Learning about Language第二课时教学设计

Unit 2 Robots 1. 教材分析

本单元以机器人和科幻小说为话题，介绍了20世纪世界知名的科幻小说家Isaac Asimov写于1951的Satisfaction Guaranteed 和作者的生平。通过本单元的教学，旨在让学生了解科幻小说最大的特征在于：它赋予了“幻想”依靠科技在未来得以实现的极大可能，甚至有些“科学幻想”在多年以后，的确在科学上成为了现实。如Isaac Asimov1951年描述的机器人的部分功能已经被应用于现实生活和工作中。在教学中，要鼓励学生敢于幻想，大胆创新，发挥自己丰富的想象力和创作力，写出独具特色的科幻文章。

1.1 Warming Up介绍了什么是机器人和不同种类及不同形状的机器人。

1.2 Pre-reading 通过讨论机器人是否像人类一样有自己的思维、是否有感情引出Isaac Asimov的科幻小说Satisfaction Guaranteed，为本单元的Reading做好了铺垫。

1.3 Reading的课文是Isaac Asimov写于1951的科幻小说Satisfaction Guaranteed。文中描述的机器人Tony是一个除去面无表情外，身材高大、相貌英俊、聪明机智的完美男人，仅三周的时间就使女主人坠入爱河。

1.4 Comprehending共有3个练习，练习1是关于克莱尔的情感变化，练习2是关于课文内容的5个问答题，旨在考查学生对课文的理解；练习3要求学生比较机器人Tony在physical, mental两方面与人的异同，与Pre-reading 部分的问题相呼应。

2．教材重组

将Warming Up、

Pre-reading、

Reading与Comprehending整合在一起上一节“阅读课”。

.课时教案

The First Period Reading Teaching goals教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

fiction, desire, satisfaction, absent, alarm, alarmed, smooth, embarrass, sympathy, elegant, pile, scan, fingernail, absurd, haircut, accompany, curtain, cushion, carpet, paint, awful，affair, firm, firmly, declare, victory, envy, marriage, test out, ring up, turn around, leave alone b. 重点句型

She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair. 2. Ability goals能力目标

Help students to learn about robots and science fiction.

3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Enable students to realize science fiction reflects scientific thought; a fiction of things-to-come based on things-on-hand. Teaching important points教学重点

Enable students to grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how her emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house. Help students to sum up characteristics of science fiction. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her house. Teaching methods教学方法

Discussing, explaining, reading and practicing. Teaching aids教具准备

Multimedia computer.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Warming up Deal with Warming Up. Present photos of different kinds of robots. Then ask them to say something about his or her favorite robot. T: Good morning / afternoon, class!

Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. / Ms ... T: In this class we are going to learn about robots. Who would like to tell me what a robot is? S1: A robot is a machine. T: What kind of machine? S2: A robot is a kind of machine that can do a variety of complex human tasks. T: How can a robot perform human tasks? S3: A robot is controlled by a computer. T: You are right. Then we can give the definition of a robot like this: A robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots are programmed and controlled by a computer. Now look at some pictures. Divide them into different types and decide your favorite one. Step Ⅱ

Pre-reading Ask students to discuss the questions in Pre-reading in groups. Students are encouraged to speak out their opinions freely, no matter what it is. Encourage students to use their imagination. Possible answers:

1. You would find the robot in the first photo in a factory. It is an industrial robot that picks up, carries and moves loads. The second robot is a robot dog. The robot dog is a toy that would be found in people’s home. The third robot would be used as a surveillance tool that can travel over open terrain. It has a camera on its top at the front to feed back to the operators of the robot what lies in its path. 2. There are many types of robots: industrial robots used in manufacturing; domestic robots such as vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers; entertainment robots such as toys and those in theme parks; robots used in toxic waste cleanup and in underwater and space exploration; surgical robots; bomb disposal robots and those that can detect landmines; airborne robots used to search for people (such as in an area affected by an

earthquake). 3. Students’ own answers. All answers are correct. Step Ⅲ

Reading Deal with the reading part. Scanning Ask students to scan the text and find out what Tony looks like. T: OK. I’m glad you had a heated discussion. Now I’d like you to meet Tony—a robot that looks exactly like a human being. He is a character in the science fiction Satisfaction Guaranteed by Isaac Asimov. Please read the text and find the answers to the following questions. Show the following questions on the PowerPoint.

1. How many characters are mentioned? (para 1-4)

2. What did Tony look like?

3. What’s Claire’s feeling towards Tony when they first met with each other? Why did Claire have such a kind of feeling towards Tony? Several minutes later check the answers with the whole class. Suggested answers: 2.He was tall and handsome although his facial expressions never changed. His hair was smooth and black and his voice was deep. 3.She felt alarmed because he seemed more like a human than a machine Careful reading Ask students to read the text carefully and then complete the table on Page 12.

occasion 1. Before he arrived 2. When he arrived 3. When he offered to help her dress Claire…

disliked him was alarmed felt embarrassed 4. When he offered to help her improve her house and admired him herself

5. When he helped her with the salesman 6. When she fell off a ladder and caught by Tony called him a dear felt his warmth 7. When she heard Gladys whispering to another woman felt being envied

that she had never seen anyone so handsome as Tony 8. She remembered Tony was just a machine Then discuss the following questions in groups.

1. Do you think Tony was also in love with Claire? 2. If so, do you think it acceptable for Claire and Tony to be in love? Students’ own answers. All answers are correct cried all night Step Ⅳ Homework

1.Make up a mini-play according to the story. 2.Underline the language points you think are important.