内容正文:
Unit 2 Out of this world
Integrated skills: Creating a story about aliens
· 内容分析:
本板块围绕单元话题,以“外星人”创设情境,展开一系列具有综合性、关联性和实践性的听、说、读、写等学习活动。教学活动首先引导学生听一段对话,获取关于两部科幻作品的信息,推断说话人的态度;接着要求学生根据所给漫画展开想象,设计故事的背景、人物和情节;最后指导学生撰写一个关于外星人的故事。上述活动环环相扣,每个活动既有侧重点,又与其它活动产生一定的关联,构成一个语言技能整合的活动。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. acquire some information about aliens;
2. describe the comic strip;
3. analyse the elements of the comic strip;
4. use their imagination to create a story based on the comic strip.
· 教学重难点:
1. Describe the comic strip.
2. Writing a story about aliens.
· 教学过程:
Step 1 Lead-in
Ask students the question:
Have you ever seen any films or read any books about aliens?
Suggested answer:
Yes. I have seen a film called E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg. The alien in this film has a big head, two big blue eyes and a long neck. I was also very impressed by the alien’s long thin fingers.
【设计意图:快速引入单元话题。】
Step 2 Listening
A1. Ask students to listen to the conversation and tell true or false.
Suggested answers: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F
A2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the notes below.
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Suggested answers:
1. fire-breathing bears 2. Those scientists 3.destroy everything
4. intelligent 5. translate their language 6. fight off
Step 3 Reading
B1 Ask students to read the comic strips and find out the basic elements in the story.
Suggested answers:
1. Setting: One spring evening in the park next to Paul’s house
2. Characters: Paul, a boy, and Alf, a grey alien
3. Plot: Paul hears a noise in the park next to his house and goes to investigate. When he arrives, he sees a silver object land in the park that looks like a spaceship. Suddenly, the door opens and a strange-looking being exits the object. The being is a grey colour and Paul realizes it is an alien. The alien tells Paul that he will take him to a new place. Paul is not afraid because the alien is friendly, so he enters the spaceship.