Fact and Fantasy教案

teaching plan of unit 12
fact and fantasy
tasks which should be achieved in this unit:
a. achieve language skills and related knowledge about science fiction
b. learn to express beliefs and doubts:
1. i believe/ suppose …….
2. i doubt/ am not certain…..
3. it could be… but…..
4. it would take…
5. it is likely that…
6. i can’t imagine…
7. i can’t believe my eyes.
c. vocabulary in this unit:
fantasy, distance, balloon, permanent, voyage, aboard, matter, attention, hesitate
d. useful expressions:
in the far future, in the following two hundred years, make  a living, remind … of…., set out to do, not …but…, give a view of, dressed in, begin with, dream of, attract one’s attention, prepare … for…, slow down, burn out, throw light on/upon.
e. grammar:
word formation (2)
prefixation: disagree, unimportant, non-smoker, minibus, overuse, antibiotics, underdeveloped, post-war, pre-school, renew, bimonthly, multi-racial;
teaching procedure:
period 1.
contents: warming up & reading comprehension
step 1.warming up
aim: make students familiar with some words and expressions on the topic.
discussing the questions on p9 and then answer the questions:
are they facts or fantasy?
can you imagine how future science will change our life in 3000?
step 2. pre-reading
1. show some pictures of jules verne’s work.
2. group work:
why is jules verne called “the father of science fiction”?
(he laid the foundation of modern science fiction.)
step 3. while-reading
1. scanning: ss read quickly and answer the following question:
how many of verne’s works are mentioned in the passage?
2. ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.
if you are asked to divide the passage into 3 parts, how will you do your work?
part 1(para1): a brief introduction of jules verne;
part2(para2-5): one of his famous work---- 20,000 leagues under the sea.
part3(para6): another work---- journey to the center of the earth.
step 4. after-reading
    finish the post-reading ex on p13.
step 5. assignment
1. surf the internet and get more information about jules verne and his works using search engines like yahoo or baidu. ( or just input the key words like jules verne into the address column of ie)
2. discussion: how do you think of the character of captain nemo?
period 2.
contents: difficulties in the passage.
step 1. warming up
       ask some ss to present their homework.
step 2. learning about the language:
      play the tape for students to follow.