Learning Plan for Unit One

Integrating Skills

I. Learning Goals

1. Learn and master the following phrases:

learn from, be satisfied with, the other way around, take a look at, what if, be known as;

2. Review the language points and grammar-the Infinitive in this unit;

3. Do some reading and writing practice to improve the students’ integrating skills;

4. Learn how to write a descriptive paragraph;

II. Learning Important Points:

1. Improve the integrating skills;

2. Help the students write a descriptive paragraph;

III. Learning Difficult Points:

1. How to understand the passage better;

2. How to learn to write a descriptive paragraph.

IV. Learning Methods:

1. Doing exercises to revise what we have learnt before;

2. Asking-and-answering activity to go through the reading material and understand the passage better;

3. Individual, pair, or group work in class.

V. Learning Procedures

Step 1. Revision

A. Revise the grammar-the Infinitive.

Choose the best answers to fill in the blanks.

1. to live; 2. to discover nature of the universe; 3. to eat. 4. to be wrong; 5. to pass the exams; 6. to find the train had gone;

7. to catch the train; 8. to get married; 9. to miss the train;

1. The goal of Stephen Hawking’s research is ______ and ______ is his biggest dream.

2. The doctor thought he only had three more years _____, which turned out _____.

3. We took a taxi _____. We hurried there, only _____. We were unhappy to _____.

4. He studied hard _____.

5. Lunch is ready. Let’s stop _____.

B. Revise the useful expressions in READING together.

work on, be engaged to sb, go by, turn out, dream of, go on with, use up

1. He ____ one day becoming a famous scientist.

2. Tom ____ Ann.

3. Two weeks slowly _____.

4. He ____ his ink.

5. If we don’t finish painting the room today, we can ____ it tomorrow.

6. His suggestion ______ to be a good one.

7. He _______ a novel.

Step 2. Leading-in

There were many scientists in the world in the past, whose discoveries and inventions can help us understand the world better. Can you say out the names of some scientists and their discoveries?

T: Do you know why and how they made these important discoveries or inventions?

Step 3. Reading

Ok, today we are going to read a passage. It will tell us what makes the scientists make their discoveries. Open your books and turn to page7.

A. Read the passage quickly and then answer some questions.

1. Who said the sentence “Knowledge is power.”?

2. Who are the two scientists in this passage as examples?

3. Where was Galileo Galilei from?

4. What invention did Zhang Heng make?

5. What made Galileo and Zhang Heng become famous scientists?

B. Read the passage again for the following questions:

1. Why could Stephen Hawking make contributions to science work?

2. What can be described as the ability to use knowledge?

3. What’s the most important thing if we want to make a difference?

4. How can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference?

C. Compete the following

.1. From this Passage , we can infer that __________.

A. Copernicus was famous for his microscope and telescope

B. Francis Bacon was a famous scientist

C. In the past, people only know the truth

D. Zhang Heng’s seismograph worked at that time

2. What’s the main idea of the passage ?

A. It’s important and necessary for a scientist to make a difference.

B. How scientists make a difference

C. Everyone should make a difference

D. People should believe themselves

3. Read for the information to complete the table:

Scientists How they make a difference characteristics

Stephen Hawking Always wants to know more; Never satisfied with a simple answer…

Galileo Galilei

Zhang Heng

D. Discussion

Work in group of four. What do great scientists like Stephen Hawking, Galileo Galilei and Zhang Heng have in common? Find out more about them and how they work and think . Use the questions below to get started.

What is the scientific spirit?

How do scientists solve problems?

How do scientists make a difference?

What can we learn from great scientists?

Step 4 Language Points

T: Now you have understood the detailed information about this reading. But perhaps there are still some phrases or sentences in this reading you don’t understand. Find them and try to get to know them.

Step 5 Writing

Who is your favorite scientist? Write a paragraph to describe your favorite scientist. Before you write, you should think about what you want to write. What does the reader need to know about the scientist? How can you best describe him or her? What is the most important or interesting fact about the scientist? Why do you like him or her? You can first discuss these questions in groups. Use your answers to write your paragraph. If you want to know more about him or her, you can use a library or the Internet to find more information after class.

Step 6 Homework

1. Read the reading again and review the language points in this passage.

2. Finish the writing about a great scientist.