Unit 3 The world of science
Developing ideas
【学习目标】
1. Understand the main idea of the passage and get some detailed information.
2. Get the features of argumentation and find out the structure of the passage.
3. Have the ability of writingrumored a report of the experiment according to the instructions for the experiment given.
预习案
【学习过程】
Step 1: 自主学习
To get some information about Benjamin Franklin on the Internet
探究案
【合作探究】
Step 1 Warming up (6 minutes)
Home work checking
Fill in the blanks with the given words in the proper form.
1.The bridge ___________(build) last year.
2.Great changes ____________(take) place in my hometown.
3.So far, many villages _______________(visit).
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4.The party ___ _____ _______(plan) since the New Year.
5.With the help of high technology, more and more new substances ________________(find) in the past few years.
6．Paper money _______ (u) for over a thousand years.
7．Great changes have taken place in my hometown and a lot of factories _____________(t) up.
8．This book _______(translate) into many languages up to now.
9guangxi．The fire has got to the fifth floor.I wonder whether all the people transaction________(save)．
10．—We want to sit at the table near the window.
—I'm sorry，but it _______(take)already.
Step 2 Background information (4 minutes)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Apart from being a successful statesman, he was also well known as a leading American author, printer and publisher, successful diplomat, creative scientist and inventor.
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Highlights in the life of Benjamin Franklin | 1._______________________________________ |
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Step 3 Fast reading
广州夜校Activity 2 (5 minutes)
Read the passage and find the answer to the following questions
1. what Franklin’s experiment aimed to prove.
2. What does the new study say about the story of Franklin’s experiment?
3. Why does the author mention the story about the apple falling on Newton’s head in the text?
Activity 3 (5 minutes)
1.Number the statements to show how people’s attitudes towards Franklin’s experiment have changed.
a).Franklin’s spirit of scientific exploration is still considered an inspiration._________
b).People are amazed at and inspired by Franklin’s experiment.___________
c).Scientists question what really happened in Franklin’s experiment._________
Step 4 careful reading (5 minutes)
food可数吗2. Read the text again and match the main ideas with the paragraph(s).
1．Paragraphs 1 A.The effect of the experiment.
2．Paragraphs 2 B.The introduction to Franklin’s famous experiment.
3．Paragraphs 3 C.Are the stories of Franklin’s and Newton’s true?
4．Paragraphs 4－6 D.How the experiment is carried out.
Step 5 Think and share (8 minutes)
Passage Structure
Franklin's experiment (Paragraph 1&2) The effect (Paragraph 3 ) Critical thinking(Are the stories of Franklin’s and Newton’s true?) Rai a question
职称英语准考证打印 Analy the question The solution
And try answering the two questions:
1.How do you understand the statement “...we should not always believe everything we read or hear‒ even if it is a great story”?
2.What qualities do you think a great scientist should have?
Step 6 Post reading
Activity 4 Work in groups. (12 minutes)
Have the students give a talk about their understanding of the saying “Seeing is believing.”The students complete the exerci step by step under the guidance of Activity 4.
a)Your understanding:
b)Supporting details
c)From the passage we
Step 7 Home work
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.Apart 1._____ being a successful statements,he was also a 2._______(create) scientist an inventor.
Benjamin Franklin 3.________(fly)a kite during a storm in 1752.he raid the kite with a piece of sting 4.______(tire) to it.A metal key was attached ti the sting.A flash of lighting hit the kite,and electricity was conducted through the sting to the key.Franklin then touched the key and got 5.________ electric shock.
Generations of schoolchildren have been amazed by his 6.___________(brave)and scientific approach to 7.______(look)for the truth.However,new rearch suggests that the story may be fiction instead of a fact.More than one scientist has questioned 8._______ really happened.They all agreed that if Franklin had 9.___________(actual) touched the key,he would certainly have died from electric shock.
