Copernicuss Revolutionary Theory - 宝鸡教研网.doc

英语（必修5）Unit 1 Great scientists教学设计 Reading and writing: Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory 宝鸡市陈仓区天王高中 王海英 编者按： 2008年9月11日，市教育局组织全市高中教育教学质量管理检查调研，在陈仓区天王高中检查时，英语教研员任军利听课后认为，王海英老师这节课有研究价值。经过与王老师交流探讨，反思教学过程，修改教学设计，现予以发表，请大家发表意见。 宝鸡市教育局教研室 Ⅰ Teaching Aims Emotional aims: ① Inspire the students to learn the great scientist’s scientific methods of doing research and sacrifice spirit. ② Stimulate the students’ interest of finding and solving problems. 2 Ability aims: ①Train the students reading and writing ability ②Enable the students to talk about the stages in scientific research. Knowledge aims: ①Help the students know about Copernicus’ theory and his characteristics ②Target language. Key words and expressions. Lead to , movement, make sense, complete, back ward, Spin, enthusiastic, cautious, reject. Important sentence patterns ①Although he had tried to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion : that the earth was not the center of the solar system. ②Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense. ③The problem arose because astronomers had noticed that some planets in the sky seemed to stop ,move backward and then go forward in a loop. ④Yet Copernicus’ theory is now the basis on which all our ideas of the universe are built. Ⅱ Important and Difficult points: Learn about the common stages in doing a research. Learn to write a persuasive letter. Ⅲ Teaching Methods. Task-based learning and practicing. Cooperative learning and writing. Ⅳ Teaching Aids Tape-record Ⅴ Teaching Procedures. Preparation： Step1 Dictation.① Dictate some new words and expressions in the passage. Get a boy and a girl to come up to the blackboard. Revolutionary , movement , make sense , backward , spin spun spun ,enthusiastic , cautious , reject , universe ②Then ask two students to examine their dictations .One word is one grade . Keep a record of