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Unit
PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
1
— Period 5 Reading & Writing
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Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, you will be able to
1.Construct a life story in time order;
2.Conclude the structure of an introduction to an admirable person;
3.Create a passage about a person you admire.
2
What do you know about
Albert Einstein?
Lead-in
a gentle genius
a great scientist (the general theory of relativity, E=mc², explanation of the photoelectric)
Got Nobel Prize for Physics
a slightly odd looking but kind and funny man.
Pre-Reading
The text mainly talks about
Albert Einstein’s ________ and ____________.
life story
achievements
THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE
Predict the main idea from the picture and title.
What’s the type of this text?
A. Narration
B. Biography
C. Argumentation
D. Practical writing
Pre-Reading
Pre-Reading
How does the writer develop the text?
while-Reading
Scanning and complete the timeline
Born in Germany
1879
1896
1955
1933
1895
1900
1902
1905
1909
1922
Entered university
Failed to enter university
Graduated from university
Took a job
as a clerk in the Swiss patent office
Entered research full-time at a university
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics
Fled
Germany
Passed away
Earned a doctorate in physics and published four extraordinary physics papers
While-Reading
Read and sum up the main points of each paragraph.
Para 1:
Introduction (his great contributions and personalities)
Great contributions
Personalities
仿写
Albert Einstein, who is perhaps the greatest scientist in modern physics, is often considered one of the smartest men who ever lived.
Yuan Longping, who is one of the greatest figures in modern China, is considered the “ father of hybrid rice”.
作为当代中国最伟大的人物之一,袁隆平被人们称为“杂交水稻之父”。
仿写
Einstein was not only a genius; he was a courageous and kind figure loved by many people.
Yuan was not only an extraordinary scientist; he was but also a person who had a wide range of hobbies, like