Teaching Plan of Unit 12
Fact and Fantasy
Tasks which should be achieved in this unit:
a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about science fiction
b. Learn to express beliefs and doubts:
1. I believe/ suppose …….
2. I doubt/ am not certain…..
3. It could be… but…..
4. It would take…
5. It is likely that…
6. I can’t imagine…
7. I can’t believe my eyes.
c. Vocabulary in this unit:
fantasy, distance, balloon, permanent, voyage, aboard, matter, attention, hesitate
d. Useful expressions:
in the far future, in the following two hundred years, make a living, remind … of…., set out to do, not …but…, give a view of, dressed in, begin with, dream of, attract one’s attention, prepare … for…, slow down, burn out, throw light on/upon.
e. Grammar:
word formation (2)
Prefixation: disagree, unimportant, non-smoker, minibus, overuse, antibiotics, underdeveloped, post-war, pre-school, renew, bimonthly, multi-racial;
Teaching procedure:
Period 1.
Contents: Warming up & reading comprehension
Step 1.Warming up
Aim: Make students familiar with some words and expressions on the topic.
Discussing the questions on P9 and then answer the questions:
Are they facts or fantasy?
Can you imagine how future science will change our life in 3000?
Step 2. Pre-reading
1. Show some pictures of Jules Verne’s work.
2. group work:
Why is Jules Verne called “the father of science fiction”?
(He laid the foundation of modern science fiction.)
Step 3. While-reading
1. Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer the following question:
How many of Verne’s works are mentioned in the passage?
2. Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.
if you are asked to divide the passage into 3 parts, how will you do your work?
Part 1(para1): a brief introduction of Jules Verne;
Part2(Para2-5): one of his famous work---- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Part3(Para6): Another work---- Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Step 4. After-reading
Finish the post-reading Ex on P13.
Step 5. Assignment
1. surf the internet and get more information about Jules Verne and his works using search engines like yahoo or baidu. ( or just input the key words like Jules Verne into the address column of IE)
2. discussion: How do you think of the character of Captain Nemo?
Period 2.
Contents: difficulties in the passage.
Step 1. Warming up
Ask some Ss to present their homework.
Step 2. Learning about the language:
Play the tape for students to follow.
Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 19--20.
1. Many of the instrument in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity.
Remind… of
This song reminds me of France.
Remind me to answer the letter.
I reminded her that the book would cost her much.
2. In their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine.
in their efforts to ….“在他们努力。。。。时”
In their efforts to solve the problem, they proved themselves a group of strong team.
Make an effort; make every effort; without effort; spare no effort; in a common effort.
Turn out “结果是。。。， 最后情况是。。。。”
It turned out (to be ) fine.
生词表:achieve [ə´tʃi:v] 
vt.完成；达到；获得 (初中英语单词) vocabulary [və´kæbjuləri, vəu-] n.词汇；词汇量 (初中英语单词) permanent [´pə:mənənt] a.永久的；不变的 (初中英语单词) voyage [´vɔi-idʒ] n.&vi.航海；航程；旅行 (初中英语单词) aboard [ə´bɔ:d] ad.&prep.在…上 (初中英语单词) remind [ri´maind] vt.提醒；使记(想)起 (初中英语单词) reading [´ri:diŋ] n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词) foundation [faun´deiʃən] n.建立；基金；地基 (初中英语单词) paragraph [´pærəgrɑ:f] n.段；节 vt.将…分段 (初中英语单词) introduction [,intrə´dʌkʃən] n.介绍；引言；引导 (初中英语单词) column [´kɔləm] n.柱；柱状物；纵队 (初中英语单词) discussion [di´skʌʃən] n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词) character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词) learning [´lə:niŋ] n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词) instrument [´instrumənt] n.仪器；手段；乐器 (初中英语单词) survive [sə´vaiv] vt.幸存；残存 (初中英语单词) monster [´mɔnstə] n.怪物 a.大得异常的 (初中英语单词) related [ri´leitid] a.叙述的；有联系的 (高中英语单词) balloon [bə´lu:n] n.气球 (高中英语单词) formation [fɔ:´meiʃən] n.形成；构成；排列 (高中英语单词) unimportant [ʌnim´pɔ:tənt] a.不重要的，平凡的 (英语四级单词) warming [´wɔ:miŋ] n.暖和；加温 (英语四级单词) fantasy [´fæntəsi] n.幻想(曲)，想象 (英语六级单词) disagree [,disə´gri:] vi.不同意 (英语六级单词) assignment [ə´sainmənt] n.分配；分派；任务 (英语六级单词)
Fact and Fantasy
Tasks which should be achieved in this unit:
a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about science fiction
b. Learn to express beliefs and doubts:
1. I believe/ suppose …….
2. I doubt/ am not certain…..
3. It could be… but…..
4. It would take…
5. It is likely that…
6. I can’t imagine…
7. I can’t believe my eyes.
c. Vocabulary in this unit:
fantasy, distance, balloon, permanent, voyage, aboard, matter, attention, hesitate
d. Useful expressions:
in the far future, in the following two hundred years, make a living, remind … of…., set out to do, not …but…, give a view of, dressed in, begin with, dream of, attract one’s attention, prepare … for…, slow down, burn out, throw light on/upon.
e. Grammar:
word formation (2)
Prefixation: disagree, unimportant, non-smoker, minibus, overuse, antibiotics, underdeveloped, post-war, pre-school, renew, bimonthly, multi-racial;
Teaching procedure:
Period 1.
Contents: Warming up & reading comprehension
Step 1.Warming up
Aim: Make students familiar with some words and expressions on the topic.
Discussing the questions on P9 and then answer the questions:
Are they facts or fantasy?
Can you imagine how future science will change our life in 3000?
Step 2. Pre-reading
1. Show some pictures of Jules Verne’s work.
2. group work:
Why is Jules Verne called “the father of science fiction”?
(He laid the foundation of modern science fiction.)
Step 3. While-reading
1. Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer the following question:
How many of Verne’s works are mentioned in the passage?
2. Ss read and get the main ideas of each paragraph.
if you are asked to divide the passage into 3 parts, how will you do your work?
Part 1(para1): a brief introduction of Jules Verne;
Part2(Para2-5): one of his famous work---- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Part3(Para6): Another work---- Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Step 4. After-reading
Finish the post-reading Ex on P13.
Step 5. Assignment
1. surf the internet and get more information about Jules Verne and his works using search engines like yahoo or baidu. ( or just input the key words like Jules Verne into the address column of IE)
2. discussion: How do you think of the character of Captain Nemo?
Period 2.
Contents: difficulties in the passage.
Step 1. Warming up
Ask some Ss to present their homework.
Step 2. Learning about the language:
Play the tape for students to follow.
Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 19--20.
1. Many of the instrument in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin’s experiments with electricity.
Remind… of
This song reminds me of France.
Remind me to answer the letter.
I reminded her that the book would cost her much.
2. In their efforts to survive, they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine.
in their efforts to ….“在他们努力。。。。时”
In their efforts to solve the problem, they proved themselves a group of strong team.
Make an effort; make every effort; without effort; spare no effort; in a common effort.
Turn out “结果是。。。， 最后情况是。。。。”
It turned out (to be ) fine.
vt.完成；达到；获得 (初中英语单词) n.词汇；词汇量 (初中英语单词) a.永久的；不变的 (初中英语单词) n.&vi.航海；航程；旅行 (初中英语单词) ad.&prep.在…上 (初中英语单词) vt.提醒；使记(想)起 (初中英语单词) n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词) n.建立；基金；地基 (初中英语单词) n.段；节 vt.将…分段 (初中英语单词) n.介绍；引言；引导 (初中英语单词) n.柱；柱状物；纵队 (初中英语单词) n.讨论；辩论 (初中英语单词) n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词) n.学习；学问；知识 (初中英语单词) n.仪器；手段；乐器 (初中英语单词) vt.幸存；残存 (初中英语单词) n.怪物 a.大得异常的 (初中英语单词) a.叙述的；有联系的 (高中英语单词) n.气球 (高中英语单词) n.形成；构成；排列 (高中英语单词) a.不重要的，平凡的 (英语四级单词) n.暖和；加温 (英语四级单词) n.幻想(曲)，想象 (英语六级单词) vi.不同意 (英语六级单词) n.分配；分派；任务 (英语六级单词)
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