[中学联盟]山东省枣庄市薛城区奚仲中学人教版（旧）八年级英语下册 Unit 1 Will people have robots 教案+课件+测试题+素材（18份）

Functions Make predictions Structures Future with will; Yes/No questions with short answers Questions with more, less, fewer Vocabulary robot, pollution, astronaut, apartment, rocket, space, station, moon, free time, scientist, housework, will, probably, possible, impossible, seem, more, less, fewer Target language ─ What do you think life will be like in 100 years? ─ Every home will have a robot. ─ Will kids go to school? ─ No, they won’t. They will study at home. ─ There will be fewer trees. Learning strategies Guessing sequencing Period 1: Checking, Listening and Speaking (Page 2) (Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes?) Objectives · To learn to make predictions · To learn to use future with will Procedures · Warming up by learning about grammar Good morning. Welcome back to school. Now turn to page 3, and look at the grammar focus. Will there be less pollution? No, there won’t. There will be more pollution. Will there be fewer trees? Yes, there will. Kids won’t go to school. Kids will study at home on computer. Now give attention to the blackened words. Will is used here to express future event. More examples: I will have English classes this afternoon. He won’t go to school tomorrow. The form of the usage is: will+ verb. Now let’s have a game to make sentences with will to see who will say the most sentences with will. 1a Reading and checking Now let’s go to page 2. There are 6 statements here. Read them and check A if you agree with the prediction. If you disagree with the prediction, check D. What is a prediction? A statement foretelling the possible outcome(s) of an event, process, or experiment. In meteorology, a prediction is also called a forecast. A prediction is based on observations, experience, and scientific reasoning. A guess, on the other hand, is based on conjecture (speculation), chance, and intuition. 1b Listening and circling Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity 1a. Now go to page 87 to read t