英语人教版八年级上册design.doc

Unit 7 Section B Do you think you will have your own robot? 教案设计Analysis of teaching material The language goal of this unit is “Make predictions”. This lesson is focused on the topic of Opinions about robots in the future. At the same time, this passage enriches the knowledge of outside classroom and opens up the students mind.Students reading levelIts the first time for students to get in touch with such a long passage, so some students may feel worried。But because the topic of this passage is Robot,which can attract students andstimulatethestudentsimagination. With some knowledge of future tense, the passage is long but not difficult. Reading strategyTask-based reading and communicative approach are the main methods in this class. Students will be able to get general idea or specific information by using reading skills like skimming, scanning, fast reading and careful reading.Teaching aimsKnowledge objects:1. Students are expected to use the sentence patterns: Will + V There be sb/sth doing. Will be able to do. 2. Students are expected to learn some knowledge about robots. Ability objects:1. Students are expected to improve the abilities of predicting and imagining.2. Students will be encouraged to use the methods fast reading, careful reading, skimming, scanning to improve reading abilities and can have a good understanding of the whole text.3.Students will be encouraged to design their own robots and make a poster to describe robots using above sentence structures.Moral objects:Students will be motivated to have their dreams, work hard to achieve their goals and “never never give up”.Teaching ProceduresTeachers activitiesStudents activitiesStep1. Lead-inPlay a video about robots ,show students what can robots do. tWatch a movieStep2. Free talkQ1: What can robots do according to the video?Show students some pictures and discuss other things robots can do .Q2: What do robot look like ? Can you guess? (show other pictures to students)Ss give different answers according to the video. Ss may say they look like humans.Step3. PresentationQ1: Boys and girls ,now you know something about robots, do you want to know more about them ?Q2: such as where can you find robots ?And can they do the same things as people ?OK,now lets find answers in 2bs reading Do you think yo will have your own robot ?Please turn to page 53.Students may answer “Yes”.Students turn their book to page 53.Step4.SkimmingAsk the Ss to read the passage quickly and finish 2b(Match the paragraphs with the questions they discusses). Ss read the passage quickly and find the answer.Step5.ScanningAsk the Ss to read the passage again and get the main ideas with several words,such as Robots in movies,Todays robots and so on.(Combine 4 main ideas into a shape of robot.)Ss read the passage and get four main ideas.Step6.Careful readingAsk the Ss to read para.1 carefully and answer the following questions. 1.What are robots like?2. What can they do?3. Where do they work?Then return to the Robot PPT (made from 4 main ideas)and ask Ss to read para.2. Q1:What can they do in factories?Q2:fill the blanks1，Today there are already robots_ in factories. Some can help to_ cars, and they do_ jobs over and over again. 2,_ people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get _. Continue to learn para.3First ,Read the first four sentences and answer 3 questions:Q1:what are scientists doing now ?Q2:which country was mentioned(提到)?Q3:what can robots in Japan do?Then Read the last part of para3. Think about: Who thinks robots can think like humans? Who disagrees? What are their views? Now read para.4 carefully and find answers to following questions :1.Will all new robots look like humans?If not, what will they look like?2.In India, what do robots look like?What can they do?After that,judge following views true or false.1.Some scientists believe that there will be more robots in a short time.(T/F)2. Robots will have different shapes in the future.(T/F)3. Human robots can help look for people under the buildings.(T/F)Ss read the passage carefully and give their answers.Q1: Robots are like humans Q2:help with the housework and do jobs.Q3:in dirty ordangerous placesQ1:They can build cars and do simple jobs over and over again.Q2:Working,build,.Q1:Making robots look likeand do the same things asQ2:JapanQ3:walk and danceJames White disagrees. He thinks robots never be able to . Some scientists agree . They think .Ss will find answers in para.4. 1,No, they will not.because.2,they look like snakes.Ss give their answers and find the reasons in the passage.E.g. F.Because snake robot can help.Step7.Exercise Ask Ss to read the passage again then retell the article by filling the blanks. .In movies about the future, robots help people with the _and do _ like working in dirty or _places. Today there are already robots _in factories . They can help build_ and do _ jobs over and over again. but they will never get_. Scientists are trying to make robots look like _ and do the same things _we do . They think the robots will even be able to _like humans _25 to 50 years._, some scientists _it will be difficult to make them _like a human. They will never be able to _and _where they are.Ss show their answers one by oneSs read loudly . At the same time they should combine the blanks on the PPT and find proper word.After reading,write down the answers on their homework book.Students A,B,C,D.give answers one by one. A :housework B :jobC :dangerousD :working.Step8.Group Work 1 Ask Ss to discuss in groups _Do you think robots will be cleverer(更聪明) than human in 100 years?Will they replace(取代)human?2 Show them a video ab