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Unit 3

Tomorrow’s world

Knowledge aims: 1. to learn the new words and expressions in this unit 2. Functions:

1) describing popular science and modern technology 2) describing school environments 3. Grammar: 1) The passive voice

2) Modal verbs and the passive voice

3) Verbs often used in the passive voice

Ability aims: By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. read a formal proposal and summaries of three science fiction novels 2. listen to facts and opinions and an interview about computer use 3. discuss views on technology and interview a classmate 4. write a proposal for a computer room and a short science fiction story

5. expand vocabulary related to computers

Emotional aims: 1. know more about the Olympic Games and get more interested in the sports 2. strengthen the students’ pride of our country..

The important points:

After learning about this unit, students will know: 1. Scientific and technological developments

2. Famous science fiction writers and their science fiction stories

The difficult points: 1. How to help them learn and master the usage of passive voice and modal verbs 2. How to improve the students’ reading, speaking, listening, writing and communicating abilities 3. How to make them join in the discussion and communicating with others.

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Unit 3

Tomorrow’s world Project

Teaching aims:

1. Read three 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 out a summary of a science fiction story.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1

Lead-in

1.

Tell students that in this lesson they are going to write a short science fiction story. And ask them to read the guidelines on page 58 and answer the following question:

(1)

Do you know what science fiction is? (2)

Do you know any science fiction stories? Can you share with us? Answers (1)

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’. (2)

(Students’ answer) 2.

Tell students that they will be introduced to two science fiction stories.

Step 2

Reading

1.

Show students pictures or video extracts from the three science fiction stories while playing the recording. 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? 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? Answers Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1)

They travel to the centre of the Earth. (2)

During the journey, they see a big underground ocean, a beautiful forest, ancient animals that have already disappeared in the world above. (3)

A volcano in southern Italy brings them back to the Earth’s surface.

The Time Machine (1)

He has invented a machine that can take him into the future.

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(2)

He finds two kinds of creatures—the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are gentle and lazy people who are served by the Morlocks. The Morlocks are a group of people who work very hard and come out in the evening to eat the Eloi. (3)

The sun no longer shines in that world, so it is cold and scary.

Step 3

Discussion 1.

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:

(1)

What elements make up a story? Answer Time, place/setting, characters, plot/storyline 2.

Ask students to read the three summaries again and find out the basic elements of each story. Divide students into three groups and each group only has to read one of the summaries.

Answer Journey to the Centre of the Earth Time Place Characters Plot

The Time Machine Time Place Characters Plot AD 802, 701

millions of years later

thirty million years into the future on the earth the Time Traveller The Time Traveller invented a time machine that can take him into the future. On his trip, he sees a lot of surprising and even frightening people and things.

3.

Ask students to have a discussion and think of their own science fiction stories and try to draw an outline of their stories using what they have learned.

19th century

the centre of the Earth A German professor and his nephew They travel to the centre of the earth through a dead volcano and experienced a lot of unusual things there. Step 5

Presentation

Ask several groups to present their story outlines.

Step 6

Summary

Make a summary about what have been learned in this lesson.

Step 8

Homework

Complete your science fiction stories in a week and be ready for a presentation of your story to your classmates.

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