Unit 4集体备课教案.docVIP

Period 1 Warming up and Pre-reading Teaching goals: 1. Get the students to be familiar with the eight planets which circle around the sun. 2.Involve the students to think about the questions relating to astronomy and thus stimulate their interests in it. 3.Intoduce the different theories about how life began on earth so as to let the students understand different cultures. 4. Encourage the students to talk freely in English class. Teaching important points: 1. The names of the eight planets which circle around the sun. 2.Different theories of the beginning of life on earth. Teaching difficult points; How to encourage and guide the students to express themselves freely in English class. Teaching methods: Group discussion and competition Teaching aids: Multimedia system Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up 1. Ask the students to look at the title of this unit and predict what will this unit be about. Introduce the concept of solar system and ask: are you familiar with the eight planets which circle around the sun? Ask the students to get into their groups and discuss it. (补充词汇：Universe， Solar System，Galaxy) 2. Invite one group to share their final answer and have a group competition: which group can remember perfectly the names of the eight planets and their order. Step 2: Interview Questions about the astronomy. Ask the students to look at questions 2 in warming up and imagine that Yang Liwei will come to Jiaoling Middle School next week and each of them will have a chance to ask Yang a question. ?( Encourage the students to think creatively, they can ask any question as long as there is no grammatical mistake) Step 3: Introduction of the beginning of life on earth from different cultures 1. The origin of life on earth is a question that interests astronomers. What do you know about it? 2. Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. Can you tell some of the theories or stories about the beginning of life? 3.Ask the students to share