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o his friends and his friends encouraged him to publish his make up a dialogue in pairs based on this will hold a petition to see which group acts the best.(After a few minutes, the teacher gets several pairs to act it out and decides which group is the best one.)Step 8 WritingT: Just now we learned that Copernicus didn’t publish his ideas as soon as he found his also talked about what you would have done if you were write a short letter asking Copernicus to publish his ideas so everyone can read you need to collect your are some suggested information on Page you need to arrange these is a plan for it.Beginning: Tell Copernicus who you are and why you want him to publish his ideas.Paragraph 2: Reason 1 and evidence.Paragraph 3: Reason 2 and evidence.Summing up: Ask him to think again about publishing his ideas.(Give Ss some time to do them to draw an outline first, and it will help them to develop their writing passage will be they have finished writing, get them to exchange with their desk ask some to read their writings to the whole doing this, the teacher can design a petition to arouse their excitement.)Step 9 HomeworkT: You did very well in ’s the homework for you. the reading passage and underline the phrases you think important and useful. the writing if you haven’t finished and improve it if you have.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 1 Great scientistsPeriod 4 Reading and WritingCopernicus’ revolutionary workMain idea of each part: Para 1 Brief introductionPara 2 The cause ofCopernicus’ theoryParas 34 The process ofCopernicus’theoryPara 5 The significance ofCopernicus’ theoryBefore Copernicus’ theoryCopernicus’ theory made the earth. earth was the center of the solar system. sun is the center of the solar system and the planets go around it except the moon. earth is spinning as it goes round the sun.Research and ActivitiesThe theme of the activity is“a great scientist in our eyes”.Get the students to work in groups and introduce a great scientist in their , they need to decide which scientist they think is the , collect as much information as possible about the scientist, such as his/her life, achievements, and so the end, each group presents it to the whole activity is designed to arouse the students’ interest in science, cultivate their team spirit and learn something from these great also helps them learn to search for information and organize it well.Reference for TeachingNicolaus CopernicusBorn on , 1473, in Thorn (Torun), Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus was destined to bee, through the publication of his heliocentric theory 70 years later, one of the seminal figures in the history of scientific son of a prosperous merchant, he was raised after his father’s death by a maternal uncle, who enabled him to enter the University of Krakow, then famous for its mathematics, philosophy, and astronomy experience stimulated the young Copernicus to study further liberal arts at Bologna (14961501), medicine at Padua, and law at the University of Ferrara, from which he emerged in 1503 with the doctorate in canon afterward he returned to Poland and eventually settled permanently at the cathedral in Frauenberg (Frombork), less than 100 miles from his his uncle’s influence he had been elected a canon of the church even before his journey to not only faithfully performed his ecclesiastical duties, but also pract