同课异构-课堂创新教学设计（高中英语人教必修五）学案-1.3学案设计二.docxVIP

Period 3　语言运用课学习目标1.To learn a passage about Copernicus in the textbook and improve reading ability.2.To accumulate common knowledge about astronomy through the Copernicus?? experience.3.To be better at writing letters and expressing yourself in English.学习过程Step 1:ReadingRead the passage quickly and finish the following exercises.Share your answers with the other members in your group for better ones.1.List the two theories of the universe.Before Copernicus?? theory ?After Copernicus?? theory ?2.Observe the following two sentences.Analyze their common usage.(1)So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it,gradually improving his theory until he felt it was complete.(2)The Christian Church rejected his theory,saying it was against God??s idea...总结:这两个句子都使用了　作句子的　成分。?用同样的句式改写句子:His friends were enthusiastic and encouraged him to publish his ideas.?3.Brainstorm the reasons why Copernicus couldn??t publish his theory??4.If you were Copernicus,would you publish your theory?List your reasons.?Step 2:Read the passage and finish the following exercises.(1)Copernicus was born in Torun,Poland,on February 19,1473.Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10.An uncle adopted him,his two sisters,and his brother.The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education.Copernicus went to the University of Cracow.There he studied such subjects as Latin,mathematics,and astronomy.It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name,Niklas Koppernigk,to the Latin form of Nicolaus Copernicus.In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy,where he spent the next 10 years studying at various universities.?(2)In Copernicus?? time people still believed that all things—the sun,the stars,and the planets—resolved around the earth.It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned.Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief.Because the Church had long been the center of learning,the theory was also linked to religious beliefs.(3)In 1506 Copernic