Project(2): Writing a science fiction story优质公开课教案

M4U3

Project

Teaching aims:

1.

Read two science fiction stories and summarize the characteristics of science fiction story.

2.

Learn what a science fiction story is like and how to write a science fiction story. 3.

Work together and make out a science fiction story. Teaching procedures:

Step 1

Lead-in

(1)

Have you seen this movie, Ready Player One? (2)

Watch s short video and think of what kind of film it is. (3)

What is a science fiction film like? What is a science fiction story like? 【设计说明】提问从学生自身的生活经验出发，引入science fiction的概念，激发学生的学习兴趣，导入主题。

Step 2

Sample Reading

(1)Show students pictures of two sample reading (2) Sample Reading One : Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Ask students to read and fill in the blanks. In Iceland, they saw an u___________ ocean inside. On the shores of this ocean, there was a forest and ______ mushrooms.

Then they built a small boat and two ________ rose to the surface. And they came across ____________ and many ________________. Finally, they reached the bottom of the hole. The water _______________ into the sunlight.

(3)Do you think it is common in our daily life? What makes this science fiction story attractive? Journey to the centre of the earth:

Dinosaurs, strange creatures: Water pushing them up: Sample Reading Two: The Time Machine Questions: . 1. What did the scientist invent?

2. What did he find when he travelled to the year AD 802,701?

3. What was the world thirty million years into the future like?

【设计说明】用问题检查学生是否理解阅读内容，用影音文件使学生切实地感受到科幻小说的魅力，并进一步产生创作的欲望。

Step 3 Discussion

Write a science fiction story Step 1 Planning 1. Work in groups of 4 2. Decide each element in your story

time: in the future/in the past

setting: an unknown place/outer space

characters: humans/aliens/monsters/robots

1 / 2

plot/storyline: science fantasy/virtual reality

Step 2 Preparing 1. How many paragraphs will your story have? 2. Who will write each paragraph? 3. Who will read the story to your classmates? Step 3

Presenting

Ask several groups to present their story outlines. Step 4

Summary Make a summary about what have been learned in this lesson. 【设计说明】通过小结，再次强调所学内容，明确课后任务。

Step 5

Homework Improve your science fiction stories and collect your works to make a pamphlet. 【设计说明】用家庭作业的形式让学生进一步修改自己的作品

2 / 2