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1Unit1GreatscientistsBriefStatementsBasedonThisUnitThisunitcentersonGreatscientists,includingsomescientistsbothathomeandabroadlikeJohnSnowandCopernicus.Thestudentsshouldbeencouragedtopractisetalkingaboutthesescientists.Thewholeunitcanbedividedintosevenparts:warmingup,reading,listeningandspeaking,Inwarmingup,thereisaquizforthestudentstodo,whichwillarousethestudents’interestinknowingaboutthefamousscientistsandhelpthestudentstoknowscienceisveryimportantinourdailylife.Groupdiscussionandbrainstormingwillbeusedinthisperiodtohelpthestudentstocommunicatewitheachotherusingtheirpreviousknowledge.Inthereadingpassage,thestudentswilllearnaboutJohnSnow,whodefeats“KingCholera”,andgetageneralideaabouthowtoexamineanewscientificidea.Thiswillhelpthestudentstoformtheirownattitudetowardsscience.Inlearningaboutlanguage,thestudentsareencouragedtolearnthefollowingwordsandexpressions:engine,characteristic,radium,theory,scientific,examine,conclude,analyzerepeat,defeat,attend,expose,cure,control,absorb,severe,valuable,blame,immediately,handle,announce,instruct,virus,construction,contribute,positive,movement,backward,complete,enthusiastic,spin,reject,view,steamengine,putforward,drawaconclusion,inaddition,link...to...,bestrictwith,leadto,makesense,pointofview.Whilepractisingusingthelanguage,thestudentswilllearnaboutCopernicus’RevolutionaryInlisteningandspeaking,morechanceswillbegiventothestudentstolearnaboutotherscientistsandtheirspirit.Thestudentsareencouragedtomakeuptheirmindtomakecontributionstoscience.ThestudentswillbeaskedtowritealettertoCopernicusonthebasisoftheunderstandingofthetext.Thelettersaresuretobefullofimaginationandcreativity.Assessmentwillhelpthestudentstolookbackwhattheyhavelearnedandfocusonthedifficultandimportantpoints.Period1Period2Period3ListeningandPeriod4Period6Period7Knowledgeaims:Keywordsinthisunit:engine,characteristic,radium,theory,scientific,examine,conclude,analyze,repeat,defeat,attend,expose,cure,control,absorb,severe,valuable,blame,immediately,handle,announce,instruct,virus,construction,contribute,positive,movement,backward,Keyphrasesinthisunit:putforward,knowabout,lookinto,inaddition,preventsth.from2doing,leadto,makesense,punishsb.for,suggestdoingsth.steamengine,drawaconclusion,link...to...,bestrictwith,leadto,pointofview.Keysentencepatterns:1Buthebecameinspiredwhenhethoughtabouthelpingordinarypeopleexposedtocholera.2Hegotinterestedintwotheoriesexplaininghowcholerakilledpeople.3Onlyifyouputthesuntheredidthemovementsoftheotherplanetsintheskymakesense.Grammarinthisunit:Abilityaims:2.ToguEmotionaims:Toencouragethestudentstolearnaboutsomegreatscientistsandtheirgreatacandhowsciencehelpstoimproveoursocietyandchangeourlife.Meanwhile,inspirethestudentstolearnfromthescientistsandformtheirpositiveattitudetowardsscience.Period1WelcometotheUnitTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodTheunitcenterson“greatscientists”.Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Duringthisperiod,thestudentsshouldbeencouragedtogivetheirpreviousknowledgeofsomeofthefamousscientists,participateintheactivitiesinclassandtrytogetmoreinformationfromthediscussion.Theywilltakepartindifferentformsofactivities,includingpairwork,groupwork,competition,andquiz.Groupcompetitionwillbecarriedoutallthroughtheclass.Wordsandexpressionsinthisunitwillhelpthestudentstotalkaboutthetopic“greatscientists”.Soatthebeginningofthisperiod,theteachershouldspendsometimetrainingthestudentstoreadthemandhelpthestudentspronouncethemcorrectly.Thestudentsareencouragedtolearnthenewwordsingroupsbythemselves,usingdictionariesandotherreferencebooks.Thenmoretimeshouldbegiventothestudentstogetfamiliarwiththewordsandexpressions.Lastly,severalsentenceswillbegiventothestudentstohelpthemtoknowhowtousesomeofthephrases.Thisunitisabout“greatscientists”,sofromtheverybeginning,theteachercanstudentsbrainstormsomethingaboutgreatscientists.Thestudentsarefreetosayanythingthattheyknow.Thestudentswillbequiteinterestedinthistopic.Thisactivitygivesthestudentsachancetoexpresstheirfeelingsabouttheirfavoritescientist.Atthesametime,thisactivitycanstirthestudents’enthusiasminscience.Thentheteachercanhavethestudentsmatchthefamousscientistswiththeirdiscoveries,inventionsortheories,makingsurethattheyhavesomecommonsenseaboutsomeworld-famousscientists.Laterthestudentswillbedividedintoseveralgroups,describeoneofthegreatandletotherstudentsguesswhoheorsheistalkingabout.Inthisway,thestudentsshouldlearntoAfterthat,thestudentswillfeelcomfortabletodothequizinthetext.Thestudentsshouldbe3Meanwhile,thestudents’interestinscientistsandscienceshouldbecultivated.SotwotopicThepost-classactivitiesaredesignedtoarousethestudents’interestinscienceandencouragethemto“DIY—doityourself”intheirdailylifeiftheyhavesomedoubtinsomeareas.TeachingImportantPointsHavethestudentsdiscussgreatscientists.Encouragethestudentstoholdtheirviewsabouttheirfuturecareer.Understandandlearnthefollowingwordsandexpressions:engine,characteristic,radium,theory,scientific,examine,conclude,analyse,repeat,defeat,attend,expose,cure,control,absorb,severe,valuable,blame,immediately,handle