高二英语教案
Unit 6 Life in the future
Warming up
一，教材分析：
本单元的主题是 “Life in the future” , 主要内容是 “预测未来生活的方方面面”. “Warming up” 部分不仅要让学生打开思路大胆畅想,还要统览整个单元的内容,还要预习本单元的一些关键词汇.
二，教学目标(Teaching goals):
1． Target language:
A: Key words and phrases:
prediction, in the future, contemporary, current, indicate, purchase, come true
B: Oral English:
Making predictions
It would be wonderful if……
It would be bad if …
It’s possible to predict…
Just imagine if …
We can only guess …
2. Ability goals:
1) Enable the students to think up more creative ideas for the future life.
2) Enable the students to express themselves freely by making predictions.
3. Learning ability goals:
1)Help the students to make predictions by using given clues.
2)Help to inspire the students to be more creative in thinking.
三, 教学重点(Teaching important points):
Get the students to predict what future life will be like by using the useful expressions.
四, 教学难点(Teaching difficult points):
Encourage the students to talk freely and actively on making predictions.
五, 教学方法(Teaching methods):
1. Cooperative method for creative ideas.
2. Discussion
六, 教具准备(Teaching aids):
A computer and a project
七, 教学步骤(Teaching steps):
Step 1 Lead in
T: What’s the title of Unit 6?
Ss: Life in the future.
T: What is life?
(The students must be at a loss about what to say.)
T: Listen to a little song and answer the question:
(Play the tape)
Row, row, row your boat.
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Ss: Life is a dream.
T: Yes, today we’ll talk about our dream-like future life.
Step 2: Picture talking

(The step is meant to train the students to watch carefully and think actively.)
T: The pictures show us something possible in future.
Please guess what they are?
Possible answers:
In picture 1: A space car or space ship or space plane
In picture 2: A space station
In picture 3: An alien and a UFO or a Martian
In picture 4: Some very old men
Some medicine for long life
*In order to inspire the students’ creativity, the teacher can do the following:
1) Let the students draw another alien through imagination.
2) Let the students predict how long the future man can live.
3) Let the students discuss what measures to take to make men live longer.
Step 3: Discussion
Task 1: Reading
1) Read the questions on Page 41
2) Scan The passage “Life in the future” (pages 43-44) and “What is the future going?” (pages 119---120).
Task 2: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the future life.
(In the course, the students are suggested some useful expressions mentioned in the target language)
Possible answers:
A: Advantages:
1)It will be easier and cheaper to communicate through internet and videophones.
2)More and more people will be able to work at home and there will be less need for doing manual work.
3)People will use the internet to shop and business, which will be easier and quicker.
4)Houses will be practical and beautiful and modern.
B: Disadvantages:
1)Convenient communication will reduce face—to –face conversation between people.
2)There will be less fun and fewer friends when working at home.
3)There will be fewer choices in purchase.
4)Houses will be more expensive.
Step 4 Writing
Give the students 8 minutes to write a passage about the future. Then Let them correct the mistakes in their passages in pairs.
＊Step 5 Summary
The teacher summarizes the content of the class as follows:
Future life
Life can be good
Life can be bad;
Life can be sorry,
Life can be
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