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主题单元标题
Unit 1 Great scientist
作者姓名
吴有恒
学科领域 （在内打√ 表示主属学科，打+ 表示相关学科）
思想品德
音乐
化学
信息技术
劳动与技术
语文
美术
生物
科学

数学
√ 外语
历史
社区服务
体育
物理
地理
社会实践
其他（请列出）：
适用年级
高二年级
所需时间
一课时
主题单元学习概述
本单元主要话题是“科学家如何以探索，钻研，无畏的科研精神验证未知的科学真理”。本单元通过介绍John Snow，钱学森，哥白尼，让学生对科学家的生活有所了解和感悟。此外在学习语言知识，训练语言技能，提高语言交际能力的同时，加强了对学生的品格素养的培养。陶冶了学生的情操。
本单元的学习重点是让学生学会如何来描述人物，并通过阅读John Snow 来了解他是如何战胜霍乱的。根据文章让学生了解有关霍乱的知识。本专题单元可以划分为三个专题：
专题一：Describing people
专题二：Comprehending
专题三：Reading for fun
专题一通过几个句型来描述人物eg: What special features does she or he have?通过对霍乱的描述进一步了解约翰斯诺这个人物。
专题二通过讲述哥白尼是如何发现太阳中心学说的，帮助学生理解文章主旨大意，并会寻求解决问题的方法，同时提高阐明自己观点的能力。
专题三拓展阅读，让学生掌握一些阅读技巧。
主要学习方式:情景学习，问题学习，合作学习，探究学习。
预期的学习效果：学生能够利用上网查询有关霍乱的知识，要求以小组合作的形式完成。培养他们用英语交流的能力。

主题单元学习目标
知识与技能：
本单元的学习重点是让学生学会如何来描述人物，并通过阅读John Snow 来了解他是如何战胜霍乱的。通过阅读进一步掌握阅读技巧。
过程与方法：
1.通过问答使学生回想起不同领域的科学家，了解科学家们对人类的贡献及其成果。
2 介绍英国著名医生John Snow 是如何通过考察，分析，探究的科学方法，发现并控制“霍乱”这种传染病的。
通过阅读课文，使学生感悟科学家的周密观察，勇于探索，认真分析的科学精神，了解科学发现的全过程具有其科学的严密性。
情感态度与价值观：
1．培养学生自己动手能力，从网上下载有关自己感兴趣的科学家的文字材料和图片，用简单英语讲述其事迹。
2. 通过问题帮助学生理解文章主旨大意，学会寻求解决问题的方法。
对应课标
本单元通过介绍John Snow，钱学森，哥白尼，让学生对科学家的生活有所了解和感悟。此外在学习语言知识，训练语言技能，提高语言交际能力的同时，加强了对学生的品格素养的培养。陶冶了学生的情操。
思维导图：

主题单元问题设计
Question1：What qualities do you think a scientist should have?
Question2：Who was John Snow?
Question3: Seven steps in scientific research.
Question4: How did John Snow defeat ‘King Cholera’”
Question5: If you were Copernicus, would you have hidden your theory for so many years? Why or why not?
专题划分
专题一： Describing people Reading （1 课时）
专题二： Comprehending Language points （1 课时）
专题三： Reading Ⅱ writing（1课时）
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其中，专题三作为研究性学习。
专题一
用英语来描述人物。
所需课时
课内1课时
专题学习目标
通过问答使学生回想起不同领域的科学家，了解科学家对人类的贡献及其成果。
专题问题设计
1. What qualities do you think a scientist should have?
2. Who was John Snow?
所需教学环境和教学资源
黑板，多媒体，PPT
学习活动设计
Step 1.Lead in
What is the video about?
What qualities do you think a scientist should have?
要求：学优生：用英语就视频内容做说明。
学困生：老师启发，引导他们说出几个与视频先关联的词汇。
Step 2.Reading
Task 1. Fast-reading
1.Who was John Snow?
2The main idea of the text is How John Snow collected, analyzed the data and found the cause of the disease and solved it
要求：学优生：通过听课文录音能迅速找到文章的大概意思并用英语说明。
学困生: 能在短时间内完成阅读，能找出文章的主旨句。
Task 2. Carefully reading
Match paragraph(1-7 )with seven steps
(1) Para.1 Find a problem.
What is the problem?
(2) Para.2 Make a question:
Two theories(ideas):
(3) Para.3 Think of a method
1. What happened in 1854?
2. How many people died in 10 days
3. What did John Snow do at that time?
(4) Para.4 Collect results
Ask students find out the reasons according to the map.
Which house has the largest number of deaths in this map?
(5) Para.5 Analyze the results
1.What happened to the water?
2. What did the people do？
(6) Para.6 Find supporting evidence
What ’s the extra evidence?
(7) Para.7 draw a conclusion
The polluted water caused cholera.
To prevent cholera from spreading again, what did John Snow do?
Step 3 Fill in the form
Suggested answers:

The problem
Thousands of people died of cholera every time there was an outbreak.Neither its cause, nor its cure was understood.
The cause
Idea 1 Cholera multiplied in the air without reason.
Idea 2People absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals.
The method
He began to gather the information.He marked on a map where all the dead people had lived and the map gave a valuable clue about the cause of the disease.He looked into the source of the water.
The results
Polluted water carried the disease.People who drank the polluted water died of Cholera.
Idea 1 or 2?Why?
Idea 2 is correct.He found two other deaths in another part of Londonthat were linked to the polluted water.With this extra evidence, he was able to announce that polluted water carried the disease.
The conclusion
“King Cholera” was defeated.
Step4 Revision and summary
review “How did John Snow defeat ‘King Cholera”
Step 5 Topic discussion
T: Now let’s come to our topic.We know cholera was a 19th century disease.What disease do you think is similar to cholera today?Why?If you show quite a good opinion, I’ll give you thirty marks.But first I will give you two minutes to discuss it with your partner.
(The teacher should give them about two minutes to discuss, and join in the discussion at the same time.After that, the students will be asked to show their opinions to the whole class.)
S: Since a lot of people die of bird flu, I think bird flu today is similar to cholera.Now the cause of bird flu is not quite clear, but scientists devote their lives to finding out the cause and the cure.
S: In my opinion, SARS is quite similar to cholera.SARS is spread by germs in the air while cholera is spread by germs in the polluted water.A lot of people have been dying of SARS.
Ss: ...
T: This time, the first/second group won the competition.Congratulations!
T: I’d like you to write a short passage about John Snow according to the passage.
Step 6 Write a report:( Homework)
1. The question is whether too much homework is good for us.
2. Use the steps to get your conclusion.
要求:学优生：能用自己的话复述课文。
学困生：能独立完成并回答课文的问题。
Step 7 The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 1　Great scientist Reading
Main idea of each part
教学后记：本节课分层教学，在阅读课文，理解课文的基础上进行课文知识点的细致处理。
需要改进的地方：在调动学生积极性方面需要加强组织教学。

评价要点
学生学习成果及评价：
1. 英语口语表达
2. 听力理解水平
评价方法:教师口头评价 学生互评
学优生评价：能够熟练掌握专题一所学的内容，达成学习目标。能流利地用英语提出问题，判断问题。
学困生评价：能积极向老师和同学求助，能够利用课本所提供的帮助材料学习。