1、 Unit 1Living well知识目标1Get students to learn the useful words and expressions in this unit.eyesight，ambition，disabled，beneficial，in other words，clumsy，adapt，microscope，out of breath，absence，stupid，fellow，annoyed，all in all，industry，tank，make fun of，encouragement，adapt to2Help students to learn about
2、 disabilities and life of the disabled.能力目标1Let students read the passage Martys Story to develop their reading ability. 2Enable students to know that people with disabilities can also live well.情感目标1By talking about disabilities and life of the disabled，make sure students can learn some positive st
3、ories of the disabled.2Help them understand more about how challenging life can be for the disabled.3Develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学重点Get students inspired by positive stories of the people with disabilities.教学难点1Develop students reading ability.2Help students understand the diffic
4、ulties the disabled have to overcome.学情分析1.教学方法1Taskbased teaching and learning.2Cooperative learning.Step 1Warming up1Warming up by discussingFirst ask students to talk about people with a mental or physical disability to see how much they know about disabilities. Then show some photos of people wi
5、th disabilities. Students will be asked to discuss the following questions in small groups.Do you know any famous people who are disabled?What difficulties do they have to overcome in daily life?What have they achieved?2Warming up by talkingFirst，ask students to look at the pictures and read what th
6、ese people have achieved even though they each have a disability. Next，work with partners to talk about what disability they might have according to each description below the picture.Step 2PrereadingAsk students to read the short paragraph in Prereading carefully and find out the purpose of the web
7、site “Family Village”Step 3Reading1SkimmingGive students 2 minutes；ask them to read the passage fast to fill in the blanks：Sum up the main idea of each paragraph：Paragraph 1：A(n)_ to Marty and his muscle disease.Paragraph 2：How the disease _.Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of _ at school.Paragraph 4：How
8、 his life has become _.Paragraph 5：The _ of his disease.Suggested answers：Paragraph 1：An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease.Paragraph 2：How the disease developed/started.Paragraph 3：Marty met a lot of difficulties at school.Paragraph 4：How his life has become easier.Paragraph 5：The advanta
9、ges of his disease.2Scanning for detailed informationAsk students to read the passage carefully to locate the detailed information.(1)First ask students to read paragraph one and complete the chart below.DiseaseDifficultiesMottoSuggested answers：DiseaseA muscle disease that makes him very weak.Diffi
10、cultiesHe cant run or climb stairs as quickly as other people. Sometimes he is clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture.MottoLive one day at a time.(2)Next read paragraphs two and three and choose the best answer.Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Martys leg?ABecause they could
11、cure the disease by cutting it out.BBecause they wanted to use it as a specimen(标本)CBecause they would transplant(移植) the new muscle.DBecause they wanted to find out the cause of the disease.Key：D(3)Read paragraph four and answer the following questions：What is Martys ambition?What is Martys achieve
12、ment?What is Martys hobby?(4)Ask students to find Martys advice in paragraph five.Step4:合作探究1.Ask students to work together to write a mini biography for Marty according to the text.My mini biographyNameStatusHealthInterests and HobbiesAmbitionMotto2.Discuss in pairs to get the main idea of the pass
13、age by filling in the blanks.Though he is a _ person，Marty never feels _ for himself and he _ his life.Step 5总结提升1Ask students to read the whole passage and choose the best answers.(1)Which of the following is false?AAlthough there are a few students who look down upon him，Marty never gets annoyed.B
14、Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled.CMarty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends.DMartys disability has made him more independent.(2)From the passage we can infer that _.AMarty asks others to feel sorry for himBMarty never loses heartCMarty is
15、 afraid of being made fun of DMarty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger psychologicallyStep 6Homework1Retell Martys Story according to the mini biography.2Surf the Internet to learn more about the life of disabled people.教学反思：这篇文章是记叙文，对文章的整体理解不存在问题，不足之处是单词不熟。 Unit2 Robots
16、三维目标知识目标1. Read a passage about robot and get some information from it.2. Practise the skills of careful-reading and fast-reading.能力目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语fiction, cartoon, desire, satisfaction, absent, alarm, alarmed, smooth, embarrass, sympathy, elegant, pile, scan, fingernail, absurd,
17、haircut, accompany, curtain, cushion, carpet, paint, awful，affair, firm, firmly, declare, victory, envy, marriage, test out, ring up, turn around, leave aloneb. 重点句型1. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.2. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.3. By the amus
18、ed and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.2. Ability goals能力目标: Help students to learn about robots and science fiction. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标：Enable students to realize science fiction reflects scientific thought; a fiction of things-to-come
19、 based on things-on-hand.Teaching important points教学重点Teach students to enjoy science fiction. Enable students to grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how her emotion developed during Tonys stay at her house. Help students to sum up characteristics of science fiction.Teaching difficult points 教学难点
20、How Claires emotion developed during Tonys stay at her house.Teaching methods教学方Discussing, explaining, reading and practisingTeaching aids教具准备The multimedia computer Teaching procedures & ways教学过程Step I Warming upDeal with Warming up. Present photos of different kinds of robots. Then ask them to sa
21、y something about his or her favorite robot. Step II Pre-readingAsk students to discuss the questions in pre-reading in groups. Students are encouraged to speak out their opinion freely, no matter what it is. Teacher should encourage students to use their imagination.Step III ReadingDeal with the re
22、ading part.ScanningAsk the students to scan the text and find out what Tony looks like.1. What did Tony look like?2. What did Tony do to make Claire and her home elegant?Several minutes later check the answers with the whole class.Suggested answer:1. He was tall and handsome although his facial expr
23、essions never changed. His hair was smooth and black and his voice was deep.2. Tony gave Claire a new haircut and changed the makeup she wore. He also suggested Claire buy new curtains, cushions, a carpet and paint for the house and new dresses for herself. He made improvements on the house so that
24、the house looked very elegant.Careful readingComprehending questions on Page 12Ask students to read the text carefully and then discuss the comprehending questions Step IV Homework: Remember the characteristics of science fiction.Surf the internet to learn more about robots and science fiction.Surf
25、the internet to learn about Isaac Asimov. Unit3 Under the sea教学目标1. Ability goals 能力目标To help students develop their reading abilityby skimming for main ideas and scanning for details.To help students solve the reading problems with the teachers guidance2. Learning ability goals 学能目标To help students
26、 learn about animals and plants under the seaTo get students to master some key words, such as witness,abandon,reflect,drag,be aware of and so on教学重点和难点1.Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.2.Guide students to learn about the usage of some key expressions,revise the key w
27、ords and the language ponits, grammar learned in the last passage.Difficult Points: 教学难点1.To help students get the main idea and some information by skimming and scanning the passage .2.To help students tell apart from when, while and as .学情分析1.Most of the students are poor in English.2.Students are
28、 active in thinking and comunicating,especially interseted in the given topicUnder the sea教学过程(Teaching procedure)Step 1. Warming up talking about ocean plants and ocean animalsStep 2. Pre-readingWhat is an anecdote? Lets start with a definition:Anecdote: a usually short narrative of an interesting,
29、 amusing, or biographical incident.Give some anecodotes you have readStep 3. Reading1.Reading aloud to the recording2.Comprehension questions（1）. How did the killers help the whalers catch the whale? The wrong one is_.A. Old Tom reported the news to the whalers.B. Some stopped it fleeing out to sea.
30、C. Some used the harpoon to hit the whale.D. Some killers threw themselves on top of the whale to stop it breathing.（2）. Which order is correct according to the passage?A. Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay.B. Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat.C. The killers star
31、ted racing between our boats and the whale.D. The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale.A. ABCD B. ACBDC. BDAC D. DBCA（3）. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Killer whales are whalers friends.B. Killer whales often hunt cooperatively in groups for food.C. Killer whales
32、like eating the lips and tongues of whales.D. Theres no danger in the sea because killer whales can protect human beings. Before the huntThe killer whale threw itself out of the water and then crashed down again. It swam by the boat, showing the whalers the way.During the huntThe killers were workin
33、g as a team. Some were throwing themselves on top of the whales blow-hole to stop it breathing. Others were stopping it fleeing out to sea.After the huntThe killers dragged the dead body down into the depths of the sea, having a good feed on its lips and tongue .Put the following sentences into corr
34、ect order.（ ) Using a telescope we could see that something was happening. ( ) The killers started racing between our boat and the whale. ( ) Clancy arrived at the station. ( ) The men started turning the boat around to go home. ( ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. ( ) The whale yelled
35、 out. ( ) We jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay. ( ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale. (Answer: 5 6 1 8 2 3 4 7)Choose the best answer according to the text: 1. The first story is mainly about. _B A. a hunting experience of Old Tom B.
36、 how Old Tom helped with whale hunting C. how the whalers killed a whale D. how killer whales killed a whale2. The second story was told to C. A. show killer whales were cruel hunters B. entertain readers C. show killer whales could protect and save people in danger D. show killer whales never harme
37、d or attacked people.3. According to the second story, the killer whales can protect men from being attacked by D. A. whales B. tigers C. enemies D. sharks4. C killed the whale at last. A. Old Tom B. The killer whales C. The whalers D. The author5. Why did the men start turning the boat around to go
38、 home after the whale died? C A. Because they didnt need a dead whale. B. Because they couldnt find the whales body. C. Because they knew that the dead whale wouldnt float up to the surface for around 24 hours. D. They had to do this because it was too late.6. Which of the following might be true? C
39、 A. The author was for banning(禁止) whaling(捕鲸). B. The author was against banning whaling. C. Whaling was not banned at the beginning of the 20th century. D. The author thought it was Old Toms duty to protect James.7. We can infer from the text that _A_. A. the killer whales may be trained by the wh
40、alers B. the killer whales want to help man catch the whales themselves C. the killer whales need no training for helping the whalers D. the killer whales want to help whales after being killed巩固提升：I. SummaryFill in the blanks according to the passage.Working at the _ station, I had _ whales being a
41、ttacked many times. On the afternoon I arrived at the station, as I _ (sort 短语) my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay. Running down to the shore in time, we saw an _ (huge 同义词) animal.“It is called Old Tom, the killer,” George said as he ran ahead of me. _ the distance we could
42、see that something was happening. As we _ (draw), I could see a whale_ by a _ of about six killers. Being badly wounded, the whale soon died. Very soon, its body was _ by the killers down into the_ of the sea.（Keys: whaling; witnessed; was sorting out; enormous; in; drew nearer; being attacked; pack
43、; dragged; depths )II. Complete the following sentences with proper words.1. The police are appealing to the public for any driver who may have _(目击) the accident.2. The professor _ (暂停) for a moment, and then continued his speech.3. Before cleaning the bedroom, youd better d_ the carpet out of it.4
44、. One week ago, my parents u_that I (should) apologize to him.5. The childless old lady offered to adopt one of the children _ (遗弃) by their parents.6. You do not have to y_; I can hear you clearly.7. Have you heard of the frogmen _(潜水) for the sunken treasure?8. Many German artists f_ to America at
45、 the beginning of World War II.(Keys: witnessed; paused; drag; urged; abandoned; yell; diving; fled; ) III. Translation1. I had already heard that George didnt like _ (等人). 2. I could see a whale _ (被攻击) by a pack of about six other killers.3. _(受了重伤), the whale soon died.4. From Jamess face, I could see he was terrified of _(被遗弃) by us.5. I _ (把这个消息告诉她) as soon as she comes back. 6. She looks _. (好像玩得挺开心).7. He arrived home just in time to _ (看到他的兄弟被带走) by the police. 8. The broken bike was found
