Unit 1 Will people have robots ?
Teaching goals:
Words&phrases: robot, paper, less, fewer, simple, unpleasant, factory, seem, etc .
will 构成的一般将来时态的陈述句、否定句、疑问句及回答.
There be 句型的一般将来时.
more , less , fewer 的用法.
学习一般将来时态的相关知识，学会对未来进行预测.
对five years ago ,today ,in five years 简洁回顾与展望的方式，贴近实际符合学生心理，激发学习兴趣.
通过时间对比复习一般过去时态、一般现在时态，巩固一般将来时.
Important and difficult points :
will构成一般将来时态的句式。
There be 句型的一般将来时态。
more , fewer , less 的用法。
How to make predictions .
Period  1
Teaching procedures:
Step 1  Leading in
Greetings: Welcome to school .
What’s the date today ? Who’s on duty today ?
Do you enjoy your winter holiday ?
Do you finish your homework ?
Do you want to live on the moon ?
Can you guess what will happen in ten years ?
Collect the Ss’ answers and say something about their predictions .
Step 2  Pre-task
SB Page 2 ,1a .
Look at the picture :How will the world be different in the future ,100 years from now ?We’re going to talk about sth in 100 years .
Read each predictions to the class .Explain the new vocabulary .
Read the instructions .Make sure Ss know what they should do .
Do it by themselves .
Talk about the answers with the class .
Explain :一般将来时态
构成: will / be going to +动词原形
Step 3  While-task
SB Page 2 ,1b .
Practise reading the six predictions .
Read the instructions to Ss .Circle the things you hear on the recording .
Play the tape twice .
Play the tape a third time .At the same time ,check the answers .
SB Page 2 , 1c .
Pay attention to the dialogues .
Read the dialogues fluently .
Pairwork .Work in pairs to make predictions according to the sample .
Ask several pairs to share their conversations to the class .
SB Page 3 , 2a & 2b .
Read the predictions .
Read the instructions and point out the sample answer .
Play the tape twice .Ss circle the word they hear in each sentences: more , less , fewer .
Check the answers .
学生探究: less , fewer 的区别。
Step 4  Post-task
Point to the example in the sample dialogue .Practice reading .
Look at activity 2b .Groupwork:Take turns to make conversations about the predictions .
Grammar Focus: 
Review the grammar box .Ss say the statements and responses .
Make summaries about “will” ,“fewer” and “less” . 
Homework:
Make predictions about yourself in 10 years .Write down 5 sentences .
Go over the new words .
教学后记:
Period  2
Teaching procedures :
Step 1  Leading in 
Greetings and free talk .
Check their homework :Ask two or three Ss to speak out what they wrote down .(教师作出适当的评价)
Step 2  Pre-task
Go over what we learnt yesterday .
通过三种时间的对比简略复习一般过去时与一般现在时。
Step 3  While-task
SB Page 4 , 3a .
Point to the three picture and say :This is Sally .The first picture is Sally five years ago ,the second one is Sally now ,and the third one is Sally five years in the future .
Read the instructions .
Complete filling in the blanks individually .
Check the answers .
Practise reading .Then ask some Ss read them out .
SB Page 4 , 3b .
Look at activity 3a .Make predictions about Sally .
Point to the example in the sample dialogue .Ask two Ss to read the dialogue to the class .
Practise reading .
Pairwork .Make their predictions about Sally .
Step 4  Post-task
Write about yourself .
With the help of the sample of Sally .We can write sth about ourselves five years ago ,today and in five years .
Complete the work individually .
Review the task .Ask a few more Ss for answers .
Homework :
Draw a picture of the city in 20 years .Describe it to the class .
教学后记:
Period  3
Teaching procedures :
Step 1  Leading in 
Greetings .
Say yourselves :five years ago , today and in five years .
Check the homework.
Step 2  Pre-task
SB Page 5 , 1a .
Look at the form and read the headings to the class .Make sure the Ss know what they mean .
Read the list of seven words .Explain the new words .
Write each word in the correct column .Check the answers.
SB Page 5 , 1b .
Read the words already written on the chart .
Groupwork: Think about what we learned before .Write some words in the chart above .Divide t
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