Life in the future（Period 1 Welcome to the Unit）
period 3 listening and speaking period 4 reading and writingperiod 5 grammarperiod 6 language focusingperiod 7 assessmentperiod 1 welcome to the unit
the general idea of this periodthis is the first period of this unit.at the beginning of this period, the teacher can spend some time training the students to read new words and expressions.the purpose of this is to offer some new expressions to the students, which are helpful for the students to talk about the topic “life in the future” and to help the students pronounce them correctly.this unit is about life in the future, so the teacher can let the students brainstorm the words or phrases about future.in their minds, what will life in the future be like?the students are free to say anything that they can imagine.they should be encouraged to be brave enough to speak out what they dream.this activity gives ss a chance to express their imagination.at the same time, this activity can stir the students’ imagination.later ss are required to talk in groups of four about the following topic: think about how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years.now think about what changes you might expect to find in the next one thousand years in the following aspects: transport, houses, villages, towns, locations and settlement.then ask students to draw a picture about the topic “my future family”.after that, let some of them show what they have designed in the picture.what’s more, the teacher can ask them why they design it in this way and whether it is possible to realize their dream in the future.if they want such dreams to come true, what should they do now?apart from the above, the teacher can design a competition.divide the class into four groups.each group should work together to list the problems human beings are facing today.then let them discuss whether what they have listed is reasonable or not.the group, which has listed the most problems, will be the best.following that competition, the teacher will ask the students to consider what problems people in the future will have to overcome and which ones will still exist there or might be even worse in ad 3005 so as to lead in the text more coherently. the ss are supposed to analyze the possibilities, and also show their reasons for such imagination.finally, the teacher had better let the students consider this question“do you want to live in ad 3005 or today?why do you prefer to live in ad 3005 or nowadays?”teaching important points