T: You did a good job, Most of you reviewed what we learned, Now let us guess what LiQiang would go on visiting, S: He was to visit other planets by time capsule,
S: I guess he would go to visit some interesting places,
S: I think he would pay a visit to a family and a school,
T: If you were the author of the passage, what would you like to introduce to readers?S: I might introduce the aliens who he met in the future,
S: I think I would describe the way of future life,
S: If I were the author, I would prefer to write something about future school,
T: Some students seem to have the same opinion as the author, while some might be able towrite a new passage for us to enjoy, I am glad to know you all have used your heads to havevarious answers, Now study the picture on Page 21 to tell me what you can see in the picture,
S: I can see a strange thing is working in a special place,
S: The strange thing has six hands and one leg, but its head is similar to ours,
S: There is another creature, which is very small with many hands, compared with the bigone.Step 2 Fast Reading
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Unit 3 Life in the future 教案2(I HAVE AMAZING THINGS )Teaching aims: Learn expressions & phrasesLearn language points Difficult and Important Points:1）Language points2）The usage of “take up and sweep”Teaching Methods:Presentation & PracticeTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Pre-reading


T: Can you predict what the passage may be about?
S: It may be about what he had seen, especially about the amazing things in the future,
T: You are right, as we all know, the best title is the one which can show the main idea of thereading passage, As a consequence, we should read the title when we begin to read one, which willhelp us to understand a passage, now read the passage quickly to find what amazing things arementioned in it,
(After one minute, )
S: a pace station, some alien creatures, mu-mu, dimpods
T: Yes, Please look through it again and find out main idea for each paragraph, You’d betterfinish it in two minutes,
(Two minutes later, ask the students to show their opinion to the whole class, Then discuss
it and decide the best answer, The teacher should tell them the answer in the end, )
Suggested answers: Para, 1 a space station considered the most modern in this part of space
Pare, 2 the friendliest creatures, mu-mu
Para, 3 the most interesting creatures, dimpods
Para, 4 the differences and similarities between them
Step 3 Careful Reading
T: Please read Para, one and answer the questions: Where did he first visit? Describe theplace, (After one minute)
S: His first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in this part of space, It isan enormous round plate, and it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity,Inside of it, it is divided into zones with extraordinarily differ atmospheres and gravities,
T: Right, What other strange things can be found?S: There live the alien creatures while they work with human space scientists searching fornew worlds,
T: Now please read the next two paragraphs to tell the following sentences true or false,
1. The friendliest creatures are the tiny dimpods, while the most interesting creatures are themu-mu, 第 2 页
T: Now let us read the title together,


3. The World Space Agency will send a spaceship to examine the fourth star in the Pleiadessystem next year,
4. The mu-mu can skip around the pipes and between the wooden walls of the space station, 5. The tiny dimpods are great engineers, which require the same the same atmospheres ashumans,
6. The tiny dimpods van produces a liquid from their bodies, which melts metal and veryuseful for the outside for spaceships,
 (Give students four minutes to read and consider the statements, )
T: Let’s check the answers, if it is wrong, please correct it,
S: 1, I think the first sentence is wrong, the two objects should be exchanged, That is to say,the friendliest creatures are the mu-mu, while the most interesting creatures are the tiny dimpods, T: Right, What about the next?
S: 2, It is false, Human beings must wear red nightlights on the helmets so that they can seein the dark, But the mu-mus don’t need it because they can see in the dark,
T: Good, Is the third one wrong?S: 3, I think it is right,
T: Right, What about the next one?S: 4, it is wrong, The tiny dimpods can skip round the pipes and between the wooden walls ofthe space station,
T: I agree with you,
S: 5, the fifth and the sixth are right,
T: Excellent, Now, let’s read the last paragraph and combine what we just read to finish thefollowing chart, Name of creatureMu-muDimpodsSizeBigTinyAppearanceThey are tall and thin with shell-covered “leg”, They are small, just the size of a littlecat, ColorThey have black and white faces, They are purple or blue and the colorchanges depending on their mood, Personality1, They see in the dark so they livein an area without light of any kind,1, They require the same atmosphereas humans, 第 3 页
2. The mu-mu must wear red nightlights on the helmets so that they can see in the dark,


4, They are difficult to talk to so thatyou have to use a language-changer tohelp, The dimpods shout loudly inyour ear,
5, They eat food that contains carbon,which drink lemonade mixed withherbs, Number of armsSix armsMany armsNumber of legsA shell-covered leg Many legsHow it movesThey move forward by slowlyshaking from side to side on ashell-covered leg, They skip around the pipes andbetween the wooden walls of thespace station, Step 4 Post-reading
　T: What’s the main idea?S: The passage mainly tells us the strange things that he saw in the future,
T: Right, What is the purpose of writing the passage?S: Writing the passage is to let us know what will happen in advance,
S: I think the author attempted to encourage us to be brave enough to search for the future
to speed up the development of science,
T: What a clever head! We should have a creative spirit to explore the development of thefuture to build up our society, We should work hard to make contributions to our country, trying tomake our homeland highly developed,
T: Now let’s imagine to add two extra characteristics of the creatures, Discuss what an aliencreature of your own might be like with your partners,
(About three minutes, ask some students to describe what an alien creature might be like in第 4 页
2, They are clever so that they haveassisted in the scientific discovery,3, They are not easy to talk to sothat you have to use a language-changer to help, The mu-mus onlyspeak in whispers, 4, They eat food that containscarbon and drink a strange mixtureof carrot juice and cocoa, 2, They are great engineers and veryclever, 3, They are able to travel many lightyears away from the earth, which canproduce a strange liquid from theirbodies,


Step 6 Consolidation
T: In this period, we mainly focus on reading the passage: I Have Seen Amazing Things,Would you please make a sentence with “What I have seen… ”?(In order to get more students to take part in this activity, the teacher can let them have acompetition between groups)
Step 7 Listening (on Page 23)Task 1 Pre-listening
T: Let’s read the following phrases together,
space creatures, living on another planet, new discoveries in space, why a space station spins,how to get water on Mars, comets, houses in a town on Mars, Martian creatures, atmosphere andgravity.T: Can you understand those phrases? Please predict what you are going to listen may beabout according to the phrases, Ss: It may be about life on the other planet,
Task 2 First Listening
T: Now let’s listen to the tape to see whether what you predict is right or not, At the sametime, you are asked to tick the things that you hear on the tape? Do Exercise One on Page 23.(After listening, let them check the answers)
Task 3 Second Listening
T: This time, You’d write down the answers to the four questions, Boys and girls, how can wewrite the answers fast and correctly?
S: We should go through the questions first and keep them in mind, When we are listening,第 5 页
their minds, )Step 5 WritingT: Just now you discuss what an alien creature of your own might be like, Now please draw apicture of your alien, Then write a description based on your drawing and the notes in the chart,Show your drawing to your classmates and read your description to them, (Give them ten minutes to do it, First, let them do it by themselves, Later get them toexchange with their desk mates, Finally ask some students to show their work to the whole class,During doing it, the teacher can design a competition to arouse their interest, If possible, get someexcellent works shown to the whole school to encourage students to have a creative spirit, )


S: We needn’t write down each word of the answers, We just write down some key words,Later we can write down the complete answers with the help of these key words,
T: You are clever, now please get ready, First, look through the introduction to the listening
material, Then, scan the questions,
(Two minutes later, the teacher plays the tape, Then give Ss time to organize their sentences)T: Let’s check the answers one by one,
(If students make some common mistakes or they seem to have difficulty in finding outanswers, teachers can give them some hints and let them listen to it again, After that, check theanswers, If the students feel it difficult to make sense about the key words and understand thespeakers’ intention and attitude, the teacher should give them some help)
Task 4 Post-listeningT: After listening, would you please answer some questions?1. What did you hear on the tape?2. Do you think people in the future will be able to live in “Wonder world”? Why do youthink so?(At this part the teacher may have the students present what they have heard on the tape and showtheir own opinion on living in “Wonder world”, If possible, the teacher may have some of thestudents do the presentation work in class, By doing this, the students c