Unit1GreatscientistsBriefStatementsBasedonThisUnitThisunitcentersonGreatscientists,includingsomescientistsbothathomeandabroadlikeJohnSnowandCopernicus.Thestudentsshouldbeencouragedtopractisetalkingaboutthesescientists.Thewholeunitcanbedividedintosevenparts:warmingup,reading,listeningandspeaking,languagefocusing,readingandwriting,grammar,andassessment.Inwarmingup,thereisaquizforthestudentstodo,whichwillarousethestudents’interestinknowingaboutthefamousscientistsandhelpthestudentstoknowscienceisveryimportantinourdailylife.Groupdiscussionandbrainstormingwillbeusedinthisperiodtohelpthestudentstocommunicatewitheachotherusingtheirpreviousknowledge.Inthereadingpassage,thestudentswilllearnaboutJohnSnow,whodefeats“KingCholera”,andgetageneralideaabouthowtoexamineanewscientificidea.Thiswillhelpthestudentstoformtheirownattitudetowardsscience.Inlearningaboutlanguage,thestudentsareencouragedtolearnthefollowingwordsandexpressions:engine,characteristic,radium,theory,scientific,examine,conclude,analyzerepeat,defeat,attend,expose,cure,control,absorb,severe,valuable,blame,immediately,handle,announce,instruct,virus,construction,contribute,positive,movement,backward,complete,enthusiastic,spin,reject,view,steamengine,putforward,drawaconclusion,inaddition,link...to...,bestrictwith,leadto,makesense,pointofview.Whilepractisingusingthelanguage,thestudentswilllearnaboutCopernicus’RevolutionaryTheory,andtheirskillsofreading,speakingandwritingwillbeimproved.Inlisteningandspeaking,morechanceswillbegiventothestudentstolearnaboutotherscientistsandtheirspirit.Thestudentsareencouragedtomakeuptheirmindtomakecontributionstoscience.ThestudentswillbeaskedtowritealettertoCopernicusonthebasisoftheunderstandingofthetext.Thelettersaresuretobefullofimaginationandcreativity.Assessmentwillhelpthestudentstolookbackwhattheyhavelearnedandfocusonthedifficultandimportantpoints.So,thisunitwillbedividedintosevenperiodsasfollows:Period1WelcometotheUnitPeriod2ReadingPeriod3ListeningandSpeakingPeriod...
