Unit 1 Technology and the Future
Lesson 1 Schools of the Future
【第一课时】
【教学目标】
在本节课学习结束时,学生能够
认读并说出有关现代科技的词汇。
2. 通过阅读文章,找出并理解有关未来学校变化的信息。
3. 依据所获取的信息和语言知识,口头描述自己设计的未来学校。
4. 对未来生活有所设想,做好迎接未来的准备。
【教学重难点】
重点:阅读文章获取信息。
难点:真实情景中的语言输出。
【教学资源】
教材,多媒体,图片
【教学过程】
Step 1 Warm-up
Recall the winter vacation.
How were your Spring Festivals?
Did you get red envelopes on the internet?
Step 2 Vocabulary learning
Ss learn the words about technology.
“Do you know the words?
Step 3 Reading
Before-reading
Step 1. Help Ss predict the passage according to the pictures and title.
“Can you guess what we’ll talk about today?”
While-reading
Step 2. Help Ss get the main idea.
What’s the text mainly about?
(Possible developments at school in the future.)
Step 3. Help Ss get general information.
1). Ss divide the text into different parts and get the mean idea of each parts.
2). Ss match the headings with the correct paragraphs.
Step 4. Help Ss get the detailed information.
Part 1 Robot Teachers
Q1: What will the robots do at school?
Q2: Why can the robots do that?
Part 2 New ideas for classes
Q1: Do the students in one class study the same materials at the same time?
Q2: Do students have classes only in the classroom?
Part 3 E-books for school
Q1: What learning tools will the students only need to bring to school in the future?
Q2: What can students do with the learning tools?
Part4 Online learning
Q1: What ways will the students get homework in the future?
Q2: What’s the advantages of this learning ways?
Step 5. Help Ss understand the information.
1. Tick the sentences that the text mentioned. (Ex.3)
2. Complete the table.
Development
Now
In the future
Reasons /advantages
Step 6.Deep understanding.
Q1: Do you think these developments will come true?
Q2: Do you think which are better, traditional books or E-books? Why do you think so?
Q3: Do you think whether it is good if students spend lots of time online in the future?
Q4: Do you think whether students need to go to school in the future?
Step 7 Ss follow the tape.
Post-reading
Designing your dream school in the future.
1. Think about your dream school. Write your ideas below.
Classrooms/
lessons
teachers
Learning
tools
Learning ways
…
2. Talk about your dream school in group of four. Decide on five good ideas.
3. Make a poster. Include five ideas.
【Homework】
整理有关科技的词汇在词汇本上。
听录音,大声朗读课文三遍。
完成未来梦想学校的海报。