Project(1): Writing a science fiction story特级教师教学实录

M4U3 Project Writing a science fiction story

Learning objectives: At the end of the class, students will be able to

1. talk about their favourite science fiction 2. know about the basic elements in science fiction 3. appreciate two stories in the Project, and use their own pictures to retell the story

Teaching difficulties: 1. how to appreciate science fictions and find out the main elements 2. how to use time efficiently to draw pictures that cover all the details in the passage and retell the story using the pictures

Teaching aims: 1. Seewo computer system 2. camera

Teaching procedures: Step 1

Lead-in:

1.1 talk about the pictures

Star Wars King Kong Transformer Ironman Q: What is science fiction? A: It is a type of writing based on fantasy. Q: What do science fiction writers often write about? A: They often write about stories that happen in the future.

1.2 Brainstorming 1. Who wrote the first science fiction story in China --- From The Earth to The Mars? A.王晋康

B.郑文光

C.叶永烈

D.柳文扬

2. Who is considered to be the father of modern science fiction.

Jules Verne

B. Arthur C. Clarke

C. H.G. Wells

D. William Shunn

3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days

are popular science fiction films. Do you know who wrote the stories? A. Jules Verne

B. Arthur C. Clarke

C. H.G. Wells

D. William Shunn Keys: BAA

Step 2

Journey to the center of the Earth Elements: time, place, characters, plot

2.1 find out the basic elements in the passage Writer Time and Place (setting) main characters Jules Verne in 1863 in the center of the Earth a professor/ his nephew a guide

2.2 talk about the main spot Main plot places: Iceland, Ocean, Forest, Exit, the Bottom of the hole questions: Why did the professor decide to start his adventurous journey? What did they do and see in Iceland? What did they see in the ocean? What did they experience in the forest? How could they get through the exit? Where did they finally arrive in?

2.3 picture talking Ask students to draw pictures and describe the characters’ experience in the story

2.4 cloze Journey to the Centre of the Earth, written by Jules Verne, mainly talks about a professor's tales of 1._________. In Iceland, the professor, together with his and a guide, 2._________underground through a small cave of a volcano. There they saw a forest, huge 3._______ and the sky with gas 4.___________ light like the sun. While setting sail by a small boat, the three men met two dinosaurs that almost 5._______ their boat. In the forest, they 6.______________ huge insects, many strange creatures and a giant. They were so afraid that they came to an exit, but it was 7.__________ by rocks. From the exit, the boat rushed 8.________ forward into a large hole. Finally, the water pushed them out into the sunlight.

Step 3

The Time Machine What can you do with the time machine? How can you travel into the future or the past? 3.1 ask students to find out the basic elements in this passage Writer Time and Place (setting) H G Wells in the year AD 802,701 thirty million years into the future in the future world

characters the time Traveller

3.2 detailed reading What chances took place when you pulled one handle? The world became foggy. Days and nights zipped by and everything changed. Buildings and cities appeared and disappeared in a flash. A city appeared old and worn.

Mankind had evolved into two races races

differences Eloi 1) small and like children 2) live above the ground 3) spend all of their time at play Morlock 1) look like white beasts 2) live underground, where they keep machines running to keep ... happy well fed

wrong impressions about the two races: the Eloi forced the Morlocks to work the fact about the two races: the Morlocks were the real masters

Where did you travel after you escaped? What did you see? I then travelled 30 million years into the future. I was on a beach ______an ocean__________me, but there was _______wind ____ waves, and there

________ little life. I went _________into the future, and the sun ______larger, redder and darker

the Earth became cold and ___________ frost. Everything was _______----there was no life or movement at all.

How did you return to the present day? How long did the journey actually take? pull the other handle &

find....back in the present day

3.3 cloze The Time Machine is about a person travelling into the future with the _____of

Time Machine. In the year AD 802,701, he came to a city, where he met two ____,the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi were small and like children, living above the ground and spending all of their time _______. While the Morlocks looked like white beasts, living________ and keeping machines running to ______ the Eloi well and make them happy. The truth was the opposite of the professor's first ________; the Morlocks lived by killing

and eating the Eloi. And the Morlocks even tried to catch and kill him. Luckily, the professor was able to _______ using the Time Machine.