U2L1ModernHeroea.doc

U2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern HeroesTeaching aims:To practise extensive reading in order to understand the main idea of each paragraph and guess the meaning of new words from the context.To get some detailed information about Shenzhou V and Yang Liwei.To talk about Yang Liwei and the space flight with the words learned.To learn from Yang Liweis spirit and understand the meaning of hero.Teaching difficult and important points:To find the main idea of each paragraph.To describe the movement of Shenzhou V.Teaching Aids: computer Teaching Methods: communicative approach, task-based reading, group discussionTeaching procedures: Lead-in1. Show some pictures of different kinds of heroes and ask students to describe them with the key words learned in Warm-up.2. Tell students that the above-mentioned are all heroes and then elicit another hero-Yang Liwei, the first Chinese to go to space. Then give a brief introduction of Yang Liwei and the series of Shenzhou spaceship.3. Question: How do you feel about Yang Liwei and Chinas first manned space flight? Pre-readingLearn some words about space flight: astronaut, spacesuit, capsule, rocket, launch, spaceship, helicopter, parachute While-reading1 Fast-readingTask 1 Match the paragraphs with their headings.l Astronaut lands safely l Welcome homel International good wishesl An exciting lift-offl Introductionl During the flightTask 2 Circle some verbs about the spaceships movement in this article.Do you want to know more about the movement of our spaceship Shenzhou V? Lets watch a short video about it. 2 Careful-readingTask 3 Fill in the blanks.Timeand1place-October15th,2003,Jiuquan,GansuProvinceShenzhouV-Chinasfirst2mannedspaceshipYangLiwei-Chinasfirstastronautlifedofffeltthehighgravity3separatedfromtherocketfelt4soaringintotheskycircledtheearth14timesspokewithgroundcontrolandhis5family6completedseveraltaskssleptforthreehours7showedtheflagsofChinaandtheUNexpressedthewishtoexploreandusespacepeacefullyletouttheparachutefeltthespaceship8shakinglanded9safelywas10welcomedbyacrowdofpeople Post-reading1 InterviewWork in pairs. Imagine one of you is Yang Liwei and the other is a reporter from CCTV. Make up an interview and ask as many questions as possible.2 Free talk What should we learn from Yang Liwei?Whats the significance of space exploration? HomeworkNow that you have known a lot about Yang Liwei and Shenzhou V. Do you admire him? What do you want to say to Yang Liwei? Please write a letter to him, telling him your thoughts.Your letter should include three parts:1 Tell him you are proud of him2 Say that you are curious about astronauts life3 You want to learn from him