Teaching Contents:This article introduces the state of robots and scientists' different points of robots.
Teaching Objectives:
(1)Knowledge objective Students can know more knowledge about robots and master the usage of future indefinite tense.
(2)Ability objective Students can improve their reading and speaking abilities,and develop their imagination.
(3)Emotional objective
Students can be interested in robots.
Teaching Key Point:
Students can learn the future indefinite tense.
Teaching Difficult Point:
Students can use'will'to make predictions in daily life.
Major Steps:
Step 1 Pre-reading(2 minutes)
Show some pictures about robots and ask students some questions.
(1) Do you know what robots can do for us now?
(2) Can you imagine what robots will become of in the future?
(Justification: This step can catch students' attention and lay better English leaning surrounding for the further study.)
Step 2 While-reading (8 minutes)
1. Fast reading
Ask students to read this passage quickly and conclude the main idea of each paragraph, then choose some students to share their ideas.
2. Careful reading
(1) Ask students to read this passage carefully and judge the following statements with true or false.
①Some scientists think we will have our own robots in the future.()
② James White thinks that it's easy for a robot to do the same things as a person. ()
③Some scientists think that robots can talk to people now.()
④Robots working in factories look more like huge arms.()
⑤After an earthquake now, a snake robot can help look for people under buildings.()
(2) Ask students to underline all the sentences of future indefinite tense and teach them how to use 'will' to make predictions. Then divide students into several groups to talk about the future by using 'will'.
(Justification: This step can help students to get a better understanding about this article and master the usage of future indefinite tense.)
Step 3 Post-reading(5 minutes)
1. Ask students to talk about these questions: In what ways do you think a robot will help or block you in the future? What do you think of the future of robots, optimistic or pessimistic?
2. Ask students to write down their ideas about robots and invite some to share the ideas with classmates.
(Justification: This step can improve students' writing and speaking abilities.)