Project(1): Writing a science fiction story课时教学实录

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元：Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world 板

块：Project 1

Teaching aims: [来源学科网]1.

Read three summaries of the science fiction stories.

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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: Do you know what science fiction is?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) 1.

Tell students that they will be introduced to two science fiction stories. [来源学科网Z|X|X|K]

(2)

Do you know any science fiction stories? Can you share with us? 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

Where do the German professor and his nephew travel to? (1)

What do they see during their journey? (2)

How do they come back to the world above? The Time Machine

What has the scientist invented? (1)

What does he find when he travels to year AD 802,701? (2)

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.[来源学&科&网Z&X&X&K]

(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. (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: (2)

What elements make up a story? Answer Time, place/setting, characters, plot/storyline 1.

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. （PPT page 9，显示练习要求）

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.

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. 2.

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.

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.[来源学科网ZXXK]

Step 8 Homework Complete your science fiction stories in a week and be ready for a presentation of your story to your classmates.