Teaching Aims and Demands:
1. Words and expressions
Four skills: ruler the First World War worldwide right(n) peace work out stick to rule course(n)
Three skills: communist professor scientific darkness shy content lead to discovery cheque human right prove bent respect leading sadness take sides (in) fuel advance advanced mathemathics education further education technical
Two skills: Albert Einstein Alexander Bell the Nobel Prize
bookmark Swiss Hitler Jew
2. Daily expressions in communication
Is it …? No, it's not him/her. Is he/she…?
Who is he/she? What did he do? It must be him/her…
3. Grammar
Learn the use of the Noun Clause
4. The use of language
Read the text Albert Einstein and complete all the listening, speaking, reading and writing tasks in this unit. Get the students to learn about the life of Albert Einstein and let them learn his spirit of devoting himself to science and peace. Try to arouse their eagerness of learning knowledge.
Lesson 49
Step 1 Revision
1. Ask the students to tell what they did during the winter vacation.
I'm pleased to see you here again. Now tell me something about your life in the winter holidays.
Where did you spend the Spring Festival?
What did you do during the Spring Festival?
Did you play any games?
Today I have prepared some games for you.
Step 2 Games
1. SB Page1, part2. Read the instructions aloud. Demonstrate how to play this guessing game with a groups of Ss. Write the name of a famous person on a piece of paper. Fold it so that it cannot be seen. Make students to ask you questions. You are only able to answer Yes or No. Then let the students play this game in groups of four. Then ask Ss to practise in pairs.
2. Workbook Ex.1 can be done here.
3. Do a word puzzle.(All these things we can eat.)
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Step 3 Presentation
Four American students are doing a word puzzle. What about the puzzle? Let's learn L49.
Step 4 Listening
1. Read the introduction to the students.
2. Play the tape for the students to listen.
3. Ask the students the question: Who are the four famous people in the dialogue? (Lincoln, Marx, Bell, Einstein.)
Step 5 Dialogue
1. Play the tape for the students to listen and follow. Deal with some language points.
Notes:
a. compare notes: talk about
b. I'm doing a word puzzle in the newspaper.
* do a word puzzle/ do a puzzle in words 猜字謎 puzzle 難題，難以解釋的東西，如：
How life began is still a puzzle.
The murder case was a puzzle to the police.
* puzzle Vt. 使人迷惑不解
The murder case continued to puzzle the police.
We were all puzzled at his words.
This is a puzzling case.
c. That fits the puzzle!= The name Albert Einstein is the one that I was looking for to complete the puzzle.
2. Go through the dialogue briefly and make sure the students understand it
Ask the Ss to find out what they did.
WHO IS IT? WHAT DID HE DO?
Abraham Lincoln He fought for the freedom for the freedom of slaves in the USA.
Karl Marx He wrote books about communism. He said that all communists should help each other.
Alexander Bell He made the first telephone.
Albert Einstein He was a famous professor of physics. He lived in this century, and was born in Germany and spent the last part of his life in the USA.
Step 6 Practice
1. Let the students to practise the dialogue in-groups of four.Ask one group to act the scene in front of the class.
2. ask Ss to tell something about the famous person.
Step 7 consolidation
Tell the students about a famous without mentioning his/ her name. After each sentence, pause and allow three guesses. Then say another sentence with more information about the person, and so on. When the class guess correctly, choose another person and start again.
Homework
Lesson 50
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework exercises. Ask the students to read and recite the dialogue.
Step 2 Presentation and fast reading
We have known some famous people. Today we are going to read about the life and work of Albert Einstein, the famous scientist.
What do you expect to know about him?
Read the passage quickly to find the answers to two questions:
1. What scientific work is Einstein famous for?
2. Where did he spend the last part of his life?
(Answer: 1. Scientific research /New discoveries in physics. 2. At a university in the USA.)
Step 3 Careful Reading
Now get the students to read the text more carefully, and get the main idea of each para.
More questions:
Para1. when and where was Einstein born?
What about his early studies?
Para2 From the age of 17, where did he study?
How did he manage to study at a university?
In 1905, what happened?
Why was the period between 1905 and 1915 an important one for him?
Para3 What about his achievements?
Para4 After he moved to the USA, what did he work?
Para5 What else did he work for besides his scientific research?
Para6 Interests Why was he so fond of music?
Step 4 Reading aloud
Speech Cassette Lesson50. Read with the tape. Deal with some language points.
Notes:
1. all by oneself
2. be content to do sth. / be content with
Farmers are very content with their life at present .
He was very content to have this second-hand car.
3. go on with
4. lead to
5. Such was Albert Einstein.
Such were his words! 這就是他所說的話。
Step 5 Note making
SB P3, Part 2. Tell the students to read the text and make notes.
Step 6 Reference
SB P3, Part 3. Tell the students to read the first part text and tell what the bold parts refer to. Answers:
1.himself -Albert 2. it - to get along with the other boy
3.there - in Switzerland 4. that - the pay
5.Where - at university 6.one - the period between 1905 and 1915
7.which - research and studies 8.which - the peace
Step 7 Practice
SB P3, Part 4. Get the students to fill in the gaps with prepositions and adverbs. The students are told to do the work individually first and then check the answers with the class.
Answers: 1~7: out, on, to, of, with, of, up
Step 8 Workbook
Wb L50.Ex2
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises.
Lesson 51(Period 1)
Step 1 Revision
1. Retell the story of Einstein.
2. Say something about the great scientist Albert Einstein by filling up the form:
In 1879
Born in Germany
When he was a young boy, Used to ask lot s of questions, didn't enjoy school, found it hard to get along with others
By the time he was 14 Learned maths all by himself
From the year he was 17 Studied in Switzerland, earned money to go no with his studies.
In 1905 Received a doctor's degree
Between 1905~1915 Began the research and studies leading to his new discoveries
In 1918 Received world-wide praise for his research
In 1921 Won the Nobel Prize for physics; gave talks in many countries
In 1933 Left Europe for the USA; accept the job as a professor; asked for little money; never interested in becoming rich
In 1940 Took American nationality, spent time working for human rights and progress
In 1955 Died at the age of 76
The italic parts are the answerers and these parts will not be shown to the students until they have finished filling the form.
Step 2 Preparation for reading
SB Page 4,Part 1.
I know you are very good at maths, so I'd like you to do a maths problem: 1+1
Yes, you can work it out by yourself,but do you know why? Can you prove it? I can't do that either, maybe scientists can. They are respected by people in the world, yes?
As we know Einstein is a leading scientist in history.
Step 3 Reading
Today we're going to find out more information about Albert Einstein.
First , there are several questions for you to answer:
1. we know Einstein was born in Germany, did he live the whole life in Germany?
2. where did he live the rest of part of his life?
3. why did he leave Europe?
Show flashcard and ask more questions.
a. who is he?(Hitler)
b. Who are those men?(Jews)
c. Did Hitler treat them well?
So it is not safe for Einstein to remain there.
Now let the SS read the passage carefully. Ask some questions
1. what did scientists believe before Einstein?
2. what did Einstein prove? Did other scientists agree with him at first?
3. how many people in the world could understand it at that time?
4. when many of scientists did not accept his idea, what did he do? Did he stop his research?
5. later did other scientists believe him?
6. during the First World War, did Einstein fight in it? Why?
7. what did he think of the war?
Step 4 Reading aloud
Speech Cassette Lesson50. Read with the tape. Deal with some language points.
Notes:
1.prove
The solider proved his courage in the battle.
His advice did prove helpful.
He proved a very useful friend.
The plan proved to be very good.
2.work out
3.stick to
* stick to = refuse to change 堅持，堅守（意見，看法），含＂執意不改變＂的意思．忠于．
* insist on = 堅持（要干某事）(to order sth. to happen); 強烈要求 (strongly demand sth. or doing sth.)
4.take sides in
5.appear * It appears/ seems/ (to sb.) that-clause
It appears that he won't come tonight.
It appeared to me that she enjoyed the food very much.
Step 5 T or F
Workbook lesson 51, Ex1
Step 6 Interview
SB Page 4,Part 2. Work in pairs. Ask one of the students to play the role of a journalist and the other plays Einstein. First go over the answers to the questions with the whole class.
Then do a demonstration with a good student. Finally, put the students in pairs and get them to have the interview. The students may change roles and repeat the interview.
Step 7 Listening
SB Page 6. Part 1. Wb Listening, Unit 13.Tell the Ss that we are going to listen to an interview with Albert Einstein.
(1) Tell the students to turn to Page 145 and read the instructions to get a gist of the listening passage.
(2) Play the tape for the students to answer the questions.
(3) Check the answers with the students.
(4) Post listening activity: get the students to talk about the listening passage.
Homework
Workbook lesson 52, Ex1,2
Lesson 51(Period 2)
Step 1 Revision
Step 2 Presentation
Albert Einstein is one of the greatest scientists in the world, do you want to be a scientist? What do you want to be?
Do a Bb demonstration to introduce Noun clauses.
Write these sentences on the Bb.
a. What do you want to be?
b. What do you want to be is a teacher.
S V P
Point out that a is a simple question, b is not a question but an affirmative sentence.
Continue with the following:
c. Where will you gp?
d. Where he will go is uncertain.
S V P
e. It is uncertain where he will go.
Point out c is a simple question,with a question mark, d is not a question but an affirmative sentence. Point out that in this situation, we often change sentence d into sentence e to make it balanced. In sentence e "it" is the formal subject, which replaces the real subject.
Point out that in Noun Clauses, the word order is Subject-Verb, not Verb-Subject.
Step 3. Language study
SB Page 5, Part 3
Step4 Practice
SB Page 5, Part 4.5
Step 5 Workbook
WB L49.Ex 2.
Homework
Lesson 52
Step 1 Revision
Retell the story of Einstein.
Step 2 Reading and writing
Part 2. Read the instructions for this exercise aloud. Explain that the Ss have to fill in the gaps. Get them to do this exercise individually, then check their answers in pairs.
Step 3 Writing
Part 3.Read out the instructions aloud and explain what the Ss have to do. It is important that they do not copy whole sentences from the tests. After they have written their paragraph, they can show it to others in the group for comments.
Step 4 dictation
Step 5 Additional exercises
1. Failure often laziness while hard work success .
A. leads to ; leads to B. lies in ; lies in C. lies in ; leads to D. leads to ; lies in
2.There was a expression on her face, for she received an letter from a stranger.
A．puzzling, exciting B．puzzled, excited C．puzzling, excited D．puzzled, exciting
3.By the time in two days, we the work.
A．he comes back, will have finished B．he will come back, will finish
C．he came back, had finished D．he comes back, will finish
4. Though Einstein won the Nobel Prize physics , he cared little money .
A. in ; to B. for ; for C. of ; in D. of ; about
5. They failed to persuade him to the conditions for he _______ to his decision .
A. receive ; came B. accept ; stuck C. accept ; stuck D. receive ; insisted
6.The moon is so bright that the ground to be covered with frost.
A．appears B．seems C．is D．as if
7. is he has told me.
A． So, that B．So, what C．Such, that D.Such, what
8.Such ______ the results that we had hardly expected.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
9.Do you know any other foreign languages ______ English?
A. except B. beside C. but D. besides
10.It ______ much more difficult than we had expected.
A. proved to be B. was proved C. said to be D. showed to be
11.I'll ask him ______ they are getting along well in that school.
A. how B. whether C. that D. /
12. the ancient Chinese people invented compass, gun-power paper-making and printing is well-known.
A．What B．That C．Whether D．Who
13. surprised us most was the naughty boy had become a well-educated man.
A．What…what B．That…what C．That…that D．What…that
14. you have done such things before doesn't matter.
A.If B.Whether C.What D.Which
15. that Mr.Smith has arrived in Shanghai.
A.It say B.It is said C.It was said D.He was said
16.Is you told me really true?
A.that B.it C.what D.which
17. they need more practice is quite clear.
A.How B.What C.That D./
18. still needs to be discussed.
A.How is the plan to be carried out B.How the plan is to be carried out
C.Why is the plan carried out D.Why the plan carried out