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Unit 5
Science fiction
Using Language (2)
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Teaching Objectives
By the end of the period, students will be able to:
1. know the story of The Time Machine written by H. G. Wells.
2. analyse the structure and rhetorical devices of a sci-fi story.
3. share different ideas of what might happen next in the story.
4. write a story about a time machine.
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Teaching Procedures
1. Lead in
2. While-reading
3. Writing
4. Summary
5. Homework
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a leather seat
a starting lever
the main panel
Lead in
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Lead in
What can we do about time machine?
We can travel through time with it.
If time travel is possible, which time do you want to go to? Why?
I want to go to the future to see what will happen to me.
Can you try to leave yourself a message then? What message do you want to want to tell yourself?
I want to leave myself a message to make my life easier than it is supposed to be.
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Watch the video and answer the questions.
1 How does the Time Traveller first know he has travelled through time?
He saw the clock move forwards.
2 How does the Time Traveller feel when travelling through time?
What rhetorical devices does the writer use to describe his feelings?
It felt strange and unpleant.
He uses the simile: “ It felt like I was being driven fast on a winding road.”
While-reading
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Read the text and answer the questions.
3 Why is the Time Traveller worried about stopping the machine?
If he stopped and the same space was being occupied by something else, we would be forced together and explode like a bomb!
4 Where does the Time Machine arrive when the man finally stops it?
In some mud in the rain.
While-reading
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While-reading
1. Read the story of The Time Machine written by H.G.Wells and answer the following questions.
(1) What did the time machine look like?
How did the Time Traveller operate the machine? (P1)
There was a lever on the main panel. There was also a seat.
appearance + operation
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While-reading
1. Read the stor