Teaching aids 教具准备
1. A projector and some slides. 2. A tape recorder.
Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式
Step ⅠRevision 1. Greetings. 2. Revision.
T: Yesterday I asked you to write what you will be doing in 10 years’ time. Are you ready? Ss: Yes.
T: Then I’ll ask some of you to read out what you have written.
S1: I’ll be a famous surgeon. And I will be famous at home and abroad. Many surgeries that I have performed will be done online. Sometimes I will carry out operations on foreign patients.
S2: I will be a famous physicist, and I will have made many important discoveries. I will invent more advanced means of transportation. It will take only half an hour for us to go to London from Beijing.
S3: I will be an astronaut. I will be traveling among many stars by spaceship.
S4: I will be a famous writer all over the world. At times I will often go overseas to give lectures. T: Good! I hope all your wishes will come true. From now on we should work hard to turn our dreams into realities.
Step Ⅱ Culture corner 1. Lead-in
T: People often make very interesting predictions. Do you think all these predictions will come true?
S: No. Some predictions will come true, but others won’t.
T: Today let’s learn some bad predictions made last century. Please turn to Page 9. 2. Skimming
This step is to help the students to get a general idea of the passage. Ask them to read fast and find out what the predictions are about.
T: Please have a quick look at the titles and tell me what the predictions are about. After a few minutes.
T: Who can tell me in what aspects people made some predictions last century?
S5: They made predictions about airplanes, computers, clothes, men on the moon, the Beatles, robots in the house and keys. T: Quite right. 3. Careful reading
This step is to help the students to grasp some detail information. Ask them to read carefully and then ask some students to tell if the statements are true. If false, ask them to correct them. Show the following on the screen. Read fast and tell whether the following statements are true or false: 1. According to Orville Wright no flying machine will ever fly from Boston to Paris. 2. The prediction that “Thirty years from now people will be wearing clothes made of paper which they will be able to throw away after wearing just once” is made by Changing Times Magazine. 3. According to Decca Recording Co, the sound and guitar music is on the way out. 4. According to New York Times by 2000, robots shaped like a human would help the housewives a lot. 5. The prediction that “By the mid-1980 no one will need to use the keys” was made by an economist named Christopher Evens. T: I’d like you to read the passage again and tell if the statements are true. Correct any mistakes, if any.
Suggested answers True: 3.
False: 1.2.4.5 4. Reading aloud
Ask the students to read aloud and find out the language points in the passage. Meanwhile ask them to decide which prediction they find most amusing.
T: Please read aloud and decide which prediction you find most amusing. At the same time underline the language points. 5. Language points
T: Look at the screen. Let’s go through the language points of this part. 1. Not all predictions come true. It belongs to a partly negative sentence. When “all, both, everything, everybody, always ...” are used together with “not”, they are partly negative. e.g 1) All that glitters is not gold. 2) He doesn’t always come late. 2. With the first moon colonies predicted for the 1970’s, work is now in progress on the types of building required for men to stay in when they’re on the moon. Pay attention to the structure “with +noun / pron + -ing / done / to do / prep phrase / adj / adv” e.g 1) The newly chosen manager felt worried, with so much work to be done. 2) He felt himself infected, with so many people excited about the news. 3) He is sure to win the match, with so many people to help him. 3. In progress: being done or made e.g 1) Please be quiet! The recording is in progress. 2) The examination is in progress. 4. ... and guitar is on the way out. On the way out: going out of fashion or favor e.g 1) This kind of clothes are on the way out. 2) It is said that the Zero Band is on the way out. 5. ... housewives will probably have a robot shaped like a box with one large eye on the top.“shaped” here is used as attributive. “ shape” means “give a shape or form to sth；have a great influence on sb / sth” e.g 1) The flower is shaped like a bird. 2) The writer shaped what he had in his mind into the novel. 3) The experience shaped my future. 6. Listening
This step is to help the students to correct the pronunciation and intonation of the students. Teachers can ask them to listen to the tape of the passage and imitate the pronunciation. 7. Writing predictions about life in China in the future
This step is to stimulate the students’ imagination. Teachers can ask them to work in pairs and talk about the life in China in the future.
T: Have your ever imagined life in China in the future? I’d like you to work in pairs and have a discussion.
After several minutes.
T: Now I’d like you to report your work.
Ss: 1. China will become one of the strongest countries in the world.
2. All the people in China will live in cities and there will be no countryside. 3. Each family will have at least a car.
4. People’s income will be ten times those of today.
5. Everyone will be able to go abroad for further study or just for sight-seeing. 6. All the citizens of China will enjoy free medical health care.
7. People will be healthier, as genetic engineering is progressing. And people will enjoy a long life span. 8. In the future people will do shopping mainly online.
Step Ⅲ Extensive reading (Workbook Page 69) 1. Lead-in
T: Now let’s learn some more predictions about tomorrow world. Please turn to Page 69. Let’s read Tomorrow’s World. Ss: Yes.
2. Pre-reading
This step is to get the students to have a general idea of the whole passage.
T: Work in pairs, and look at the headings and the title of the article. Predict words and ideas you expect to find in each section. After a few minutes.
T: Have you finished this exercise? Let’s check the answers together. Suggested answers
A. Houses B. Jobs C. Vacations D. Information E. The distance future 3. Reading
This step is to get the students to read more carefully and grasp some detail information. Teachers can ask them to read carefully and do Exercise 10. Then get them to discuss their answers in pairs and then with the whole class.
T: Please read the passage carefully and let’s do Exercise 10. After you have finished this exercise, discuss your answers in pairs and then let’s check the answers together. 4. Language points 1. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. match sth / sb with sth /sb: find sth /sb that fits or corresponds to sth / sb e.g. Something went wrong in matching supply to demand. 2. House kits, “kit” means set of parts sold together to be assembled by the purchaser. 3. ... the space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. The clause introduced by “where” is an attributive one. e.g 1)This is the point where the two rivers join together. 2)The store where they put their goods is behind the radio shop. 4. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with leisure facilities for families. Pay attention to the existential sentence used with the future tense. e.g 1)There will be a lecture about the computer this Friday. Pay attention to other forms listed below: 2) I expect there will be a university in our city. 3) There have been great changes in our hometown in the last five years. 4) There seems to be some difficulty in carrying out the plan. 5. Listening
This step is to help the students to correct the pronunciation and intonation of the students. Teachers may ask them to listen to the tape of the passage and imitate the pronunciation.
T: Listen to the tape and imitate the pronunciation and intonation. Pay attention to the language points in the passage.
Step Ⅳ Summary and Assignment
T: Today we’ve learned about some predictions that didn’t come true and also some predictions about tomorrow world. We’ve also learned some useful words and expressions. After class, finish the following homework:
1. Go over what we have learned in this module. 2. Preview the next part-writing.
The Fifth Period Writing
Teaching goals 教学目标 1.Target language目标语言 a. 重点词汇及短语
definitely, eventually, for start, hopefully, get stuck, read through, worry about, be different in, finish school, work as b. 重点句型
1) I’m not really sure what I will be doing ... 2) I guess that I will be working ...
3) I can definitely tell you what I’ll be doing ... 4) Hopefully I will be living ...
5) I hope I will be working in ... in ten years ... 6) Maybe I’ll probably be working as ... 2. Ability goals能力目标
a. Enable the students to write about what they will be doing in ten years. b. Enable the students to write a passage about their future. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help Ss learn how to write a passage about their future.
Teaching important points教学重点
Get the students to learn how to write a passage about what they will be doing in the future. Teaching difficult points 教学难点 How to write a fluent passage. Teaching methods教学方法
1. Task-based method to help the students to organize their writing. 2. Pair work or group work to get every student to work in class. Teaching aids 教具准备
1. A projector and some slides; 2. A multiple-media computer.
Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式
Step ⅠRevision 1. Greetings. 2. Revision.
Step Ⅱ Writing
Task 1 Read what four students predict for the future. 1. Work in pairs and answer the questions.
T: Please turn to Page 7. Let’s go on with Writing. Let’s read the instructions first. I allow you five minutes to read what four students predict for the future. Then work in pairs and answer the questions.
After about 5 minutes.
T: Have you found out your answers? Yes. Let’s check the answers. Who wants to work in a job that will help sick people? S1: Ken.
Who would like to live in a different country? S2: Emma.
Who hopes to have a family? S3: Mary.
Who doesn’t have any future plans? S4: Thomas. T: Excellent!
2. Read again and find out the words or phrases that have the same meaning. After several minutes. T: I don’t know exactly. S5: I’m not really sure. T: It’s certain. S6: Definitely.
T: I hope this will happen. S7: Hopefully. T: It’s possible. S8: Maybe.
T: After a long time