Teaching Procedures: Period 4

Step 1 Leading in

1. Greetings and free talk.

2. If possible, draw a robot on the Bb or put up a picture of a robot.

Tell: What does it look like? What can it do?

3. Tell your partner what you know about robots.

Step 2 Pre-task

SB Page 8, 1b.

1. Read the title of the passage.

2. Look at the picture together .Ask a few Ss to describe what they see.

3. Read the words and phrases in the box .Practice reading the words.

4. Circle the words you think you will read in the passage .Tell students predicting the future is difficult. But reading the title of the passage can help you acquire the new information, and the first sentence of each paragraph is also important .This is an important way to read .Students should always use the way to help learn.

Step 3 While-task

SB Page 8.

1. First let Ss scan the passage for the main idea.

2. Explain something.

help sb with sth /do sth hundreds of

seem to be /it seems to be/it seems that

it is +adj+for sb to do

do the same …as …

try to do /try doing sth. wake up /wake sb up

get bored/there are some robots working in the factory.

make sb do sth

It takes /took /will take …

3. Ask a few comprehension questions around the class .

4. Read the passage by the Ss.

Step 4 Post-task

1. Go through the reading again.

How many words in 1b did you correctly predict?

2. Go over the structures in SB Page 9, 3b. Make their own sentences.

Homework:

1. To make sure the Ss understand the passage .and I want to know whether they’re careful in the class, let Ss translate the passage into Chinese.

2. Go over this unit.

3. Make their own sentences.

4. What ways do you think a robot will help you and your family in the future. Write your ideas.

The Design Of Script on the Bb:

help sb with sth /do sth

hundreds of

seem to be /it seems to be/it seems that

it is +adj+for sb to do

do the same …as …

try to do /try doing sth. wake up /wake sb up

get bored/there are some robots working in the factory.

make sb do sth

It takes /took /will take