高三 (上) U1 Madame Curie

Ⅰ. Teaching objectives and demands:

1.　　 After the learning of this unit the students are supposed to master the following words and expressions: Madame; disappoint; disappointing; willing; devote to; go over; have…to with; radium; Poland; overcoat; succeed in; graduation; industrial; uranium; give off; ray; radioactive; mineral; polonium; in honour of; motherland; from then on; go by; endless; above all; believe in; work hard at; ground floor; bench; lead; false; set off; cure; disadvantage; effect; shock; post; gram; institute; admire; determination/ courage; battlefield; heart and soul; pay off; debt

2.　　 The students required to understand and also be able to use the daily expressions in communication:

I’m sure….

I’m not sure….

I’m not sure whether….

I’m not sure if….

I doubt if….

3. Grammar: in learning the unit, we are going to revise the attributive clause.

4. Language use: the students are got involved in listening, speaking, reading and writing practice to improve their language use abilities.

5. Ethics teaching: after learning this unit, the students are supposed to learn from Madame Curie of her devoting herself to science.

Ⅱ. Time arrangement:

This unit is going to be finished in 6 teaching periods, including a unit test.

Ⅲ. Key and difficult points of this unit:

1. Grammar: the attributive clause

2. Words and useful expressions

3. Daily expressions in communication

4. Listening and writing practice

Lesson 1

Ⅰ. Teaching objectives:

1. Students are required to master the following words and useful expressions:

Madame; disappoint; disappointing; willing; devote to; go over; have…to with;

2. Students are supposed to master and use the everyday English for communication: dialogue presentation.

3.Grammar: revision of attributive clauses (in real- situation dialogues)

4. Language use: Manipulate listening, speaking practice for the students to use the language.

Ⅱ. Teaching aids:

tape recorder; slide show; computer; multimedia education software

Ⅲ. Key points:

1. Dialogue presentation

2. Vocabulary and grammar usage in real-situation dialogues

3. Free dialogue making

4. Learn the expressions of express your ideas.

Ⅳ. Teaching crux:

1. have something to do with ------ have nothing to do with

e.g. What he said and what he did had nothing to do with what had already happened.

You have to prove yourself to be innocent, that is, you had nothing to do with the murder.

2. be willing to do : ----- be eager to do sth , and at same time , he himself likes to do so, with no other’s influence

e.g. I am unwilling to help such a mean person , but now he is really in trouble , I think it my duty to do so .

3. devote…to ( doing )

e.g. . Albert Einstein devoted himself to the study of Relativity.

That person devoted himself to finding the valuable treasure hidden by the Pirates hundreds of years of ago.

Ⅴ. Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Revision

(1) Revise the expressions of expressing your ideas. Get the students to give some examples.

(2) Revise giving comments (about a conference).

Step 2. Presentation

SB Page 1, Part 1. Tell the students that we are going to learn a dialogue in which four doctors are having comments on the meeting.

Step 3. Listening

Now listen to the dialogue and find out this information:

①　 When were the meeting held? (Last week)

②　 What were meeting about? (Medical conference)

③　 How many doctors were there in the dialogue? (Four)

Pick out some students to answer the questions loudly to the rest of the class.

Step 4. Reading and explanations

Now get the students to read the dialogue in pairs and underline the difficulties and the key points that they think.

(1) have something to do with ------ have nothing to do with

e.g. What he said and what he did had nothing to do with what had already happened.

You have to prove yourself to be innocent, that is, you had nothing to do with the murder.

Similarly we have “have nothing/little to do with.

(2) I’m sure that…. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

I’m not sure whether….

(3) How do you find…? = How do you like…

Step 5. Practice　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

SB P1, Part 2. Tell the students this part is compiled to practice the expressions of expressing your ideas that your are not sure about something. Get the students to make sentences using the phrases given in the box. Pick up students to yell out their sentences and give some more sentences of expressing your ideas.

Step 6. Consolidation

WB Ex.1, get the students to do this exercise orally to consolidate the sentence pattern of expressing your ideas.

Get some students to read their answers to the rest of the class.

Step 7. Workbook

Workbook Lesson 1, Exx.2 and 3. Get the students to do the exercises individually and then check the answers with the students.

Answers: See Wb P73.

Homework

(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 1 in the workbook.

(2) Look up “Madame Curie” in an encyclopedia or in the web.

Ⅵ. Evaluation of teaching:

Lesson 2　 Madame Curie (1)

Ⅰ. Teaching aims:

1. After learning the text, the students are required to master the following words and useful expressions:

willing; devote to; go over; have…to with; radium; Poland; overcoat; succeed in; graduation; industrial; uranium; give off; ray; radioactive; mineral; polonium; in honour of; motherland; from then on; go by

2. Revise the grammar: the attributive clause.

3. Get the students to read the text using the following reading skills: skimming and scanning

Ⅱ. Key points: 1.Words and grammar　 2. Reading comprehension　

Ⅲ. Teaching methods: Reading—practice

Ⅳ. Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Revision

(1) Check the homework exercises.

(2) Revise the key points of Lesson1.

Step 2. Pre-reading report

Pick out some students to report to the class their research in the encyclopedia or the web.