9A Unit 2 Great minds Teaching Content Listening,Speaking Culture corner By the end of the lesson,students will be able to 1.Listen for specific information about Einstein,Shakespeare,and Learning Confucius. Objectives 2.Leave and take phone messages. 3.Tell a story about a famous person. 4.Know about Isaac Newton. Procedures Activities Purpose Step 1: 1.Warm-up: 1.To activate Ss'prior Lead-in T and Ss review the interesting story about knowledge about Einstein,who is one of the great minds.T Einstein by reviewing gets Ss to guess who is the idol of Einstein what they have learnt in reading section. 2.Picture: T gives a hint by showing a picture of a 2.To gain Ss attention special tree and asks Ss to guess why the and arouse Ss'interest tree is special. by building up (Answer:Newton's apple tree in suspense. Cambridge University.Newton is probably the idol of Einstein.) Step 2: 1.Reading: 1.To enable Ss to have Culture Ss read the text about Newton and find out an overall corner the information about his name, understanding of nationality,job,achievements. Newton. 2.Language focus: 2.To introduce the brief T explains key words and phrases to Ss. explanation of some key (i.e.physicist,mathematician,astronomer, words. law of gravity) 3.Transition: 3.To prepare Ss for the T invites Ss to know about some other listening section. great minds from a listening program.9A Unit 2 Great minds Teaching Content Listening, Speaking & Culture corner Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 1. Listen for specific information about Einstein, Shakespeare, and Confucius. 2. Leave and take phone messages. 3. Tell a story about a famous person. 4. Know about Isaac Newton. Procedures Activities Purpose Step 1: Lead-in 1.Warm-up: T and Ss review the interesting story about Einstein, who is one of the great minds. T gets Ss to guess who is the idol of Einstein. 2.Picture: T gives a hint by showing a picture of a special tree and asks Ss to guess why the tree is special. (Answer: Newton’s apple tree in Cambridge University. Newton is probably the idol of Einstein.) 1.To activate Ss’ prior knowledge about Einstein by reviewing what they have learnt in reading section. 2.To gain Ss attention and arouse Ss’ interest by building up suspense. Step 2: Culture corner 1.Reading: Ss read the text about Newton and find out the information about his name, nationality, job, achievements. 2.Language focus: T explains key words and phrases to Ss. (i.e. physicist, mathematician, astronomer, law of gravity) 3.Transition: T invites Ss to know about some other great minds from a listening program. 1.To enable Ss to have an overall understanding of Newton. 2.To introduce the brief explanation of some key words. 3.To prepare Ss for the listening section