2015年unit4教案3.doc

Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of stars Period 1 Warming up Pre-reading Teaching aims: Learn the new words. Talk about the science of stars Step 1 Words Learn the new words of this unit. Step 2 Warming up lead in Talk about science subjects T: Good morning/afternoon, everyone. What class do you have today? S1: Maths, English, Chinese, physics, history, and geology. T: What other subjects do you have in school? S2: puter, chemistry, biology, music, PE, and politics. T: Which is your favourite? Why? S3: My favourite one is …because it’s very interesting/exciting/instructive/… S4: I like …best because … 2.Talk about universe and solar system T: Let’s follow this astronomer to learn about universe. How did the universe e into being? S1: After the “Big Bang”, the universe came into being. T: Do you know the solar system in the universe? What is it made up of? S2: The solar system contains eight plas and many ets and other objects. T: Can you name the eight plas? S3: The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. T: Which pla do we live on? Can you describe what it looks like? S4: Earth. It supports a variety of life and 70% of the earth is covered with seas or oceans. T: Why does life only exist on the earth? S5: Because there is air and water on the earth. Step 3 Pre-reading Get the students to discuss the questions on page 25 with their partners. Then ask the students to tell their stories. Encourage them to tell different stories, If they don’t know any, tell them some. Read some stories to the students. Pangu separates the sky from the earth; The Biblical Account; India; Japan; Europe; Let them discuss in groups. Step4 Homework Review the words of this unit. Preview the pas真的不掉线吗？？、？？？？？？？？？？？？ sage of “Reading”. Do page 27 Ex.3. Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of stars Period 2 Reading and prehending Teaching Aims: Enable the Ss to say something about astronomy Help the students to form a good habit of reading