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Unit7Willpeoplehaverobots?Reading(2a-2b)designedby陈莹TeachingmaterialThepassageistakenfromUnit7,BookEightanditisfocusedonwhatrobotsareliketodayandwhatrobotswillbelikeinthefuture,whichcangreatlyattractstudents’interests.TeachingtheoryandmethodsThislessonisorganizedasataskchainwhichconsistsofseveraltasks.Intheinteractivediscussion,studentsarerequiredtofocusonthetaskratherthanlanguageitself.Methodswillbeused:task-basedapproachteachingmethod,question-and-answeractivityteachingmethod,freediscussionteachingmethod,groupworkorindividualworkmethod.Teachingobjectives①Thislessonistaughtincommunicationandforcommunication.Itcanhelpstudentstolearnhowtocollectandhandleinformationsothattheycansurelyhaveabettercomprehensionofanyotherpassage.②Getthemtothinkaboutthepassageandgettheusefulinformationusingtheirownwords.③Cultivatethestudents’imaginationaboutfuturelifeandgetthemtoknowtheimportanceoffriendship.④Makethestudentshaveabasicknowledgeaboutrobotstodayandrobotsinthefuture.Getthemtoknowanythingwillbepossibleifweputeffortintostudy,workorsomething.⑤Getthemtosolveproblemstheyneetwithothers’help---writetoarobotscientistforhelp.TeachingaidsMultimediaandblackboardAboutthestudentsAllthephraseswiththeirChinesemeaningshavealreadybeenhandedouttothestudentsbeforethisunit.⑴.moviesaboutthefuture⑵.belikehumanservants⑶.dojobslikeworkingindirtyordangerousplaces⑷.dosimplejobsoverandoveragain⑸.makerobotstalklikehumans⑹.beabletothinklikehumans⑺.disagreewithsb⑻.inthefuture⑼.(in)hundredsofyears⑽.havemanydifferentshapes=beindifferentshapes⑾.forexample⑿.makerobotswhichlooklikesnakes⒀.falldown⒁.seemimpossibleTeachingproceduresPre-taskStep1.Lead-in:leadinbyusingapictureofagamecharacterfromapopularonlinegame.Talkaboutwhatitlookslikeandwhatitcando.Thenaskstudentswhatkindofrobottheywant.Duringthis,showtheattributiveclausewithoutexplanationonthescreen,andonlygetthestudentstoknowthecharacteristicsofthesentencepattern,inwhichsomewordsaremarked.Whatkindofrobotdoyouwant?Iwantarobotwhichlookslikeahumanandcanhelpwiththehousework.While-taskStep2.GetthestdentstoturntoPage53andseerobotstodayandinthefutrue.Gothroughthepassageoneparagraphbyoneparagraphtogetherwiththestudents.Havethestudentsgettheusefulinformationofeachparagraphandofthewholepassage.Atthesametime,askthemtofindwhateachparagraphisaboutsothattheycangettoknowthestructureofthewholepassage.What’sthetitleofthepassage?Sowhat’sthepassageabout?What’sthisparagraphabout?(thewholepassage)robots:(paragraph1)robotsinmoviesaboutthefuture,(paragraph2)robotsinfactories,(paragraph3)robotstodayandinthefuture,(paragraph4)robotsinthefuture.Step3.Aftergettingtheusefulinformationofthewholepassage,Showitonthescreenwithoutsomewordsorphrases.Askthestudentstofillintheblankssothattheycanbemorefamiliarwiththeinformationofthepassage.Someofthemareopen.Studentscanuseanywordsorphrasesiftheyaresuitableinthepassage.Inmoviesaboutthefuture,wesometimesseerobotswhichcanhelpwiththehouseworkanddodirtyordangerousjobs.Infactories,somerobotscanhelpbuildcarsanddosimplejobsoverandoveragain.Theyneverfeelbored.Althoughwecanmakerobotslooklikehumansormovelikehumans,itwillbedifficulttomakethemtalkorthinklikehumans.Inthefuture,robotswillbeindifferentshapesandtheyhelppeopledomorethings.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture.Step4.Getthestudentstobefamiliarwiththeinformationbyreadingitseveraltimes.Thenaskthemtogiveashorterone.Thenshowtheteacher’sedition.Finishitthesamewayasthepreviousstep.Giveoutsomehintsorexplanationsifneeded.Someoftheblanksareopen.Inthefuture,robotswillbeindifferentshapes.Forexample,theywilllooklikehumansoranimals.Wewillhavelessworktodobecauserobotscantakeourplacetododirty,dangerousorboringjobs.MaybeItwilltakehundredsofyearstohavemorerobots.Weneverknowwhatwillhappeninthefuture.Step5.Getthestudentstoreadthroughthepassageandtellifthestatementsaretrueorfalse.Andthengivethereasonsorfindtheoriginalsentences.Getthemtoknowthedifferencesbetweentheoriginalsentencesandtheanswers.Trueorfalse1.Robotstodayarelikehumanservants.()2.Robotshelppeopledothemostpleasantjobs.()3.Scientiststrytomakerobotslookdifferentfrompeople.()4.SomerobotsinJapanesecompaniescanwalkanddance.()5.Robotswillnevergetboredtodosimplejobsoverandoveragain.()6.Rocketsseemedpossibleahundredyearsago.()Step6.Afterthat,getsomestudentstoaskanyquestionstheylikeandotherscananswerthem.Andthenshowsomeuniquequesitonsonthescreentoseewhichstudentisthesmartest.1.Whatkindofrobotsarescientistsmaking?2.Howsoonwilltherebemorerobots?3.Willhumanshavelessworktodo?Why?Post-taskStep7.Writetoarobotscientisttohelpsolveyourproblem.Getthestudentstogothroughtheletter.Dearrobotscientist,I'mveryhappytowritetoyou.Myfriendtoldmethatyouarealwaysreadytohelpothers.Socouldyoudomeafavor?Thanksalot!_______Askthestudentswhatweshouldwriteaboutinthisparagraph.Thengetthemtowriteanysentencestheylikeaccordingtothetwoquestionsandthenstudentsshowtheirownarticlestoothers.What’syourproblem?Whatkindofrobotdoyouwant?IhaveaproblemthatI'mnotgoodatdoinghousework.Mymomissolazythatshealwaysasksmetocleanthefloorandcookmealseveryday.SoI