初中英语人教版八年级上册：Unit 7 Will people have robots Section B 2a—2e-教学设计.docx

教学设计

课程基本信息

学科

初中英语

年级

八年级

学期

秋季

课题

Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?SectionB2a-2b

教学目标

Bytheendofthelesson,thestudentswillbeexpectedto:

getspecificinformationofrobotstodayandinthefuture;

analyzedifferentopinionsofscientistsandgiveyourownopinion;

designarobotyouwanttohaveinthefutureandintroduceit.

教学重难点

教学重点：

通过阅读，获取、梳理有关电影、现实和未来中机器人外形和能力的的相关信息，并运用所学语言介绍所设计机器人的独特外形与能力特征。

教学难点：

学习机器人外形和功能的相对系统的内容知识和丰富的词汇表达，对相关信息的概括整合和辩证评判。

教学过程

Step1.Pre-reading

Brainstormwhatyouknowaboutrobots.

Whatdotheylooklike?

Whatcantheydo?

Step2.While-reading

Prediction

Lookatthetitleandthepictureandpredictwhatwearegoingtotalkabout.

Readandmatch.

Readthearticlequicklyandmatcheachparagraphwiththequestionitdiscusses.

Checkthepredictionwehavemade.

Readfordetails.

Readthearticleagaincarefullyandfinishthechart.

inmovies

infactories

robotstoday

Whatdotheylooklike?(shapes)

human_____

Whatcantheydo?(abilities)

helpwiththe__________,workin_________places

robots___________

There________morerobotsinthefuture.

ReadPara.3andcompletethemindmap.

Watchavideoandthink.

Willrobotsthinklikehumansinthefuture?Whyorwhynot?

ReadPara.4andcompletethetimeline.

Step3Post-reading

Fillintheblanksinthisparagraphwithwordsfromthearticle.

Somerobotsareveryhuman-like.Theycanwalkand_______likepeople.Somescientiststhinkthatinthefuturetheywill_______robotsmorelikehumans.Thismaynot__________inthenearfuture,butatsomepoint,robotswillevenbeableto________likepeople.However,somescientists_______________.JamesWhitebelievesthatrobotswillnotbeabletodothe________thingsaswecan.Forexample,hethinksthatrobotswill________beabletowakeupandknowwheretheyare.Whichsidedoyou________with?

Designandshare.

Designarobotyouwanttohaveandintroducewhatitwilllooklikeandbeabletodo.