Reading(1)：Not just watching a film…第一课时教学设计

Unit 3

Tomorrow’s world Reading

Not just watching a film…

Teaching Aims: 1. To learn some information about how RealCine works, why it is better than ordinary cinema, and how it can be used in many other ways. 2. To enable students to master the reading strategy and become more competent in reading a business proposal. Teaching Important and Difficult Points: 1. Make the students understand the reading material better. 2. Improve the students’ reading ability.

3. Know the structure and language for a proposal. Teaching Approaches: 1.

Free talk.

2.

Fast reading to get a general idea of the text. 3.

Reading in detail to get the detailed information of the text.. Interaction Patterns:

Teachers -class, individuals, pairs Teaching Aids: The multimedia, a record and a blackboard. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Warming-up 1.

Do you like reading science fiction stories? 2. Have you ever imagined what would happen in the future? Show the video of Harry Potter and ask students: Do you like this film? Can you imagine how you feel when you are actually in the film?

Step 2 Fast-reading Students are expected to skim the text and find out the answers to the questions

1.What is the name of the product? 2.What technology is behind this product? 3.How many of the user’s senses does this product connect with? 4. What do users wear so they feel that they are really in a new world?

Step 3 Detailed-reading Students are asked to scan the text and answer the questions. 1.What did the teenager experience in RealCine? 2.How could firefighters be trained with this new technology? 3. What are the advantages of using RealCine for urban palnning? 4. What might people use RealCine for?

Step 4 Consolidation

Pay attention to the structure of the article. Discuss the article and analyse the structure by finding the main idea of each part of the article.

Structure Introduction (Para 1) Main body (Paras 2-7)

Main idea the abstract of the

presentation why RealCine is better

than a film; how RealCine works; how it can be used in

other ways

True (T) or false (F). 1. RealCine helped the teenager become more confident by creating a basketball game for him. ( F )

2. RealCine can’t help the people who have trouble in walking walk as normal people. ( T ) 3.With the help of RealCine, the seventy-year-old grandfather saw and touched a lion in America. ( F ) 4. RealCine can allow students to experience the world as an animal while learning biology. ( T ) 5. According to the text, the author’s attitude towards the future of RealCine is optimistic. ( T )

Step 5 Homework Write an introduction to RealCine.