greenworld教案 thefourthperiod teachingaims: 1。getthestudentstograspthemainideaofthetextsoastoimprovetheirreadingability。 2。getthestudentstolearnthescientificwayforthescientiststodotheirresearchworkthewaytothinkandobserve。 3。getthestudentstowriteadescriptionofplants。 teachingimportantpoints: 1。howtoanalyseanarticlesoastograspitsmainidea。 2。howtowriteadescriptionaccordingtotheinformationgiven。 teachingdifficultpoint: howtoimprovethestudents’readingabilityhowtoanalyseanarticle。 teachingmethods: 1。pairworkorgroupworktomakeeverystudenttakeanactivepartintheclass。 2。discussiontogetthestudentstounderstandwhattheyarelearningbetter。 teachingaids: 1。acomputer 2。acourseware 3。ataperecorder teachingprocedures: stepgreetingsandrevision greetthewholeclassasusual。 t:inthelastperiod,youweretoldtomakesentenceswiththeusefulwordsandexpressionsinthetext。haveyougotprepared?(ss:yes。)nowreadthesentencestous。volunteer!onestudent,onesentence。 sa:makeattempttodosth。 theymadenoattempttoescape。(atescaping) sb:classify thebooksinourschoollibraryareclassifiedaccordingtosubject。 sc:group grouptogetherintwo! sd:identification hecarriesidentificationwithhimatalltimeswhenheisout。 se:promote heworkstopromotethefriendshipbetweenthetwocountries。 sf:privilege theyfightagainstprivilegeinordertocreateafairersociety。 sg:cosy helivesinanicecosylittlehouse。 sh:haveanappetitefor theenemyhadnoappetiteforthefight。 si:appoint hewasappointedministertoaforeigncountry。 sj:calculate thescientistscalculatedwhenthespaceshipwouldreachthemoonwithacalculator。 sk:onalargescale theworkofreformingindustrycarriedoutinallprovincesonalargescale。 sl:involve thecaseinvolvedseveralleaders。 sm:accumulate heaccumulatedafortunebyinvestingwisely。 sn:abandon hefoundababyabandonedbyhisparents。 steppreparationforreading t:somuchforhomework。nowopenyourbooksandturntopage169。let’sreadthenewwordsandexpressionsofthisperiod。whowillreadthemtous? sa:i’lltry。。。。 (teacheraskssomestudentstoreadthenewwordsandexpressions。whilereading,letotherstudentscorrectthemistakesmadebythestudents。thenplaythetapetogetthestudentstofollow。teachermaygivebriefexplanationabouttheirusageswhennecessary。) stepfastreading t:you’velearntsomethingaboutcarllinnaeus,danielsolanderandjosephbanksinthetextwe’vejuststudied。andyou’vereadaboutmichurinanddarwin。today,we’lllearnaboutanothertwoscientistsgregormendelandgoteturesson。whatdidtheydo?whatcontributiondidtheymake?afterwe’velearntthepassage,i’llsureyou’llhaveaclearidea。(showthefollowingonthescreen。)nowreadthetextfastandtrytograspthemainideaofthetextasmuchaspossible。thenfindanswerstothequestionsonthescreen。 answerthefollowingquestions: 1。whatwascharlesdarwin’shobbywhenhewasyoung? 2。whatleddarwintowritehisfamousbookontheoriginofspecies? 3。whofoundedthescienceofgenetics? 4。whomadecontributiontotheimprovementoftheoutputofcropsaccordingtothetext? (studentsbegintoreadthetext。afterafewminutes,teachersaysthefollowing。) t:haveyoufinished? ss:yes,wehave。 t:nowgiveustheanswers,please。onestudent,onequestion。 sb:1。whenhewasyoung,darwinenjoyeddoingallkindsofexperimentsandstudyingphysics,chemistryandlaterbotanywashishobby。 sc:2。whenhewastwentytwoyearsold,hewasinvitedtotakepartinthescientificexpeditiononthebeagle。hisobservationonthefiveyearvoyageledhimtowritehisfamousbook。ontheoriginofspecies。 sd:itwastheresearchworkofmendelthatgavebirthtothescienceofgenetics。 se:mendel’sgeneticsandturesson’sfindingsarebothimportanttotheoutputofcrops。 t:whatyousaidisright。thankyouforgivingussuchgoodanswers。 stepreadingandcomprehension t:(showthefollowingonthescreen。)nowlet’sreadthetextagainanddiscussthequestionsonthescreen。pairworkorgroupwork。 1。theresearchofcharlesdarwin,gregormendelandgoteturessonislikepiecesinapuzzlethatshowacompletepicturewhenputtogether。 (1)whatdiddarwindiscoveraboutbirdspeciesingalapagos? (2)whatdidmendelobserveinhisexperimentswithpeas? (3)lookingatwildplantspeciesinsweden,whatdidturessondiscover? 2。completethefollowingsentence。 darwin’sdiscoveriesingalapagoswerebasedondifferenceswildspecies,whileturesson’sobservationsshowedthattherearestablevarietieswildspecies。 3。thatsoilconditionsareimportanttotheoutputofcropswasknownmorethanXXyearsago。whyareturesson’sdiscoveriesstillimportanttoagriculturethen? (teachergoesamongthestudentsandjoinsthestudentsintheirdiscussion。) t:(aftersomeminutes’discussion。)nowgiveusyouranswers,please。whowillanswerthefirstquestion? sf:hefound13kindsoffindes,relatedtoeachotherinthestructureoftheirbeaks,tails,shapeofbodyandcolouroftheirfeathers。themostcuriousfactwasthedifferencesinthesizeofthebeaks。thiscouldonlybeexplainedfromthedifferencesinhabitatandsourceoffood。thebirdswithbroadbeakswouldeathardseeds,whilethebirdswithsmallerbeakswouldeatsoftseedsorinsects。 t:pleasegiveustheanswerstothesecondquestion。 sg:hefoundthatmanycharacteristicswerepassedonfromonegenerationtothenext,withoutinfluencebytheenvironment。 sh:i’llanswerthelastquestionofpart1。hefoundevidencefortheexistenceofstablevarietieswithinspeciesinnature。heshowedthatdifferencesbetweenplantsofonespeciesoccurredasaresultoftheenvironmentalconditionsintheirhabitat。 si:ithink,inpart2,forthefirstblank,weshouldfillinthewordsofdifferentandthesecond,ofthesame。amiright? t:whatdoyouthink,sj? sj:ithinkheisright。 t:forthelastquestion,whatareyouropinions? sk:soilconditionsareimportanttotheoutputofcrops。butthatisonesideofthequestion。theresearchbydarwin,mendalandturessonshowsthatbothgeneticsandtheenvironmentareimportanttoplants。ifwedon’thavegoodseeds,goodsoilconditionsarenotenoughforustoimprovetheoutputofthecrops。amiright? ss:weagreewithyou。 (teacherplaysthetapeafterthestudents’discussion。thenteacherasksstudentstoreadthetextaloudandfindquestionsinthetext。teachergivesbriefexplanationtothem。) stepsummaryandhomework t:nowlet’sthinkaboutaquestion:whatcanwelearnfromthetext?(writeitontheblackboard。)discussitwithyourpartner。(afterawhile。)whocantelluswhatyouthink? s1:weshouldobserveeverythingcarefullyandthinkdeeply,thenwecandrawagoodconclusion。 。。。 t:verygood。nowlet’sseehowthescientistsobserveandthink。 (teacherwritesobservation,thinking,conclusion。。。onthebb。) t:somuchforthetext。nowtoday’shomework: 1。makesentenceswiththewordsandphrases: leadsb。todosth。;nowhere,inview 2。dowritingonpage35。 samplewriting: dandelions innature,therearevarietiesofenvironmentalconditionsfortheplantstogrowin。someplacesarehotanddryandthereislittlerainwhileinotherplacesitiscoolandwet。sothesameplantsthatgrowindifferentplacesarequitedifferent。 let’stakedandelionsasanexample。theyarewidespreadandcanbefoundalmosteverywhere。theiryellowflowersarebeautifulandtheirleaveslookliketheteethonasaw。thewindspreadtheirflowersandseedseverywhere,sowhentheygrowinhotanddryplaces,theyarelowandthin。theirflowersandleavesareshortandlightincolour,510centimetreslong。theygrowclosetothegroundandtheirrootsaredeepinit。theirheartsarealittlesunkenintotheearth,sothattherainwatercanflowfromtheleavestotheheartwheretherootsare。 butinplacesitiscoolandwet,thingsaredifferent。theybecomehigherandstrongerandcangrowaslongas1520centimetres。theirleavesarebroaderandtheirflowersarelarger。thecolouroftheflowersandleavesbecomesdarkergreen。ifsomeweedsaretakenhere,therewillbemanyofthemafewweekslater。 agreatswedishscientistgoteturessonsaidthatdifferencesbetweenplantsofonespeciesoccuredasaresultoftheenvironmentalconditionsintheirhabitat。fromdandelionswecanseethisclearly。 stepthedesignofthewritingon theblackboard unit4greenworlds thefouthperiod whatcanwelearnfromthetext? steprecordafterteaching