Unit 4-Reading: Science

UNIT OVERVIEW

1. I can recognize and understand reference words

2. I can do matching feature questions with 75% accuracy

3. I can recall at least 1 piece of information in the reading passage

Lead in

Open Ended

How do awards mean to students?

Open Ended

Is it a good idea for students to not care about being recognized for their achievements? Why and Why not?

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Awards that you want to receive from your parents or schools when you achieve significant academic goal

In pairs-5 minutes

Choose one of the topics below

1.

The benefits of scientific awards to society?

2.

The benefits of science to society?

​Requirements:
1. 1 minute to brainstorm
2. 2 minutes to write down all the ideas

Reading-Activity 1

Predicting information in the reading passage

Open Ended

What do you think the passage is about?

Reading-Activity 2

I can recognize reference words and understand what they refer to

What are reference words?

Here are some of the most common types of reference words.

●it, they, them, his

●this, that, those

●some, others, another

Why do we use reference words?

Understanding reference words

Study this example, what does each underlined word refer to in
the text?

Multiple Choice

Financial information is a vital component of modern civilization.You have to use IT wisely.

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• financial information

• modern civilization

• use wisely

• vital component

Multiple Choice

Much effort is used to produce and use information.Not all THESE endeavors are fully understood

• much effort

• producing information

• using information

• producing and using information

Multiple Choice

Past research has indeed revolutionized our thinking. THE SAME can't be said of later research

• past research

• our thinking

• changing our thinking

• later research

Multiple Choice

Photographs of famous people were displayed in a magazine.The ONE I liked didn't get a prize

• people

• photograph

• magazine

• prize

Multiple Choice

I prefer going home rather than staying at work.But my boss doesn't agree with SUCH an approach

• going home

• staying at work

• my boss

• going home instead of working

Multiple Choice

At the Naval Academy, THEY all wear uniforms.

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• the parents

• the students

Multiple Choice

When Jason visited his mother, SHE had the flu.

• Jason

• his mother

• her sister

• his neighbour

Multiple Choice

Although Barbara likes to talk about politics, she does not want to be ONE.

• a Democrat

• a Republican

• a politician

• a student

Multiple Choice

I was late for class again this morning. IT embarrassed me.

• I was late

• the teacher

• The fact that I was late

• my classmates

Reading-Activity 3

I can do matching feature questions with 75% accuracy

I can do matching feature questions with 75% accuracy

Instructions:

1.

Underline prizes in the reading (2 minutes)

2.

Read sentences near the highlighted prize and match the prizes
to 1-4 (7 minutes)

Draw

A. The Ig Nobel Prize

B. The UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal

C. The Copley Medal

Find these words in the passage and underline them

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Reading-Activity 4

Individual practice- 7 minutes

Situation Analyzing

Imagine yourself in Smith's position. What qualities
would you need to carry out such a study?

A scientist who let bees sting him repeatedly on twenty-five
different places on his body has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for
physiology. The prize, which is now in its twenty-fifth year, is given
for research that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think.
Michael Smith, of Cornell University, was stung several times a day
in different places on his body to find out which parts are the most
sensitive. After weeks of research he found that many bee and wasp
stings were uncomfortable, and the worst places to be stung were
the upper lip and nostril, with the latter being the most painful.

Open Ended

What qualities are needed?

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Retell information that you can remember from the reading passage