Learning about Language多媒体教学设计及其点评

Unit 3 Life in the future

Period 1 A Sample lesson plan for reading

Introduction

In this period, after the warming up, students will be guided to read a narration about life in the future. They shall be reading the text by means of reading for structures, reading and copying, reading the text to decide on the type of writing and summary of the idea, making a chain of events from the text First Impressions and retelling the text in

their own words with the help of the diagram. The period will be closed down by students taking a quiz. Objectives[来源:

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To help students learn to male predictions and conjectures

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To help students learn to read a narration about future

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To help students better understand “future life”

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To help students learn to use some important words and expressions ■

To help students identify examples of “The past participle<3> as the adverbial & attribute” in the text

Focus Words remind, lack, ache, hover, bend, press, master, flash, switch, imitate, assist, skip, require Expressions

take up, remind…of…, lose sight of…, catch sight of…, sweep up, speed up, assist in

Patterns

Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days.

Wang Ping was very understanding.

The capsule shook as we lay relaxed by our dreams.

Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air. He…hurried me through to a small room nearby for me to

rest.. I saw the area again as it had been in the year AD 2008.

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Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures 1. Warming up

⑴Warming up by filling the chart

Hello, everyone! How did you come to school today? By bus, by bike, by motor bicycle, by car or on foot?

Have you ever thought about the changes in transport that have taken place since the First Emperor, QinShihuang traveled in his carriage? Turn to page 17. Read the chart and discuss in pairs to fill it. Now what changes would you might expect to see in the next two thousand years? ⑵ Warming up by looking into the future Hello, everyone. Today we take Unit 3, Life in the future. As it is known that the world is changing fast. Then what will the future life be like?[来源:I think the dead can live again in the future. About 50 years from now, it will be possible to use virtual reality to bring the dead back to life. People will drag out their old and boring home movies and choose a relative to bring back to life. The visual will be combined with records about that person to create a virtual relative. Then the family can have a chat with that relative, keep it running, and live with it. The experience will be like living with a ghost. ⑶Warming up by watching a future film Today we are going to take Unit 3 Life in the future. But first let’s watch a future film called Back into the future. 2. Pre-reading by brainstorming Before we read the text First Impressions, we shall spend some time brainstorming for problems facing human beings today and in the future in AD 3008. 3. Reading for structures[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]

Now we have come to the text FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Let’s read it for the structures, of the sentences, of the paragraph, and of the text as a whole, first.

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Attention, please. What problems do you have with the structures of the sentences, of the paragraph, and of the text as a whole? If you cannot solve the problems put them to me. 4. Reading and copying Next you are to jot down all the expressions useful to you. After class write a short passage, making use of the expressions. [来源:学科网ZXXK]

Expressions from the text FIRST IMPRESSIONS take up one’s prize, rub one’s eyes, remind oneself that…, be unsettled for some time, suffer from…, time lag, get flashbacks from…, feel nervous and uncertain, transport …into…, in a time

capsule, climb in through…, lie relaxed, be one thousand years in the future, be confused by…, solve the problems, hurry…through…, in no time, on one’s feet, float above…, press down on…, move swiftly, master the idea, get lost, fly by, in all directions, lose sight of…, be swept up into…, provide…with…, flash a switch on a computer screen, rise from under the floor, by magic, one’s first time travel trip, plenty of…, spread…on…, produce a bed from the floor, slide into…, fall fast asleep[来源Com]

5. Reading thetext to decide on the type of writing and summary of the idea Type of writing Main idea of the passage

Topic sentence of This is a piece of narrative writing. It tells about Li Qiang traveling to the year AD 3008 and his experiences there. 1st

I have traveled to the year AD 3008. paragraph Topic sentence of 2nd

I was still on the earth but one thousand years in the future. of 3rd

I was hit by the lack of fresh air. paragraph Topic sentence paragraph Topic sentence of 4th

Tomorrow I will be ready for other visits organized by “ Future Tours”.

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6. Making a chain of events from the text First Impressions

Suffering

from “time lag”

Going by a time capsule

On earth but 1000 years in the future At home in the year AD 3008 7. Retelling the text in your own words with the help of the diagram above A retold passage of the text I am Li Qiang. I was taking up my prize of traveling to the year AD 3008 by a time capsule. I was worried about the trip feeling unsettled for some time. As a result, I suffered from “time lag” which is similar to “time lag”.

I got flashbacks from my previous time period, that is, from the years before 2005. I felt nervous and uncertain. The some green tablets helped me a lot. I was finally transported into the future, arriving the year AD 3005, by a time capsule. …

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Summary Fill in the blank with one word to complete the summary of the text. As today's world quickly 1 _____ , we need to make reasonable 2 _____ about what kind of life we want to live. Keep 3 _____ mind that if we don't decide, then it will be 4 _____ for us. We will find ourselves doing 5 _____ we don't really enjoy, things that harm 6 _____ health, things with unexpected future consequences, 7 _____ things that fill our lives with fear 8 _____ tension (violence can be made to 9 _____ attractive and exciting). In the future, as 10 _____ gain knowledge and insight, we will want real 11 _____, the freedom to make smart choices 12 _____ what is best for ourselves. （Keys: 1 changes 2 choices 3 in 4 decided 5 things 6 our 7 or 8 and 9 look 10 we 11 freedom 12 about）

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