Unit 3 Language in use教学设计

Module 4 Life in the future

Unit 3 Language in use. Step 1：Revision Give some pictures and sentences about the future to students. Let them watch and describe them. Step 2：Language practice Every family will have a small plane. Teachers won’t use chalk on a blackboard. What will life be like in the future? Will schools be different in the future? Yes, they will. Step 3：Complete the questions about the future. Will students go (go) to school in the future? 1. _____________ (use) pens and paper? 2. _____________ (read) books? 3. _____________ (travel) by small plane? 4. ____________ (send) emails to teachers? Answers: 1. Will students use 2. Will students read 3. Will people travel 4. Will students send Step 4：Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Activity 1. —Will students go to school in the future? —Yes, they will. / No, they won’t. They’ll study at home.

Step 5：Put the words in brackets in the correct place in the sentences. They’ll have a lot of time! (free)

They’ll have a lot of free time!

1. People won’t have any jobs. (difficult)

2. Robots will do work on farms. (heavy) 3. People will have holidays. (long) 4. There will be rain this evening. (light) Answers: 1. People won’t have any difficult jobs. 2. Robots will do heavy work on farms. 1

3. People will have long holidays. 4. There will be light rain this evening.

Step 6：Put the words and expressions from the bus into the correct column. email heavy rain heavy work hot summer interesting job Internet small plane traffic jam warm winter wind Weather

Computers

Jobs

Travel

Answers:

Weather heavy rain hot summer warm winter wind Computers email Internet

Jobs heavy work interesting job

Travel small plane traffic jam

Step 7：Around the world. This passage talks about the Robots in Japan Step 8：Module task——Making a poster about life in the future in your hometown. Think about life in the future. Write down your ideas. * Schools * Homes * Travel * Weather

Step 9：Work in groups of four. Talk about your ideas. Decide on five good ideas. A: What will schools be like in the future? B: The teacher won’t write on a blackboard ... C: How will our homes change? D: There will be more machines ... A: What we find new ways to travel? B: Yes, we will. We’ll ...

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C: Will the weather change? D: Yes, it will. It will be ... Step 10： Make a poster. Include five of your good ideas.

Life in the future

Life in the future will be very different. We’ll ... Step 11：Review the important and difficult points of Module 4. 1. The usage of word “more”.

2. Difference between “in future” and “in the future”.

3. The usage of word “free”.

4. “in+ some time / period of time”

5. The usage of word “by”.

6. The usage of expression “be able to”.

7. The usage of expression “not... any more”.

8. The usage of expression “as well”.

9. short ~ tall short ~ long 10. heave ~ light 11. cheap ~ expensive / dear 12. here is / are ... 13. not only ... but also... 14. the usage of expression “ as well “.

Step 13：Study Grammar —— The simple future tense There will not be a computer on every desk in the future. = There won’t be a computer on every desk in the future. It will not be tomorrow. = It won’t be tomorrow. Will it be tomorrow? Yes, it will. / No, it won’t. We will not go to school by bus. = We won’t go to school by bus. Will we go to school by bus tomorrow？ Yes, we will. / No, we won’t. Step 14：Homework Review and recite the important points of Module 4. 3