合肥第六十八中学 高坤勇M3Unit2Wehaven’t found life on other planets yet教学设计.doc

一、 教学课题Module 3 Journey to spaceUnit 2 We havent found life on other planets yet. 合肥第六十八中学 高坤勇二、 教材分析Topic Is there life out in space?AimsTo understand the passage about space travel involving the present perfect tenseTo write about space travel using the present perfect tenseKey vocabularyplanet, alone, also, part, light, beyond, cost, prefer, none, environment, airKey structuresThe present perfect tense with just, already, yet TasksDiscussion and making a science reportWritingGrammarThe present perfect tenseTeaching aidsMulti-media, the cards of planets, tape recorder, video三、 教学方法（1）自主学习 能够结合个人情况预习教材和拓展。（2）合作学习 能够与同学交流学习心得体会，共享学习策略。（3）能利用网上学习资源查找信息，用所学内容进行真实的交际，积极参与课外英语学习。（4）通过合作讨论、游戏、竞赛、单词联想等多种形式，实现在用中学、为用而学、学用结合、学而能用的原则。四、 教学过程Step 1 Revision1. Greetings.- Have you had your breakfast / lunch?- Have you cleaned your classroom?- Has your father gone to work today?2. A surveyAsk students to make a survey. Talk about what their partners have done recently. Then complete the following questionnaire.-What have you done recently?-I have made a poster about space travel.NameTimeSomething special that you have donerecentlythis weekin the past few weeks3. Making a reportStudents make a short report with the questionnaire.Step 2 Pre-reading1. Teach students the solar system, then ask them to look at the picture of the solar system on the blackboard. Tell them to put the eight planets at the right place.（制作八大行星的教具）2. Ask students to work in groups of four and discuss two questions: Have we found life on other eight planets yet? If not, why? What do you know about UFO? Do you believe there are creatures from outer space? Why or why not?Step 3 Reading (Activities 2 & 3)1. Global reading (Activity 2) Students read the article and try to find the title of the article. (First students choose the title by themselves, then discuss it with their partners. They must try to explain the reasons.)2. Detailed reading (Activities 3 & 4) Students read the article again and finish Activities 3 and 4. (First students do by themselves, then share the answers with their partners.)3. Problem solving. Students work in groups of four again, trying to find difficulties in the article and discuss together. At the same time, discuss some language points raised by partners. If there is any problem, they may ask the teacher for help. At last share their worksheets with the whole class.NameLanguage pointsDifficultiesSolutionsStep 4 Discussion and making a science reportTell students that because of the pollution, the environment on earth is becoming worse and worse. If one day, humans cant live on earth any more, they have to find “a second earth” in space for them to live on, what kind of planet is suitable? Ask students to discuss in groups of four and make a report.Step 5 Writing (Activities 6 & 7)Show students a cartoon picture, asking them to answer the questions first, then use the answers to write the story in the cartoon picture.Homework 1. Finish Activity 52. Finish workboo