Period 4 Integrating skills
Teaching aims:
1. Get the students to grasp the main idea of the text so as to improve their reading ability.
2. Get the students to learn the scientific way for the scientists to do their research work—the way to think and observe.
Teaching important points:
1. How to analyses an article so as to grasp its main idea.
2. How to write a description according to the information given.
Teaching difficult point:
How to improve the students’ reading ability — how to analyse an article.
Teaching methods:
1. Pair work or group work to make every student taken an active part in the class.
2. Discussion to get the students to understand what they are learning better.
Teaching aids: A computer, a courseware and a tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Check the homework
Step 2 Scanning
Find out the important people mentioned in the text.
Charles Darwin From England Gregor Mendel From Austria Gote Turesson From Sweden
Choose the best answers according to the passage
1. The research by Darwin, Mendel and Turesson shows that_ . C
A. genetics is more important than the environment to plants
B. genetics is less important than the environment to plants
C. both genetics and the environment are important to plants
D. neither genetics nor the environment is important to plants
2. Darwin observed that the birds with _ _ would eat_ . B
A. small beaks; hard seeds B. broad beaks;hard seeds
C. hard beaks;hard seeds D. broad beaks;soft seeds
3. Darwin joined the scientific expedition on _____ . C
A. the Endeavour B.Tahiti C. the Beagle D. space
4. Scientists of the nineteenth century believed that . D
A. the development of new species was behind the influence of the environment
B. the development of new species and the influence of the environment were hand in hand
C. the development of new species had nothing to do with the influence of the environment
D. the influence of the environment was behind the development of new species
5. Darwin studied physics,chemistry and botany because_________ . B
A. he was invited to join scientific expedition B. he was interested in them
C. he could do a lot Of experiments D. he wanted to finish his book “On the Origin of Species”
Step 3 Careful reading
Fill in the following blanks
Scientist Research/experiment Result
Charles Darwin Wild life of Galapagos, many varieties of garden roses There were differences
between the species of the different islands. They showed a clear relationship with those of
America’ differences in habitat could lead to different species in birds as well as in plants.
Gregor Mendel Flowers and peas Many characteristics were passed on from one generation to the
next, without influence by the environment. His research gave birth to the science of genetics.
Gote Turesson A wild plant found on the Swedish west coast Found evidence for the existence of
stable varieties within species in nature. He showed that differences between plants of one species
occurred as a result of the environmental conditions in their habitat.
The text can be divided into four parts
Part I Pa. 1-3: Darwin and his research.
Part II Pa. 4-5: Mendel and his experiment.
Part III Pa. 6: Turesson and his study
Part IV Pa. 7: the importance and significance of the research of the three.
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