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初二教案第372期

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Issue 372

大连五十五中学宋文静

北京第十七中学于海洋

Kids aim high for science P(3)

大连五十五中学宋文静

I. Pre-reading

1. Do you like to make science inventions?

2. Have you ever made little inventions?

3. If so, what inventions have you made?

II. Skimming

What invention did the boy make?

Answer: Marshmallow cannon.

III. Reading

Choose the best answer

1.How many student projects were shown last week at the science fair?

3 B. 30 C. less than 30 D. more than 30

2. Which student project is President Obama’s favorite?

A. The “Skype on wheels” robot

B. The “marshmallow cannon”

C. The new kind of sugar packet

D. The special trash can

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Ben spent two years and five months making the machine.

B. Marshmallow cannons can be used in war.

C. The “paper” packet is made from sugar and it can melt into coffee.

D. The student inventors mentioned in the passage are all boys.

4. Why did Ben have to be very creative?

A. Because he wanted to beat other students.

B. Because he didn’t have enough materials.

C. Because he had little money to work with.

D. Because his invention wasn’t special.

5. From the passage we can infer that ____.

A. The students in the USA are all very creative.

B. President Obama pays more attention to science and education.

C. Every year the US government holds White House Science Fair.

D. Hayley Hoverter likes to drink coffee at Starbucks.

Key: DBCCB

IV. Post-reading

☆Does your school have a school science fair?

☆ Don’t you think it necessary for students to try science student project? Why?

If you have a chance to try a science student project, what will you invent?

It’s Chinese to me... P(4-5)

大连五十五中学宋文静

I. Pre-reading

What is your mother language?

How do you like your mother language?

II. Skimming

What day is it “ February 21” ?

Answer: International Mother Language Day.

III. Reading

Choose the best answer

1. Why did the United Nations (联合国) name February 21 International Mother Language Day?

A. To call on people to speak their mother language as often as possible.

B. Because mother languages are very important for everyone in the world.

C. To remind people to protect all languages around the world.

D. Because too many people take no notice of their mother language.

2. If there were 7 billion people in the world, how many people would speak Chinese?

A. Over one billion 4 hundred million.

B. One billion 4 hundred million.

C. Two and a half billion

D. About one billion 4 hundred million.

3. The earliest Chinese characters were written on _________.

A. leaves

B. paper

C. human bones

D. animal bones

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Chinese characters are meaningful.

B. The importance of mother languages.

C. A general introduction to Chinese.

D. Chinese is spoken by most people.

Key: CDDC

IV. Discussion

These days, more and more foreigners want to learn Chinese characters and culture. Why do you think this is?

If a foreigner wants to learn Chinese well, can you give him/her some advice?

Webs are stronger than steel P(5)

北京市第十七中学于海洋

I. Brainstorming

Do you know the book Charlotte’s Web? It’s about the friendship between a spider and a pig.

Do you think the web of a spider is weak or strong?

II. Skimming

1. According to the passage, is a spider web weak or strong?

2. Why is it so strong?

Answers: 1. It’s very strong. 2. It is not just the strength of the thread, but the clever design of the web.

III. Scanning

True or False

1. Webs can withstand strong earthquakes.

2. All threads in a web are sticky.

3. When the silk in the web isn’t sticky, the spiders usually eat it.

4. The shape of a web is not the reason why a web is strong.

5. The special design of a web can not only help spiders catch insects, but also give scientists new ideas.

Answers: FFTFT

IV. Detail reading

1. What makes the “web” so strong?

A. the strength of the thread B. the design of the web

C. the weakness of insects D. A and B

2. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Spider-Man

B. How spiders catch insects

C. The strongest web in the world

D. The secret of spider webs

Answers: DD

V. Post-reading

Discussion

What can you learn from the scientists' findings?

A spider is small, but its web is very strong.

What can we learn from this?

Stand tall like a sunflower P(6)

北京市第十七中学于海洋

I. Brainstorming

1. Which plant or flower do you like best? Why?

2. What do plants need to grow?

3. Show a picture: Do you know what this is? (Sunflower)

II. Scanning

True or False

1. The author and his family spent much time in their bedrooms making them clean.

2. They planted a tiny sunflower.

3. The sunflower had a strong stalk and one head.

4. The sunflower grew under a big stone and it couldn’t take in the sunshine.

Answers: FFFF

III. While reading

Choose the best answer

1. When the author saw the tiny plant, _____.

A. he cut it down

B. he knew what it was

C. he knew that his wife planted it

D. he didn’t know what it was

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. After a few weeks, the author found it was a sunflower.

B. After a few weeks, the plant had a tall stalk with only one head

C. After a few weeks, the plant started where the stalk began.

D. After a few weeks, the author took some stones away from the plant.

3.The word “support” in the last paragraph means ____.

A. dislike B. worry about C. agree with D. help

Answers: DCD

Answer the questions

1. What did the author realize when he saw the sunflower grew around the rocks?

2. What does the author want to tell us?

Answers: 1. He realized that we humans are able to do the same thing. If we believe in ourselves, we can find the sun, no matter how difficult it is. 2. Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what you are, and you will reach your goals.

IV. Post-reading

Discuss in groups

1. What is your biggest problem now?

2. How do you overcome (克服) your difficulties?