M2U3project.doc

The 9th and 10th periods
Project
Teaching objectives:
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Enable the students understand the text better.
3. Develop the students’ creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.
4. The contents of project.
Important teaching points:
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Oblige students love our country, science and space.
Difficult teaching points:
Reading practice to get the main idea of paragraphs.
Procedures:
Step1. Presentation
Show students some pictures of three Chinese astronauts to arouse the students’ interest
Step2. Pre-reading
Ask students some questions:
Have you dreamt of traveling in space?
What do you know about these explorers?
What is required to be an astronaut mentally and physically?
Do you admire them?
Step3. Reading
1. Read the article and divide the paragraphs into the three sections
2. Then read the text again and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.
3. Complete the information about Yang Liwei
Step4. Language focus
1. In October 2003, Yang Liwei went to space and returned, making the dream a reality. (P58 Line 2)
It made him China’s first astronaut and 241st person in space. (P58 Line11)
(1) 你认为是什么使他成为一位杰出的科学家的?
What do you think_________________________?
(2) Everyone worked hard, which _____ the 10th National Sports in Nanjing _________________ (使..非常成功).
2 . fun n.(un ) 乐趣 ; 有趣的事 (人)
(1) ______it is to have a talk with those humorous people!
A. What a fun B. What fun
C. How fun D. How funny
(2) have a lot of fun
make fun of
for fun 闹着玩的
funny adj.
How funny the tale is!
3. _______(bear) in 1965, Yang wanted to fly since he was a young boy.
(1) He was one of the only 14 _________ (pick) from 1,500 candidates.
(2) They not only studied all the subjects ___________ (require) to be an astronaut but also learned survival skills
4. Although Yang did not actually get the best scores on every single test, it was his high scores on the psychological tests that finally won him his position as China’s first astronaut. (P 58)
(1) Mary found a tiger in the corner last Sunday.
① ② ③ ④
① It was Mary that (who) found a tiger in the corner last Sunday.
② It was a tiger that Mary found in the corner last Sunday.
What was it that Mary found in the corner last Sunday?
③It was in the corner that Mary found a tiger last Sunday.
Where was it that Mary found a tiger last Sunday?
④ It was last Sunday that Mary found a tiger in the corner.
(2) It was what you do rather what you say______ matters?
A. that B. what C. which D. this
(3) It was with great joy _____he received the news that her lost daughter has been found.
A. because B. which C. since D. that
(4) Why? I have nothing to confess. _____you want me to say?
A. What is it that B. What it is that
C. How is it that D. How it is that
Step5 Interviewing a professional
Now you are a news reporter and you will interview a professional person. You will need to
①find about how he/she achieved his/her position;
②Create a wall display to show your classmates what you have found out;
Planning
⑴ Choose a personal person to interview.
⑵ Discuss the tasks and decide which group members will be responsible for each task.
Research information: _____________
Prepare questions: _________________
Conduct the interview: _____________
Take notes at the interview: _________
Draft the written section: ___________
Illustrate the wall display: ___________
Preparing
1. Find information from various sources on the person.
2. Prepare questions based on the information collected.
3. Discuss with the whole group what 4.Personal information about the professional can be used in the report.
Producing
1. Group members writing the story should base it on the interview notes.
2. Draw appropriate pictures.
3. Proofread the material, correct any mistakes and add any new ideas they can think of.
4. Revisions should be made based on the suggestions of your group members.
Presenting
Present the story to the class.
Put your display on the display wall.
Step5. Workbook