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

教学设计 课程基本信息 学科 英语 年级 高二 学期 秋季 课题 Unit 1 Science and Scientists (Reading and thinking) 教科书 书 名：选择性必修二 出版社：人民教育出版社 教学目标 By the end of this class, stundets will be able to: 1. Linguistic ability predict the content based on the title; locate specific information while reading; grasp vocabulary such as contradictory, infection etc; 2. Cultural awareness appreciate the significance of the scientific spirit; 3. Thinking abilities compare, analyze the given information and infer; 4. Learning strategies acquire learning resources from videos and websites; reflect on and evaluate the learning process and outcome. 教学内容 教学重点： To enable students to: 1. locate specific information while reading; 2. compare, analyze the given information and make inference; 3. appreciate the significance of the scientific spirit. 教学难点： To enable students to: 1. compare, analyze the given information and make inference; 2. appreciate the significance of the scientific spirit. 教学过程 Activity 1: Video-watching 1. Students are asked to watch a short video and consider: 1) how do scientists perceive and interpret the world? 2) What is mainly included in the scientific process? 2. T leads in the quotation on the Front Page: “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. -- Albert Einstein & Leopold Infeld” [Designing purpose] The video offers a visual and auditory input about how scientist perceive the world. Introduction of the scientific process stimulates Ss’ motivation in reading and thinking. In this activity, Ss’ learning strategies and thinking abilities of comparing, analyzing and reflecting are enhanced. Activity 2: Predicting Predict the content of the passage based on the title and the diagram. [Designing purpose] Raising questions based on the title and the pictures is intended to help enhance Ss’ linguistic ab