单元教案高中英语必修五Unit 3 Life in the future.docx

1、单元教案高中英语必修五Unit 3 Life in the futureUnit 3 Life in the futureImportant points:Let students discuss and predict the good and bad changes in the future.Get students to read the passage and know about what life in the future might be like.Have students learn different reading skills.Difficult points:De

2、velop students reading ability.Enable students to talk about the advantages and problems of life in the future.New words and expressions: aspect, uncertain, press, optimistic, representative, greedy, recycle, sideways, timetable, pessimistic, typist, citizen, swallow, instant, previous, tolerate, fl

3、ash, material, fasten, take up, lose sight of, speed up, sweep up, be back on ones feet, slide into, remind.of, make predictionsMaking predictions:Do you suppose that.Suppose that.Do you imagine that.Is it likely / unlikely that.?It is possible thatIm surePerhaps /Maybe / Possibly.I wonder if.I imag

4、ine that.Most likely.ProbablyIntroduction: This unit introduces the students to what life in the future might be like and help students to begin to examine their ideas about future. The approach is to encourage students to imagine the advantages and difficulties of life in 1000 years time. The possi

5、ble things that Li Qing sees during his time travel trip include easy personal travel and a high level of personal comfort. The difficulties include a shortage of fresh air (because the problem of global warming has not yet been solved) and a solution to it (your own personal forest in the living ro

6、om to provide a constant supply of oxygen).Step 1 Lead-inPresent some pictures, including some aliens, a horse, a carriage, a plane, a spaceship, the sun , the moon, the Mars, a thatched cottage, a skyscraper, etc. to increase students interest.At the same time, ask them some questions:1. How did pe

7、ople travel 1000 years ago?2. How do you usually get to school?3. Where do you live, in a city or in the countryside?4. Do you live in a flat or a house?5. What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?6. What would you like to have in your room? Step 2 Warming up1. Encourage students to

8、 speculate about their ideas for life in one thousand years time? Ask them the question: What changes do you expect to see in your life in one thousand years1 time?2. Let students choose two of the main aspects of life today to have a discussion in groups and then make notes in the table below.Prese

9、nt timeIn one thousand years timeTransport Airplane, cars, bicyclesNo longer by air because of environmental pollution; bicycles and horses will make a comeback.WorkOffice, factory, construction, landscape, serviceAt home using advanced, interactive computers; meetings can be conducted on the comput

10、er and people will see each other speak.Finance and currencyBanks, offices, insurance, businessOne global currencymaybe the yuan as China will be the largest global exporter.Languages English, Russian, ChineseOne global language-perhaps Chinese or still EnglishEnvironmentAir: could be improved in ci

11、ties.Very poor; need to recycle all waste; control on the use of cars; no airplanes; methods to improve poor air quality. Climate of the earth being very hot is making problems over water resources. EducationNursery; schools; universityLonger than now possibly until 25 years of age so that students

12、can learn all the new technologies.HouseFlats; houses; concrete; woodBuilt into the ground as the surface of the earth is so hot.Communication Pos office; internetBy thoughtpad; telephone, computer, mobiles, Morse code,etc.Step 3 Pre-reading1. Show students some questions to help them understand the

13、 text.1). Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today?2). Which problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years?2. Ask students to read the title First Impressions and look at the pictures to predict the content of the text.Step 4 Reading1. Skimming.Ask students t

14、o skim the passage and try to get its general idea:The passage is mainly about_(B)_.A. How Li Qing was transported to the future.B. How Li Qing got to the future and his first impressions of it.C. What the life was like in the future.D. The introduction of the “Future Tours” company.2. ScanningGet s

15、tudents to scan the passage carefully to get the detailed information and then do the following.1). Why did Li Qing get the chance of having this time travel?A. Because he had passed the final examination with high marks.B. Because ha had won a prize.C. Because he had given money to the company name

16、d “Future Tours”.D. Because he had written a story about a trip to the year AD 3008.2). Why did Li Qings head ache? Because _.A. he got a bad cold when traveling. B. there was no air at all.C. he felt a bit homesick. D. there was little oxygen in the air.3). A table and chairs rose from _ in the cle

17、an room.A. under the floor B. under the curtain C. under the wall D. under the computer screen4). Which of the following statements is false according to the text?A. Wang Ping suffered from a “time lag” flashback when he travelled to the year AD3008.B. The company of Wang Pings parents transported L

18、I Qing safely into the future in a time capsule.C. Li Qing lost sight of Wang Ping because there were so many carriages around him.D. Wang Ping was Li Qings friend and guide.(Suggested answers: BDAA)3. Intensive readingAllow students to read the passage carefully this time, try to understand the who

19、le text and then answer the following questions. 1). Did Li Qing feel comfortable at the beginning of his first travel?(No. Because it was his first time travel, he worried about it, and he was nervous and unsettled; as a result, he suffered from a “time lag” flashback.)2). How did Li Qing get to th

20、e future?(In a time capsule.)3). Were they still on the earth after they were transported into the future?(Yes.)4) What did Wang Ping give Li Qing when he got a headache? (A mask.)5). Why did Li Qing lose sight of Wang Ping?(Because there are so many hovering carriages flying in all directions that

21、Wang Ping was swept up into the center of them.)6). What were the walls made of? And what is the function of them?(The walls were made of trees. The leaves of the trees could provide the house with much-needed oxygen.)Step 5 Post-readingEncourage students to discuss the following questions about the

22、 writing style.1). Do you think Li Qings descriptions are faire? Why or why not?2). What language does he use that gives you that impression?3). Do you think he feels comfortable in the future? Why or why not?Step 6 Discussion1. Group discussion to finish exercise 2 in Comprehending.Lat students ski

23、m the directions and the form, and then have a discussion in groups of 4. write down their ideas in the chart.Good thingsBad thingsTime travelCan travel to different times as you wishAfter-effects of travelTransportCan move swiftlyDisorganized; difficult to find wayHouseSave living spaceShort of spa

24、ceTownsBusy; look like marketsEasy to get lostAir qualityOwn family oxygen supplyPoor quality in public places2. Debate to finish Exercise 3 in ComprehendingStep 7 HomeworkLearn the useful new words and expressions by heart.Read the reading passage again and then finish off all the exercises in Comp

25、rehending.The second period: Reading：First ImpressionsImportant and difficult points:如何调动学生的积极性, 让他们主动参与和学习.掌握阅读的技巧和方法, 提取文章的一些重要信息. 掌握有关描绘未来生活的词汇以及有关预测和猜测的表达方式.通过文章的学习, 提高阅读能力, 根据文章的主题能理清文章的重要细节.未来生活如何要发挥大量的想象力. 提高爱护环境, 保护自然意识.灵活运用所学词组和句型, 写出具有一定想象力的短文. 运用多种阅读技巧, 提高学生的实际阅读能力.Step 1 Lead-in Talk abo

26、ut how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years. In groups, choose two of them to have a discussion and then share the ideas in front of class.We know we can travel forward or backward in space. Can we travel

27、 forward or backward in time? (Can we travel in to the future or backward into the past?) do you think time travel is possible?Step 2 Skimming1. Ask students to talk about the pictures in the reading material in pairs and predict the main idea according to the title.1). What can you see in each pict

28、ure?(a time capsule; hovering carriages; a future home.)2). If you have a time capsule, where would you like to go?3). What do you think the main idea of the passage is?(How Li Qiang got to the future and his first impressions of it.)2. Skimming to find out the main idea for each paragraph.Para. 1:

29、How I came to take a time travel journey.Details: my prize; my excitement Para. 2: The journey.Details: how I felt; the spaceship; the journeyPara. 3: My impressions of life one thousand years into the future. Details: little oxygen; masks to provide oxygen; hovering carriage; how to drive them; a “

30、time lag” momentPara. 4: Staying in Wang Pings home. Details: appearance o house; trees as walls; where furniture stored; ate meal; prepared for sleepStep 3 Scanning1. Put the following sentences in the right order of time.1). We were transported in to the future by a comfortable time capsule.2). I

31、had a rest in a small room with a mask on.3). I took some green tables.4). I collected a hovering carriage.5). I won a travel to the year AD 3008.6). I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.(Suggested answers: 5) 3) 1) 2) 4) 6)Part 1: 1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD 3008?2. What is a “time lag”?3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule?4. Who guided my trip?5. Why did my guide give me some tablets?6. Who transported them to the future?Part 2:1. Before the journey:1). How many people are mentioned in the text? Who