Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisisthesecondperiodofthisunit.Thisperiodfocusesonthereadingpassage,whichisaboutJohnSnowandKingCholera.Atthebeginningoftheperiod,theteachercandesignsomeactivitiestodrawthestudents’attentiontoread.Inordertoattractthestudents’attention,theteacherhadbetterofferthestudentstheopportunitiestohaveacompetitionaboutsomeinformationaboutsomescientistsmentionedintheWarmingup.ThentheteachercanmakefulluseofthequestionsinthePre-reading.Thisstepisdesignedtomakeforpreparingforunderstandingthepassage.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading,weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingabilityandscanningability.Firstaskthestudentstoscanitandtickoutwhat...arementionedinthepassage.Thenletthestudentsreadfasttofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.InordertostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively,theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetitiontoseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.Forthesecondreading,thestudentsareexpectedtoknowsomedetailsaboutthepassage.Lateron,theteacherwillpresentsomequestionsforthestudentstoanswerandatthesametimetheyareaskedtofinishfillinginthechart.Thethirdtimeistoreadforfurtherinformation.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole,thatis,togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TodevelopSs’furtherunderstandingability,theteachercandesignsomequestions,whoseanswersarebeyondlines.Sotheteacherwillhelpthemtoreadbetweenthelines,thusSscangraduallygettheabilitytounderstandtheimpliedmeanings.Inthisstep,theteacherasksSstoreaditagaininordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage,andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingthispassagebutalsoinwritingashortpassage.Toconsolidatethecontentofthepassage,Ssarerequiredtoretellitaccordingtothemainidea.InordertoarousetheSs’interest;theteachercanholdacompetitionbetweengroups.Afterthestudentsunderstandthewholepassage,theyareaskedtohaveatopicdiscussion.TeachingImportantPointsHaveagoodunderstandingofthetextbydoingtheexercises.Getthestudentstolearndifferentreadingskills,especiallygistreadingandcomprehendingbeyondlines.TeachingDifficultiesKnowthemeaningsbetweenlinesandbeyondlines.Learndifferentreadingskillsfordifferentreadingpurposes.TeachingAidsMulti-mediaclassroomandothernormalteachingtools.ThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeAimHaveagoodunderstandingofthetextthroughtheexercises.AbilityAimsGraspsomereadingskills.Developtheabilitytodescribesomefamousscientists.EmotionalAimsEncouragethestudentstoworkhardattheirlessonsinordertodevotethemselvestoscience.TeachingProcedureStep1GreetingT:Hello,myfriends.Ss:Hello,MissYang.Step2RevisionT:Yesterdaywetalkedalotaboutgreatscientists.NowI’dlikeyoutoanswersomequestionstoseehowmuchyourememberaboutthem.Let’scometoagroupcompetition.Ifyouknowtheanswer,youcanjuststandup.Ifyougetyouranswerright,I’llgiveyoutenmarks.Areyouready?Listencarefully.Whichscientistdiscoveredthatobjectsinwaterareliftedupbyaforcethathelpsthemfloat?Anyvolunteer?S:Archimedes.T:Right.Whowroteabookexplaininghowanimalsandplantsdevelopedastheenvironmentchanged?S:CharlesDarwin.T:Yes.Doyoustillrememberthetitleofthebook?S:OntheOriginofSpecies.T:Verygood.Whoinventedthefirststeamengine?S:JamesWatt.T:You’vedoneagoodjob.Whousedpeastoshowhowphysicalcharacteristicsarepasse...