Unit4Astronomy:thescienceofthestarsTeachinggoals教学目标1Targetlanguage目标语言a重点词汇和短语explore,characteristicsb重点句子Writeashortarticleexplainingthreeproblemsyoumightmeetonthemoon..Youmayaskthefollowingquestionsaswellasworkoutsomemore.2Abilitygoals能力目标EnabletheSstowriteanarticleaboutyourideaorhopesfortravelinginspace.3Learningabilitygoals学能目标HelptheSstolearnhowtowriteapassage.Teachingimportant&difficultpoints教学重点和教学难点TeachtheSshowtowriteanarticleaboutaspacetravel.Teachingmethods教学方法Task-basedlearningDiscussion.Teachingaids教具准备aprojector,acomputerTeachingprocedures&ways教学过程与方式StepIWritingThepurposeofthiswritingisforstudentstothinkaboutwhatkindofequipmenttheywouldneedtobesafeinspace.It’sagoodopportunityforadiscussionaboutthepainsandpleasuresthatmightoccurwhentravelinginspace.Afterthediscussion,theycanwritedowntheproblemsandthewaytosolvethem.T:Ifyouaregoingoffonaholiday,whatwillyoutake?S1:Iwilltakeclothes,shoes,foodandmanyotherthings.T:Butforspacetravel,youneedspecializedequipment.Whatequipmentshouldyoutake?Wehavediscussedtheminlastlesson.Whocananswerthisquestion?S2:oxygencan,spacesuit,gravityboots,watersystem,specialfood.,specialropes,spacebuggy,用心爱心专心sunglassesandspacecamera.T:Wetakesomanythingswithusinordertoavoidmanydangers.Whatarethedangers?Ifyoudon’tknowmanyenough,let’swatchthefilm“Apollo”.It’safilmaboutanAmericanspacemissionthatwentwrong.Afterthat,youshouldwritedownthedangersandthewaytosolvethem.(Watchthefilm.)Samplearticle:IfIvisitedthemoon,Imighthavethreeproblems:howtobreathe,howtoeatandhowtomovearound.IwouldhavetocarryallmyairwithmeifIwenttothemoon.Thisisbecausethemoonhasnoairofitsown.SoIwouldneedoxygentanksplacedonmybacksoIcouldbreatheallthetime.IwouldhavetotakeallmyfoodwithmeifIwenttothemoon.Inthespaceship,thereisnogravitysothefoodwouldfloataround.So,IwouldmakesurethatitisspeciallymadeasspacefoodandthenIwouldbeabletoeatiteasily.IwouldfinditdifficulttomovearoundonthemoonasIwouldweighone-sixthwhatIweighontheearth.ThismeansIwouldbouncelikeaballoonifItrytowalk.IwouldhavetolearntowalkdifferentlysothatIdon’tfallover.IfIfollowthisadvice,IthinkIwillhaveagoodholidayonthemoon.StepIIWritingTaskThepurposeofthiswritingtaskisforthestudentstousetheinformationtheyhavegatheredonastronomyandtheirquestionstoeachothertowriteaninterestingandlivelynewspaperarticle.T:HaveyoueverrememberedOct.16th,2003?S:Yes,ofcourse..T:Whathappenedonthatday?S:China’sfirstmannedspaceshiplandedsafelythatday.T:It’sagreatmomentforChinaandthewholeworld.Howmanypreparationshavetheymadeforthisspacetravel?S:Notexactly.Buttheymusthavemadefullpreparationsforthismannedspaceflight.T:DoyouadmireYangLiwei?S:Heisourhero.T:Doyouwanttobeagreatmanlikehim?S:Ofcourse,I’mdreamingofthat.T:You’llgetthechanceifyouworkhard..Chinahasothernewplans.Thescientistsplantoputalabintospacemannedbyscientistsforshortperiods.Theyaimtovisitthemoontolookforvaluableresourcesthereaswellastostudyitsenvironmentandgeologicalstructures.Doyouwanttobethatluckyscientist?Supposeyouarethescientistwhovisitsthemooninthefuture,pleasetellusyourplan.Forexample,youcanthinkaboutthesequestionsandwritedownyourplan.用心爱心专心1.Whatpreparationsshouldyoumake?2.Whatwillyouseeduringyourspacetravel?3.Whatwillyoudoonthemoon?Showsamplearticle:GoingintospaceCarryoutresearchonthemoonI’llvisitmoonsoon.Asascien...
