Unit7Wherewouldyouliketovisit?TheSeventhPeriodReading:I’dlovetosailacrossthePacific.Ⅰ．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjects(1)KeyVocabularyservant,doubtful,artificialintelligence,humanoid,wave,elderly,trappedandsoforth(2)Text:Yourownrobot2．AbilityObjects(1)Trainstudents'abilityofidentifyingmainidea.(2)Trainstudents'abilityofunderstandingwordsincontext.(3)Trainstudents'abilityofreadingforspecialinformation.3．MoralObjectHaveyouthoughtofmakingyourownrobot?Ifyouhave,whynottryoutyouridea?Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPoints1．Keyvocabulary.2．Readthetexttoidentifymainidea.3．Readthetexttounderstandwordsincontext.4．Readthetextforspecialinformation.Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoints1．Trainstudents'readingskill.2．Trainstudents'writingskill.Ⅳ．TeachingMethods1．Up-downreadingmethods2．Pairwork3．GroupworkⅤ．TeachingAid:AprojectorⅥ．TeachingProceduresStepⅠPart1Thisactivityallowsstudentstoactivatetheirbackgroundknowledgebeforeattemptingthereading.Firstreadthetitlewiththechildrenandaskthemwhattheythinkthearticleisabout.Askseveraltotelltheclasswhattheythinkthearticleisaboutbasedonthetitle.Iftheythinkofitisaboutrobots,tellthemtheyhavedonewell.Secondsaytotheclass,Pleaselookatthepictureonthispage.Whatcanyouseeinit?Howmanyrobotscanyousee?Whataretheybusydoing?Askoneortwostudentstodescribethepicturetotheclass.Notetocorrectthesentencesthattheyuse.Theymaysaylikethis,Wecanseefourrobotsinthepicture.Theyareallbusyworking.Thefirstoneiscarryingheavyboxes.Thesecondoneistakingcareofanelderperson.Thethirdoneisworkingonamachine.Thefourthonelookslikeasnake.Itisasnakerobotanditislookingforpeopletrappedunderabuilding.Readtheinstructionstostudentsnow.Gooverthethreequestionswithstudentsandchoosethreestudentstogiveanswerstomakemodelonestotheothers.Thenaskthemtoworkinpairs,discussthethreequestions.Theanswerwillvary.Tellthemtodiscussthequestionswithoutreadingthearticle.Asthechildrenwork,walkaround,listentothemandofferanywordsandsentencestheymayneed.Whenallthepairsfinishdiscussing,asksomepairstoaskandanswerthequestions.Theothersintheclasslistentothem.StepⅡPart2Thisactivityencouragesstudentstoquicklyreadforthemainideaandthensupportthemainideawithonedetail.Drawstudents'attentiontotheinstructionsandreadtheinstructionstothem.LookatthechartinActivity2．Therearefivemainideasofthearticleinit.Youneedtoreadthearticlequicklyandgetonedetailforeachofthesemainideas.Thefirstonehasgivenasasample.Gooverthefivemainideasandthesampleanswerwiththeclass.TellthemA.I.=ArtificialIntelligence.Itisanameofafilm.Dosomemoreexplanationifneeded.Makesurethateachstudentknowsthemeaningsofthesentences.Askstudentstocompletethetaskindividuallyfirst.Thengetthemtodiscusstheiranswersinpairs.BesurethattheydiscussdetailsinEnglish.Encouragestudentstofillintheformwithcompletesentences.Havesomestudentsreporttheiranswerstotheclass.Theotherslistenandhelptocorrectthemistakestheymaymake.StepⅢPart3Thisactivityencouragesstudentstousethestrategyofreadingincontext.Say,Wecanseetherearesomewordsindicatedinboldinthearticle.Pleaseguessthemeaningsofthemnow.Thenasksomechildrentoguessthemeaningsoftheboldwords,butjustguess.Don'tgivethemthecorrectanswers.Doyouwanttoknowmoreabouttherobots?Readthearticlemorecarefullythistimeandyou'llgetmoreknowledgeaboutrobots.Pleasereadthearticleagain.Andnotetoreadincontext.Trytoguessthemeaningsofthewordsinboldfromtheotherwordsaroundthem.Yo...
