Unit1 Video Time & Assessing Your Progress
课时内容
主题语境：人与社会 主题群：科学与技术
子主题：科学与科学家 语篇类型：视频、习题
文本分析：Video Time 板块通过科学家和科学工作者的阐述以及不同场景的科学探索实例，介绍了科学探索的重要意义，展
示了科学探索的不同方法和工具，启发学生思考科学探索的重要性。Assessing Your Progress 板块是语言知识检测、单
元内容评价和自我反思。
课时目标
学完本课后，学生能够：
1．复习和巩固本单元的重要词汇和表语从句的语法知识。
2．获取科学探索的相关知识，领会科学探索的重要性。
3．学会如何在观看视频的过程中记笔记，获取细节信息，了解视频的大意。
重点难点
重点
1．通过语篇阅读理解，学生能够准确填写表语从句的引导词，巩固单元语法-表语从句。
2．从视频中获取与科学探索相关的知识，领会科学探索的重要性。
难点
学会看视频时记笔记的方法，抓住视频的大意。
教学准备
1．了解与科学探索相关的知识。
2．相关教学设备。
学生准备
1．复习本单元已学单词和语法，预习本课的相关词汇。
2．利用图书馆和网络了解与科学探索相关的知识。
精彩课堂
Step I 学习理解
活动一：感知与注意
1.Appreciate.
Ask students to show and appreciate each other's homework of last period-an
English handwritten newspaper about a great scientist.
【设计意图】展示上节课的家庭作业-关于一位伟大科学家的手抄报，学生可以挑选出最佳作品，对同学的作品进行互评。本活动回
顾了上节课的主旨，同时也让学生对这节课的视频内容产生观看期待。
2.Predict.
Ask students what they think they will see in the video. Have them tick the items that
they think will be mentioned.(Before You Watch)
【设计意图】预测视频内容，激发学生的好奇心，为视频输入和活动输出奠定基础。
活动二：获取与梳理
Enjoy the video.(While You Watch)
(1)Ask students to watch the video and check their answers from Before You Watch.
Suggested answers:
butterfly; computer; diver; frog; polar bear; submarine; volcano; whale
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(2)Ask students to watch the video again and complete these quotes with the words
they hear in the video.
Suggested answers:
①be curious; want to learn more
②yourself; where you grow
③this place; ourselves; how things work
④By knowing;we care about
⑤with our world; with our human family; with love
(3)Ask students to match the descriptions on the left with the words on the right.
Suggested answers:
①D②E ③B ④A⑤C
【设计意图】学生第一遍观看视频，初步了解视频的主要内容，检查预测的答案是否正确。第二遍观看视频，获取不同科学家的表
述的细节信息，熟悉相关内容，再通过文字匹配题检测对视频内容的理解和掌握程度。
Step II 应用实践
活动三：概括与整合
Ask students to discuss the following questions in groups. (After You Watch)
·Of the explorations in the video, which seems the most important? Which seems the
most interesting? Why?
·Why is it important to explore,in your opinion?
·How would you like to explore our world? Why?
Suggested answers:
·The most important is the one with the butterflies, because butterflies are easily
affected by climate and pollution, and so their lives can tell us a lot about how the
world is doing.
The most interesting is the cave diving where they found the animal bones. It just
seems so strange and mysterious, and one would not expect to find bones there.
·I think it is important to explore because exploration is a part of human growth,both
as an individual and society. Through exploration, we develop ourselves. Our
interests and curiosity cause us to learn, to improve, and to be better.
·I would like to visit places with my camera and take photos of interesting places and
people, as I enjoy photography and love travelling and finding out about new
cultures.
【设计意图】学生观看视频后，谈论视频中最重要和最有趣的部分，思考探索的重要性以及自己会怎样探索我们的世界，有助于学
生启发思维，将知识内化，同时培养学生的科学探索的精神。
活动四：内化与运用
1. Ask students to complete the passage with the correct forms of the words.
(Assessing Your Progress,Activity 1)
Suggested answers:
microscope; brilliant; solid; contradictory; theory; findings; astronomer; gifted
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【设计意图】学生复习和巩固本单元的重要词汇，通过对语篇的理解，根据语境，选用适合的单词，并能用其适当形式填空，培养
了学生在语境中运用词汇的能力。
2. Ask students to fill in each blank with a word or expression that introduces a
predicative clause. (Assessing Your Progress, Activity 2)
Suggested answers:
what;what;how;what;how;why;because;that/as*
【设计意图】学生通过本部分检测，在语境中复习和巩固了表语从句引导词的用法，为下部分复习表语从句的语法知识作准备。
Step III 迁移创新
活动五：推理与论证
1. Ask students to work in pairs and reflect on predicative clauses.
2. Ask students to draw a mind map of their understanding of the video.
【设计意图】学生通过本部分活动，巩固、复习表语从句。同时，通过回顾视频内容，画出 偶有所得思维导图，领会科学探索
的重要性，培养了发散思维和批判性思维。
活动六：批判与评价
Reflecting.
What new ideas did you learn about science and scientists from this unit?
What new vocabulary and structures did you learn in this unit? How well can you use
them? Did you use any of them in your language activities?
Do you think the “asking questions” strategy was useful in understanding the texts?
What problems did you or your friends have with this unit? How did you solve the
problems? What advice did you give each other?
Overall, I thought this unit was Oinspiring Ointeresting Oso-so Odifficult.
【设计意图】学生通过这些问题自我评价和反思，归纳和总结自己本单元所学和所掌握的知识以及掌握的程度，培养他们自我评价 、
自我反思和自我改进的能力。
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