Life in the future（Period 4 Reading and Writing）
t: what a clever head!we should have a creative spirit to explore the development of the future to build up our society.we should work hard to make contributions to our country, trying to make our homeland highly developed.t: now let’s imagine to add two extra characteristics of the creatures.discuss what an alien creature of your own might be like with your partners.(about three minutes, ask some students to describe what an alien creature might be like in their minds.)step 7 writingt: just now you discuss what an alien creature of your own might be like.now please draw a picture of your alien.then write a description based on your drawing and the notes in the chart.show your drawing to your classmates and read your description to them.(give them ten minutes to do it.first, let them do it by themselves.later get them to exchange with their deskmates.finally ask some students to show their work to the whole class.during doing it, the teacher can design a competition to arouse their interest.if possible, get some excellent works shown to the whole school to encourage students to have a creative spirit.)step 8 consolidationt: in this period, we mainly focus on reading the passage: i have seen amazing things.would you please make a sentence with“what i have seen...”?(in order to get more students to take part in this activity, the teacher can let them have a competition between groups.)step 9 homeworkt: after class write a passage titled an alien in my mind, imitating the passage.in your description there will be name of creature, size, appearance, color, how to move, personality and so on.the design of the writing on the blackboard
unit 3 life in the future
period 4 reading and writingstructurecomparison
para 1 a space station considered the most modern in this part of space
pare 2 the friendliest creatures, mu-mu
para 3 the most interesting creatures, dimpods
para 4 the differences and similarities between themmu-mudimpods
size
appearance
color
personality
number of arms
number of legs
how it moves
research and activitiesget the students to participate in a competition about designing the future.the theme of the competition is robots in the future home.the students are asked to work in groups of four to design the robots in their minds.they will draw the pictures of the robots and also describe the size, appearance, personality and how to work.in order to attract more attention, the designers should give a vivid description about its outstanding advantages and function.in addition to beautiful appearance and extraordinary function, the designing should also be full of imagination. the group whose description is wonderful, together with imaginative, beautiful and functional design, will be the winner.