idea:The topic of this material isThe Student Who Asked Questions.Itintroduces a story of Yuan Longping who is a father of hybridrice. It talks about hisschool life and the important of his contributions to the world.
2.Linguistic focus:
(1)New phrase:“leading figure”
(2) Listening strategies:
students are required touse fast reading skill toget the general idea of the passage andcareful reading skill to getmore detail information about Yuan Longping
C.Studentscandescribe a scientist’s life and his/her contributionsafter learning this lesson.
3.Cultural information:StudentscanapplyYuan Longping’sspiritto the daily lives.
3.Cultural information: Yuan Longping is a leading figure and his spirit(patriotism,perseverance, belief) is worth learning for everyone.
Learners analysis
Teaching focus
Key points
Ways out
How to help the Ss use the reading skills to getinformation from the passage.
2.Culture disposition: Searchmore information about another scientists who are mentioned in introduction prat, try to compare them with Yuan Longping, and find out the similarities and differences between them.
3.Thinking Quality:analyze the characters and study spirit of thegreat scientists(such as diligent, persistence,patience,responsibility), thenapply them to the daily life.
1.Main idea:
Students have seen reports about yuan longping on TV, read articles about him on their mobile phones, and heard about his deeds.
2.Linguistic focus:
Teaching objectives
Baseon the analysis of material and learners,Iplan my teaching objectives as followings:by this lesson, students are able to:
1.Linguistic competency:
4.Learning Ability:collect and use the words and phrases properly.
analyze ,compare and summarize the data of some scientists’lifetime.
This reflects the combination of independent and cooperative exploration
a.define the meaning of“leading figure”.
e the reading skills of fast reading and careful reading to get some information about Yuan Longping, and retell the passage.Then try to describe another scientist’s life and his/her contribution.
A.May be studentshaven’t known touse technical terms to describe the life and contributions of a scientist.
B.Studentsshoulduse the reading skills to the general idea and more detail information about the life of Yuan Longping,then retell the story.
Lesson plan forGreat Scientists
Basic information
Type of the lesson
Reading
Teachingmaterial
This lesson is taken from Module 4 “Great Scientists of English Book Four, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.