Period 4: Reading
Teaching aims:
Ss can tell the difference among three tenses
Ss will introduce robots in English
Ss will imagine the influence of robots in the future
Reading strategies about KWL
Dictation:
Step1: Warmers
Game: work in groups to complete the word map
Write down as many words as ss can about core word
E.g Jobs: teacher; doctor; astronaut; farmer; computer programmer
Transportation: train; ship; subway; truck; car; taxi
Housing: house; apartment; villa; tall buildings;
Food: vegetables; drinks; meals… (third grades)
【设计意图】热身环节让学生进行词汇大脑风暴，帮助学生温故知新。
Step2: Leading in
Changes of Joe’s life
(listen again and retell the conversation)
Changes of Ms Liu’s life
(Look and say in their own words)
I wish I will have a robot to help with my housework and schoolwork.
Thinking: What can robots do at home? At school?
Ss’ role to speak out the answer
Word study:
human servants; help with; do the same things as we do; look like humans;
【设计意图】读前活动设计通过听力材料导入教师自身的变化文本，话题承上启下，同时处理阅读文本中词汇。
Step3：While-reading
Task1: Today we are going to read a passage about robots. Look at the title and guess the main idea about the passage.
A: It tells us what robots will be like in the future.
B: It tells us what robots can do today.
C: It tells us what robots are like in movies.
D: It tells us what robots will do in the future?
E: It tells us what robot did for people in the past? Then put them in order
Now it is your turn to read the whole passage to check your answer
Check 2b
Para1: What are robots like in movies?
Task2: Careful reading
Question: What can robots already do for humans?
What robots will scientists try to make for humans?
Finish a chart with the first three paragraphs
At present
In the future
In the movie: be like human servants; help with housework; do jobs like working in dirty or dangerous places.
Will talk like humans;
Will think like humans;
Will have many different shapes. Some look like animals, others might look like animals.
In the factories: help to build cars; do simple jobs over and over again;
In Japan: can dance and walk like humans; fun to watch; move like humans; never think like humans
In India: look like snakes; help look for people under the buildings
Task3: Critical reading
Is it easy for scientist to make robots think and talk like humans?
Why do you think so? Find some supporting sentences in the passage.
Question: What is the writer’s attitude to this question?
A: Positive B: Negative C: Netural
Task4: Summary
2d
Task5: Group discussion
Which side do you agree? (word bank)
Step 4 Post-reading
Actually great changes will happen to us in the future.
Writing: homework
Do you think you will have your own robots?
What do you think robots will do for you?
课件14张PPT。Do You Think
You Will Have Your Robot?
Changes of Joe’s life Joe is telling Alexis about his life 10 years ago, now and 10 years from now. 10 years ago, he ________ with his parents in a house in the country. He ______ to school by train because it ____ pretty far from his home to school.
Now, he ______ in an a_______ （公寓） across the street from there. He ______ as a computer programmer b__ he thinks it is kind of boring because he ________________every day.
So he wants to be an a________ in 10 years so that he _________ (fly) rockets to the moon. Maybe he will fly to other planets too, like Mars. He wishes he __________ on a space station and _________ more friends with aliens in space.一般过去时一般现在时一般将来时Changes of Ms Liu’s Life10 years ago, I _____ in a small house.
But now I _______ in a comfortable apartment.
1n 10 years, I hope I will live in a villa.2. 10 years ago, I _________ on foot.
But now I ___________ by car.
1n 10 years, I hope I will work at home.3. 10 years ago, I ________ unhealthy food like fried chicken.
But now I _______ healthy food like vegetables and fruits.
1n 10 years, I hope I will eat more healthily.What do you know about robots?What do robots look like?What can robots do for humans?What else will you want to know?huge armRobotshumanssnakemantisspiderclock have many different shapes.They can do the same things as we do.A: Will robots think like humans in the future?
B: It tells us what robots can do today.
C: It tells us what robots are like in movies.
D: It tells us what robots will be like in the future?
E: It tells us what robot did for people in the past? SkimmingC—B—A--DHuman servantshelp with the housework/ do jobs like working…Human servantshelp to build cars/ do simple jobs/ never get boredHumans walk and dance like people/ fun to watchSnakeshelp look for people under the buildings.2c Read the article again quickly. complete the
sentences about what robots can do now.1.Robots can build in factories.
2.They can do jobs many times and
not get bored.
3.Some can and .
4. Some can help people under
. cars simple walk dance look for the buildingsover and over againWhat will robots be like?
What a part will robots play in life?
Will robots think like humans?
Further questionFor
(agree)Against
(disagree) dancemakehappentalkdisagreesameneveragreeFill in the blanks in this paragraph with words from the article.2dBadGoodWhich side do you agree with?I think some future robots might look like ___________. They will _____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.What kinds of animals might robots look like in the future? What do you think these robots will be able to do? Write your ideas and discuss them with your partner.2eDo you think you will have your own robot?HomeworkOral:
Read the tape script twice and underline key points.
Written:
Level A: Finish WB p69 Ex 1 & 2
Level B: Rewrite the passage by filling in blanks课堂即时反馈卡（Period 4）
I. Translate the sentences into English.
1. 你想拥有自己的机器人吗？
Do you think you will have ________ ________ ________?
2. 在电影里机器人就像人类的仆人。
In movies, robots are like __________ ___________.
3. 在工厂，机器人能重复做简单的工作。
In the factories, robots can do simple jobs _______ ______ _______ _________.
4. 有些科学家认为机器人能做人类相同的事情。
Some scientists think robots will do the ________ _______ ________ we do.
5. 但是，有些科学家认为未来的机器人不可能像人类一样思考。
However, some scientists think robots won’t _______ _________ humans in the future.
6. What do you think robots will be like in the future?（选答）
课堂即时反馈卡（Period 4）
I. Translate the sentences into English.
1. 你想拥有自己的机器人吗？
Do you think you will have ________ ________ ________?
2. 在电影里机器人就像人类的仆人。
In movies, robots are like __________ ___________.
3. 在工厂，机器人能重复做简单的工作。
In the factories, robots can do simple jobs _______ ______ _______ _________.
4. 有些科学家认为机器人能做人类相同的事情。
Some scientists think robots will do the ________ _______ ________ we do.
5. 但是，有些科学家认为未来的机器人不可能像人类一样思考。
However, some scientists think robots won’t _______ _________ humans in the future.
6. What do you think robots will be like in the future?（选答）
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