unit 5 canada ---“the true north”(vocabulary and useful expressions)
this is the seventh period of this unit,the end of this unit.after finishing learning this unit,students should know how well they did and how they can improve themselves.they should learn how to evaluate themselves.therefore,in this period,there is a part for students to sum up what they learned in this unit.besides,some learning tips are introduced to students.in the workbook,there are two parts:project and checking yourself.the first part is to ask the students to make a research into a great person around himself or herself.the second one is to make the students learn how to evaluate themselves.in a word,this period is designed to go over the whole unit.
●三维目标
1.knowledge:
sum up what the students have learned in this unit,including:useful verbs,useful nouns,useful expressions,new grammar item.
2.ability:
(1)know how well they did in this unit.
(2)know how to improve themselves.
3.emotion:
learn how to evaluate themselves.
●教学重点
(1)enable the students to master useful verbs,useful nouns,useful expressions,new grammar item.
(2)help them to know how well they did.
(3)help them to learn how to evaluate themselves.
●教学难点
help them to learn how to evaluate themselves.
●教具准备
the multimedia and the blackboard.
●教学过程
step 1 greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
step 2 revision
t:yesterday you were asked to writing a passage about a great person.have you finished your homework?
ss:yes.
t:very good.who’d like to introduce your hero/heroine?
s1:i want a try.madam curie is my heroine.she is a french professor of physics.she was born in poland in 1867.in 1891 she went to study in paris university because at that time women were not admitted to universities in poland.when she was studying in paris,she lived a poor life,but she worked very hard.in 1895 she married pierre curie,and then they worked together on the research into radioactive matter.they discovered two kinds of radioactive matter—polonium and radium.in 1904 she and her husband received a nobel prize for physics.after mr curie died in 1906,she went on with her research.she received a second nobel prize for chemistry in 1911,so she became the first scientist in the world to win two nobel prizes.
t:excellent.anybody else?
s2:let me try.albert einstein is my hero.he was born on march 14,1879 in ulm,wurttemberg,germany.einstein contributed more than any other scientist since sir isaac newton to our understanding of physical reality.einstein worked at the patent office in bern,switzerland from 1902 to 1909.during this period he completed an astonishing range of theoretical physics publications,written in his spare time,without the benefit of close contact with scientific literature or colleagues.the most well known of these works is einstein’s 1905 paper proposing “the special theory of relativity.” later in 1905 einstein showed how mass and energy were equivalent expressing it in the famous equation:e=mc2.this equation became a cornerstone in the development of nuclear energy.einstein received the nobel prize in 1921 but not for relativity,rather for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect.he worked on at princeton until the end of his life on an attempt to unify the laws of physics.
from this unit you have also learned
●useful verbs___________________________
●useful nouns___________________________
●useful expressions___________________________
●new grammar item___________________________
now i’ll give you some minutes to write possible answers.
suggested answers:
what have you learned about nelson mandela.
intelligent/determined/generous/kind/unselfish/hard-working/brave/confident
from this unit you have also learned
●useful verbs:
fight,advise,continue,vote,accept,guard,fear,reward,sentence
●useful nouns:
hero,quality,republic,principle,nationalism,livelihood,prison,prisoner,law,fee,gold,passbook,anc,youth,league,stage,position,violence,blanket,degree,terror,fear,cruelty,reward,right,criminal,leader,president
●useful expressions:
lose heart,in trouble,worry about,out of work,youth league,as a matter of fact,blow up,put...in prison,come to,power,set up,be sentenced to
●new grammar item:
the attributive clauses with when/where/why
step 4 learning tip
t:in the last periods,we have learned two passages about nelson mandela.so you have been very familiar with this kind of passage.here is a question for you to discuss.listen carefully.which learning tips do you think are more useful?are you clear about that?
ss:yes.
t:work in groups of four and discuss for a few minutes.then i’ll ask some students to express your opinions.you can begin now.
(a few minutes later.)
t:ok.are you ready now?
ss:yes.
t:who’d like to be the first to talk about your opinions?any volunteer?
s1:i think when we choose a famous person,we must try to find out as much as we can about his or her life.
s2:in my opinion,it is important to read what a famous person did and what people remember about him or her.
s3:i think it is also important to find some people who like him or her and some who do not.at the same time,we should try to find out for what reason they like this person or not.
t:very good.while you are doing this,you will be teaching yourself a useful way of learning.
step 5 project
t:now please turn to page 75.please look at the project.you know a great person need not to be famous.so your task is to look around your hometown and see if you can find anyone who has given up something to help others.then write a short report about research and read it to the class.please finish it after class.