1、Unit 4 Life on Mars Task I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. complete a spidergram; 2. use the spidergram to organize their ideas; 3. complete the draft with the information in the spidergram; 4. write a guide to living on another planet.
2、 II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: electronic, goods, entertainment, a guide to living on Mars, feel like, prefer to do 2. New structures: Goods from the Earth are hard to find. Here is a guide to living on Mars in the future. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty M
3、ake a spidergram and write a guide to living on another planet. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in 1. Revision T: Daniel wants to know something about living on Mars. Can you tell him the differences between our Earth and Mars? S: There isnt enough water or oxygen on Mars. There is less gravity.
4、 However, there is more space for people. 2. Brainstorming T: Daniel wants to know what life could be like on Mars. Lets have a discussion and help him know more about it. If there isnt enough water or oxygen on Mars, what would life be like? S: Plants wouldnt grow. People would have to eat dried fo
5、od. Food would be in the form of pills and would not be so tasty. Oxygen would be provided everywhere. T: If there is less gravity, what would life be like? S: People would have to wear special boots to prevent them from floating off into space. They would need sleeping bags to keep them in place wh
6、ile sleeping. Everything would float in the air. T: If there is more space, what would life be like? S: Humans would live in houses with huge comfortable rooms. Traffic would not be so heavy. Humans would have more time and places to relax themselves. 【设计意图：由回答三个问题引入本课，学生通过积极的思考与讨论，既复习了之前所学 的内容，也为下一
7、个教学过程的进行做好了铺垫。 】 Step 2 Learn about the spidergram 1. Learn to organize ideas T: Before visiting a new place, we should get as much information as possible. Most of the visitors are interested in four keywords most, clothing, food, housing and transport. We have just talked about what life would be
8、like on Mars. Can you separate these ideas into different groups? S: Clothing Food Housing Transport People would have to wear special boots to prevent them from floating off into space. . Plants couldnt grow. People would have to eat dried food. Food would be in the form of pills and would not be s
9、o tasty. . Air is provided at home. They need sleeping bags to keep them in place while sleeping. Humans could live in houses with huge comfortable rooms . Everything will float in the air. Traffic would not be so heavy. . T: Look, this is a spidergram. It can help us organize our ideas better. 【设计意
10、图：通过从服装、食物、住房、交通四个方面对要点进行梳理，让学生初步了解 蛛网图的结构，为下面完成任务做好准备。 】 2. Practice Task One: Complete the spidergram in Part A. T: Now Daniel is making a guide to living on Mars in the future on his own. Lets give him a hand. Look at the spidergram together. How many groups are there in it? What are they? S: The
11、re are four, money, entertainment, shopping and transport. T: Work in groups and complete the spidergram together. Task Two: Make sentences with the information in the spidergram. T: Can you tell me something about money/entertainment/shopping/transport on Mars? S: Money on Mars is electronic. It is
12、 stored in the Planet Mars Bank. 1 is worth around M$10. . 【设计意图：第一个任务锻炼了学生分类整理信息的能力，第二个造句的任务则帮助学生 更好地理解这些信息，为接下去填表的任务扫清障碍。 】 Step 3 Learn about Daniels draft Task Three: Help Daniel complete the draft. T: Daniel is writing his draft. Help him complete it. Use the information on Page 62 to help you.
13、 T: What is Daniels draft about? S: Its about a guide to living on Mars in the future. T: What is each paragraph about? S: Paragraph One: Beginning Paragraph Two: Money Paragraph Three: Entertainment Paragraph Four: Shopping Paragraph Five: Transport Paragraph Six: End 【设计意图：学习并了解 Daniel草稿的写作要点和格式，为
14、完成写作任务做好准备。 】 Step 4 Writing T: Life on Mars is completely different from life on Earth. I want to know more about it. Can you tell me about the food, animals, plants, weather and schools on Mars? Fist, make a spidergram to organize your ideas. Then, write a guide to living on Mars. You can also draw some pictures if necessary. 【设计意图：通过完成之前的各种学习任务，学生已经一步一步掌握运用蛛网图来组织自 己观点并完成写作的方法。因此，完成最后的写作任务对于学生来说水到渠成，也是对本 课所学的内容的一个升华。 】 V. Homework 1. Review ways to make a spidergram. 2. Look for some information and write a guide to living on another planet.
