1、Unit 2 Great people Reading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. know about Neil Armstrong and his space travel; 2. understand the new words and phrases.II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: pilot, licence, navy, serve, test, air
2、craft, astronaut, spacecraft, spin, control, pacific, ocean, land, step, giant, leap, mankind, surface, further, citizen, pride, order, out of control, cut short 2. New structures: Armstrong received the order to cut the fight short.He was the pride of the worldIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted
3、 area of difficulty1. Guess the meaning of new words from context.2. Improve students reading ability, especially their skimming and scanning ability.IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Pre-readingLead-inT: Today Ill show you some great people in aerospace history. (1) What about this man? What is he? (2
4、) Do you know who this astronaut is? Can you say something about him/her?(Yang Liwei, Liu Yang, Wang Yaping, Neil Armstrong) 【设计意图：通过学生熟悉的人物迅速导入本课话题，并引出部分生词。 】Step 2 While-reading1. Guess the meanings of new wordsT: This article is a about Neil Armstrong. Go through it quickly and find out the meani
5、ngs of the following words.2. Work out a timeline for Neil Armstrong T: Read the article again and work out a timeline for Neil Armstrong. Its not necessary for you to read each paragraph carefully. You can read the first sentence of each paragraph to get the main idea.【设计意图：引导学生通过快速阅读猜测生词意思，并整理出大事年
6、表，渗透阅读策略指导。 】T: How is the article organized? Obviously, it is organized in time order.【设计意图：引导学生关注文章结构，让他们了解传记文体。 】3. Neil Armstrongs first trip into spaceT: In 1966, Neil Armstrong and David Scott went into space by spacecraft Gemini 8. Read paragraph 3, and answer the following questions.(1) What
7、 did they do during their trip into space?(2) What unexpected thing happened on their way back?(3) How did they deal with the problem?(4) To solve the problem successfully, what qualities do you think Neil Armstrong should have?4. Neil Armstrongs trip to the MoonT: Seven years after the trip into sp
8、ace，Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the spacecraft Apollo11 on the Moon. Watch the video of the trip and find out sentences in paragraphs 4 and 5 to describe what you have seen. 【设计意图：通过视频，让学生直观了解人类的首次登月，帮助他们加深对文本的理解。】T: What did Armstrong mean by saying “one small step for (a) man, one giant leap
9、for mankind”?5. After the trip to the MoonT: Read paragraph 7 and find out what award Armstrong got after his trip to the moon. Step 3 Post- reading1. Make an interview T: Armstrong was considered as a hero. Many reporters wanted to interview him. Please work in pairs and make an interview according
10、 to this passage. One acts as a reporter and the other as Armstrong. Questions of Part B4 on page 25 may help you.【设计意图：以采访的方式，引导学生深度解读文本，这种方式不仅锻炼学生深层次的阅读技能，也可训练他们口头表达能力。 】2. Group discussionWhy could Neil Armstrong achieve success?3. Your own “famous words”Create your own “famous words” using the structure “one small step for , one giant leap for.”【设计意图：设计问题讨论 Armstrong 取得成就的原因，引导学生发表不同的想法和观点；让学生模仿 Armstrong 的名言创造自己的 “名言” ，寓教于乐，升华情感。 】V. Homework1. Read the article aloud.2. Search for more information about Neil Armstrong.
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