2021学年Unit 3 Language in use教案

Module 4  Life in the future

（布置）学生课前准备：

1. 预习词汇：chalk, ruler, question, carry, life, level, change, everything, future, in the future, need, will, maybe, ask, by, able, be able to, more, not ...any more, free, 

air, land, rain, robot, sea, space, traffic, jam, traffic jam, true, come true, bike (= bicycle), car, into, wind, hour, rise, short, long, light, heavy, here is / are... cheap, not only ...but also..., easy, working, as well, everywhere

2. Class report

教学课题: Module 4  Life in the future

学习目标

1. 语言知识目标：掌握下列单词: chalk, ruler, question, carry, life, level, change, everything, future, in the future, need, will, maybe, ask, by, able, be able to, more, not ...any more, free,  air, land, rain, robot, sea, space, traffic, jam, traffic jam, true, come true, bike(= bicycle), car, into, wind, hour, rise, short, long, light, heavy, here is / are... cheap, not only ...but also..., easy, working, as well和everywhere。

2. 语言技能目标：

1）能听懂谈论未来的简单对话，能判断未来事实。

2）能用will表达自己对未来的想象。

3）能够读懂简单的描写未来的短文，掌握短文通篇大意，并学习使用上下文猜测词义的学习方法。

4）能用will表达自己对未来的预测和想象，能用so表达较为复杂的概念。

3. 情感目标：通过对未来美好的憧憬，培养积极乐观的精神。

教材分析

外研版7年级英语下册Module 4  Life in the future   units 1~3，本模块以学校为题材，要求学生想象未来学校的样子，通过对未来学校的描述，学习和掌握时态—— 一般将来时。

本模块的主要语法是一般将来时，教学重点是通过对未来学校的想象和描述，重点学习本模块中出现的重点词汇、短语、固定搭配和句型。

课前准备一些先进的学校设施的图片和资料，让学生在warming up时讨论和观看。围绕未来学校和未来生活这一话题展开听说读写的全面训练，使学生熟悉一般将来时并逐步开始这个时态。

教学方法

     以说为主要教学方式，以讨论为主要方法，通过同桌讨论和小组以及全班讨论，让每个学生充分练习口语和说的能力，并将听说读写有机地贯穿一体。设立一些语言环境，结合自己或他人的旅游经历以及旅游景点，最后一起学习重难点，为突破重难点做一些课堂和课后的练习。

教学过程

Unit 3 Language in use.

Step 1：Revision

Give some pictures and sentences about the future to students. Let them watch and describe them.

Step 2：Language practice

Every family will have a small plane.

Teachers won’t use chalk on a blackboard.

What will life be like in the future?

Will schools be different in the future?

Yes, they will.

Step 3：Complete the questions about the future.

Will students go (go) to school in the future?

1. _____________ (use) pens and paper?

2. _____________ (read) books?

3. _____________ (travel) by small plane?

4. ____________ (send) emails to teachers?

Answers: 1. Will students use     2. Will students read

3. Will people travel                     4. Will students send

Step 4：Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Activity 1.

—Will students go to school in the future?

—Yes, they will. / No, they won’t. They’ll study at home.

Step 5：Put the words in brackets in the correct place in the sentences.

They’ll have a lot of time! (free)

They’ll have a lot of free time!

1. People won’t have any jobs. (difficult)

2. Robots will do work on farms. (heavy)

3. People will have holidays. (long)

4. There will be rain this evening. (light)

Answers: 1. People won’t have any difficult jobs.

2. Robots will do heavy work on farms.

3. People will have long holidays.

4. There will be light rain this evening.

Step 6：Put the words and expressions from the bus into the correct column.

email   heavy rain  heavy work  hot summer  interesting job

Internet   small plane   traffic jam   warm winter   wind

Answers:

Step 7：Around the world.

This passage talks about the Robots in Japan

Step 8：Module task——Making a poster about life in the future in your hometown.

Think about life in the future. Write down your ideas.

* Schools           * Homes          * Travel           * Weather

Step 9：Work in groups of four. Talk about your ideas. Decide on five good ideas.

A: What will schools be like in the future?

B: The teacher won’t write on a blackboard ...

C: How will our homes change?

D: There will be more machines ...

A: What we find new ways to travel?

B: Yes, we will. We’ll ...

C: Will the weather change?

D: Yes, it will. It will be ...

Step 10： Make a poster. Include five of your good ideas.

Step 11：Review the important and difficult points of Module 4.

1. The usage of word “more”.

2. Difference between “in future” and “in the future”.

3. The usage of word “free”.

4. “in+ some time / period of time”

5. The usage of word “by”.

6. The usage of expression “be able to”.

7. The usage of expression “not... any more”.

8. The usage of expression “as well”.

9. short ~ tall            short ~ long

10. heave ~ light

11. cheap ~ expensive / dear

12. here is / are ...

13. not only ... but also...

14. the usage of expression “ as well “.

Step 13：Study Grammar —— The simple future tense

There will not be a computer on every desk in the future.

= There won’t be a computer on every desk in the future.

It will not be tomorrow. = It won’t be tomorrow.

Will it be tomorrow? Yes, it will. / No, it won’t.

We will not go to school by bus. = We won’t go to school by bus.

Will we go to school by bus tomorrow？ Yes, we will. / No, we won’t.

Step 14：Homework

 Review and recite the important points of Module 4.