Unit 2 Out of this world Integrated skills: Creating a story about aliens 内容分析： 本板块围绕单元话题，以“外星人”创设情境，展开一系列具有综合性、关联性和实践性的听、说、读、写等学习活动。教学活动首先引导学生听一段对话，获取关于两部科幻作品的信息,推断说话人的态度；接着要求学生根据所给漫画展开想象,设计故事的背景、人物和情节;最后指导学生撰写一个关于外星人的故事。上述活动环环相扣，每个活动既有侧重点，又与其它活动产生一定的关联，构成一个语言技能整合的活动。 教学目标： By the end of this section, students will be able to: acquire some information about aliens; describe the comic strip; analyse the elements of the comic strip; use their imagination to create a story based on the comic strip. 教学重难点： 1. Describe the comic strip. 2. Writing a story about aliens. 教学过程： Step 1 Lead-in Ask students the question: Have you ever seen any films or read any books about aliens Suggested answer: Yes. I have seen a film called E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg. The alien in this film has a big head, two big blue eyes and a long neck. I was also very impressed by the alien’s long thin fingers. 【设计意图：快速引入单元话题。】 Step 2 Listening A1. Ask students to listen to the conversation and tell true or false. Suggested answers: 1.T 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F A2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the notes below. . Suggested answers: fire-breathing bears 2. Those scientists 3.destroy everything intelligent 5. translate their language 6. fight off Step 3 Reading B1 Ask students to read the comic strips and find out the basic elements in the story. Suggested answers: Setting: One spring evening in the park next to Paul’s house Characters: Paul, a boy, and Alf, a grey alien Plot: Paul hears a noise in the park next to his house and goes to investigate. When he arrives, he sees a silver object land in the park that looks like a spaceship. Suddenly, the door opens and a strange-looking being exits the object. The being is a grey colour and Paul realizes it is an alien. The alien tells Paul that he will take him to a new place. Paul is not afraid because the alien is friendly, so he enters the spaceship. Paul and the alien fly into outer space in the silver spaceship to travel to another planet in the universe. Step 4 Discussion C In pairs, discuss the following questions: 1. What kind of unexpected situation might he come across 2. How might the unexpected situation be solved Suggested answers: Maybe he will meet a huge space monster and fight with him. Finally, the Monster finds Paul is a visitor invited to the planet and makes friends with Paul. Step 5 Writing Ask students to write a story about aliens based on the comic strip in part B. Learning about the language To make your story impressive, you need to give vivid descriptions using your observation and imagination. When describing a setting, you can use adjectives to create a mood. Adjectives such as “dark”, “black” or “deserted” can create a mysterious atmosphere ... ...
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