speaking
1.Go through the instructions and then classify the list of ten things that happened today.
International news: 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.
France elected a new president.
National news: Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.
Food prices are going up .
A Chinese scientists has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air.
local news: Three children from your city were killed .
A house in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured .
2000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.
There is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your city.
sports news: China best Brazil 2-1 in football.
2. Discuss and choose five news items for a newspaper. They can use different criteria for making the decisions, eg what do the readers want to know about, what items are more important, etc.
3. Students present their choices in class.
Step5.Homework
1. Preview the next lesson.
2. Write down a short passage about which five items to put in the newspaper and the reasons .
The Second Period
Teaching Steps:
Step 1.Revision
1. Have the students talk about their decisions they made in the speaking part.
Step2 New words
1. Read the new words in the reading text.
Step3.Pre-reading
1. Look at the tile and the pictures, and then guess which questions the text till answer.
Step 4.Reading
1. Go through the first paragraph with the students, then get the main idea of the whole passage.
2. Have the students read the text, and then get what the two reporters answered in the interview.
﹙1﹚ How do they decide what they are going to write
e. g. Discuss with the editor, interview some people, etc
﹙2﹚ Which of the articles that they have written do they like best
Chen Ying: about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China
Zhu Lin: about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad .
﹙3﹚ What would they write about if they could write any article they want
Zhu Lin: about music, art, nature, and the importance of spiritual fulfillment.
Chen Ying: about people whom people seldom read about .
Step 5.Language points
﹙1﹚ more than He more than smiled, he laughed outright.
﹙2﹚ relate to The article relates to the cultural relics.
﹙3﹚ switch roles
﹙4﹚ for once For once, he was won.
﹙5﹚ rather than He is a writer rather than a teacher.
﹙6﹚ adapt to It’s hard to adapt to new situation.
﹙7﹚ be addicted to The child is addicted to computer games
﹙8﹚ even if I’ll help you, even if I have to help for a night.
﹙9﹚ draw attention to The professor drew our attention to the air pollution.
﹙10﹚on all sides You may see it on all sides.
Step 6.Listening and speaking
1. Play the tape, and the students listen carefully.
2. Have the students read the passage ,and raise any problems they have .
3. Answer the questions in the post-reading part.
Step7.Homework
1. Read the passage after class.
2. Remember all the language items in the period.
Period 3
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Revision
1. Read the reading text aloud.
2. Read the words learnt in the last period.
Step 2. Word Study
1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Change their forms if necessary.
2. Check the answers.
3. Look at the words in the Ex. 2. and put them into three groups according to their meanings: positive , negative or neutral.
Positive: reliable, experienced .informed talented ,.balanced
Neutral: unique ,printed, social
Negative: nosy. careless, awful, addicted
Step 3. Grammar
1. Look at the sentences from the text of the last period .Work in pairs to translate each sentence into Chinese and then tell if he past participle in it is used as attribute or predicative.
Attribute: experienced , informed . talented, organized , stolen, addicted, printed
Predicative: needed , respected, tolerated.
2. Rewrite each past participle that is used as attribute with the attributive clause in Ex.2.
e.g. informed decisions== decisions that are informed.
3. Rewrite the sentences in Ex.3 with the past participle.
4. Change the underlined part into a past participle phrase and then make a sentence with it in Ex.4.
5. Read the news in the Ex.5 and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. They can discuss with their partners.
Note: Tell them the different usages of the past participles (-ed) and the present participles(-ing) .
Step 4. Consolidation
1. Review the usages of the past participles as attribute and predicative.
Step 5. Homework
1. Finish the exercises in the WB.
he Fourth Period
Teaching Steps:
Step 1. Revision and Lead-in
1. Complete each sentence with the right forms of the verbs in brackets.
﹙1﹚I had nothing to do .I was _bored (bore) and lonely.
﹙2﹚Jack looked even more amazed (amaze) than he left.
﹙3﹚The results were very disappointing .(disappoint)
﹙4﹚I was thanked by the satisfied (satisfy) customer.
﹙5﹚The girl dressed (dress) in red is my daughter.
﹙6﹚Last Monday our class went on an organized (organize) trip.
Step 2. New words
1. Learn the new words in this period
trouble-maker, responsible ,caring ,polluter, arm, comparison, update, checklist
Step 3.Reading
1. Play the tape .The students listen to the two reports and discuss which one is reported truthfully in pairs.
2. Read the reports carefully and discuss the questions in the students book.
﹙1﹚ How are the reports different
Report One Report Two
Trouble-maker responsible ,caring citizen who love nature and planet ,
rude ,noisy brave, strong
Most successful company polluter
Caused trouble, make it difficult talk to workers and left positive messages
for the workers to get into the factory
﹙2﹚ Who do you think wrote each report
The first writer supports the company ,while the second writer supports the citizens.
﹙3﹚ What do you think are facts and what are opinions
Some citizens demonstrated outside a factory to protect the nature and our planet.
﹙4﹚ What would be a good headline for each story
a. Trouble-makers stop wokers.
b. Activists protest against polluter
﹙5﹚ What pictures would you use Why
Step 4. Reporting
1. Choose one of the events and write a short newspaper article about it
2. Ask two students to present their articles.
Step 5. Writing
1. Go through the instructions for writing a comparison passage.
2. Compare two different kinds of media, and then write a comparison passage.
Step 6. Homework
1. Finish the writing after class.