Lesson Plan for Unit 3—Computers
Andy- The Android
I. Teaching objectives and demands:
A. To develop the ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing
B. To train the ability of working in pairs
C. To develop the ability of communication by learning the useful structures
Ⅱ.Moral aims:
A. Encourage the students to express themselves in English.
B. Help the students to be interested in study.
Ⅲ.Teaching contents
A. New vocabulary:
Signal, personally, type, in a way, coach, arise, with the help of, electronic
B. a passage
Andy- The Android
Ⅳ. Important points and difficult points:
A. key points:
(1).Be able to understand the passage in the whole.
(2). Know about some long and difficult sentences
B. difficult points: ordinal numbers
Find the correct answer in a limited time.
Ⅴ.Teaching Approach
A. Communicative teaching method
B. Audio-visual teaching method;
C.Task-based learning
(Activity-based teaching: class work; individual work; group work)
Ⅵ.Teaching aids
Multi-media PowerPoint
Ⅶ.Time allocation
Step1. Greeting and warming-up (3minutes)
Step2. Pre-reading (3minutes)
Step3. While-reading (25minutes)
Step4. Post-reading -Summary (5minutes)
Step5. Discussion (8minutes)
Step6. Homework (2minutes)
Ⅶ.Teaching procedures:
Step 1
Step 1. Warming-up and Leading-in
A. A video (Class work)
Let the students see a video-The Future Life, and then ask them what the robot is doing in the video.
B. A another question (Class work)
What other things can androids do?
Comments
The video is impressive and gets the students to think and speak.
Step 2
Step2. Pre-reading
A. Let the students read the title and the picture. Then answer the following two questions:
Who is Andy?
What does Andy do?
Comments
Get the students to guess what is going to talk about. And let then be familiar and interested
Step 3
Step 3. While reading
A. first-reading(skimming)
Fill in the file for Andy, please!
Name:
Size:
Appearance:
Job:
Ability:
Character:
B. detailed reading
Paragraph 1
• 1.The androids can often play games together. ( )
• 2.I am a striker, so I can run very fast. ( )
• 3. My computer chips help me to move and think like a human. ( )
• 4. In the game, I need to speak to my teammates in English. ( )
Paragraph 2
• My first _____________________ was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won _________________.
• 1. What is Andy’s opinion about the match in Seattle?
• 2. Who is Andy’s coach?
• 3. How does the coach help Andy to make up new moves?
• 4. What’s Andy’s dream?
Comments
The practice helps the students to understand the passage thoroughly.
Step 4
Step 4. Post-reading -Summary
• The story is about the ________ called _______, who is good at_________________. And his
__________________ makes him think and move like a_________. However, they _____ in the __________________________ hosted in the USA, because the other team had a new kind of___________. After that, he will ask his programmer to improve his __________ and _________ some new moves.
Help the students to consolidate what they have learnt.
Step5
Step 5. Discussion
Create your own robot and write a passage.
Name:
Size:
Appearance:
Job:
Ability:
Character:
Help the students to think, speak and write in English.
Step6
Step6. Homework
1. Review the words and phrases we’ve learnt today.
2. Write your own android for about 120 words. You can refer to the passage on page 24.
Help the students to think, speak and write in English.
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