Reading(1)：Not just watching a film…教学设计及课堂实录

Period 2 Reading Not just watching a film

Teaching Aim:

Step 1 Lead—in T:Do you like the film? Do you want to be a real character in the film? (Show some pictures about the Film Harry Potter) S:Yes! T:OK! Today we will learn a new passage about a new product, it will help you realize your dream.

Step 2 Skimming Read the business proposal and find out the answers. 1. What is the name of the product?A virtual reality cinema called RealCine

2.How many of the viewer’s senses does this product excite？All five of our senses

3. Who went on a virtual trip to Africa? My ninety-year-old grandfather

Step 3 Scanning We all know that a ninety-year-old grandfather can’t really go on a trip to Africa. What will happen if he goes on a virtual trip to Africa? Now please listen to the tape carefully and get more information about the new product—Realcine.(Then play the tape.) As we get more information about the passage, let’s do some F or T.

1.The technology behind this product is virtual reality. T

2.Upon reaching the top of Qomolangma, the cold, the tiredness, the food, the smells, the sights and the sounds of the mountain will be experienced. F

3. A straw sensor delivers smells into the viewer’s nose. F 4. VR can provide teenagers with another way to experience the world. T

5. Some people think that viewers will be disappointed by RealCine because VR is not interesting. F

6. Firefighters could be trained using RealCine without the risk of being sent into a burning

building. T

Step 4 Detailed reading

OK! I think they are easy. Realcine is really useful, not only used in training firefighters but also used in watching a film. If we use it in watching a film, we can feel real, because the Realcine excites the viewers’

five senses. How can it excite the viewers”

five senses? Please finish the table.

Sense Sight Things needed Special VR headset

Effects in RealCine Viewers can see a world of 3d animation all around them.

Sound

Special VR headset

Viewers can hear the sounds clearly all around them.

Smell Small openings in the headset

Small gloves

A straw sensor

Viewers can touch people and objects in the film

Special food and drink chemicals are placed into the viewer’s mouth.

Touch Taste

Step 5 Structure

OK! You have understood the text well, now I will give the main idea of each part ,you can make a choice.

Para 1

The general introduction of the proposal

Para 2,3,4

How RealCine works

Para 5,6

Why RealCine is better than ordinary cinema

Para 7

How RealCine can be used in other ways

Para 8

Conclusion

Step 6 Reading strategy This passage is about a business proposal, how to read a proposal is useful. Now please read the reading strategy by yourselves and find out the answers. A business proposal should be:Clear and persuasive A good proposal usually includes:Detailed information, Convincing facts, Examples To make the proposal objective:Passive voice is frequently used Step 7 Fill in the blanks Realcine is a (1)virtual reality cinema for everyone.(2) Unlike ordinary cinema, Realcine (3)excite all five of our senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch and even taste. Realcine works by

making the viewers feel that they are actually in the film. To (4)achieve this, special VR headsets are (5) designed to enable the viewers to see a world of 3D animation and hear the sounds clearly, all around them. In order to (6)add to the virtual world of realcine, smell are given out (7) through small openings in the headsets. Special food and drink chemicals are (8) delivered into the viewer’s mouth (9) via a straw sensor. People (10) put forward an argument that some viewers will be (11) disappointed by Realcine because VR is not real. However we are able to do some things with VR that could never be (12) achieved in real life. VR might also have some other (13) uses including films. Realcine is sure to (14) provide an fantastic opportunity for the (15) film—making industry.

Step 8 Presentation

If Realcine is a new product of your company, your boss asked you to introduce it to the public on an exhibition. How can you give a brief presentation about it? You can use the information in the chart we finished before. You can start with the sentence: I’m the shanghai representative of Sony Company. Today I will introduce the product to you. The product…

Step 9 Homework 1. Read the passage out. 2. Finish Ex. D, E on page 44, 45 in the textbook. 3. Do Ex. A1, A2 on page106 in the textbook.