必修三Unit 4 Integrated skills

Making a plan for the school Science Festival

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this class, students will be able to:

1. grasp the key elements of a plan for the Science Festival through listening to a talk;

2. comb through the theme and events of a Science Festival through reading a news report;

3. decide on the theme and events of the school Science Festival through discussing;

4. make a plan for the Science Festival and have it reviewed through writing and assessing.

 

Teaching procedures:

1.  Lead in

Experience Plasma magic ball（等离子球）

 

2. Listening

The chairperson of the school Science Club is talking about how to make a plan for the school Science Festival.

         What to include in the plan

①_________ of the Science Festival

Events of the Science Festival

Ÿ A ②_________ by a well-known scientist

Ø The person to be invited

Ø The time and place for the event

Ø The ③_______ that students might be interested in

Ÿ Science Workshop

Ø Experiments to be done

Ø Equipment and ④___________ needed

Ÿ Science ⑤___________

Ø Suggestions on how each class can design activities and decorate their classrooms

3) What should be included in your plan for the school Science Festival?

________________________________________________________________________

 

3. Reading

1). Read the school news report about last year’s Science Festival. Then fill in the mindmap below.

 

 

 

 

2) How did students feel about the last Science Festival? (find evidence(证据) in the text)

________________________________________________________________________

 

4. Discussing

1) Decide on the theme

What theme do you want to focus on in our school Science Festival? Why?

I’d like to suggest _______________ as the theme of our school Science Festival

because _______________________________________________________________

2) Discuss the events

What events will be held in the Science Festival according to the theme?

 

Choose one of the dialogue models and discuss the events in pairs

(1) Lecture

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Science Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Science Fair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Writing

1) Choose proper language style

 

2) Group work

①Decide on the theme of the Science Festival in your group;

②Discuss the events according to the theme;

③Each member writes one part of the plan;

④Group leader puts the different parts together and present the plan to the whole class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan for the school Science Festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) Peer review(同伴评价)

Will you vote for the plan? Why?

______________________________________________________________

 

*You can assess the plan according to the following questions:

¨ Is the theme interesting?

¨ Are the events connected with the theme?

¨ Do the events increase students’ interest in science?

¨ Is the language formal and polite?