1、Unit 8 Section B 1a-1d Teaching aims: 1. Language skills: Words and expressions: land, alien, suit, run after Sentences: He could be running for exercise. He might be running to catch a bus to work. They must be making a movie. 2. Cultural character: To make inferences according to some clues by usi
2、ng must, cant , might etc. 3. Thinking quality: Learn how to make inferences. 4. Learning ability: To master the use of modal verbs. Teaching Key Points and difficult points: To make inferences by using must, cant , might etc. Teaching Methods: Describing, Guessing, Role-playing Teaching Procedure:
3、Step 1 Revision Fill in the blanks with modal verbs to check they have learned last period. Step 2 Leading-in 1. Watch a short video about aliens. 2. Word learning: UFO, alien Step 3 Describing Discuss what they see in the pictures and explain why they think so. After that, let them use the words ab
4、ove to write a sentence about each picture by using present continuous tense. Step 4 Listening and Guessing 1. Listen for the first time to grasp the main idea and number the pictures. 2. Guess what happened in the story. 3. Listen again and complete 1c. Step 5 Role-playing Make a conversation in pairs according to the information in 1c by using the modal verbs. Then ask some pairs to play the roles. Step 6 Homework To write a passage about the story by using the modal verbs to make inferences.