人教版Go for it!英语八年级上册 Unit 7 Section B 2a-2e教学设计

Students: 55 junior high school students, Class 8, Grade 8

Materials: PEP Go for it!八年级上册Unit 7 Section B 2a-2e

Type of lesson: Reading

Lesson duration: 45mins

Analysis of the text book:

Section B 部分将Section A部分“谈论未来世界”的话题拓展到“谈论个人的未来生活”的话题。其中2a-2e是一个整体的阅读板块。该单元阅读语篇谈论的是未来机器人的发展话题，其中涉及到机器人过去和现在的状况，并主要介绍了两派科学家对未来机器人发展的不同预测。2a是读前活动，通过问题激活学生的背景知识。2b-2d是读中活动，2b旨在让学生通过略读判断各段段落大意，以获得对文章的整体理解。2c旨在让学生通过细读摘取文中有关机器人现在状况的细节信息。2d文段是对阅读语篇的缩写，通过填词帮助学生转换文章信息，加深对文章的理解，属于读后活动。2e也是读后活动，旨在发展学生想象力，预测未来机器人的样子，让学生输出已学知识。

Objectives:

1. Instructional objectives

1) Be able to use the new words and phrases in the passage

2) Be able to use “will” to express future things

3) Be able to use the following reading skills to finish tasks, such as predicting, skimming for the gist and scanning for the details

2. Educational objectives

Arouse students’curiosity and creativity, guide them to think from different perspectives and inspire their imagination.

3. Personal objectives

1) Use simple and clear classroom instructions, try to make the students relaxedand willing to take an active part in activities by encouraging and praising sincerely.

2) Teach new words at different stages, guiding students to guess unknown words from the context.

Focal points:

1. The use of new words and phrases

2. Consolidate the use of future tense. Identifying different verb tenses and finishing the chart correctly.

3. Use “will+do” to write a composition

Difficult points:

1.Use the new words and phrases(too many new words and phrases in this passage)

2.Scan the passage and complete the chart

3.Use “will+do” to write a composition about robots

Procedures and Time Allotment

Stage 1Getting students ready for learning (5 mins) Step 1 Greetings

T: Hello, boys and girls.

Ss: …

Step 2 Predicting based on a short video and the title if it is needed.

T: Before class, I’d like to share a video with you, while you are watching it, you can guess what it is in this video.

<调动学生好奇心，激发学生兴趣，同时引入本课主题robot>

Step 3 Dancing like robots

T: You guys are so good at guessing! And do you know how to dance like a robot? A robot dance like this(教师展示动作), right? Is that funny? Now, you guysstand up, please. Let’s follow the video and dance to the music.

<活跃课堂气氛>

Stage 2 Pre-reading (6 mins) Step 1 V ocabulary presentation and practice

T: Just now we know how a robot dances. What else do you know about robots? Do you know the shapes of robots? There are robots of different shapes. For example, this one and this one look like humans. We are humans. These two look like animals. Can you tell me what does “shape” mean? Yes, it means“形状”. OK, follow me, “shapes” “humans”

T: What can robots do?

T: They can do a lot of things. For example, what are they doing?

T: They are working in factories. Factory here means “工厂”. Follow me, “factories”, it’s the plural form of “factory”.

<此步骤教授部分单词：shape, human and factory(factories)>

Step 2 Skimming and matching (working on 2b)

T: We’ve learned much about robots, now let’s read our passage and learn more about robots. Please turn to page77. Read the article quickly and match each paragraph with the question it discusses. You have 2 minutes. Go!

Paragraph 1 Will robots think like humans in the future? Paragraph 2 What will robots be like in the future? Paragraph 3 What can robots do today?

Paragraph 4 What are robots like in movies?

T: OK, time is up. Let’s check your answer. (最后5秒钟开始播放倒计时，提醒学生时间)

<此步骤要求学生快速阅读，并整合概括每段大意，在检查答案时补充追问答案依据。旨在考查学生对信息的综合加工能力。>

Stage 3 While-reading (15 mins) Step 1 Scanning and completing (working on 2c)

T: You did a very good job. Now, look at the following 4 questions. Readthe passage quickly again and complete the sentences. Still you have only two minutes. You’d better first find out in which paragraph are these sentences. Tw o minutes, go.

T: OK, time to check your answers. … In this sentence, “many times” can be replaced by a phrase from the article, that is “over and over again”.(阅读过程中教授短语over and over again)

<此步骤要求学生浏览文章，考察学生对细节信息的理解，阅读过程中要求学生寻找关键词相关句子，以便提高阅读效率>

Step 2 Reading and completing the paragraph (working on 2d)

T: Here is a short passage, please fill in the blanks with words from the article. （阅读过程中继续教授单词agree，dis agree, side…）

<此步骤为填词题，学生必须基于对文章的理解才能完成，检测学生对文章的深度理解>

Step 3 Reading and filling in the chart

Stage 4 Post-reading (… mins) Step 1 Watching a video of the latest robot show

T: Do you know how quickly the robots are developing. Here is a video introducing the latest robots, let’s enjoy.

<开阔学生视野，激发学生想象力，为学生设计有创意的机器人奠定基础>

Step 2 Discussing and writing

T: Now, it’s our turn to design our own robots, here are three questions, discuss with your group member, then write a composition about your group’s ideal robot. You may draw a picture of your robots. Please use “will do”, pa y attention to the verb tense.

1. What will your robots be like in the future? You may draw a picture if your

robots are not like anything in the world.

2. What will they be able to do?

3. Do you think your robots will be popular? Why?

I think some future robots will look like _______. They will

Step 3 Sharing students’ ideas and all the students decide which invention is the most popular.

Stage 5 Assigning homework (3 mins) Step 1 Conclusion

Step 2 Homework

1.Watch the TV program <杨澜访谈录--人工智能>；

2.Write your own composition about the robots you want to have in the future. (pay attention to the verb tense)