Module 7 Unit 1 My father flew into space in Shenzhou V.（教案）-2022-2023学年英语六年级下册-外研版（一起）

Module7Unit1MyfatherflewintospaceinShenzhouV

BackgroundInformation

ThislessonispartofthecurriculumforEnglishlanguagelearnersinthesixthgradeatthe2022-2023schoolyear,usingtheOutstandingEnglish(SecondEdition,publishedbyForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress)textbookseries.Inthislesson,studentswilllearnabouttheShenzhouVspaceship,China’sfirstmannedspacecraft,andthehistory-makingflightofastronautYangLiwei.Theywillreadapassageabouttheeventandlearntheassociatedvocabularyterms.Thelessonsupportsthestudents’Englishlistening,speaking,andreadingskills,aswellastheirknowledgeofscienceandtechnology.

LearningObjectives

Studentswilllearnnewvocabularyandexpressionsrelatedtospacetravel.

StudentswillunderstandthedetailsoftheShenzhouVmission,includingthesignificanceoftheeventanditsimpactonChinesespaceexploration.

StudentswillbeabletoretellthestoryoftheShenzhouVmissionintheirownwords.

StudentswilldeveloptheirEnglishlanguageskillsinlistening,speaking,andreading.

TeachingContent

Theteachingcontentofthislessonincludesthefollowing:

Readingcomprehension:StudentswillreadapassageaboutYangLiwei’shistoricflightintospace,andanswerquestionsabouttheevent.

Vocabulary:Studentswilllearnnewvocabularytermsrelatedtospacetravel,suchasspaceship,orbit,andmodule.

Speakingandwriting:StudentswillpracticecommunicatinginEnglishbydiscussingandwritingabouttheirownexperienceswithspacetravel.

TeachingProcedure

Warm-up(5minutes)

Theteacherwillstarttheclassbyaskingthestudentsiftheyhaveeverdreamedoftravelingintospace,andwhattheyknowaboutspacetravel.Thiscanbedonebyusingavisualaidofthesolarsystemorplayingashortvideoclipaboutspaceexploration.

Lead-in(10minutes)

Tointroducethetopicofthelesson,theteacherwillshowapictureoftheShenzhouVspacecraftandaskthestudentsiftheyknowwhatitisandwhatitwasusedfor.Theteachercanusethefollowingquestions:

Whatkindofvehicleisthis?

Whatisitusedfor?

Whyisitimportant?

Theteachercangivehintsandhelpthestudentsmakeguessesuntiltheyarriveatthecorrectanswer:ShenzhouVwasaspacecraftusedtocarryaChineseastronautintospace.

Reading(10-15minutes)

TheteacherwillprovideareadingpassagethattellsthestoryoftheShenzhouVmissioninsimpleEnglish.Thepassageshouldincludedetailssuchasthedateofthemission,thenameoftheastronautwhoflewthespacecraft,andthedurationoftheflight.Afterthestudentshavereadthepassage,theteachercanaskthemtosummarizethestoryintheirownwordsandanswersomecomprehensionquestions.Possiblequestionsinclude:

WhendidYangLiweiflyinShenzhouV?

Howlongwashismission?

Whatwashisjobwhilehewasinspace?

WhywasthismissionimportantforChina?

Vocabulary(10-15minutes)

Theteachercanpresentalistofwordsrelatedtospacetravelthatareusedinthereadingpassage,suchasspacecraft,module,orbit,andastronaut.Theteachercanexplainthemeaningofeachtermandprovideexamplestoreinforcethevocabulary.Thestudentscanpracticeusingthevocabularyinsentencesorshortdialogues.

SpeakingandWriting(20-30minutes)

Theteachercanaskthestudentstoworkinpairsorsmallgroupstotalkabouttheirownexperienceswithspacetravelortheirideasaboutspacetravel.Forexample,theycananswerquestionssuchas:

Ifyoucouldtravelintospace,wherewouldyougoandwhy?

Whatdoyouthinkarethebenefitsofspaceexploration?

Howdoyouthinkspacetravelwillchangeinthefuture?

Afterdiscussingingroups,thestudentscansharetheirideaswiththeclass.Theteachercanalsoassignawritingtask,suchasaskingthestudentstowriteashortparagraphabouttheirfavoritefictionalspaceadventure.

Summary(5minutes)

Theteachercansummarizethekeypointsofthelessonandaskthestudentstoexplainwhattheyhavelearned.Theteachercanalsoprovidefeedbackandansweranyremainingquestionsthestudentsmayhave.

Conclusion

ThislessonprovidesanintroductiontotheChineseShenzhouVmissionand