英语人教版八年级上册Unit 7 Section B 2a--2e.doc

教学设计:Unit 7 Will people have robots? SectionB (2a2e) 淮南市望峰岗中学 陶士云教材分析 本单元的话题题涉及到未来的世界，本节课的2a-2e是一个整体的阅读板块，谈论的是未来机器人的发展的话题，其中涉及到机器人过去和现在的状况，并主要介绍了两派科学家对未来机器人的发展的不同预测。 学生在SectionA部分已经接触了“谈论未来的世界”的话题，掌握了一般将来时Will的基本短语和句型，为本节课做好了充分的能力铺垫，因此学习本节课应该不是很难。 教学目标 通过听说读写练习，要求学生掌握下列单词和短语：1.dangerous,human,factory,believe,disagree ,help with,over and over again,get bored,make sb do sth ,disagree with ,hundreds of ,look for ,be able to do 2.通过对课文的阅读，基本学会skimming,scanning等阅读技巧。 3.学会用Will对未来作出预测。 重点难点 重点：通过听说读写练习，大部分学生能理解课文内容，能够运用Will对未来作出预测； 难点：学会运用Will对未来机器人作出预测，做一个report，要求具备一定的能力。 教具课件 教学过程 Step 1 Before Reading 1. A short video about robots 2. Free talk: What do robots look like ?and What can they do ? 设计意图：通过观看大白和哆啦a梦的视频，导入有关机器人的话题，抛出两个问题让学生讨论，有利于降低文章难度，提高学生学习英语的积极性和趣味性。 Step 2 While-reading 1. Read the whole article quickly and match (将段落与大意相匹配） Para 1 Will robots think 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? 2.Carefully read Para 1 and answer the questions. (1) What are robots like in the movies? (2) What can robots do in the movies? 3. Carefully read Para 2 and answer the questions. (1)Today, what can robots already do? (2) Fewer people will do such jobs in the future, why? 4.Carefully read Para 3 and fill in the chart Scientists are trying to make robots look like humans and do the same things as we do. Different ideas about robots in the future. For some scientists It will be _ to make them really _like a human. They will never _ wake up and know _. For many scientists The robots will even be able to _ like humans_. 5.Carefully read Para 4 Translate the sentence into Chinese. If buildings fall down with people inside, these snake robots can help look for people under the buildings. 设计意图：通过层层设计各种问题，面向不同层次的学生，加深学生对文章的理解，让不同层次的学生都各有收获,同时加强对学生阅读技巧的指导，提高学生的阅读水平。 Step 3Post-reading 1Read the article again and complete the sentences about what robots can do now.(再读一遍课文，通过练习对文章有更深的了解) 1. Robots can build _ in factories. 2. They can do _ jobs many times and never get bored. 3. Some can _ and _. 4. Some can help _ people under _. 2通过播放课文听力填词，让学生再一次加深对文章的理解。 Fill in the blanks with the words from the articles. Some robots are very human-like. They can walk and _ like people. Some scientists think that in the future they will _ robots more like humans. This may not _ in the near future, but at some point, robots will even be able to _ like people. However, some scientists _. James White believes that robots will not be able to do the things as we can. 3.Group work（运用与生成） Work in groups and share their ideas about the robots in the future. 根据提示，要求学生去前面做一个report “ the robots in the future” Tips: 1.What will robots look like in the future ? 2.What will robots be able to do ? 3.Will the robots do all the things as the same as humans in the future ? 4.In the future,will there be more robots ?Why ? Report: I think robots in the future will look like 设计意图：学生是课堂的真正主人，除了要让学生体验阅读的快乐，更要检验学生的掌握情况。让小组长在全班同学面前做report,就是一个非常好的活动。这样的活动既可以培养学生的合作意识，又能在情景中活学活用，既巩固了本节课的重点，进而突破难点，又能锻炼学生的语言表达能力，有利于展示学生自身的风采，提高学生学习英语的积极性。 Step 4 Homework 1.Recite new words.（学困生） 2. Try your best to retell the article.（中上等学生） Bb desig