2019-2020学年度人教版必修五Unit1Great scientists Period1Warming up and reading教案

　　This unit centers on Great scientists, including some scientists both at home and abroad like John Snow and Copernicus. The students should be encouraged to practise talking about these scientists.

　　The whole unit can be divided into seven parts: warming up, reading, listening and speaking, language focusing, reading and writing, grammar, and assessment.

　　In warming up, there is a quiz for the students to do, which will arouse the students' interest in knowing about the famous scientists and help the students to know science is very important in our daily life. Group discussion and brainstorming will be used in this period to help the students to communicate with each other using their previous knowledge.

　　In the reading passage, the students will learn about John Snow, who defeats "King Cholera", and get a general idea about how to examine a new scientific idea. This will help the students to form their own attitude towards science.

In learning about language, the students are encouraged to learn the following words and expressions: engine, characteristic, radium, theory, scientific, examine, conclude, analyze repeat, defeat, attend, expose, cure, control, absorb, severe, valuable, blame, immediately, handle, announce,