1. Talk about news and the media

2.　　　 What do great scientists like Stephen Hawking , Galileo Galilei and Zhang Heng have in common? Find out more about them and how they work and think: What is the scientific spirit? How do scientists solve problems? How do scientists make a difference? What can we learn from great scientists?

Use the questions below to get started.

What is the scientific spirit?

How do scientists solve problems?

How do scientists make a difference?

What can we learn from great scientists?

Step IV Writing

T: Who is your favourite scientists? Write a paragraph. Before writing, think about what you want to write and what the readers need to know. How can you best describe him or her? What is the most important or interesting fact about the scientist? Why do you like him or her? List an outline of the passage. Then write some useful sentences to help them.

Step V Homework

Go over all the important points learnt in this unit and finish your writing.

Step VI The Design of the Writing on the Bb

Unit 1 Making a difference

The Fifth Period

A good scientists must be curious and careful .

Great scientists use their creativity and imagination to come up with new ideas.

Scientists must also be intelligent and patient .

The experiment proved that her theory was correct.

Other scientists were surprised by her discovery and called it a success .

She used a model to solve the problem .

Record after teaching:

Unit 2 News media

Teaching Goals:

1.　　　 Of all the characteristics mentioned in the passage, which do you think is the most important? Why?

5.　　　 …only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.

Step III Listening and Discussion

T: Listen to the tape twice. Then discuss the questions in pairs or groups.

4.　　　 …it was only later that the world recognized his greatness.

3.　　　 the other way round

2.　　　 what if

1.　　　 take a look at

5.How can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference?

T: I’ll explain some expressions and sentence structures.

4.What’s the most important thing if we want to make a difference?