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Step Ⅳ Listening and Consolidation T: Now I’ll play the tape. You can follow it in a low voice. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. (After that, teacher asks the students to do Ex. 1 in Post-reading) T: OK. Now look at Ex. 1 in Post-reading. Choose the best answer for each of the questions. If you have some difficulty, you may discuss it with your partner. After a while, I'll ask some of you to do it. (The students begin to prepare this exercise. After a while, teacher begins to collect the answers.) Suggested answers: 1. C 2. B 3. B Step V Discussion T: OK. Let's have a discussion. Work in pairs or in groups of four. Discuss how to solve the problems in the scientific method. (Show the following on the screen.) How would you use the scientific method to solve the following problems? l. How can we grow rice in areas where there is little water? 2. How can I make my bike go faster? 3. What was life like 5 000 years ago? 4. How can I improve my English? 5. How do people make friends? (Give the students four minutes to discuss those questions. Teacher may go among the students and join them. Four minutes later, ask some students to report their results of the discussion.) Suggested answers: 1. We can develop a new kind of rice which doesn't need much water. 2. We can fix an electric engine to the bike. 3. People lived in caves, wore skins of animals, ate wild fruits and wild animals. 4. You can improve your English by listening more, speaking more and practicing more. 5. People can make friends by attending a party, writing letters or chatting on the Internet. Step VI Summary and Homework T: In this class, we've read a passage about a famous scientist—Stephen Hawking. We’ve known that Hawking is a disabled person with a strong will. We should learn from him We’ve also learned some words and phrases in the text. After class, you should learn all of them by heart and try to use them freely and correctly. Read the text again and again till you can read it fluently and recite some important sentences. What's more, don't forget to preview “Word study and Grammar” in the next period. Well, that's all for today. Class is over. Step Ⅶ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard Unit 1 Making a difference The Second Period Useful expressions: work on be/get engaged(to sb.) go by go on with sth. dream of turn out Sentence pattern: There is no point (in)doing sth. Step ⅧRecord after Teaching (责任编辑：admin) |