Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisisthesecondperiodofthisunit.Thisperiodcentersonthereadingpassage,whichisaboutfirstimpressionsinthefuture.Atthebeginningoftheperiod,theteachercandesignsomeactivitiestodrawthestudents’attentiontoread.Inordertoattractthestudents’attention,theteacherhadbetterofferthestudentstheopportunitiestohaveacompetitionaboutpreparingknowledgeoffuture.Thentheteachercanmakefulluseofthepicturespresentinthetext.Askthestudentstopredictwhatthepassagemaybemainlyabout.Thisstepisdesignedtomakeforpreparingforunderstandingthepassage.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading,weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingabilityandscanningability.Firstaskthestudentstoscanitandfindoutcharactersmentioned.Thenletthestudentsreadfasttofindoutmainideaofeachparagraph.InordertostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively,theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetitiontoseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.Forthesecondreading,thestudentsareexpectedtoknowsomedetailsaboutthepassage.Lateron,theteacherwillpresentfivestatementsforthestudentstojudgeandasksomequestions.Thethirdtimeistoreadforstudyfurtherinformation.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole,thatis,togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TodevelopSs’furtherunderstandingability,theteachercandesignsomequestions,whoseanswersarebeyondlines.Sotheteacherwillhelpthemtoreadbetweenthelines,thusSscangraduallygettheabilitytounderstandthewriter’simpliedmeanings.Inthisstep,theteachercanalsodesigntheexerciseofguessingthemeaningofnewwordsorphrases.TheteacherasksSstoreaditagaininordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage,andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingbutalsoinwritingapassage.Toconsolidatethecontentofthepassage,Ssarerequiredtoretellitaccordingtomainidea.InordertoarousetheSsinterest;theteachercanholdacompetitionbetweengroups.TeachingImportantPointsHaveagoodunderstandingofthetextthroughtheexercises.Getthestudentstolearndifferentreadingskills,especiallygistreadingandunderstandingbeyondlines.TeachingDifficultiesKnowthemeaningsbetweenlinesandbeyondlines.Learndifferentreadingskillsfordifferentreadingpurposes.TeachingAidsMulti-mediaclassroomandothernormalteachingtools.ThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeAimsHaveagoodunderstandingofthetextthroughtheexercises.AbilityAimsGraspsomereadingskills.Developtheabilitytodescribewhattoseeandhear.EmotionalAimsStirthestudents’imaginationforthefuturelifetoencouragethemtoworkhardforthebrightfuture.TeachingProcedureStep1GreetingT:Hello,myfriends.Ss:Hello,MissWangStep2WelcomingtothetopicFirstTalkingaboutwhattosee(Theteacherhadbetterpreparesomepicturesormoviesaboutgreatchanges,whichhavehappened,comparedwiththeancienttime.)T:Nowletusenjoysomepicturesfirstandtellmewhatyouthinkofthem.S:Inthepastflyingintotheskywasonlyadream,whilenowithascometrue.Shenzhou6safelytookoffonOct.12thandreturnedtotheearthonOct.17thsuccessfully.S:Whathashappenedtodayisquitedifferentfromtheancienttime.S:Ithinkgreatchangeshavetakenplace,whichismakingourlifeeasierandeasier.S:Ithinkpeopleusedtobreathefreshairanddrinkcleanwaterwhilewearesufferingfrompollutiontoday.SecondBrainstormingT:Iftodaywereadayof3000years,canyouimaginewhatyourlifewillbelikeinthefuture?Useyourheadsandgoodimaginatio...