Teaching Plan
课 题：沪教牛津深圳版八年级下册 Unit 7 Aliens arrive
课 型：阅读课
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教学时间：20分钟
Learning Objectives: By the end of the class, students will be able to understand the meanings of some key words grasp the main idea of the passage know the structure of the passage retell the passage with the help of the timeline
Procedures Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purposes
Step 1: Pre-reading Ask students to answer some questions related to the topic. Do you think there could be aliens Why 2) What do you think aliens might look like Answer the questions with their own words. 1.Arouse students’ interest in this topic as well as the passage. 2. Encourage students to gather some information about the topic.
Ask students to look at the pictures, read the title and the first paragraph of the story. Then answer the questions related to the passage. Students look at the pictures, read the title and the first paragraph of the story. Then answer the questions. Guide students to predict the plot of the story. Cultivate students ability of preview. Help students be better prepared for while reading.
Step 2: While reading Guide students to listen to paragraph 1 to 3 and then answer the comprehension questions related to the plot. Then teach students some key words in this part, like “mention”, “loud” and “explore”. Students listen to paragraph 1 to 3 and then underline the answers in the passage. Students learn the key words in this part. 1.Practice students’ comprehension ability 2. Help students better understand the setting of the story. 3. Students know the English meanings of “mention”, “loud” and “explore”.
Ask students to read paragraph 4 to 5 together and then lead them to choose the correct answers to the questions related to the content of the second part. Then teach the key words and phrases like “damage”, “crash”, “frightened” and “in fear”。 Students read from paragraph 4 to 5 and then choose the correct answers to the questions related to the content of the second part. Students learn the key words in this part. 1.Practice students’ comprehension ability 2. Help students better understand plot. 3. Students know the English meanings of “damage”, “frightened” and “in fear”.
Guide all the students to read from paragraph 6 to 8 together and then ask them to complete the True(T) or False(F) quiz. Ask students to correct the mistakes in the statements. Teach the key words in this part, like “wonder” and “refuse”. Read from paragraph 6 to 8 together and the complete the True(T) or False(F) quiz. Correct the mistakes in the statements. Learn the key words “wonder” and “refuse” and take notes. 1.Practice students’ comprehension ability 2. Help students better understand plot. 3. Students know the English meanings of wonder and refuse.
Invite a group of students to read paragraph 9 to 10 and then answer some comprehension questions. Teach the key words like “spread” and “marks”. Students listen to the end of the story and answer the comprehension questions. Learn the key words “spread” and “marks” and take notes. 1.Practice students’ comprehension ability 2. Help students better understand plot. 3. Students know the English meanings of spread and marks.
Guide students to summarize the main idea of each part and then ask students to match the main idea with different parts. Students try to summarize the main idea of each part of the passage and then do the matching exercise. Cultivate students' ability of summarization and review what they have learnt.
Guide students to retell the story with the help of the mind map. Invite two students to retell the story. Students retell the whole story to their partner. Cultivate students' ability of summarization and review what they have learnt.
Step3： Post-reading Create a situation that the characters are going to report what they have seen to the policemen. Assign different roles to different groups. Tell students the requirements. Invite 6 students to do the report. Group 1&2 will be Tina, Group 3&4 will be Tom, Group 5&6 will be the Astronaut. Each group will talk about the character’s experience and write down the characters’ statements. Each group will send a representative to report the character’s experience to the police. Cultivate students’ imagination and practise students written as well as oral English. Help students review what they have learnt. Practise students’ cooperating ability and encourage students to put what they have learnt today into use.
Step 4: Homework Show the students a sample homework and assign the homework. 1) Make a mind map of the story. 2)Finish D1 and D2 on P101. Review what they have learnt today and summarize the passage.8B Unit 7 The unknown world
（ Reading Comprehension）
ⅠPre-reading
1
a) Brainstorm
1). Do you think there could be aliens Why
__________________________________
2).What do you think aliens might look like
__________________________________
b) Look at the pictures, the title and the first paragraph of the story. Then answer the questions below. You may
need to guess some of the answers.
1). When did Tina wake up
__________________________________
2).What was the yellow light in the sky
__________________________________
II. While-reading
3).What happened to the light
__________________________________
4).What did Tina probably do the next day
__________________________________
a). Read paragraph 1 to 3 and then answer the following questions.
1).What did Tina hear and saw at midnight
__________________________________
2).Whom did Tina mention the incident to
__________________________________
3).Why was Tina sure that something landed in the forest
__________________________________
4). What did Tina decide to do after school
__________________________________
b). Read paragraph 4 to 5 and then find the answers to the following questions.
1). What did Tina and Tom hear in the forest
A. Some noises from a spaceship 2). What did the alien look like
A. It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. 3). Why was the spaceship damaged
A. Because of an accident.
B. Some voices speaking a strange language.
B. It was small with a round head and a white body.
B. Because of a crash.
4). How did the children feel after they saw the alien and the spceship
A. Excited B. Worried C. Frightened D. Embarrassed 5). What did they do when they were discovered by the aliens
A. They made a terribble noise. B. They ran away in fear.
c). Read paragraph 6 to 8 and then complete the True(T) or False(F) quiz and correct the false statements.
(
(
(
(
(
(
)1. Tina and Tom didn't tell their parents about the strange creatures.
)2. The children thought the aliens were very beautiful.
)3. The aliens had no hair or feathers.
)4.Tom found something written on the spaceship.
)5. The children knew the meaning of the words on the spaceship.
)6. Their father don't believe in them.
d).Read paragraph 9 to 10 and then answer the following questions.
2
1). How did the children go to school
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2). What kind of creatures were the children
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3).Where did the spaceship come from
__________________________________
4).Who are the aliens that Tina and Tom saw
__________________________________
c). Read the whole article and match the main idea of each part.
Para 1
Para 2-5
Para 6-9
Para 10
III. Post-reading
A. Tina and Tom explored the forest and found two aliens.
B. Tina and Tom’s father looked at the piece ofpaper with the word “EARTH” on it.
C. Tina and Tom told their father what they saw and he refused to believe them.
D. Tina saw something unusual at midnight
a). Suppose you were Tina, please report what you've seen at midnight to the police.
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Report
1
Name:
Tina
Time:
The
day
before
yesterday,
at
(1)
_____________
Place:
At
home
Other
people:
None.
Report:
I
(2)______________and
looked
out
of
the
window
and
saw
(3)
_______________.
The
light
dived
towards
the
ground.
Then
I
heard
a
(4)
_________
and
saw(5)
____________.
I
think
something
landed
(6)_______________
near
the
hills.
)
b). Suppose you were Tom, please report what you've seen at 6 p.m. to the police.
(
Report
2
Name:
Tom
Time:
Yesterday,
at
(1)
__________
Place:
The
forest
near
the
hills
Other
people:
With
(2)
_______________
Report:We
flew
to
the
forest.
Then
we
walked
around.
We
heard
some
strange
(3)
____________speaking
a
strange
language,
so
we
hid(4)
____________
some
bushes.
We
saw
an
(5)
__________.
It
was
talking
but
we
could
not
understand
it.
It
was
very(6)
_______.
It
had
a
round
head
and
a
(7)
________body.
It
had
some
hair
but
it
did
not
have
any
(8)
____________.
We
saw
the
alien’s
(9)
_____________.
It
was
damaged.
There
was
something
written
on
the
spaceship.
It
was
not
like
our
writing.
The
writing
was
like
this:
EARTH.
Then
another
alien
appeared
in
front
ofus.
It
made
a
terrible
noise
so
we
ran
away
in
(10)
_________.
)
(
c).
Suppose
you
were
the
astronaut,
please
report
what
you
have
seen
to
the
police.
Place:
The
forest
near
the
hills
Other
people:
With
another
(1)
______________
Report:
Last
month,
we
went
to
another
planet
by
spaceship.
In
order
to
tell
aliens
where
we
were
from,
“EARTH”
was
(2)
________
on
the
spaceship.
Unfortunately,
our
spaceship
was
(3)___________
because
of
a
(4)
__________.
After
the
accident,
we
went
out
of
the
spaceship.
Then
we
found
two
aliens
behind
the
(5)_________.
We
were
frightened,
so
we
shouted
loudly.
Then
the
aliens
ran
away
in
fear.The
aliens
look
like
(6)
_______.
Their
world
is
called
“Bird
World”
.
Ⅳ.
Homework
a).
make
a
mind
map
of
the
story
b).Finish
D1
and
D2
on
P101.
Report
3
)Unit 7 The unknown world
Reading: Alliens Arrive
Objec tives
01 understand the meanings of some key words
Apr-
02 Jungrasp the main idea of the passage
Jul-Sep
03 know the structure of the passage
Oct-
04 retell the passage with the heDlpe sof the timeline
Have you watched these science fiction films 科幻电影
What do you think aliens might look like
Do you think there could be aliens Why
What do you think aliens might look like
Look at the , the and the of the story.
At midnight.
A creature from outer space
Perhaps it was a spaceship.
Tina woke up at midnight. She
It suddenly dived towards the ground. looked out of her window and
saw a yellow light in the sky. It
suddenly dived towards the
She propably went and looked for a ground. She heard a noise and
spaceship. saw a red light.
Read paragraph 1 to 3 and then answer the following questions.
1. What did Tina hear and saw at midnight Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out
She heard a noise and saw a red light. of her window and saw a yellow light in
the sky. It suddenly dived towards the
2. Whom did Tina mention the incident to ground. She heard a noise and saw a red
Her brother. light.
talked about提到
3. Why was Tina sure that something landed in The next morning, Tina it to
the forest her brother Tom. “I’m sure something
Because she heard a loud noise last night. landed in the forest near the hills as I
heard a loud noise last night,” she said.
4. What did Tina decide to do after school adj.响亮的
She decided to explore after school. “Let’s explore after school.”
v.探索
Read paragraph 4 to 5 and then find the answers to the following questions.
1. What did Tina and Tom hear in the forest At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the
A. Some noises from a spaceship forest. They heard some voices
B. Some voices speaking a strange language. speaking a strange language, so they
2. What did the alien look like hid behind some bushes and kept
A. It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. quiet. Then they saw an alien!
B. It was small with a round head and a white body. It was tall, with a round head and a
3. Why was the spaceship damaged v.毁坏；破坏 silver body. It was standing next to a
A. Because of an accident. long spaceship. The spaceship was
B. Because of a crash. n.碰撞；相撞 damaged because of a crash.
4. How did the children feel after they saw the alien
and the spceship adj.惊吓的；害怕的 The ch i ld ren were f r igh tened .
A. Excited B. Worried C. Frightened D. Embarrassed Suddenly, another alien appeared
5. What did they do after they were discovered by from the bushes in front of them.
the aliens I t discovered them and made a
A. They made a terribble noise. terrible noise! The children ran away
B. They ran away in fear. 恐惧地；害怕地 in fear.
Read paragraph 6 to 8 and then complete the True(T) or False(F) quiz.
told
( F )1. Tina and Tom didn't tell their parents about
the strange creatures. The next morning, Tina and Tom told
their parents about the strange creatures.
F “They were very ugly. They had some
ugly hair, but they didn't have any feathers,”
said Tina.n.羽毛
( F )3. The aliens had no hair or feathers. “There was something written on the
spaceship,” said Tom. “It looked like this.
( T )4.Tom found something written on the I wonder what it means.” He drew some
spaceship. lines on a piece of paper.
don't konw v.想知道
( F )5. The children knew the meaning of the But Dad said, “Since no one else saw
words on the spaceship. these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now
go to school!” v.拒绝
( T )6. Their father didn't believe them.
Read paragraph 9 to 10 and then answer the following questions.
1. How did the children go to school v.张开
They flew to school. The children spread their wings and
2. What kind of creatures were the children flew to school together.
Birds
3.Where did the spaceship come from Dad looked at the piece of paper with
The Earth. the strange marks on it. “It looks
4. Who are the aliens that Tina and strange,” he said, as he looked at the
Tom saw word “EARTH”. n.符号；记号
They are astronauts from the Earth.
R、ead the whole article and summarize the main idea of each part.
Para 1 A. Tina and Tom explored the forest and found two aliens.
B. Tina and Tom’s father looked at the piece of paper with the
Para 2-5 word “EARTH” on it.
C. Tina and Tom told their father what they saw and he refused to
Para 6-9 believe them.
Para 10 D. Tina saw something unusual at midnight.
Retell the story with the help of the timeline.
Alliens Arrive
Suppose you were Tina, please report what you've seen at midnight to the police.
Suppose you were Tom, please report what you've seen at 6 p.m. to the police.
Suppose you were the astronaut, please tell the public what you've seen in the outer space.
CriCtliicka tol tehditi nMkasitnerg title style
What is an alien
aliens
aliens
human beings creatures from outer space
HoCmlicek wto oedrikt Master title style
a) Make a mind map of the story.
b) Finish D1 and D2 on P101.
Thank you for listening!
