Project(2): Writing a science fiction story优秀教学设计范文

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Teaching aims:

1.

Read two summaries of the science fiction stories.

2.

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

Work together and make a science fiction story.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

Enjoy a part of Harry Potter The Characteristics of Science Fiction:

Advanced technology

A setting in the future or in the past, or a setting in outer space or other planet or involving aliens

New or mysterious superpowers or senses Step 2 Pre-reading What is science fiction? Answers Science fiction is a type of writing based on fantasy and imagination. Science fiction writers often write about what will happen in ‘tomorrow’s world’.

Step 3 Reading

1.

Introduction to the author 2.

Ask students to read the three summaries again and answer the following questions to check their understanding.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1)

Where do the German professor and his nephew travel to? (2)

What do they see during their journey? (3)

How do they come back to the world above? 3.

Detailed information of Journey to the Centre of the Earth

The Time Machine (1)

What has the scientist invented?

(2)

What does he find when he travels to year AD 802,701?

(3)

What is the world thirty million years into the future like?

Step 4 Discussion Tell students that they are going to write their own science fiction stories. And ask them to read the three summaries again and answer the following question:

What elements make up a story?

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Step 5 Group work Discuss with your group members 1.What is the title of your story? 2.What will be a good setting for your story? 3. Who will be your main characters? 4. How many paragraphs will your story have? 5. Who will write each paragraph? 6. Who will read the story to the class?

Step 6 Presentation and comment Make a comment on each story.

Step 7

Homework

Complete your science fiction stories and proofread it.

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