
必修五 Unit3 Life in the Future说课稿
临川二中 周丽花
Good afternoon, everyone. It’s my great pleasure to be here sharing my lesson with you. The content of my lesson is Senior English for China Book5 Unit 3 Life in the Future. I’ll be ready to begin this lesson from six parts: Analysis of the teaching material, Analysis of the students, Teaching aims and important and difficult points, Teaching methods and aids, Teaching procedureS, and Blackboard design. First, let me talk about the teaching material.
Part 1 Analysis of the Teaching Material:
This unit is about what human beings’ life will be like in about one thousand years. By studying of this unit, we’ll Enable the students to know the changes in humans’ life and some new inventions bringing about the change and develop the interest in science. This lesson plays an important part in the English teaching in this unit. This is an important lesson in Book Five. From this lesson, it starts asking the Ss to grasp contents of each passage. Therefore, this lesson is in the important position of the teaching material. If the Ss can learn it well, it will be helpful to make the Ss learn the rest of this unit.
Part 2 Analysis of the Ss
As Senior2 Ss, they are at different levels of English fluency, some of them have lost interest in English. So during the lesson, I arrange a variety of activities to let all of them join in to attract their interest and let them be confident and taste the joy of success.
Part 3 Teaching Goals and Important and difficult Points
一.Teaching Goals
1.Knowledge goals
To master the important words and sentences patterns of this unit through this period:constantly, previous, uncertain, guide, surroundings, press, belt, flashed, take up, be back on one’s feet, sweep up, lose sight of, etc.
2.Ability goals
① Enable the Ss to have the ability to know and talk about what humans’ life will be like in the year AD 3008;
② Let the Ss learn the reading skills of skimming, scanning and getting the main idea of each part and each passage
3. Moral goals
Increase the Ss’ interest in English
二.Key teaching points and difficult points
1. How to help the Ss to talk about the humans’ life in the year AD3008;.
2. How to improve the Ss’ reading abilities;
3. How to grasp the main idea of each paragraph / part & each passage.
Part 4. Teaching Methods and Aids
Task-based method, brainstorming, skimming, scanning, competition, discussion, role-play, class work, etc.
Multi-media aid , a tape recorder and some pictures.
Part 5. Teaching procedures
Step1. Warming up & Lead-in
Step2. Fast reading
Step3. Detailed reading
Step4. Discussion
Step5. Role play
Step6. Summary & Homework
Step1. Warming up & Lead-in
1.At first I’ll lead-in the passage by sharing a short video----“The problems which our world is facing” to attract their interest. Meanwhile, ask them to talk about what problems our human beings are facing today. Then discuss which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years and which problems do you think will still exist in AD3008 and why?
The pre-reading prepares Ss for the passage and relates the subjects of their own experience. They are encouraged to speak out their answer. Different answers are available.
2.A free talk: Do you want to know what people’s life will be like in one thousand years?
Imagine, there is a time machine, we can take it to travel to the year AD3008. Do you want to take the travel? Let’s do it.
Step2. Fast Reading
Ask students to read the text fast to get the main idea of the text. Answer the following questions:
Who is going on the trip to the year AD3008?
What impression is it?
What is the form of this passage? (an e-mail) Who is Li Qiang writing to?
What is the main idea of this passage?
(With the task, students are expected to grasp the theme of the article.)
Step3. Careful Reading
1. Ask the Ss to finish the following 4 Exercises by using competitions. I’ll divide the Ss into 4 groups. If a student can answer the questions correctly, then his/ her group can get one point. And the group which gets the most points is the winner. Only through co-operation can the Ss taste the joy of success. If the Ss know their answer is right, he’ll be confident and they’ll surely become more enthusiastic in learning English. The purpose is to the Ss’ reading comprehension.
Task 1:
Task 2: Finish the Exercise 1 on Page 19
Task 3: Finish Ex.2 on Page 19
Task 4: Finish Ex.3 on Page 19
2. Now try to find out what happened to Li Qiang before, during and after the journey.
| Before the journey | Li felt _______ and ________ at first. As a result ,he suffered from _______. |
| During the journey (1) | Li was transported safely into the future in a ___________. |
| During the journey(2)
| _________by the new surroundings, Li was hit by the ____ of fresh air and his head ______. |
| After the journey (1) | Arriving home, Li was ______ into a large bright, clean room with a _____ wall, a _____ floor and ____ lighting. |
| After the journey (2) | _________, he slid into bed and ___ fast ______. |
Step4. Discussion
Did you do anything bad for the environment in your daily life?
What should you do to make our world more beautiful ?
Answers:
1.Using the handkerchief instead of the paper napkin.
2.Using paper bags instead of plastic bags.
3. Don’t use one-off chopsticks.
4. Go to work/school on foot or by bike not by car.
5. Throw cans, bottles, paper and plastic into the dustbin.
……..
Step5. Role Play
Suppose Li Qiang has come back from the year AD3008, you are his friends or classmate. What questions will you ask him and what will he answer?
Student A --------Li Qiang’s friend or classmate
Student B --------Li Qiang
(With the task, students learn to gather the main information.)
Step6. Summary and Homework
Homework: 1. Choose one paragraph to read aloud and retell it.
2. Preview the reading on Page 22.
Part 6. The Blackboard Design
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