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.Theteachershouldgivethestud...
