1、 Teaching Design Topic： Unit 4 Lesson 3 Virtual realityPresenters：Mr ZhangDate： 2008-11-25I.The analysis of the text: The text is a dialogue between two students, Tom and Cathy, talking about virtual reality. Because they are future of the world and thus they surely will show a greater interest in t
2、he topic， I have an intention to give my students a chance to present the class on their own.II. Main objectives: Quality-oriented goals: To inspire students independence and imagination; To motivate students caring for the future of the world; To cultivate students ability of organization and the s
3、ense of cooperation.Ability goals: Reading: To enable students to catch key information as soon as possible. Speaking: To enable students to talk about virtual reality by discussing, interviewing or debating. III. Language focus: Key words and expressions:Be up to depend ongo campingoffer imagine ha
4、ve anything plannedIn the fleshGrammar:First conditional and second conditional:(Unlikely and possible situations in the future)1. If I dont finish , the science teacher will be.2. If we had virtual reality holidays, we wouldnt have.IV. Teaching aids:PC, newspaper and reading material.V. Teaching ap
5、proach and method:Constructivism; group work.VI. Teaching procedure:Step I. Lead- in:Welcome to the future world1. Read the passage “Talk like an alien” from newspaper 21st Century and answer some questions such as: Whats the most important factor if we try to communicate with an alien?/How to under
6、stand what the aliens are actually saying?/What can you learn from the passage?Task one: group discussionPurpose: To create a different world leading to the future;To arouse Ss interest in what they are going to learn;To train Ss reading skill.Step II. Text reading:1.Pre-reading:(T: I have a dream.
7、One day well talk with another kind of being from some planet. So what should we do now to make the dream come true?)-Movie show.-The meaning of “virtual reality”.-How to create a virtual reality? In which case is it possible for virtual reality?2.While-reading:-Scanning the text for some questions.
8、-Practice the dialogue in pairs and then present in public.-Discussion: The advantages and disadvantages of a virtual university.(for and against)3.Laguage focus: Second conditional-It is used to express something unlikely in the past, at present and in the future. 4.Post-reading:-Writing: My ideal futureRequirement: Use second conditional -Reading: Passage 2 (Week ten Thursday)
