Will people have robots教案

2.ability aims:
   ⑴ learn the skills of reading: to predict what will be in the text.
   ⑵ learn to cooperate.
emotion aims:  learn to share information with their partners.
ii. main points
1.language points
2.talk about the different kind of usages of robots.
3.try to use specific language structures.
iii. difficult points
the same as, make …do…, to take…, to help do…, to help with…
iv.teaching  method
task-based teaching method
v. teaching aids
pictures.
procedures

instructional     design modification and remarks
step1.
warming up arouse the ss’ interesting of learning and revise the knowledge learned.
1.greetings.2.  free talk.
step2
 pre-task  learn the uses of robots. enable the ss activate their background knowledge before attempting the reading, and find out what other ss know about others.
1.show the ss some picture of robots, tell the ss about the different uses of the robots. what does it look like? what does it do? etc.
2.divide the class into pairs. allow free discussion of ideas about robots. what does your robot do? what do you hope it can help you to do?
3.ask one or two volunteers to tell the class their ideas, and draw their robot on the board.
step3 many tasks
1）before reading ：enable the ss think about what they might read about before they read. enable the students to practice the reading skill of predicting
1. read the title. ask some ss to answer the questions.
2. look at the words in the box. ask one or two ss to think about what might be in the reading. and circle them. why? or why not?
3. get the ss to share the predictions with their partners how similar are they?
2）while reading ：learn to under the general idea of the passage.
1. ss read once without stopping for general understand. after reading, ask for a show of hands to indicate they have understood the general idea.
2. suggest a second reading to confirm their ideas and build on their knowledge.
3. ask some questions:what kind of jobs do we want robots to do?
which country has robots that can walk and dance?
do all scientists agree about what robots will be able to do?
3）after reading ：develop the ss’ ability to use specific language structures. enable the ss to share information.
1.ss check the words they predict. and find out the results. ask for a show of hands.
2.ss go through the reading again. high light each of the structures when it is found.
3.ask some volunteers to write some examples on the board, or say them aloud.