北师大版高中英语选修七Unit 20《New Frontiers》(Futurology)教案.docVIP

Instructional Design Module 7 Unit 20 New Frontiers Lesson 1 Futurology (Reading) Chen Xiaoqing Teaching aims: To share statistics and information of predictions about the future world. To encourage students to take part in Sci-Fi activities. To practise writing an essay using the future tenses. Analysis of the text: Futurology is an easy but severe topic which can arouse learners’ interest immediately. What’s more, the reading and discussion tasks in this lesson pave a good way for students to do the writing exercise focused on using key words and the future tenses. Analysis of students: They have collected many statistics and useful expressions concerned with the topic. However, to write an essay about the future world is also a challenge for them. Teaching difficult important points: How to organize the activities in class scientifically and effectively. How to improve students’ Sci-Fi awareness through teamwork in and after class. Teaching activities: Brainstorm, quiz, individual, pair and group work, etc. Teaching aids: Computer, projector, blackboard, learning sheet, etc. Teaching procedures: Step ⅠGreetings Play a short movie to show the theme in this period. Sum up the key points in the movie. A. Brainstorm Questions: What would the future world be like? Can you tell us some Sci-Fi books or films? How can we develop our world in a right way? Students exchange statistics and information collected from lessons in this unit, notes, libraries, the Internet, encyclopaedias, magazine articles, television and radio documentaries, friends, etc. Take notes individually and compare in pairs. B. About the word: future, biology, futurology Step Ⅱ. Reading (Competition time) Students work in groups. Make sure every student take part in the quiz. Exercises include matching headings with each part, words and meanings and multiple choice. A. Divide the text into four parts and match headings with each part. Part.1 Paragraph A. Some predictions