Period4ReadingandWritingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodInthisperiodtheteachingandlearningwillcenteronreadingandwriting.Asusual,theteachercanbegintheteachingwithreviewingtheformerknowledge.Thefollowingpartisthelead-in—talkingaboutsomescientists,becausethisunittalksaboutgreatscientistsandthispassageisaboutNicolausCopernicusandhistheory.Astoreadingtraining,theteachershouldstilldevelopthestudents’abilityofscanningandskimming.Soatthebeginning,getthestudentstopreparesomeknowledgeforreading.Forthatpurpose,theteacherwillfirstlyaskforinformationaboutCopernicusaccordingtowhatthestudentsalreadyknow.Thentheteachercanhavethestudentslistentothetapeandfindoutwhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.Itisdesignedtotrainthestudents’listeningandtocheckwhetherthestudentshavepreviewedthepassagewell.Later,theteacherwillaskthestudentstoskimitandfindoutthemainideaforeachpart.Thepurposeofdoingtheseistohelpthestudentstoformthegoodhabitofreadingwithsomestrategy.Whenreadingapassage,wehadbetterfirstreaditasawhole,thatis,understandthestructureofthepassageandcatchthemainideawiththehelpofthestructureandtitle.Thefollowingstepistoreadthepassageforthedetails.Theteachercandesignsometeachingactivitiestohelpthestudentstoknowaboutmoreandmoreinformationbytakingpartinthereadingactivities.Asaresult,theteachershouldbecareful,cautiousandcreativewhendesigningthereadingactivities.Thereadingactivitieshadbetterbevarious,whichcancatchmorestudents’attention.Attheendofreading,someactivitiesshouldbedesignedtocheckthestudents’understandingbysayingsomethingaboutCopernicusandmakingupadialoguebetweenCopernicusandhisfriend.Thepracticinghelpsthestudentsimprovetheirspeakingandarousetheircreativity.Thecompetitionisheldtomakethestudentstakepartintheclassactivitiesactively.Atthesametime,letthestudentsconsiderthewritingpurpose.Besidesreading,thestudentsarealsoexpectedtolearnandpractisetheirwritingskill.Bystudyingthepassage,thestudentsshouldlearntodopersuasivewritingtochangesomeoneelse’sdecision.Theteachershouldgivethestudentssomeadviceonhowtoplanthewritinganddevelopthewriting—beginning,bodyandconclusion.TeachingImportantPointsHelpthestudentsknowaboutCopernicusandhistheory.Developthestudents’readingability.Improvethestudents’writingability.TeachingDifficultyDevelopthestudents’readingability.TeachingAidsMulti-mediaclassroomandothernormalteachingtools.ThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeAimsGetthestudentstoknowaboutCopernicusandhistheory.Learnaboutpersuasivewriting.AbilityAimsMastertheskillofgistreading.Developthestudents’readingability,suchasskimmingandscanning.Improvethestudents’writingability.EmotionalAimsArousethestudents’interestinscienceanddevotiontoscience.TeachingProcedureStep1GreetingT:Hello,everyone.Ss:Hello,MissWang.Step2ReviewingT:LastclasswetalkedaboutQianXuesenandCarlLinnaeus.Canyousaysomethingaboutthem?S:QianXuesenisafamousChinesephysicist.S:QianXuesenoncestudiedintheUSAandthenreturnedtoChina.S:QianXuesenmadegreatcontributionstospaceresearch.S:CarlLinnaeusdevelopedasystemtoclassifyplantspeciesaccordingtothemaleandfemaleorgansinthefollowers.S:CarlLinnaeusearnedthetitle“Fatherofclassification”.Ss:...Step3Pre-readingT:Youhavedoneagoodjob.Sowehavelearnedaboutalotaboutgreatscientists,suchasJohnSnowandQianXuesen.Whoelsewouldyouliketolearnabout?Why?S1:I’dliketoknowsomet...