(新教材)高中人教版英语选择性第一册学案unit1PeopleofAchievementPeriod

Period 1Reading and Thinking
学案设计(一)
学习目标
1.To figure out the structure of the passage by analysing the main idea of each paragraph.
2.To identify the useful patterns and expressions about how to describe a great person and use them to express your opinions.
3.To learn about Tus lives and deeds and analyse Tus characters.
4.To express your attitudes towards Tus choices.
课堂探究
Part ⅠRead for predictions
Ask students to look at the pictures and read the title of the text “TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE”.Try to answer the following questions with the help of the table below.
1.What information can you get from the title?
2.What do you think the text will be about?
Part ⅡRead for the main ideas
1.Skim the text and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1 A.The process of discovering artemisinin by Tu Youyou and her team.
Para.2~
Para.3 B.The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin.
Para.4 C.Tu Youyous comment when hearing the news.
2.Circle the answers to the questions below.
(1)Where would you most likely find this passage?
A.In a blog.
B.In a book.
C.In a letter.
D.In a newspaper.
(2)Passages like this are most often written in and .
A.the active voice/offer many opinions
B.the first person/talk about feelings
C.both active and passive voices/mostly contain facts
(3)Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage?
A.A quote from Tu Youyou.
B.The details of how artemisinin was discovered.
C.Tu Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin.
D.Tu Youyous personal life.
E.Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin.
F.What Tu Youyou was awarded.
G.Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
Part ⅢDiscuss why the discovery of artemisinin is important
1.Fill in the table with the numbers and related verbs to learn about the importance of discovering artemisinin.
2.Scan Paragraph 1 to find two adjectives describing the discovery of artemisinin.
Part ⅣFill in the blanks and outline the life of Tu Youyou
The life of
Tu Youyou
Part ⅤPost-reading
1.Ask students to finish Activity 5 on page 3.
2.Work in pairs,and discuss the following questions in groups.
(1)What kind of person makes great discoveries?
(2)Which is more important for making a great discovery,talent or effort
3.Why could Tu Youyou achieve great success?
Part ⅥHomework
Look up more information about women of great achievement on the Internet and find more information about Tu Youyou.
Part Ⅶ核心素养专练
Summarise what you have learned from this period.
参考答案
Part ⅠRead for predictions
1.From the title we can know that Tu Youyou got the Nobel Prize for her great achievement in 2015.
2.The text will be about the life story of Tu Youyou and the process of the discovery of artemisinin.
Part ⅡRead for the main ideas
1.Para.1:B.The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin.
Para.2~Para.3:A.The process of discovering artemisinin by Tu Youyou and her team.
Para.4:C.Tu Youyous comment when hearing the news.
2.(1)D(2)C(3)C;D
Part ⅢDiscuss why the discovery of artemisinin is important
1.
2.vital;crucial
Part ⅣFill in the blanks and outline the life of Tu Youyou
(1)the Nobel Prize(2)discovery(3)born
(4)graduated(5)malaria(6)head(7)succeeded
(8)Nobel Prize
Part ⅤPost-reading
1.over 2,000 old medical texts;280,000 plants for their medical properties→using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever→a collection of dried wormwood leaves→boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid;this did not work either→lower temperature to draw out→on themselves→malaria patients→a standard treatment
2.(1)Most great discoverers are brilliant and hard-working.Many are perfectionists who are unwilling to accept anything but the best.
(2)I think both talent and effort are important for making discoveries.If a person doesnt have any talent,it is possible that even though he or she works hard,it will be difficult to succeed.On the other hand,people—even those with great talent—rarely achieve anything without putting in effort.
3.Possible
vocabularies:knowledgeable,committed,patient,determined,perseverant,hard-working,scientific spirits,modest,unselfish...
Part Ⅶ核心素养专练
I have learned many useful words and expressions to describe great people,and I am inspired by Tu Youyous spirits.。