内容正文:
Unit 1 Great people :Section 1 Reading
教学内容
First thoughts (p. 3), Reading (pp. 4–5), Reading comprehension (p. 6) Vocabulary practice (p. 7)
主要语篇
Wang Zhenyi—an outstanding woman scholar
教学目标
通过本课的学习,学生能够:
1. 准确获取王贞仪的基本信息,如生卒年份、家庭背景、职业、主要成就(数学、天文学、诗歌领域)。
2. 结合关键信息,口头介绍王贞仪的事迹。
3. 理解并运用与“伟大人物”相关的核心词汇和短语。
教学重点
理解主阅读语篇内容,提取王贞仪的关键信息,掌握核心词汇和短语。
教学难点
准确梳理人物的信息,以文本为依托,进行内容复述。
【单元课前预习】
1. 布置预习任务:要求学生查阅classical、outstanding、achievement、contribution等词汇的中文释义及用法,并回忆自己钦佩的伟大人物(中外均可)。在预习单上书面回答以下问题:“Who is the great person you admire most? Why do you admire him/her?”
2. 鼓励学生在课前思考“What qualities do great people usually have?”,并在预习单上写下简单的回答,课上进行讨论。回答可参考句式:“I think great people are usually hard-working, patient and ...”
【教学过程】
Step 1 读前活动,引出主题
基于预习作业,组织学生分享自己了解的伟大人物,引导学生讨论教材第3页Think部分的四个引导性问题。
Step 2 阅读预测活动
1. 邀请部分学生分享对屠呦呦、贝多芬、毕加索、哥白尼四位人物的了解(如他们的职业、可能的贡献等)。
2. 指导学生两人一组完成教材Before you read部分的对话,还可以增加问题:“When was … born?”等。
Step 3 学习主阅读语篇
1. Pre-reading
(1) Guessing game:教师依次展示四个句子,引导学生猜测描述的人物是谁。
· She was a female scientist from the Qing dynasty (1768-1797).
· She was good at astronomy and mathematics.
· She explained lunar eclipses(月食) and wrote The Musts of Calculation(《筹算易知》).
· An asteroid was named after her by the International Astronomical Union.
(2) 教师播放关于王贞仪的视频,帮助学生形成对这位伟大人物的初步认识。视频播放完毕后,可请学生围绕“What do you know about Wang Zhenyi?”进行分享。
2. While-Reading
(1) 快速浏览,抓住大意 (Read for the main idea)
指导学生快速通读整篇语篇, 并选出语篇中出现的信息:
What are mentioned about Wang Zhenyi in the text?
☑Her achievements in mathematics ☑Her achievements in astronomy
☑Her poetry □Her marriage
☑Her childhood ☑Her works
☑How she was remembered
(2) 仔细阅读,锁定细节 (Read for details)
先指导学生精读文章,完成Reading comprehension活动1,从文章中找到对应细节,填写mind map。然后带领学生一起捕捉文章细节,并仿照Before you read的表格,填写关于Wang Zhenyi的信息卡。
Wang Zhenyi
Born: Died:
Job:
Contribution:
(3) 边读边思,深化理解 ( Read for thinking)
指导学生再次分段阅读文本,通过回答问题来加深对文章的理解。
Paragraphs 1-2
1. Q: Who was Wang Zhenyi?
A: She was a female mathematician, astronomer, and poet in the Qing dynasty.
2. Q: Why could Wang Zhenyi learn so much knowledge in her childhood?
A: Because she grew up in a family that highly valued education.
3. Q: What did Wang Zhenyi learn from her family members?
A:·She learned mathematics from her father, astronomy from her grandfather, and poetry from her grandmother.
4. Q: What do you think of her family members?
A: (Possible answer) They were knowledgeable and supportive of her education.
Paragraph 3
1. Q: What was the problem with the science books?
A: The language was very old-fashioned and difficult to understand.
2. Q: What was Wang Zhenyi’s creative solution to this problem?
A: She created a simpler method of multiplication and division and wrote a book about it.
Paragraph 4
1. Q: What was the common misunderstanding about eclipses in old times, and what did Wang Zhenyi do to explain it?
A: In old times, people thought eclipses were a sign that heaven was angry with them. Wang Zhenyi set up a simple physical model in a garden.
2. Q: How did Wang Zhenyi build her lunar eclipse model?
A: She used a round table to represent the Earth, a lamp as the Sun, and a round mirror as the Moon.
3. Q: According to Wang Zhenyi’s model, what happens during a lunar eclipse?
A: When the Moon passes into the Earth’s shadow, the Moon becomes darker.
Paragraphs 5-6
1. Q: Besides her scientific work, what other talent was Wang Zhenyi known for?
A: She was an excellent poet.
2. Q: What was special about Wang Zhenyi’s poetry?
A: She wrote about unusually modern topics.
3. Q:What did Wang Zhenyi think of women and men?
A: Women are no less intelligent than men.
4. Q: How is Wang Zhenyi remembered today according to the last paragraph?
A: In 1994, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a crater on Venus after her.
(4) ·解读文本,学会分析 (Read for analyzing)
学生需完成教材第6页活动2、3的问答题。思考王贞仪为何能走在时代前列,是什么使她成为一位杰出的女性学者,以及我们能从她身上学到什么。
3. Post-Reading
角色扮演:(教师首先需要虚构一个合适、合理的语境,使得王贞仪能跨越时空与当今时代的人们交流。)一名学生扮演王贞仪,其他学生扮演记者。记者围绕主阅读语篇,准备关于王贞仪的家庭背景、学习经历、成就贡献、思想观念等方面的问题。随后召开新闻发布会,由扮演王贞仪的学生回答记者的提问。该活动鼓励学生用自己的语言和理解来回应问题。
【评价】
课后指导学生填写以下学习评价表:
评价内容
评分 (1-5)
1. 我能获取语篇中关于伟大人物的基本信息。
1 2 3 4 5
2. 我能谈论伟大人物的核心信息和成就贡献。
1 2 3 4 5
3. 我能表达自己对伟大人物品质的看法。
1 2 3 4 5
4. 我能运用所学词汇和句式进行简单的角色扮演或信息复述。
1 2 3 4 5
【课后作业】
基础作业:
1. 模仿课文录音的语音、语调,朗读课文,理解并掌握课文内容。
2. 假设你是王贞仪,请用第一人称改写主阅读语篇。(e.g. I was born in ...)
拓展作业:
1. 在互联网上搜索王贞仪或Before you read中其他伟大人物的更多信息,书面记录、整理这些信息,对教材内容进行补充。
2. 小组合作,选择一位伟大人物,参考主阅读语篇的语篇结构与信息组织方式,用英语介绍其基本信息,下节课进行两分钟左右的展示。
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