Project(1): Writing a science fiction story精品学案

Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world

Project

Teaching aims: 1.

Make sure Ss know about a science fiction story 2.

Improve Ss’ writing ability.

3.

Encourage students to do teamwork and learn to cooperate with each other. 4.

Ask Ss to cooperate with others. Teaching Important and difficult points: 1.

To know the general idea of the summaries of three science fiction stories. 2.

Make sure Ss know how to write a science fiction story. Teaching methods: 1.

Get students to know about some useful information about a sample project by reading 2.

Ask students to do teamwork to finish the project. 3.

Let students search some useful information about the project and write down important information. 4.

Encourage students to make group discussion to know how to write a science fiction story. Teaching procedures: Step one: Presentation

Ask Ss to read the guidelines on Page 58 and know what a science fiction story is. Step two: Reading Let Ss read the first summary and find out the answers to the following questions:

Who wrote the story Journey to the Centre of the Earth?

What is the novel about?

How could they enter the Earth? Let S read the second summary and find out the answers to the following questions?

Who wrote this novel? And what is it about? What creatures did he discover? What are they?

Let S read the third summary and find out the answers to the following questions?

Who wrote this novel? And what is it about?

How can they guide the lost spaceship safely aback to the Earth? Step Three: Detailed reading

Filling the table after reading the passage again carefully Name of the novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth The Time Machine

author

Time

theme

Flying to Centaurus

Step Four: Language Focus

1. dead

deadly

dying

The volcano is dead. (没有生命的)

The whole place seems dead, which makes me scared.

The old man has been dead for ten years. (已故的)

Please keep the bottle in a safe place, for there is a deadly poison in it.(致命的)

I am dying for a drink/ to read John’s new book. (渴望)

2. Come across

In the course of the experiments, they came across a series of problems. 3. nameless

He was a nameless 13th century poet. （不知名的）

He had received information from a nameless source in the government. （匿名的）

She has a nameless fear after hearing the bad news. (不可名状的)

4.

In experienced

无经验的

Informal

incorrect

inconvenient

inaccurate

incomplete

Impossible impolite immoral irregular irresponsible irresistible illegal illogical unhappy untrue uncomfortable

5. Rescue

/ save

The police rescued the hostages. ( 从危险、囚禁中搭救…)

It was too late to save the sick man, and he died. (救出，援救，侧重保全性命和避免损失)

Guide 引导，指导，指引

He guided the child across the street. （领着）

The party will guide the country through the difficulties ahead. (领导)

Step Five: Workbook

Ask Ss to finish part D1-D2 on page 103 Homework:

Go over what you have learnt in this unit