1、<p>Unit 4 Space explorationSectionAReading and Thinking教学设计教学设计科目科目：英语 课题课题：SectionAReading and Thinking 课时课时：1 课时教学目标教学目标与核心素养与核心素养：知识目标：1.learn about the development and significant historical events of space exploration.2.learn about Chinas achievements in space and contributions to space e
2、xploration.能力目标：analyse the structure of the article and summarise the main idea for each paragraph.情感目标：express their opinions on space exploration.教学教学重难点重难点教学重点：1.Lead students to learn about the development of space exploration.2.Help students learn about Chinas achievements in space exploration
3、.教学难点：Help students analyse the structure of the article and summarise the main idea.课前课前准备准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔教学教学过程过程：一、Pre-class1. Greeting2. Leading-in学生活动：观察题目和文章里的图片，讨论以下问题：1.What do you think are the main reasons for space exploration？2.What do you expect to read about in this text？Suggested answers1
4、.The main reasons for space exploration are to further human exploration and to gatherknowledge of the universe2.I expect to read about the history of space travel, the reasons why we explore space, what spaceexploration has given us, how we continue to explore further etc.活动目的： 阅读前指导学生根据文章标题和配图预测文本
5、内容， 同时对人类探索太空的原因发表自己的见解，主要是为了激发学生的学习兴趣，激活与主题相关的背景知识，为接下来的阅读做好准备。二、While-classActivity 1：理解语篇结构和逻辑。学生阅读第 2 题要求，明确要完成的任务：将所列的四个句子放入文本中合适的位置，使全文意思完整，逻辑合理。教师先请几个学生分别朗读这四个句子并说出句子的意思，然后让学生阅读课文，完成第 2 题。小组讨论并核实填写结果，然后全班核对答案。AAlthough scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen
6、B They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support lifeC The future of space exploration remains bright.DAfter many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earths gravity参考答案：BDACActivity 2：概括段落大意。学生先阅读第 40 页 Summarise the main idea 的策略提示，再阅
7、读文本，然后分小组讨论每个段落的大意，完成第 3 题。教师可以提出以下问题引导学生思考和讨论：What is the topic sentence in Paragraph 1？Can you use your own words to summarise the mainidea？Is there a topic sentence in Paragraph 2？If not，what are the important points included in thisparagraph?What Is Paragraph 3 about？Can you find some words that
8、 repeat themselves？Can you find the topic sentence in Paragraph 4？Where is it？What is the topic sentence in Paragraph 5？活动 3 参考答案：Paragraph 1：curious about space; work hard to find answersParagraph 2: American and Soviet space missions made space travel a realityParagraph 3: continue the space explo
9、ration; the great risksParagraph 4: has made great progress, becoming the 3rd country to independently send humansinto space Paragraph 5: looks bright, as many countries are planning further missionsActivity 3 ：分析结构题目：Space: The Final Frontier总：Para. 1：People have always been curious about space分：Pa
10、ra. 2:Achievements ofAmerican and SovietPara.3: Space exploration continues in spite of great risksPara.4:Chinas achievement总：Para.5: The future of space explorationActivity 4：分析写作手法让学生思考下列问题：1. What genre is the passage? What are its features?2. How does the text develop?3. What writing techniques
11、are used in this article?4. Where can you find this kind of passage?参考答案：l.It is a popular science article（科普说明文）.Features：Abrief and eye-catching title;Explaining general concepts in a simplified way;Emphasising on main events;Using quotes，metaphors（比喻） ，analogies（类比）to explain difficult or abstrac
12、t scientificconcepts;Listing data or numbers2.It develops in chronological order3.Giving examples, using quotes and listing important events.4.It is presented in many forms, including books, films, television documentaries, magazinearticles, web pages, etc.三、After-class学生完成第 5 题，与同伴核对答案。参考答案：Mankind, universe, gravity, launch, board, orbit, frontier四、Summary总结课上所学。作业布置：掌握本课新的词汇和语法。</p>
