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Revision （10mins) |
Class activity Individual work Class activity |
Step 1: Let the Ss take out their HMK and encourage them to read their letters. T: Hi, boys and girls, have you done your HMK? T: xxx, can you share with us your letter to Uncle Stephen? T: Very nice writing indeed. Who is your partner? T: Could you read your letter, xxx? T: A wonderful letter. Step 2: Let the Ss read the sentences in Grammar and Functions and understand the underlined parts. T: Now, turn to page 95. Please read the sentences in Grammar and Functions and understand the underlined parts. Step 3: Let the Ss sum up the passive voice. T: Hi, boys and girls! How many kinds of passive voice have we learned? T: What’s the first one? T: What’s the structure of it? T: What’s the second one? T: … |
Read their letters. Ss: Yes. S1: Sure. Dear Uncle, I’m very happy to get the letter from you. I’m very interested in the life there. Is it very cold there? What kind of clothes do you wear? There is no water on Mars. How can you get fresh water? Can you walk on the surface of Mars？What do you usually have for your meals? I’m really proud of you. I hope I will travel there one day. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Yours, Kangkang. S1: xxx. S2: OK! Dear Kangkang, I’m very glad to know that you are interested in the universe. The life condition is very hard here. You know there is no water here. So we have to collect all the waste water and recycle it ….. …………………………………… …………………………………… I hope you will work hard from now on. Then your dream will be realized in the future. Yours, Uncle Stephen Read the sentences in Grammar and Functions and understand the underlined parts. Sum up the passive voice. Ss: Three. Ss: 一般现在时态的被动语态。 Ss: am/is/are + pp Ss: 一般过去时态的被动语态。 Ss: … |
最好课前就选定要上台展示的学生。不然会造成冷场。 老师最好不要唱独角戏，应引导学生自主总结归纳被动语态的知识。 |
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Pre-reading (2mins) |
Class activity |
Step 1: Present a video about launching a satellite to learn the new word: launch. T: What are they doing? T: Right. They are launching a satellite. Step 2: Present the solar system to lead to 1a. T: What’s this, class? T: What is this planet called? T: And this one? T: Do you want to know about the universe? |
Watch the video and learn the new word. Ss: 发射卫星。 Learn about the solar system. Ss: It’s the solar system. Ss: It’s the earth. Ss: It’s the Mars. Ss: Yes. |
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While-reading (5mins) |
Individual work |
Let the Ss read 1a, choose a proper title and do 1b. T: Now, read 1a. You will finish two tasks. First, choose a proper title, then, do 1b. When you finish, put up your hand. T: xxx, which do you think is the best title? T: Do you agree with him? T: How about 1b? T: Is he right? |
Read 1a, choose a proper title and do 1b. S1: The No. 1. Ss: Yes. S2: B D A C Ss: Yes. |
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Post-reading (10mins) |
Individual work |
Step 1: Let the Ss read 1a again and find out the difficult points. T: Now, please read 1a again and find out the difficult points, such as words, phrases or sentences. When you finish, put up your hand. T: Boys and girls, any questions? Hands up, please. T: xxx, please. T: This sentence has two grammar points. “Scientists think that…” is an object clause. “There has been...of years” is perfect tense of “There be”. Who can put it into Chinese? T: Perfect translation. What else? T: It’s a new word. Turn to page 137. See if you can pronounce it. T: Who can try to pronounce it? T: Right. Please follow me, “beyond”. T: Could you tell me which sentence is an attributive clause? T: A smart girl. You have got it. |
Read 1a again and find out the difficult points. S1: What does the first sentence mean? S2: 科学家认为生命已经在地球上存在数百万年了。 S3: How to pronounce the word “b-e-y-o-n-d”? S4: beyond. Ss: beyond. S5: I know. “And there are seven other planets that also go around the sun.” |
老师在说attributive clause 时，同时在黑板上板书“定语从句”。因为在下一话题就要学习它，但是在这里先不讲解。 |
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Finishing Task 3 (5mins) |
Group work |
Let the Ss discuss in groups to make a list about what changes will happen to people on the earth if aliens are found in the near future. T: Now, imagine it’s fifty years later. Aliens are found by scientists on other planets. Some aliens even have come to the earth by spaceships. Please discuss in groups and make a list about what changes will happen to people on the earth as the examples. If you finish, raise your hand. T: Which group wants to have a try? |
Discuss in groups to make a list about what changes will happen to people on the earth if aliens are found in the near future. S1: Some people will be killed by aliens or some aliens will be killed by people. S2: New technology will be taught by aliens. S3: The language of the aliens will be learned by us. S4: … |
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Finishing Project (11mins) |
Group work Individual work Individual work |
Step 1: Let the Ss discuss in groups the life on their own planet. T: Now, you are living on different planets. Discuss in groups the life on your planet, such as clothing, food and drink, and so on. If you finish, put up your hand. Step 2: Encourage the representatives from each group to introduce their living conditions. T: Which group wants to share your idea? Step 3: Let the Ss choose where they would like to live and state the reason. T: Each group has already described the life on different planets. Now, It’s your turn to choose which planet you would like to live on. You should explain to us the reason. T: xxx, which planet would you like to live? T: How about you, xxx? |
Discuss in groups the life on their own planet. The representatives from each group introduce their living conditions. S1: We live on Mars. You know it is cold there. We have to wear special clothes. We plant vegetables in the air. All the water is recycled. We travel by spaceships. S2: We live on the moon. …… Choose where they would like to live and state the reason. S1: I’d like to live on the earth. The weather is comfortable. I can enjoy all kinds of fruit and vegetables. S2: I want to live on the moon. It’s not too far away from the earth. I can visit the earth by spaceship. I can buy things from the earth. S3: … |
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Summarizing and assigning homework (2mins) |
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HMK T: A spaceship will be sent out to find aliens in outer space. A letter will be put on the spaceship to introduce our earth. Write a short introduction of the earth after class. In the next class, I’ll ask several students to present your writing to the class. |
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