高一英语《Unit1 Word power》教学设计7

《Unit 1 Word power》教学设计（2）
Teaching aims
Learn some new words and enlarge Ss’ vocabulary.
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Brainstorming Think about the following questions：
1).Whether UFOs really exist has puzzled US for a long time．Have you ever thought about exploring space one day?
2).Are you interested in making discoveries in space?
3).What achievements have humans made so far in space exploration?
4).Who was the first man to travel in space?
5).When did the first man land on the moon? And how?
6).What do you know about him?
While focusing on the questions above，please pay attention to some other new words related to space，such as astronaut，spaceship／space shuttle ,orbit，etc．give SS more information about the history of space exploration and the history of the space shuttle．
Step 2：V ocabulary learning
Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned．
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Guess the meanings of the unknown words from the context．Words like launch，artificial，orbit and trace are new to you．Listen to me，please。

Space exploration began with the launch of the first artificial satellite．What does‘launch’mean? What word can be used to replace
高一英语教学设计
‘artificial’? What about the word ‘man—made’?
3．Now continue with your discussion by answering the following questions：How can a space shuttle be sent into space?
Can it fly into space by itself7．
With these‘two questions’you should focus on reading the poster the scientist is showing to you．By the way，do you know the differences between spaceship and space shuttle?
A spaceship is a vehicle for carrying people through space．
A space shuttle is a vehicle that is designed to carry people into space and back to the Earth several times to do experiments．
Think about other information the scientist may refer to in the following part of his speech．
4．Read the second part of the scientist’s speech and complete Part C individually according to the instructions．We’ll then check the answers．
Keys see Teacher’s book P.11.
To check Ss’ reading comprehension。

Ask them some questions：
1).What will happen to the rockets after the shuttle has been sent to space?
2.)Where will the astronauts do their research?
3).Why can’t they remove their spacesuits?
Step 3：V ocabulary extension
1．Right now we’ve got some knowledge about space and space exploration，and learned some relevant words and expressions．Let’s review them。

Finish the Part D and check the answers.
Homework
Finish the Workbook Ex. P.86. A1 A2
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