九年级英语下册 Unit 5 Great people Lesson 34教案 冀教版.doc

Lesson 34: A Universe of Thought
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: mind, century, anyone, death
Oral words and expressions: universe, Albert Einstein, lifetime, solve, relative, Theory of Relativity, Nobel, Nobel Prize, Princeton University, unclear, weapon, divorce
Teaching Aims:
Know the stories of the great people.
Learn more about the foreign culture.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Know Einstein’s life and contributions to the world.
2. Grasp some words and expressions on physics.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Einstein’s life and contributions to the world
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Ask the students the following questions:
What do you know about Einstein?
Why did Einstein succeed?
If Einstein wants to make more research on physics, what difficulties must he come over?
Discuss the questions in groups, and then let them report in front of the class. If you think their answers are not completely, you can let them research on the Internet to get more information.
Step2. Come to “THINK AOBUT IT”.
Continue to talk about the questions in formal groups. When one student in one group can’t give the complete answer the others can add what they want to say.
The importance is what you think is the most important thing for a student. Let’s discuss what we can learn from Einstein.
Step3. Read the text and find the answers of the following questions:
What is he most famous for?
Where and where was Einstein born?
What did Einstein think the most important thing was?
Let the students skim the text and give the right answers.
Step4. Read the text further and underline the language points in this lesson. Then ask the students to present the questions in the class. Let the others try to find the answers. The teacher needs to give them right answers and explain the language points to them patients.
Make a list of the language points in this lesson:
famous; mind; stop doing sth.; sign; give up
Now make sentences with the help of the flashcards.
S1: China is famous for the Great Wall.
S2: Einstein is famous for his Theory of Relativity.
S3: Do you mind my opening the window?
S4: Think hard with your mind, you will succeed.
S5: The teacher came in. Let’s stop talking.
S6: Don’t stop searching. I think we will know the truth at once.
S7: Please sign here.
S8: Do you remember the sign?
S9: Don’t give up working hard.
S10: Giving up smoking is good for your health.
Step5. Listen to the tape and read after it in order to get perfect pronunciation. Play the tape again. Let them read with the books closed. Can they do it well?
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Let some students give a report in front of the class. If the others have the same opinion with him, he can stand up and add the necessary content.
Step7. Homework
Finish off the activity book.
Go on the next reading in the student book.
Summary:
From the text, we learn not only Einstein’s stories, but also his spirit of researching. The most important thing of success is the spirit of hard work. If we want to succeed and have a meaning and colourful life, we must study hard. Now our learning situation is much better than before. We must make more progress and research more.