1、Period 2ReadingTeaching Important PointsHave a good understanding of the text through the exercises.Get the students to learn different reading skills, especially gist reading and understanding beyond lines.Teaching DifficultiesKnow the meanings between lines and beyond lines.Learn different reading
2、 skills for different reading purposes.Teaching AidsMulti-media classroom and other normal teaching tools.Three Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge Aims Have a good understanding of the text through the exercises.Ability AimsGrasp some reading skills.Develop the ability to describe what to see and he
3、ar.Emotional AimsStir the students imagination for the future life to encourage them to work hard for the bright future.Teaching ProcedureStep 1 GreetingT: Hello, my friends.Ss: Hello, Miss WangStep 2 Welcoming to the topic First Talking about what to see(The teacher had better prepare some pictures
4、 or movies about great changes, which have happened, compared with the ancient time.)T: Now let us enjoy some pictures first and tell me what you think of them.S: In the past flying into the sky was only a dream, while now it has come true.Shenzhou 6 safely took off on Oct.12th and returned to the e
5、arth on Oct.17th successfully.S: What has happened today is quite different from the ancient time.S: I think great changes have taken place, which is making our life easier and easier.S: I think people used to breathe fresh air and drink clean water while we are suffering from pollution today.Second
6、Brainstorming T: If today were a day of 3000 years, can you imagine what your life will be like in the future? Use your heads and good imagination to describe your future life.You can refer to the questions if you like.Lets have a discussion.(Showing the questions on the screen.)1.Where will you liv
7、e in the future?2.How will you travel in the future?3.Where will you work and study in the future?4.What kind of money will you use?5.Will you still get sick?(Two minutes later, ask one or two of the students to something about the future life.)S: In the future people will communicate more easily an
8、d conveniently.They can talk on the phone and send e-mails on the Internet, like shopping, reading, borrowing books, depositing money, ordering meals or tickets.S: Human beings will look healthier in the future.In spite of this they still get sick.However, scientists will have a better understanding
9、 of how cancer develops.S: In the future people will travel to different places.Not only do they enjoy local travel but also they travel abroad.Some even can afford to travel in space.ThirdPresentationT: I enjoy your imagination about future.Some people are looking forward to the wonderful future, w
10、hile some are not optimistic about what will happen in the future.No one knows what will really happen tomorrow.Time will tell us all.Seeing is believing.Now, lets read a new passage, in which there is a boy who has gone to the future in AD3005 in advance.He will tell us the first impressions what h
11、e has found in the future.FourthTalking about picturesT: First, lets enjoy some pictures on Page 18.Can you describe what the pictures say?Prepare for it in two minutes, and then exchange your idea with your partner.Finally you will show your opinion in the whole class.(The teacher is to join in tal
12、king with students.Later, ask some to report what the pictures are about.)T: Now, would you please predict what the passage might be mainly about according to pictures?S: I think it may tell us the trip to the future in AD 3005 depending on picture one.S: According to the second picture, the author
13、will show us around the future.S: In the picture three, I can see some equipment in the future home, so I think it will introduce some advanced home in the future.T: Excellent.Now, lets read to see whether what you predict is right.Step 3 ReadingFirstScanning to find out main charactersT: Scan the p
14、assage and find out who are mentioned in the passage.What is the relationship between them?I will give you one minute.S: Li Qiang, Wang Ping, Li Mengxi (Wang Pings mother).Wang Ping is Li Qiangs friend and guide.T: The passage is an E-mail in fact.Who wrote this e-mail?And who is the e-mail for?What
15、 is his e-mail?S: Li Qiang wrote to his parents.His e-mail is Liqiang299A Great Adventure Space- S.SecondSkimming to find out main idea for each paragraphT: Skim each paragraph and find out main idea for each one.When you want to find main idea of each paragraph, you especially pay attention to the
16、first sentence and the last one, which may help you find the main idea quickly.I will give you three minutes to do it.(The teacher offers three minutes to the students to do it.Later ask some students to answer.)Suggested answers: Para 1 He was worried about the journey.Para 2 The journey was comple
17、ted.Para 3 He was confused by the new surroundings.Para 4 He arrived at his friends home in the future.ThirdListening to the tape to tell the following statements true or falseT: Listen to the tape to catch some important information about the passage.Then you will be asked to tell the following sta
18、tements on the screen true or false.If it is wrong, would you please correct them? (Let the students listen.The teacher should present the statements on the screen.)1.Li Qiang was very excited to go on the journey to the future.2.They arrived on the other planets one thousand in the future.3.He was
19、confused by the new surroundings.4.He lost in sight of Wang Ping while flying.5.Wang Pings home is similar to ours.T: Since we have finished listening to it, now lets tell the following sentences true or false.If you think it is wrong, please correct it.S: It is wrong.Li Qiang was very worried about
20、 the journey instead of being excited.T: Right.What about the next one?S: It is also wrong.In fact they arrived on the earth but one thousand years in the future.T: Yes.Do you agree on it?S: I think the third statement is right.S: While flying he lost in sight of his friend.I think it is true.T: Qui
21、te good.What about the last one?S: It is wrong.Because he visited the home in the future in AD 3005, it is quite different from ours.T: Reasonable.You did a very good job.FourthCareful-reading to answer questionsT: Now, lets read the passage carefully to learn about more details.Later I will let you
22、 answer some questions.1.How did he feel about the journey to the year AD 3005?2.What is time lag?3.How did his friend help him to complete the journey?4.Say something about the trip to one thousand years in the future.5.What did he suffer from the new surroundings?How did Wang Ping help him?6.When
23、and why did he get lost?7.Introduce what he found in his friends home in the future.Suggested answers: 1.He was very nervous about the journey to the future.2.Time lag is similar to the “jet lag” you get when flying, but instead it means you keep getting flashbacks from your previous time period.3.W
24、ang Ping was very understanding and gave him some green tablets, which helped a lot.Later, his parents company named “Future Tours” transported him safely into the future in a time capsule.4.They arrived there by time capsule.They climbed in through the round opening.The seats were comfortable and a
25、fter a calming drink, which made them sleepy, their eyes closed.The capsule shook, as they lay relaxed.Sounds came from below their feet as they rose slowly from the ground.A few minutes later the journey was complete.5.He was hit by the lack of fresh air.His head ached.His friend asked him to put o
26、n the mask, which made him feel much better.6.He got lost when they reached what looked like a large market because of the people flying by in all directions.They were so many carriages that he lost sight of Wang Ping.7.He found a large bright, clean room with a green wall, which can be moved.In fac
27、t there were trees, whose leaves provided the house with much needed oxygen.A table and chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic.Spreading some food on the table, Wang Pings mother produced a bed from the floor.FifthReading for further understandingT: “I still cannot believe that I am taking
28、up my prize that was won last year.”What does“taking up”mean in the sentence?S: It means“to start or begin something”.T: Right.“Taking up”means“getting down to doing something or star to do something.”For example, “She will take up her responsibility next week.”T: What does“hit”mean in the sentence“
29、I was hit by the lack of fresh air.”S: I think it means“suffer”.T: Yes, “hit”here means“have a bad or sudden effect on (a person or something), cause to suffer or experience”.T: The reading passage describes some good and bad changes to life in AD 3005.In pairs, discuss which changes are good or bad
30、 and give reasons for your choices.Then write down your ideas in the chart.There is no right or wrong answer.Good changes and reasonsBad changes and reasonsTime travelTransportHousesTownsAir quality(The teacher should give them about five minutes to discuss, and join in the discussion at the same ti
31、me.After that, the students will be asked to show their opinion to the whole class.)T: Have a class discussion and decide whether you think the writer has an optimistic or a pessimistic view of the future.Take a few minutes to read through the passage again.Make notes to help you remember your reaso
32、ns.Be prepared to join in a class discussion.Try to persuade others to agree with you.(There is no fixed answer either.If the students can support their idea with strongly reasonable facts, they should be praised.In order to draw many students to join in the discussion, the teacher had better design
33、 a competition between groups.If they volunteer to show their opinion, they will be given a star.If their idea is wonderful, two stars should be given as praise.)SixthImaginationT: Now lets imagine.What would you like to visit if you were Li Qiang?(One minute later.)S: If I were Li Qiang, I would vi
34、sit some schools in the future in AD 3005.S: If I were Li Qiang, I would visit some other planets.S: If I were Li Qiang, I would go on visits to some labs to find out what the people in the future are studying.S: If I were Li Qiang, I would pay a visit to the History Museum to find whether what we o
35、wn today could be found there.Ss: .Step 4 ConsolidationT: In this period, we have visited the future in AD 3005 with Li Qiang.What have you learned from the first impressions?Can you sum up it in several sentences?I will give you two minutes to prepare for it.(After two minutes.)S: At the beginning
36、of the travel to the future, Li Qiang felt very nervous.With his friend, Wang Ping, helped, they arrived safely on the earth but one thousand years in the future by time capsule.On arriving, he was confused by the new surroundings.When he was hit by the lack of fresh air, his friend advised him to w
37、ear a mask, which made him feel much better soon.Later, they visited some places by hovering carriages driven by computer, which float above the ground.In the end, they arrived at his friends home, where almost everything was controlled by computer, so the life there seemed very conveniently.T: Exce
38、llent.Please write a passage about the first impressions of the future if you were Li Qiang, who were to visit the future.This is your homework.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3Life in the futurePeriod 2ReadingStructureDifficult sentencesPara.1 He was worried about the journey.Para.2 The journey was completed.Para.3 He was confused by the new surroundings.Para.4 He arrived at his friends home in the future.1.I still cannot believe that I am taking up my prize that was won last year.2.Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()
