Unit 6 Beyond Earth Section A (2a-2e) 教学设计-2026-2027学年人教版英语九年级上册

Unit 6 Beyond Earth 

Section A (2a-2e)

Topic: Life in Space    Type: Listening and Speaking

I. Teaching Aims

1. Students will be able to ask and share personal questions about life in a space station using the prompt "What questions do you have about...?"

2. Students will be able to listen to a conversation from a live class in space and identify the correct order of five questions (2b).

3. Students will be able to listen again and take notes to complete a mind map about life in space, covering six aspects: Work, Movement, View, Food, Sleep, and Visitor.

4. Students will be able to answer the questions from 2b orally by using the mind map as a reference.

5. Students will be able to brainstorm additional questions about space life and express their curiosity about becoming an astronaut.

II. Key and Difficult Points

Key Points:

1. Listening for specific details about different aspects of life in a space station.

2. Completing the mind map with key words and phrases from the listening passage.

3. Using the mind map to support oral answers about life in space.

Difficult Points:

1. Understanding and correctly using vocabulary related to space life, such as weightless, experiments, tied down, etc.

2. Organizing listening information logically within the mind map framework.

3. Producing coherent spoken responses about space life using target vocabulary and sentence patterns.

III. Teaching Tools

Textbook (Unit 6, Section A, pages with 2a-2e), blackboard and colored chalks, recording player, mind map worksheet (2c), PPT with space station images (optional), dictionary.

IV. Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in (2a) (5 mins)

1. Teacher shows pictures of the Tiangong space station and asks: "What do you know about life in a space station?"

2. Students write down two questions about life in a space station on their own.

3. Students share their questions with a partner.

4. Teacher collects a few questions and writes them on the blackboard for reference later.

[Purpose] To activate students' background knowledge and generate interest in the topic of space life.

Step 2 While-listening: First Listening (2b) (8 mins)

1. Teacher sets the context: "Today we will listen to a conversation from a live class in space."

2. Students read the five questions in 2b (A-E) and preview unfamiliar words.

3. Teacher plays the recording. Students number the questions in the order they hear them.

4. Teacher checks answers with the whole class and writes the correct order on the blackboard.

[Purpose] To train students' ability to catch specific information while listening for the first time.

Step 3 While-listening: Second Listening (2c) (10 mins)

1. Teacher plays the recording again. Students take notes to complete the mind map about "Life in Space."

2. The mind map has six branches: Work, Movement, View, Food, Sleep, Visitor.

3. Students fill in key words/phrases, for example: do some experiments; can move by pushing against walls; Earth looks like a blue ball; prepared food / kept fresh / over 100 to choose from; hard to fall asleep / have to be tied down; will be visited by other astronauts, etc.