1、Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. Words and phrases 生词和短语 helmet, robot, pill, net, guitar, sunglasses, tent, think about, in the future, at present, care for, help sb. with sth., make sb. do sth., in pairsb. Key sentence 重点句子 We will be cared for by robots.There will be no pollution.Robo
2、ts will help us with our homework.Space travel will make people feel very ill.2. Ability goals 能力目标Learn to compare living on Mars to living on Earth simply with “better” or “worse”.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help Ss Learn to compare living on Mars to living on Earth simply with “better” or “wors
3、e”.Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点The name of the items taking to the moon. Teaching aids 教具准备Tape recorder, pictures and projector.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I Warming-up (Comic strip)This activity leads to the topic in the unit and introduces some new vocabulary.T: As you k
4、now, we are living on Earth now. But people have already been to the moon. Maybe in the future we can live on the other planets, such as the Moon, Mars and so no. Do you like living on the other planets?Explain the meaning of planet and write it on the Bb. Ss: Yes. / No.T: Living on Mars is our drea
5、m. Maybe it is fun. What is the life on the other planets like? Do you want to know?Ss: Yes. / No.T: OK. Lets watch some video about the man on the moon.Shows the video about the astronauts on the moon and Ss watch it.T: What s your feeling about the life on the moon?Ss: I think it is exciting / won
6、derful / T: Can you imagine the life on Mars? And now Lets watch some Flash and you may listen to the dialogue carefully and find out the answer to the question How dose Eddie like life on Mars?T: Who can answer the question?Ss: He hates it.T: Watch and listen again and tell me why he hates it?Ss: H
7、e cant get to his food.T: Why cant he get his food?Maybe the Ss dont know the answer. T helps them to find the answer: Because he wears the helmet (Explain the meaning of helmet and write it on the Bb.) Show the flash again and let Ss imitate the dialogue. Practice the dialogue in pairs.Then act out
8、 the comic conversation.Answer the following questions to check the understanding.a. How does Eddie like life on Mars?b. Can Eddie get his food?c. Why dose Eddie hate it?d. Why cant Eddie get his food?Discuss the questions in groups of four. Step II PresentationThis activity presents the new vocabul
9、ary in this period.T: We know Eddie has been to Mars. He hates it. How do you like the life on Mars?Ss can give different answers.T: Some of you like it and some of you hate it. Tell us your reasons.Ss can give their own reasons. When they say the reasons, T writes down some sentences on the Bb.T: A
10、nd now Daniel is thinking about living there in the future. Lets help him compare living on Mars to living on Earth at present. Give some new words: robot, form, pill. Write Yes or No in the blanks.Show the sentences on the computer:1. We will be cared for by robots. _2. We must wear space helmets t
11、o go outside. _3. There will be no pollution. _4. Robots will help us with our homework. _5. Food will be in the form of pills. _6. Money will not be important. _7. Space travel will make people feel very ill. _Let the Ss tell more sentences about the comparing living on Mars to living on Earth. And
12、 then discuss in groups. If the time is enough, T can let Ss make a report.Step III PracticeThis activity provides guided practice using the key vocabulary.T: I think most of you like living in space. So if we live in space, we should take some things with us. Now please watch the picture and try to
13、 say the items in English. Show the picture on page 7. Teach the new words and pronunciation. Then have Ss match the items with the picture. Show the words and the picture on projector.cameramatchesfishing netsunglassesfootballtentguitarWalkmanLead them to read the names of the items in the picture.
14、T: Daniel is dreaming about camping on the moon. What should he take with him? Please put a tick in the box if you think he should take that item.Ss choose the items that they think Daniel should take. After they finish it, have Ss work in pairs and talk the reason for his/her choices.Next let some
15、Ss speak out their choices and their reasons.Step IV Pair workAfter reading the new words fluently, let Ss write the correct names in the blanks in their books.Show the picture of items and the dialogue.A: Whats this?B: Its a camera.the pictureA: What can people do with it?B: They can take photos. M
16、ake dialogues about the other things in the picture in pairs.Step V Post-taskPractice the dialogue before the whole class.Step VI Homework 1. Revise the conversation on page 6.2. Search for more pictures of the items that people should take if they want to live in space and write down their English names.3. Write some sentences about comparing living on Mars to living on Earth.
