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Unit 4 Space Exploration Reading and thinking教学设计
教材分析
该语篇选自人教版高中英语必修三第 4单元“Reading and Thinking”。文本探讨的主题是“太空探索”，该主题涵盖了太空探索的发展历程及其探索意义。该语篇类型是科普文，文章按时间顺序简要介绍了人类探索太空的历史。该文为总分总式的段落结构，“分”的部分按照并列方式安排。说明顺序主要为时间顺序，从 1961年第一个人上太空到阿姆斯特朗上月球再到 2003年神舟五号标志着我国首次载人航天飞行获得圆满成功，逻辑清晰，语言客观准确。通过比较中西方太空探索的成就、举例子列举了一些著名的历史性事件等说明方法，准确客观地展现了人类进行太空探索的内容。本文时态多为一般过去时和一般现在时，语言多用被动语态。本文涉及太空探索，航空航天核心词汇和短语，如 vehicles, universe, satellite, launched, mankind, agency, data等。本文的价值取向在于促进学生多维度深入了解“太空探索”这一前沿科学研究行为，同时对本国的航空航天事业有所了解，引导学生理性看待“太空探索”对人类发展的深远意义，从而树立学生正确的科学观。通过阅读该语篇能让学生了解人类探索太空的发展历程及重大历史事件，从而引起学生思考探索太空的意义和价值所在，增强民族自信心，学习科学家们的优秀品质，树立远大目标，体会到人类命运共同体的生存意义。通过仔细研读语篇和设置有效任务，能帮助学生识别语篇类型，提炼语篇主题，挖掘科学家和宇航员们的精神以及树立个人正确的价值观和远大目标。通过本板块的学习，学生能够实现单元目标中的以下几点：
1.能够列举太空探索的发展历程，形成对太空探索的认识。
2.能够关注并判断文本衔接与连贯，总结段意。
3.能够了解科普文的语篇特点。
4.能够列举中国在太空探索方面所取得的成就，表达自己的情感态度。
I. Teaching aims:
1.Learn about the development of space exploration.
2.Summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
3.Express your opinions on space exploration.
4.Cultivate interest in space exploration.
II. Teaching key points:
1.Lead students to learn about the development of space exploration.
2.Help students learn about China’s achievements on space exploration.
3.Help students analyse the structure of the article and summarise the main idea.
III. Teaching difficult points:
1.Enable students to figure out the structure and summarise the main idea.
2.Lead students to express their opinions on space exploration.
IV. Teaching methods:
1. Task-based Language teaching method
2. Co-operative teaching municative teaching method
V. Teaching Aids:
Multi-media, text book and learning paper.
VI. Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Lead -in ( watch a video )
1.What does the video mainly talk about
2.How do you feel about people’s achievements in space exploration
Step 2. Pre-reading
Can you predict what we will learn according to the title and pictures in our text
Step 3. Fast Reading
Activity1: Read the text. Several sentences have been removed from the text. Choose the correct sentence (A-D) to fill each gap.
(Tip: pay attention to the location of the gap, and the key words in the text.)
A. Although scientists try to make sure nothing goes wrong, accidents can still happen.
B. They also really wish to discover other planets that are suitable enough to support life.
C. The future of space exploration remains bright.
D. After many experiments, they succeeded in making rockets that could escape Earth's gravity.
Para 1 Are we alone What's out there ” Looking up at the stars, people have always wanted to learn more about space, and scientists work hard to find answers. They make vehicles to carry brave people into space and out the secrets of the universe. ___________________.
Para 2 “Before the mid-20th century, most people felt travelling into space was an impossible dream. However, some scientists were determined to help humans realise their dream to explore space. _______.On 4 October 1957,... and on 12 April 1961, ... Over eight years later, on 20 July 1969,...
Para 3_________. All the astronauts on the USSR's Soyuz11 and America's Challenger died during their missions. These disasters made everyone sad and disappointed, but the desire to explore universe never died. This is because people believe in the importance of carrying on space exploration despite the huge risks....
Para 5_________. Europe, the US, and China all have plans to further study and explore planets like Mars and Jupiter. Despite the difficulties, scientists hope future discoveries will not only enable us to understand how the universe began, but also help us survive well into the future.
Activity 2:Read for main idea
(Tip:When the main idea is not clearly stated in a topic sentence, you should read
the full paragraph or passage carefully and find the words or ideas that repeat themselves .They are likely evidence of the author’s main idea.)
1.Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para 1 A. China has made great progress in exploring space.
Para 2 B. The future of space exploration remains bright.
Para 3 C. People’s dream of space exploration came true in the 20th century.
Para 4 D. People are always curious about space and scientists work hard to find answers. .
Para 5 E. Despite the huge risks, humans still desire to explore space.
2. The main idea of the passage is______________________________.
(Design purpose: To have a basic understanding about the passage)
Step 4. Careful Reading（interviews）Interview 1(Para 1）
1.Why does the passage begin with two questions
2.Why do people want to explore space
Interview 2(Para 2-4）
1.what are the achievements of American and the USSR
2.Is space exploration always successful and satisfying
Do people stop exploring
Can you give us an example
3.What about China’s achievements
Interview 3(Para 5）
1.What attitude do you think the author holds to the future of space exploration why
(Design purpose: To know more details about the passage)
Step 5. Summary
Draw a mind map about the passage.
Step 6. Discussion
1.What’s the significance of space exploration
2.Do you want to be an astronaut to explore the space
What should you do in order to be an excellent astronaut
Step7 .Homework
Write a short passage titled “What should we do in order to be an excellent astronaut ”
VII. Blackboard Design:
Unit 4 Space Exploration
Dream----reality----future
VIII. Teaching Reflection:
课后反思
本课例是人教版高中英语必修三 Unit 4 Space Exploration 中的 Reading and thinking部分. 反观这节课，我认为该节课基本实现了教学目标，通过本节课的学习，学生能够列举太空探索的发展历程，形成了对太空探索的基本认识。学生能够列举中国在太空探索方面所取得的成就，表达自己的情感态度。同时，通过本节课的学习，学生了解了科普文的特点，并且能够关注并判断文本衔接与连贯，总结段意。本节课按照预期的教学节奏完成，对于授课内容、授课节奏、授课时长的把握较好，可以说基本达到了预期效果，但也存在一些需要改进的地方。一方面，学生的英语交际能力有待加强。另一方面，由于班级学生英语水平处于不同层次，无法较好完成合作学习。今后将加强对不同学习层次学生的因材施教，全面提高学生水平，实现学生的共同进步。

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