Project(1): Writing a science fiction story教学目标

1教学目标

To learn what a science fiction story is like and how to write a science fiction

story. 2学情分析

This is the 7th period of Unit Three. The main purpose of this lesson is to make students learn what a science fiction story is like and how to write a science fiction story. 3重点难点

How to make students understand the science stories better. How to write a science fiction story. 4教学过程

4.1

第一学时

4.1.1新设计

Step 1 lead-in

1. Present some pictures of some science fiction. 2. More questions about science fiction and science fiction writers. *Do you know what science fiction is?

It is a type of writing based on fantasy and imagination. *What do science fiction writers often write about? What will happen in ‘Tomorrow’s World’. Let’s read summaries of the following famous science fiction. Step 2 reading

1. Skimming

Which one do you like best? What are they mainly about? Who wrote this science fiction? Do you know something about them? 2. Scanning

For the first summary: Where do the German professor and his nephew travel to? What do they see during their journey? For the second summary:

What has the scientist invented? What does he find when he travels to year AD 802,701? For the third summary: What has happened to the three young people? How do they come back to the earth? 3. Introduction to the writers

Jules Verne (February 8, 1828—March 24, 1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science fiction genre. Verne was noted

for writing about space, air, and underwater travel long before they were possible. Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English

writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. Zheng Wenguang (1929-2003) Beginning to write science fiction stories in the

1950s, he is regarded as the father of Chinese science fiction. Step3 Consolidation:

Step4 writing a science fiction story (Group Work)

Step 5 Homework

1.Finish the WB exercises (B1, B2and D1, D2) 2.Read the three summaries. 3.Finish writing a science fiction story.