Learning about Language特级教师教学实录

Unit 3 Life in the future教案教学设计

Teaching Contents:

Oral practice based on the reading passage on page17 to page18.

1. Orally, answer several questions according to the text.

2.

Practise two topics:

1) What do you suppose the future transportation will be like?

2) Imagine where the house will be built in the future ? 3. Listening and retelling. Teaching aims:

1.

Inspire the students to imagine the future life. 2.

Inspire the students to say something about the future transportation and housing. 3.

To improve the students’ oral ability.

Teaching Important & difficult point::

1.

Inspire the students to imagine the future life and use the proper expressions.

2.

Enable the students to understand the meaning of the text, and say something according to the text.

3.

To improve the students’ oral ability.

Teaching methods:

reading; asking and answering activity; pair or group work.

Teaching Aids: A computer, multmedia.

Teaching procedures: Step1: Lead-in . Enjoy a short video, cut from a science fiction film

I, robot, to lead the students to imagine the future world.

Step2: Fast Reading

Ask the students to read the text quickly, then find out the main idea of the text, and answer several questions according to each paragraph.

purpose: These questionts are simple questions, just to help the students get a brief acquaintance to the future world described in the text.

Step3: Listening and retelling according to paragraph 4. Show some tips to help the students retell the sentences.

Purpose: This exercise is a practice for oral test part C in NCEE. Step4: Design two topics while talking about the hovering carriage and Wang Ping’s house.

Practise the dialogues of making predictions.

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Topic 1: What do you suppose the future transportation will be like?

Topic 2: Imagine where the house will be built in the future ?

The students may use these structures :

I suppose the transportation will be something like a ….

I suppose , in the future, the house will be built in…..

I imagine that ….

Purpose: To practise the structure orally I suppose that… , I imagine that..

.

Step5: Summary of the text orally.

This passage mainly tells us about a boy named Li Qiang”s trip to the future. It tells us how he got to the future, how he felt and what he had seen. Step6: Discussion. “What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future, optimistic or pessimistic?”

“How do you know? “

The students may begin like these : •

In my opinion, the writer’s attitude towards the future is _________ .

•

As far as I am concerned, the writer

feels _________ to the future.

•

I think the writer has an _________ view of the future. Purpose: To learn to analyze the writer’s attitude and express your conclusion.

Step7

Homework 1. To talk with your chairmate on the topic: Imagine, what the future world will be?

2. Review the reading passage and find out the difficult language points to you. 3. Finish exercises 1,2&4 on page 19. 4. Review the words and phrases of this unit. A dictation tomorrow.

Display on the blackboard Unit 3 Life in the Future wh-

do you suppose

….?

I suppose …..

I imagine that….

And some words, perhaps they will be: science fiction film, high-tech, time tunnel

Ps: Display on the screen

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Step 1. Skimming: Skim through the passage and get its general idea.The passage is mainly about A.how Li Qiang was transported to thefuture.B.how Li Qiang got to the future and his first impression of it.C.what the life was like in the future.D.the introduction of the “Future Tours”company..Step2. Detailed readingGo

through

the

first

pa(rPaagrraa.) p1hquickly, then answer the following questions:1. What is a “time lag”? 2.Who guides my trip? 3.How did he getto the future?

Para.3

Go

through

the

third

paragraph,

then

try

to

answer

the

following

questions.1.

How

did

I

feel

as

soon

as

I

was

transported

to

the

future?

2.

How

did

Wang

Ping

solve

this

problem?3.

Whatdo

you

think

has

caused

this

kind

of

problem

thaQt

iLain

’gshead

ached?1. What is a “time lag”?“Time lag’’is similar to the “jet lag”. It means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.2.Who guides my trip?My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.3. Andwhotransported us to the future? Wang Ping’s parents’company transported us to the future.

1.How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future? I thought it was difficult to tolerate. Iwas hit by the lack of fresh air. 2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem? Wang Ping gave a mask to me and hurried methrough to a small room nearby to have a rest.3.

What

do

you

think

has

caused

this

kind

of

problem

that

li

’sQ

ihaenagd

ached?A.

he

got

a

bad

cold

when

traveling.B.

there

was

no

air

at

all.

C.

he

felt

a

bit

homesick.

D.

he

was

hit

by

a

lack

of

fresh

air.

Hit

by

a

lack

of

fresh

air,

my

head

ached.

The hovering carriage is driven by computerfloat________ . These carriages _____ bendingabove the ground and by ______ or ________ down in your seat, pressingyou can driveit swiftly.Topic :Whatd

o

you

suppo假设se()the

future

transportation

will

be

like?I suppose the transportation will be something like a ….I imagine that ….

Para.4Read the fourth paragraph quickly, then answer the following questions:1.What did Wang Ping’s house look like?2.What was the green wall made of ? 3. What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?

1.

What

did

Wang’

sP

ihnoguse

look

like?larg,e

brightand cleanHis house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting.

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2. What was the green wall made of ? The green wall was made of trees.3.What’s the purpose of building this kind of green wall?The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.RetellVisiting Wang Ping’s HomeThat is a _______________house, with a large,strange-lookingbright_____ and ____ room. It had a ______ ______, cleanbrownfloorsoft _______ and a _____ ____ which is actually lightinggreenwall_____. The _____ of the trees provided the room treesleaveswith ____________ _______. much-neededoxygenBy flashing a ______ on the computer screen, switchunder the floor_________________ rose from ______________tables and chairsas if by ______. magic

The structures we learnTopic :Imaginewhere the house will be built in the future ?I suppose , in the future, house will be built in…. I imagine that …. •What do you suppose……•What do you supposethe future transportation will be like? •I suppose thatthe house can float in the sky.•Imaginewhere the house will be built?•I imagine thatthe house will be built under the ocean.

Discussion This passage mainly tells us about Li Qiang’s first trip to the future. It tells ________________________________us how he got to the future, how he felt ____________________________________and what he had seen.What’s

the

writ’se

rattitude

towards

the

future,

optimistiocr

pessimistic?How

do

you

know?optimistic

pessimistic

•In my opinion, the writer’s attitude towards the future is _________.•As far as I am concerned, the writer feels _________ to the future. •I think the writer has an _________view of the future.Homework1.To talk with your chairmate on the topic:Imagine, what the future world will be?2.Reviewthe reading passage and find out the difficult language points to you.3.Finish exercises 1&2on page 19.4.Review the words and phrases of this unit. A dictation tomorrow.Ten words from “lack”to “safety belt”.

Ps: Videos are from I, Robot and The Fifth Element.

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