Module 3 Journey to space一、学习目标:A. 单词和短语：earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship, project, no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut, space travel, none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, communicateB. 交际用语：1. What are you up to?2. Sure, no problem.3. I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project.4. I haven’t started yet because I’m not sure how to make it.5. I haven’t started it yet.6. Have you heard the latest news?7. Has it arrived yet?8. That’s why it’s on the news.9. Astronauts have already been to the moon.10. —Have we sent a spaceship to Mars?—Yes, we have. But…11. The spaceship has gone to Mars.12. However, we have not found life on other plants yet.二、教学目标1. Function: Talking about recent events.2. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet.3. Skills:1) Listening for specific information.2) Talking about space travel; participating in a role-play.3) Reading and finding out information from simple texts and choosing the best title.4) Writing a passage to describe the picture.4. Around the world: Names of the days of the week.5. Task: Making a poster about space travel.三、重点及难点:1. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet.2. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to.四、教学设计:Unit 1 Has it arrived yet?Ⅰ Teaching modelListening and speakingⅡ Teaching methodPWP approachⅢ Teaching aims1. To understand Present perfect with already, just and yet.2. To understand the conversation about the space mission to Mars.3. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to.Ⅳ Teaching Objectives1. Key vocabulary: earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship,project, no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut, space travel 2. Key structures: Present perfect with already, just and yet.Ⅴ Teaching aidsTape recorder, OHP, videoⅥ Teaching StepsStep 1 Warming up1. Enjoy news report and watch a video.2. Show some pictures to introduce the new words.3. Learn the new words.4. Read the new words.Step 2 Listen and number the words as you hear them.1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1.3. Listen and number the words as you hear them.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Step 3 Listen again and complete the notes.1. Ask the students to read the notes in Activity2.news about the trip to (1) ____________journey of (2) __________ monthshas not sent back any (3) ___________ yethope to find (4) ____________ on Mars2. Listen again and complete the notes.3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.keys: Mars eight messages lifeStep 4 Listen and read.1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.4. Read the conversation.5. Act it out.6. Learn “Everyday English”1) What are you up to?2) Sure, no problem.Step 5 Now answer the questions.1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity3.1) What school project have Daming and Tony got?2) How does Daming feel about the school project?3) What news has Tony heard?4) Has anyone been to Mars? Why?2. Ask the students to read through the conversation in Activity 3 again.3. Answer the questions.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys:They have got a project on spaceships.He’s not sure how to make the model.The spaceship to Mars has reached there.No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther thanthe moon.Step 6 Complete the passage in Activity 4.1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) _________ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) ________ on the (3) _________ after a journey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) _________ life on Mars (5) ________.And no astronaut has ever been to Mars because it is very far away.3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys: 1. sent 2. arrived 3. planet 4. discovered 5. yet6. Read the passage together.Step 7 Language points.1. reach v. 到达，抵达后可以直接跟地点名词e.g. When will your parents reach America?你爸妈什么时候到美国？get, arrive & reachget, arrive和reach都可以表示“到达”，但它们的用法有区别。
