2022年高二英语下学期Unit12 Fact and fantasy 人教版Teaching Goals1. Talk about science fiction.2. Learn to express beliefs and doubts.3. Learn about Word Formation (2).4. Practise creative writing.Teaching Time: Five periodsThe First PeriodTeaching Aims:1. Learn about some scientific facts by doing a small science quiz.2. Train the students listening ability.3. Develop the students speaking ability by talking about science fiction using the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.Teaching Important Points:1. Train the students listening ability.2. Master the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.Teaching Difficult Points:1. How to improve the students listening ability.2. How to finish the task of speaking.Teaching Methods;1. Free talk to arouse the students interest in science fiction.2. Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through the listening material.3. Discussion to make the students finish the task of speaking.Teaching Aids:1. the multimedia2. the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step I GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step II Free-talk and Lead-inGive the Ss ten minutes to talk about the topic on science fantasy. Then teacher say the following: Today, we are going to talk about science fiction.Step III Warming upFirst, lets look at some new words. (The multimedia shows the new words in this period.)New words;fantasy / 5fAntEsi / n.Jules Verne / dVu:lz v:n /league /Ii:g/ n.distance / 5distEns / n. balloon / bE5lu:n / n,bulb / bQlb / n. fiction / 5fikFEn / n.(Teacher teaches the words and explains them, and then says the following, ) Now, look at the covers of the two books written by Jules Verne. (The multimedia shows the two books.) Have you read them?(Some say Yes, while some say No. Teacher asks two students who say Yes to stand up and say something they know about the books. )Have a quiz (Teacher uses the multimedia to show the following. )1. What is the highest mountain on earth and how high it is? (2 points):2. What is the deepest point in the ocean; and where is it? (2 points):3. Which is the longest river on earth: and how long is it? (2 points);4. What is the distance from the earth to; the moon? What is it to Mars? What; is it to the nearest star? (6 points):5. How far is it to the centre of the: earth? (2 points):6. How high are the temperatures near: the centre of the earth? (2 points):7. What is the longest distance around; the world? (2 points):8. How fast does a balloon travel? How: about an aeroplane? How about a space shuttle? (6 points)Suggested answers;1. Mount Qomolangma; 8848. 13 m2. Mariana Trench; in the west of the Pacific Ocean.3. the Nile River; 6 600 kilometers4. 380, 000 kilometers; more than 56, 000, 000 kilometers5. 150, 000, 000 kilometers6. 7 500 K7. 40, 000 kilometers8. about 30 40 kilometers per hour; about 500 kilometers per hour; about 7.411.2 kilometers per secondStep IV ListeningT: So much for Warming up. Now, lets do some listening. Look at the listening part on Page 9. Listen to the tape and write down where, when and what Sam and Betty saw. Then according to the description you hear on the tape, make a sketch of the animal. Are you clear about that?Teacher plays the tape for the students to listen. Then give the students a few minutes to fill in the chart and make a sketch of the animal as they saw. When they finish, teacher checks their answers and picks out one sketch of the animal drawn vividly by them as an example. Go on with the listening practice. Listen to the tape again and then finish Exercise 2. Before listening to the tape, the Ss need to go through the questions and know what to do.(Teacher begins to play the tape for the second time. During this lime, teacher may pause for the students to write down the answers to the questions. At last, check the answers with the whole class. )Step V SpeakingPage 10. Lets look at the Speaking part. There are four dialogues about such topics, which are inplete. Work in pairs to create dialogues. When youre making the dialogue, you can use the expressions on the blackboard,(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard.)I believeI suppose I doubtIm sure thatIm (not) certainI cant imagineIt could beIts likelyIt would likeSample dialogues;Space TravelA: I dont believe people can travel in space.B: Why not? More than 100 years ago nobody thought it was possible for people to travel in the sky by plane from one place to another. A: In my opinion, space travel is more than a master of time to us, and also a matter of technology. B: I agree with you. But well be able to develop. I believe with the development of science and technology, space travel is not a dream, and the day is on the way.Life in 3098A: I doubt whether there is any life on earth in the future. B: e o