山东省枣庄市薛城区奚仲中学人教版(旧)八年级英语下册教案Unit1Willpeoplehaverobots

Period 1: Checking, Listening and Speaking (Page 2)
(Do you think there will be robots in people’s homes?)
Objectives
●To learn to make predictions
●To learn to use future with will
Procedures
■Warming up by learning about grammar
Good morning. Welcome back to school. Now turn to page 3, and look at the grammar focus.
Now give attention to the blackened words. Will is used here to express future event. More examples: I will have English classes this afternoon. He won’t go to school tomorrow.
The form of the usage is: will+ verb.
Now let’s have a game to make sentences with will to see who will say the most sentences with will.
1a Reading and checking
Now let’s go to page 2. There are 6 statements here. Read them and check A if you agree with the prediction. If you disagree with the prediction, check D.
1b Listening and circling
Listen and circle the predictions you hear in activity 1a.
Now go to page 87 to read this conversation. While reading try to find all the sentences with will. And also cut/ the sentence into thought groups, study all the
all the linking words and underline all the expressions. That’s grammar study, indeed.
Now read the conversation again to turn it into a text.
1c Pairing and speaking
Do you predict? Now in pairs ask and answer predicting about the future using will.
Period 2: Listening and Speaking (Page 3)
(There will be more people.)
Objectives
●To learn to use Yes/No questions with short answers
●To learn to use questions with more, less, fewer
Procedures
■Warming up by talking about robot wars
Hello, everyone! Nice to see you back at school after the winter holidays. How did you spend your Spring Festival?
Now I am going to show you a film called The Story of Robot Wars. What is a robot? Yes, it is 机器人. The story goes like this:
All the robots at the governmental institute of robots were shut down for the night, Suddenly in a flash of light they all got beamed to another planet! And then they all automatically turned on they saw that they were in a giant arena. Suddenly a monitor appeared, and on it a giant robot it said "let me explain, I am the champion robot, and I need entertainment, my newest entertainment is the "Robot Wars". It’s where you robots fight each other with missiles, lasers etc. Now eventually you will get to the point where there will other robots from other institutes for you to fight, and eventually one of you will fight me, now when you score a point by hitting your opponent you get a weapon" and with that they all got beamed to separate arenas and so the fight for freedom began.
2a Listening and circling
Now we are going to listen and circle the words we hear.
2b Listening and checking
You are to listen again. Check the predictions you hear on page 3.
Turn to page 87. Read the conversation. While reading remember to cut/ the sentence
into thought groups, study
underline all the expressions.
Now read the conversation again to turn it into a text.
2c GROUPWORK
We hear predictions about the future just now. Now you are going to work in groups of four. Make predictions about the future, will you?
Period 3: Filling, Speaking and Writing (Page 4)
(What do you think Sally will be in five years?)
Objectives
●To learn to make predictions
●To learn to use questions with more, less, fewer
Procedures
■Warming up by learning about grammar
Good morning. Look at this. What’s this in English? It is a robot. What color is it? It’s white and black. What is his name? His name is Gina. Where is your robot? Do you have a robot? Do you like robots? How much are these robots? When is your robot’s birthday? Do you want to go to a robot shop? Can you start a robot? What time does your robot start to work? My favorite subject is Science of Robot. What is your favorite subject? Whe re’s your robot from? Why do you like robots? I want to be a robot scientist. What do you want to be? I’m watching my robot working at home. What are you doing? What does my robot look like? Is he handsome? I’d like some more robots made in China. How was your robot doing yesterday? Where did he go? What do you think of robots made in China? How often do you you’re your robots?
What’s the matter? My robot won’t start. How do you get your robot started?
Can you help me with my robot? Could you please start my robot for me? What’s the best robot in the world? Will students and teachers have robots in their classroom?
3a Looking and filling
Now turn to page 4. Look at the three pictures and complete the sentences.
3b Pairing and speaking
Next you are to make predictions about Sally.
3c Thinking and writing
You will look back, look ahead and write about yourselves.
4 GROUPWORK
You will draw a picture of a tomorrow city. And you will describe it to your class.
Period 4: Writing, Speaking and Listening (Page 5)
(I live in an apartment.)
Objectives
● To learn to use future with will
● To learn to use Yes/No questions with short answers
Procedures
■ Warming up by making sentences with will
To begin with, we will try to make sentences with will.
1a Looking and writing
Look at the words on page 5. Read after me these words.
You will go on to write each of the words into the correct column below.
1b Pairing and writing
Think of other words. And write them into the chart above on page 5.
2a Listening and numbering
You will listen to Alexis and Joe talking about living somewhere. Number the pictures [1-3] on page 5.
2b Listening and filling
You will listen again to the conversation. Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the box.
Turn to page 87. Read the conversation on your own.
While reading remember to cut/ the sentence into thought groups, study all the
predicates, circle all the linking words and underline all the expressions.
Now read the conversation again to turn it into a text.
2c Pairing and speaking
You will role play the conversation between Alexis and Joe, talking about Joe’s life now, ten years ago, and ten years from now.
Period 5: Reading, Writing and Speaking (Page 6)
(In ten years, I think I’ll be a reporter.)
Objectives
●To learn to use Yes/No questions with short answers
●To learn to use questions with more, less, fewer
Procedures
■Warming up by reading the text to the recording
Reading aloud to the recording helps you develop and improve English skills —reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Listening to yourself makes you better understand vocabulary and grammar.
Now open your book to page 7 and read the text aloud to the tape.
3a Reading and filling
I will ask you to read on page 6 Ming’s answer to the question “What will your life be like in ten years?” Then you will fill in the chart below on page 6, too. While reading the text, try to cut/ the sentences into thought groups, study the predicates, circle the connectives and underline the expressions.
Now you are going to read the text again, and underline all the useful expressions. You will have to copy them into your notebook after school.
What will your life be like in ten years? Now think and write about it.
Read after me the four questions on page 6. Now answer the questions in pairs and complete the table on page 6.
SELF CHECK
1 Filling in blanks with a word given
To check your studies, you will first fill in the blanks with the words given on page 7. Then make your own sentences with the same words.
Turn to page 7, and read the passage, circling the inventions on the right. While reading, try to cut/ the sentences into thought groups, study the predicates, circle the connectives and underline the expressions
Now you will read the passage once again and copy the expressions into your notebook.
You will go over the unit again to find these in the box on page 7.
Reading: Do you think you will have your own robot?
Before you read— go over the vocabulary list for this unit at the back of your textbook.
While you read—cut/ the sentences into thought groups, study the
the connectives and underline the expressions
After you read—copy all the useful expressions into your notebook.
Now read the text again to turn it into a conversation.。