1、 1 Teaching Design Go for it Book3 Unit7 Will people have robots? Section B Reading (2b) Part1 Teaching Material Analysis 1. Status and function This is a reading lesson. It is mainly about robots. The topic is related to future life. Of course, students will be very interested in this lesson. By le
2、arning this lesson, the students reading and writing ability will be improved，the attitude of emotion will be changed. If students learn this lesson well, it will be helpful for them to learn the next writing lesson. 2. Teaching objectives According to the new curriculum standard and students real s
3、ituation, I set the teaching objectives as follows. Knowledge aims 1. Ss will be able to master the key words and know how to use the four-skilled words, like dangerous, believe, shape, possible and so on. 2. Ss will be able to understand the whole passage completely. Ability aims 1. Ss will be able
4、 to predict some information according to the title and the picture. 2. Ss will be able to scan for the specific information. 3. Ss will be able to draw the mind-map of this article. Emotion aims 1. Ss will love their present life, and work harder for the future life. 2. Ss will be able to build up
5、their confidence and have interest in language learning. 2 Key points 1. Cultivate the students reading strategies, such as predicting, skimming, scanning and guessing meaning of unknown words. 2. Improve the students reading ability. 2. Ss will love their present life, and work harder for the futur
6、e life. Difficult points 1. Understand the whole passage completely. 2. Master the structure and usage of the simple future tense in real language situation. Teaching aids In this lesson, tape-recorder, multi-media, PPT and some pictures will be used. Part2. Analysis of students The students, from G
7、rade 8, are curious and interested in new things. They have learned English for a few years. They have mastered some basic English and had some basic abilities. Some are active in class, but some are afraid of speaking English because they are not confident enough. Part 3.Teaching methods task-based
8、 teaching method audio-visual teaching method communicative teaching method Part 4Guidance on Learning Methodsxxk.Com autonomous learning method cooperative learning researching learning method 3 Part5. Teaching procedures Step1 warming-up and lead-in (2 min) Activity: Play a video about robots. Aim
9、: To attract students attention to the topic and create a relaxing atmosphere. Step2 pre-reading (6 min) Activity1: Show some pictures, talk about them and learn some new words. Aim: Pave the way for the following learning. Activity2: Let students predict what the article will talk about according t
10、o the title and picture. Aim: Cultivate the students autonomous learning ability. Step3 fast reading (8 min) Activity1: Skim the article and find the following sentences in the passage. 1) When we watch movies about the future, we sometimes see robots. 2) Today there are already robots working in fa
11、ctories. 3) Scientists are now trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. 4) Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in the future. Aim: Cultivate the students skimming ability. Activity2: Scan the passage to get the main idea of the article. What s the ma
12、in idea(主旨大意) of the article? It is about _. A. What robots look like in the movies. B. What robots can do today. C. Robots today (现状) and future. Aim: Cultivate the students ability of generalization. 4 Activity3: Scan the passage and match the main ideas with each paragraph. Para. 1 Will robots th
13、ink like humans in the future? Para. 2 What will robots be like in the future? Para. 3 What can robots do today? Para. 4 What are robots like in movies? Aim: Cultivate the students ability of generalization. Step4 careful reading (18 min) Activity1: Read the article carefully and finish the followin
14、g exercises. 1) Mark the following sentences “T” or “F” . ( ) Robots are like human servants. ( ) Robots can do jobs in dirty or dangerous places. 2) Which is TRUE according to this Paragraph2(段落) ?( ) A. A robot cant help with housework at home. B. A robot will get bored. C. There are robots workin
15、g in factories. D. Fewer robots will do boring jobs in factories in the future. 3) “it will be difficult to make them think like a human.” What does “them” refer to(指代)? ( ) A. humans. B. robots. C. scientists D. other things 4) “but computers and rockets also seemed impossible 100 years ago.” What
16、does “impossible” mean? ( ) A. Not interesting. B. Not boring. C. Not possible. D. Not important Aim: Understand the details of the article. Activity2: Fill in the blanks, then read these sentences aloud. Today Robots can walk and _like people. Some robots can build _in factories. Some can help look
17、 for_ under the buildings. They can do_ jobs over and over again. 5 In the future Some scientists believe there will be _ robots. They will have many _shapes. Some scientists believe that it will be difficult to make them _ like a human. However, many scientists think that the robots will even be ab
18、le to _like humans in 25 to 50 years. Aim: Enhance what the students have learned in this lesson. Activity3: Underline the sentences with the simple future tense and discuss the structure and the usage in group. e.g. Some scientists believe there will be more robots. e.g. They will have many differe
19、nt shapes. Aim: Understand the structure and usage of simple future tense in real language situation. Step5 post-reading (6 min) Activity1: Make a self-introduction for the robots. Aim: Use the target language in real situation Activity2: Predict what will happen in 25 to 50 years. Our country will
20、be more powerful. Our lives will be more colorful. Our dreams will come true. Work hard and believe yourselves. Aim: Cultivate the students to love their present life, and work harder for the future life. Step6 Summary (5 min) Ask some students to summarize as usual. Guide them to sum up as follows.
21、 1. What are the key and difficult points? 2. What have we learned in this lesson? 3. What have we understood in this lesson? 6 4. What questions do we still have? Then Ill add something to them if necessary. Aim: To consolidate what the students have learned in this lesson. Homework Do you want to
22、have a robot? What kind of robot do you want to have? Draw a robot you want. Describe it in English in class the next class. Aim: To consolidate the language points and cultivate the ability to use target language. Part6. Blackboard Design Aim: The students can understand this lesson more clearly. P
23、art7. Teaching Reflection 1. The students are in different level, maybe some of them cant do well in class. 2. It is important to encourage students to take part in the activities in class, especially the students who are not confident enough. 3. It is necessary to divide the groups well so that they can help each other. Aim: To improve my teaching ability and learning efficiency. Words and phrase: Screen Important points: believe 一般将来一般将来:will do impossible
