Analysis about unit 11:
The topic of this unit is scientific achievement. It mainly talks about Zhongguancun, which is called China’s Silicon valley, and great achievements in science and technology in China, including eXPloring space, solving the mysteries of life, e-volution and fighting cancer. At the same time, let the students understand the importance of scientific achievements, arouse their patriotism and encourage them learn more knowledge to contribute to our country.
Goals:
a. Talk about science and scientific achievements
b. Practise eXPressing intentions and wishes
c. Learn about word Formation (1)
d. Write a persuasion essay
Period 1 Warming up, listening & speaking
Goals:
1. Know about the significance of great scientific achievement.
2. Discuss the achievements and practise eXPressing intentions and wishes
Step 1.Warming Up
1. Show the pictures about several inventions. And let the students discuss the following questions in pairs with the limited minutes..
1) When do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?
2) Which one do you think is the most significant?
3) Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what?
4) Give some other important scientific achievements you know.
Alexander Bell the First telephone
Thomas Edison the electric Lamp
the Wright Brothers‘ the First Plane
Madame Curie Radium
Franklin electricity
Steven Hawking black holes in Universe
Elbert Einstein the Theory of Relativity
Isaac Newton Theory of Gravity
2. Check the answers and look at the list of achievements. Ask the students to try their best to make it clear that how they improve our daily life.
3. Introduce some important words and phrases that the students will encounter in the unit, such as man, achieve, likely, arrange, failure, organ, base, breakthrough, evolution, rejuvenate, institute, announce, in store, economic zone, rely on, put forward, have an effect on, aim at, come to life, set foot in and so on.
Step 2. Listening
1. Listen to the tape and complete Exercise 1 and 2 with the limited time.
2. Discussion:
What would you say if you were … ?
Step 3. Speaking
1. Ask the students to practise the intentions and wishes by discussing who will get the money to complete his or her project and why.
2. Useful eXPressions:
a. I want/ wish/ hope/ intend/plan to…
b. My plan/ hope/wish/intention is to …
c. I hope that…
d. I’d like to do sth.,
I feel like doing sth.
e. If…, I would …
f. I’m thinking of/ considering doing sth.
Period 2 Reading
Goals:
1. Know something about Zhongguancun
2. Arouse the students’ patriotic feeling and make a contribution to our country.
Step 1.Pre-reading
Work in pairs and answer the following questions.
1) Do you know what Lenovo stands for?
2) Do you know where Lenovo is located?
3) What do you know about Zhongguancun?
Step 2.Scanning
1.Where is
高二英语人教版 unit 11 Scientific Achievements