英语必修 第三册Unit 4 Space Exploration教案

这是一份英语必修 第三册Unit 4 Space Exploration教案，共4页。
After the class, students will be able t
learn relative knwledge f wrds, phrases and sentences abut space explratin.
understand the cntent and structure f the passage and get its writing style.
get the main idea f each paragraph and knw the prcess f space explratin.
be inspired by the spirit f space explratin and lve ur cuntry mre.
Teaching imprtant aims
1). Students learn relative knwledge f wrds, phrases and sentences abut the passage.
2). Students understand the structure and writing style f the passage.
Teaching difficult aim
1). Students can be inspired by the spirit f space explratin and lve ur cuntry mre.
Teaching methds
1). The CAI
2). Task-based language teaching
Teaching prcess
Step 1. Lead-in
Opening wrds:
Mystery created wnder and wnder is the basis f man’s desire t understand.-- Neil Armstrng
2. Great astrnauts( great pineers) in space explratin.
1). Yuri Gagarin, the Sviet Unin-- the first man t travel int space in 1961
2). Neil Armstrng, the US-- the first persn t walk n the mn in 1969
3. Questins: When yu are lking up at the stars/universe, are yu curius abut the unknwn universe? Are yu feel lnely and dwn?
Step 2: reading
Title: Space: the Final Frntier
(Space, the final frntier. These are the vyages f the starship Enterprise. Its cntinuing missin, t explre strange new wrlds, t seek ut new life and civilizatins, t bldly g where n man had gne befre.)
Title+ illustratins in the bk:
Picture 1: achievements （man’s first success mn spacewalk）
Picture 2: accidents/challenges (America's challenger explded)
Picture 3: China’s prgress (China Jada Rabbit n the mn)
Accrding t the title and illustratins, can yu infer what the passage include?
Can yu chse the crrect sentence t fill in the gap?
Para. 1
1). Why d peple want t explre space?
Main idea: Humans have always had a natural curisity abut space.
Space explratin carries human’s curisity.
2). Why des the passage begin with tw questins?
Writing tip 1 : A beginning with questins can impress readers.
Para. 2
1). What’s the tpic sentence in Para. 2?
2). Hw realised their dream?
Space explratin mtivates human’s determinatin, persistence, curisity, effrt and ambitin.
Further thinking: Why was space explratin mainly carried ut by the USSR and the US in the 20th century?
During the Cld War, there existed cmpetitin between tw superpwers? (AC)
Hw des the writer shw the achievements in space explratin?
using examples C. giving specific number
making cmparisnD. giving definitin
What are benefits f using examples and specific numbers?
T be mre detailed, vivid and persuasive
T impress readers with great prgress in space explratin
T make it mre easy-understanding
Writing tip 2 : Examples and specific numbers can make a scientific article mre pervasive and bjective.
Tpic sentence: Hwever, sme scientists were determined t help humans realise their dream t explre space.
main idea: Space travel became a reality in the 20th century with American and the Sviet Unin remarkable missin.
Para. 3
1). What’s the tpic sentence in Para. 3?
2). What accident is shwed?
3). Why dn’t peple stp explring?
-- Space explratin enlightens internatinal cperatin.
Main idea: Space travel has always invlved great risks, but despite risks explratin cntinues.
Para. 4
1). What’s the tpic sentence in Para. 4?
2). What prgress did China make?
-- Space explratin witnesses China’s prgress.
Main idea: China has made great prgress in space explratin in the early 21st century, becming nly the third cuntry t send humans int space.
Para. 5
1). What’s the tpic sentence in Para. 5?
2). Why is the future bright?
3). What des space explratin mean t us?
Space explratin links humans and future.
Main idea: The future f space explratin lks bright, as many cuntries are planning further missins.
Step 3 after reading
What’s the significance f space explratin?
Space explratin carries human’s curisity.
Space explratin mtivates human’s determinatin, persistence, curisity, effrt and ambitin.
Space explratin enlightens internatinal cperatin.
Space explratin witnesses China’s prgress.
Space explratin links humans and future.
The structure f the passage
What’s the writing type f the passage? 【a ppular science article】
The title is brief, easy-understanding and shws the tpic.
Examples and specific numbers are used t make language persuasive, bjective and easy-understanding.
The beginning ffers brief infrmatin abut backgrund.
A ppular science article is written fr the public t ppularize scientific cnclusins, develpment r theries.
Activity: The prcess f China’s space explratins is hard. Thanks t scientists’ devtin and cntributins, we have gained remarkable and surprising achievements. Nwadays, there is an activity titled “ I say smething t CNSA.”
As a teenager, what wuld yu say and why d yu say s?