人教版英语必修五Unit 1（John Snow defeats_King Cholera）教学教案

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

遵化市第一中学 李晓红

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 1 John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
Teaching Goals:
1. Enable the Ss to get to know some knowledge about Cholera.   
2. Enable the Ss to understand the passage well.
3. Let the Ss learn some reading skills by scanning and skimming. 4. To learn from the great scientists and develop the noble spirits .

key points:

1. To train the reading skills of skimming, scanning and careful reading;

2. To master the details of the passage and appreciate the spirits of 

the scientists.

Difficult points 

1. To develop the students’ ability of grasping the main idea of each paragraph.

2. To get some detailed information by reading the text.

Teaching methods

1. Skimming & scanning

2. Discussion methods

3. Pair work of group

4. Competition

Teaching process:

Step 1 Lead in

本单元标题是伟大的科学家。所以活动的设置为让学生说出自己熟知的科学家姓名、其发明、工作、生活的情况。任务简单，学生感兴趣。然后教师通过多媒体呈现相关科学家及其成就的图片和文字。既能让学生体会到本堂课的主题，又能激发学生的好奇心和求知欲，营造一种宽松和活跃的课题氛围，为下一步教学做了很好的铺垫。
task1. Name some famous scientists you know and tell something about them.
Charles Darwin---He was British. He wrote the Origin of Species.
Thomas Edison---He was an American inventor. He invented electric light.  
Stephen Hawking---He is a British. He studied black holes of space.

Step 2. Reading

Task 1: Look at the title of the passage. Do you know the scientist John Snow? What was he famous for? What do you know about “King Cholera”?

设计意图:强调学生要注意根据标题来猜测文章主要大意的阅读技巧并补充一些有关霍乱和“John Snow”的背景知识，使学生能够更好的理解全篇文章。

Background introduction to John Snow

John Snow (1813-1858) was born and worked as a doctor in