Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and Thinking 教学设计-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit4 Reading and Thinking 内容分析 本板块的活动主题是“了解太空探索的发展历程”（Learn about the development of space exploration）。阅读语篇是一篇科普文章，按照时间顺序分五个段落，介绍了人类探索太空的艰辛历程，其中有辉煌的成就也有巨大的挫折；旨在使学生了解人类探索宇宙所付出的不懈努力，鼓励他们树立不畏困难、刻苦钻研、为人类探索太空贡献力量的伟大志向；通过介绍我国取得的显著成就以及对人类太空探索事业的贡献，增强学生的爱国情怀和民族自豪感。 教学目标 1．根据文章标题和插图预测文章大意，了解人类在太空探索中取得的成就和遇到的挫折，关注中国在太空探索中取得的成就。 2．理解文章结构和上下文逻辑关系，还原文本缺失信息，准确概括段落大意，获取关键信息，并复述文章。 3．掌握科普类文章的写作特点。 重点难点 重点 1．厘清人类探索太空的原因与历程。 2．理解文章结构，根据关键信息复述课文。 难点 根据文章的结构和上下文关系还原文本中的缺失信息。 教学环节 活动一 1．学生观看教师准备的有关宇宙飞船发射的视频，描述视频内容，熟悉相关的词汇及表达方式，如：rocket、spacecraft、satellite、orbit、launch、gravity等。 2．教师引导学生思考“What are the main reasons for humans＇space exploration？”，并进行分组讨论。 3．学生浏览文章标题和插图，并回答以下两个问题。 (1)What do you expect to read about in this passage? (2)What kind of passage is it? Possible answers: (2) It is a popular science article. 活动二 1． 教师引导学生浏览教材Activity 2方框中的四个句子，结合下问题，思考这四个句子的功能。 (1)Which are topic sentences of a paragraph? (2)Which acts as a further narration of the topic? (3)Which shows the result? Possible answers: (1)Aand C (2)B (3)D 2．学生阅读教材Activity 2的文章，完成Activity 2中的练习，并全班核对答案。 3．教师引导学生结合教材 Activity 2 策略框中的阅读策略指导，再次阅读文章，分组讨论段落大意，完成教材 Activity 3。 Possible answers: Paragraph 1: Humans have wanted to explore the space since ancient timnes. Paragraph 2: Humans have achieved many successes in space exploration. Paragraph 3: Humans have had accidents and even deaths on the way,but they never give up. Paragraph 4: China has achieved many successes and contribute much. Paragraph 5: The future of space exploration. 4．教师引导学生梳理人类探索太空的成就，完成下列时间轴。 The Achievements of Space Exploration Possible answvers: (1) On 4 October 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the USSR and successfully orbited around Earth. (2) On 12 April 1961, the USSR sent Yuri Gagarin into space. (3)On 20 July1969,American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon. (4) On 5 September 1977,America launched Voyager 1 to study deep space. (5) In 2003, China sent her first astronaut into space in Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. (6) China completed her first spacewalk. (7) Chinese Jade Rabbit was sent to the moon to study its surface. (8) China launched the Tiangong 2 space lab into space. (9) More recently, China sent Chang'e 4 to explore the surface of the far side of the moon. 5．学生组内互相复述教材Activity 2的文章。 6．教师引导学生组内讨论以下两个问题。 (1)What does the title “Space:The Final Frontier" mean to you? (2)Do you think that space is the final frontier for humans to explore? Why or why not? 活动三 1．教师引导学生思考以下问题，并再次阅读文本。 (1)What are characteristics of titles in popular science articles? (2) Do you find it hard to understand this kind of articles? (3)What writing techniques will this kind of articles use? Possible answers: (1) Generally, the titles in popular science articles are concise eye-catching. (2) Compared with professional scientific papers,popular science articles do not use many technical terms. Their primary goal is to reach as many readers as possible. (3)Writing techniques, such as giving examples, making comparisons, making graphs, using quotes, listing data or numbers are often used. 2．教师引导学生分组讨论，加深对科普类文章语言特点和写作手法的认识。 活动四 1．教师引导学生想象以下场景：某中学高一年级学生正在参观市航天展览馆举办的人类太空探索成就展。 2．学生分组讨论该场景中可能发生的对话，创建角色，自编对话剧本。 3．各组表演对话，每组完成表演后，其他组的学生根据语言、内容、综合表现等给予评价。 作业设计 1．常态学生：完善活动二步骤5的复述任务，并落实为书面文字。 2．超常态学生：充分发挥想象力，写一篇短文，展望人类太空探索的未来，词数90左右。 3．选择性作业：收集有关中国太空探索成就的资料，并制作课件，在课堂上分享展示。 补充建议 1．在活动三步骤3中，教师可以播放美国挑战者号航天飞机爆炸的视频资料，让学生直观、深刻地体会到人类探索太空的艰难。 2．教师可以提供更多科普类语篇，让学生进一步感知科普文章的写作手法和语言特点。 3．在活动四的语言输出活动中，教师可以鼓励学生合理发挥想象，创编人物和对话情节，运用本单元所学知识，让对话场景尽量符合实际。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$