2017牛津译林版九年级下册Unit 4《Life on Mars》教案4.docVIP

Unit 4 Life on Mars Reading (I) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. learn about what life would be like on another planet in the future; 2. tell the differences between the life on Mars and that on Earth, talk about the advantages and disadvantages of living on Mars, and have a debate called “Life on Mars will be better than that on Earth”; 3. develop their abilities of reading, like guessing the word meanings from the context; 4. be engaged in class activities actively and improve their ability of critical thinking. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: planet, crowded, polluted, rapid, increase, passenger, uncomfortable, oxygen, tasty, specially, float, compare, interplanetary, network, challenging, rapidly, all over again, at a/the speed of, in the form of, compare to/with 2. New structures: Food would most probably in the form of pills and would not be so tasty. The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. Compared with life on the Earth, people would have more space. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Learn about what life would be like on another planet in the future. 2. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of living on Mars and Earth. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Pre-reading 1. Free talk T: Do you know anything about Mars? S: … T: Mars is the nearest to Earth. The surface of Mars is a little like the surface of Earth. We can build a better world on Mars in the future. Do you want to live on Mars? Maybe you will be the first settlers on Mars if you’re lucky enough. 【设计意图：激活学生的背景知识，为导入火星上的生活做好铺垫。】 2. Predicting Brainstorming：Imagine what life will be like on Mars. T: What will life be like on Mars? S: … Food clothes Transport Life on Mars home … school T: You have wonderful imagination. Daniel wants to find out more about life in space in the future too. Look, he has fo