初中英语外研版 (新标准)八年级下册Module 3 Journey to spaceUnit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet课

知识目标

单词

none,  environment,  that,  solar,  system,  solar system,  group,  galaxy,  universe,  light,  impossible,  take-took-taken,  out,  communicate

句型

①Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years.

②However,  we have not found life on any other planets yet.

③Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe.

④It is impossible to imagine.  

技能目标

能够读懂以太空为主题的文章, 能简单描述人类对太空的探索。

情感目标

通过了解中国在太空探索领域取得的伟大成就, 增强民族自豪感, 通过太空知识的学习, 培养学生对天文知识的兴趣和对未知事物的探索精神.

教学环节

教师活动

学生活动

备课札记

Step 1

Warm up

1. Guide students to watch a video about Shenzhou-9 and answer a question.

What’s the video about?

2. Let students look at the pictures of spaceships and talk about something about Chinese spaceships.

Shenzhou-10 is a manned spaceship. . .

3. Show some pictures about some planets and lead into this lesson.

How many planets have you learned?

…

1. Watch the video and answer the question.

(Shenzhou-9 has gone into space. )

2. Look at the pictures and talk about what they know about Chinese spaceships.

3. Look at the pictures and describe them.

通过观看神州九号飞船升天这个环节, 让学生了解我国在太空探索领域取得的伟大成就, 同时也引导学生轻松地进入本节课的主题。

Step 2

Pre-reading

(Act.  1)

Learn the new words.

1. Show students some pictures and check the new words.

2. Organize the students to read the new words together.

1. Look at the pictures to say out some new words.

2. Read the new words together.

3. Check the new words.

引导学生通过描述图片来学习新单词和句型, 为学生扫清阅读障碍。

Step 3

Fast reading

(Act.  2)

1. Ask students to read the passage and choose the best title for it.  (Activity 2)

2. Check the answer.

1. Scan the passage and choose the best title for it.

2. Show the answer.

通过让学生快速阅读来了解文章的主题。

教学环节

教师活动

学生活动

备课札记

Step 4

Careful

reading

(Act.  2)

Careful reading(细读)

1. Ask students to read the Paragraph 1 and answer the questions:

①Has there been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years?

②Have we found life on any other planets yet?

2. Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks after reading it.

The Earth is a planet and it (1)_________ _________the sun.  Seven (2)_________ _________also go around the sun.  (3) _________them has an environment like the earth.  So scientists haven’t (4)_________ life on them.  The sun and its planets (5)_________ _________the solar system and our solar system is called the (6)_________ or the Milky Way.  There are (7)_________ _________stars in the Galaxy and our sun is only one of them.  

3. Paragraphs 3 and 4:

Let students tell true or false after reading them:

①The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us.  (　　)

②Scientists have received many messages from space.  (　　)

③Spaceship have visited most of the universe.  (　　)

4. Ask students to read Paragraph 5 carefully and answer the following questions.

①Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets?

②Has anyone communicated with us?

1. Make sure to read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions:

Keys:

①Yes,  there has been.

②No,  we haven’t.

2. Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks after reading it.

Keys:

(1)goes around　(2)other planets　(3)None of

(4)found　(5)are called

(6)Galaxy　(7)billions of

3. Read Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 and tell true or false.

Keys:

①T 　②F　③F

4. Read Paragraph 5 and answer the questions.

①No,  there haven’t.

③No,  he hasn’t.

让学生带着任务(问题)去阅读课文, 去找答案, 有助于学生更加准确地获取信息, 提高阅读效果和技能。学生通过分层次阅读文章, 获取具体信息, 从而更好地理解课文内容。

Step 5

Reading and

retell

(Act.  4)

1. Let students watch a video and read with it,  then let them read loudly in groups.

2. Let the students fill in the blanks according to the passage. (Activity 4)Then retell.

1. Read the passage.

2. Practise reading.

3. Try to retell the passage.

复述课文能使学生加深对课文内容的理解。

Step 6

Language

points

1. Organize students to read the passage again and find the language points.  Let them discuss in groups and solve their problems.

2. Ask three little teachers to help the students solve their problems.

1. Read the passage again and find the language points.  Discuss in groups and solve their problems.

2. Little teachers come to the front and help other students solve the language points,  the other students listen carefully and note .

小组合作探究, 共同完成学习任务, 培养他们自主学习的能力。

通过小老师讲解语言点, 让学生更有兴趣进一步理解课文内容。