Unit 1 Science and Scientists Reading and Thinking 说课教学设计-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1 Science and Scientists Reading and thinking 湖北省武穴市育才高中 张海英 Good morning, dear judges. It’s my great pleasure to be here sharing my teaching view. The content of my lesson is Senior English required elective course Book 2 Unit 1 Reading and Thinking “John Snow defeats King Cholera” To begin with, I will introduce my basic teaching elements from the following perspectives. Ⅰ Teaching material analysis The theme of this section is "understanding the questioning mind". By guiding students to analyze John Snow's process and methods of exploring the source of cholera, cutting off the source of infection, and finally preventing the epidemic of cholera, the textbook urges them to think about and sort out the basic steps and common methods of scientific research, and understand the important role of questioning spirit in scientific research. This paper is a narrative text that describes the development process of events in chronological order. The steps of scientific research are the hidden clue of the article. Thanks to snow's tireless efforts, people began to drink clean water, and the threat of cholera was significantly reduced worldwide. His research results and research methods are also of practical significance to the prevention of cholera today, and "cholera map" has become a classic case of epidemiological research, so snow has won the reputation of "father of epidemiology". Ⅱ Students analysis 1. Students are the subject of senior 2; They have some life experience and basic knowledge of English; They can understand the basic English sentences; 2. Their learning attitude and motivation is not clear; They are lack of some proper reading strategies. Ⅲ Teaching objectives 1. Leading students to read about how John Snow defeated “King Cholera” 2. Guiding students to analyze John Snow's scientific process and methods of defeating the epidemic of cholera 3. Instructing students to figure out the basic scientific research steps, and understand the important rol