Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the useful words and phrases.
2.Train the studentsˇ reading ability.
3.Let the students learn about the French writer Jules Verne and his two famous science fictions.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Improve the studentsˇ reading ability.
2.Master the useful phrases.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.How to make the students understand the passage better.
2.How to help the students finish all the exercises in Post-reading.
Teaching Methods:
1.Discussion before reading to make students learn more about some scientific facts.
2.Fast-reading method to get the general idea of the passage.
3.Careful-reading method to get the detailed information in the text.
4.Discussion after reading to help the students finish the tasks in Post-reading.
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.
T:In the last period,we learnt some useful expressions used to express beliefs and doubts.Now,Iˇll check your homework to see whether you can use them freely.Whoˇd like to act out your dialogue?
(Two students stand up and act out their dialogue.)
兂Step ⒑ Lead-in and Pre-reading
T:Thank you for your good performance.Yesterday we talked about science fiction and also had a scientific test.By doing the exercises,we learnt some scientific facts.Today,letˇs continue to learn more about scientific facts.Look at the pictures on the screen.
(Show the following pictures on the multimedia.)
T:Here are three great inventions.Who can say when the inventions in the pictures were made?
S1:Electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century.
S2:Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879.
S3:Steam-powered boat was made in 1807.
T:Youˇre quite right.Now,look at the screen,please.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
1.When was electricity discovered?
2.How was it used in the following two hundred years?
3.In the early 19th century,people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like.Can you explain what we know about it today?
T:Work in groups of four to discuss the questions.Choose one of you to act as the leader of your group.Record the results of your discussion.A few minutes later,Iˇll ask your leader to report your result.Are you clear about that?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.You can begin.
(During the discussion,teacher goes among the students and joins them in the discussion.)
T:(A few minutes later)Are you ready?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Letˇs look at the first question.Whoˇd like to answer it?
S4:Electricity was discovered in 1600 by Gilbert.
T:Very good!The second question,who can try?
S5:After electricity was discovered,people began to use it to serve people in many fields.Take industry for example,people use it to control machines and produce a great number of products,such as cars,planes,weapons,etc.
S6:Electricity is also used in agriculture.With electricity people can control the temperature and humidity to make vegetables grow better.
S7:In our daily life,electricity is very useful.For example,watching TV needs electricity, playing computers needs electricity,heaters need electricity,and even our watches need electricity. So,without electricity,our life would be a mess.
T:What you said is quite right.Indeed,electricity is very important to us.It is used widely in every field.The last question.Who can explain it?
S8:The earth on which we live is a big ball of very hot rock,which consists of three parts:the earthˇs crust,the earthˇs mantle and the earthˇs core.The temperature inside is very high.Itˇs hot inside but cold outside.It has a shell just like an egg.There are some cracks in the shell of the earth in some places.Hot water shoots into the air through those cracks and steam comes up from pools of hot water.
T:Well done!You do well in geography,indeed.
兂Step ⒒ Reading
T:Yesterday,we talked about a famous writer,who is known for science fiction.Who is he?
Ss:Jules Verne.
T:Good.Do you remember the books written by him and talked about by us in the last period?
Ss:Yes.(Students say out the titles of the books together.)
T:Very good.Open your books and turn to Page 12.Letˇs look at the reading passage.Before you read it,write down eight key words that you expect to find in the reading passage.Is that clear?
Ss:Yes.
(Students begin to write eight key words.After they finish,teacher says the following.)
T:Now,read the passage quickly to check whether the words youˇve written are all in the passage.
(Students begin to read the passage and then check their words.As answers are various,teacher may just check two or three students individually.)
T:Well,re-read the passage carefully to further understand it.Then answer the questions on the screen.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
1.To make a living,what did Jules Verne have to do?
2.What will many of the instruments in his novels remind the readers of?
3.How did Verne lay the foundation of modern science fiction?
4.In his novel ¨20 000 Leagues Under the Sea〃,what kind of person is Captain Nemo?
5.How does the story ¨Journey to the Centre of the Earth〃 begin and end up?
(A few minutes later,teacher asks some of them to answer the questions one by one.)
Suggested answers:
1.To make a living,Jules Verne had to write and sell stories.
2.They will remind the readers of Dr Benjamin Franklinˇs experiment with electricity.
3.By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further.
4.He is someone you will neither like nor dislike.He is very cruel because he keeps Aronnax and others as prisoners and destroys ships.But at other moments,he is gentle and weak because he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.
5.The story begins with the discovery of an ancient document and ends up with them being shot out of a volcano in southern Italy with ever increasing speed and temperature.
兂Step ⒓ Language Points
T:Now,youˇre familiar with the passage.But I think the following on the screen should also be paid attention to.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
1.make a living(=earn oneˇs living)
e.g.She made a living by singing in a nightclub.
2.lay the foundation of
e.g.Four-year college life laid solid foundations of his career.
3.come true
e.g.The boyˇs wish to become a PLA man has come true.
4.set out
e.g.They set out to look for the lost child.
5.turn out(to be)+adj./n.
e.g.The weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely.
To everyoneˇs surprise,the fashionable girl turned out to be a thief.
6.defendKagainst/from
e.g.We should defend our country against attacks.
7.be dressed in
e.g.The girl was always dressed in red.
Dressed in uniform,he looks handsome.
(Bb:make a living,lay the foundation of,come true,set out,turn out(to be)+adj./n.,defendKfrom/againstK,be dressed in)
兂Step ⒔ Post-reading
T:Now,read the passage again.Then finish Exercise 2 in Post-reading on Page 13.
(After a while,teacher checks their answers with the whole class.)
Suggested answers:
2.During the time they do all they can to continue to liveK
3.They realize that they come to the surface of the monster
4.his long-term guests
T:Well.Now,please look at Exercise 4.In Jules Verneˇs times,the knowledge about the earth was very limited,and many scientific facts couldnˇt be explained by people.But Jules Verne contained a lot of knowledge about the earth in his novel.Where do you think he might have got his ideas from?You can use all the knowledge you have learnt to explain the questions.Work in groups of four to have a discussion.
(After a while,teacher checks their answers.Students may have various answers.)
T:OK.Letˇs go on with the exercises in Post-reading.Under water travel and space travel have many things in common.Do you know the differences and similarities between them?Work in groups of four to finish the chart of Exercise 3.
Suggested answers:
Differences SUBMARINE SPACESHIP
Speed slow fast
Landscape under water landscape space landscape
Number for people a lot of people a few people
Food common food special space food
Clothes diving suits space suits
Similarities Demand for skills is high.
Theyˇre both exciting.
Tourists must be trained by experts.
Theyˇre expensive.
T:Well done!If you were going to climb down into a very deep cave,which tools and things would you bring?What would be the most important dangers and things that could happen?Work in groups of five to discuss the questions and then finish the chart in Exercise 5.Is that clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.You can begin.
(Teacher gives them a few minutes.Teacher joins them in the discussion and gives some advice if necessary.)
Suggested answers:
Preparation:Tools and things to bring Risks:Dangerous and things that could happen
food,water,warm clothes,ropes,matches,a knife, a chisel,some medicines losing oneˇs way falling into a hole being injuried
兂Step ⒕ Summary and Homework
T:In this period,weˇve read a passage about Jules Verne.By reading,weˇve learnt more about Jules Verne and his two novels.Weˇve also learnt some useful expressions and done some concerned exercises.After class,try to make more sentences using them to master them better.Besides,read the passage over and over and prepare for retelling it.At last,preview the third periodXLanguage Study.Class is over.
兂Step ⒖ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 12 Fact and fantasy
The Second Period
Useful phrases:
make a living
lay the foundation of
come true
set out
turn out(to be)+adj./n.
be dressed in
defendKagainst/from
兂Step ⒗ Record after Teaching