1、Reading and ThinkingTeaching objectives:Knowledge objective: Students can get some information about science fiction.Ability objective: Students will be able to develop their reading habits and skills, like skimming, scanning and they can analyze and appreciate narrative literature works.Emotional o

2、bjective: Students will form the correct moral emotion to robots and they can learn to cooperate with others.Difficult points:To understand the main idea and some details through reading.Key points:How to analyse and appreciate the type or form of literaturescience fiction.Teaching methods:communica

3、tive teaching method、situational teaching methodTeaching procedures:Step 1 Warming up and lead-in (2 mins)Task Drawing and guessingThe teacher will draw some pictures of Doraemon (a cute robot cartoon character) which can trigger students9 interest in this lesson.Step 2 Pre-reading (5 mins)Task 1 Br

4、ainstormingWhat can robots do?Do you think it is possible for a robot to have feelings?Students will express their ideas freely. Then the teacher will ask someone to show their opinions.At the same time, students will get the topic of this lesson by answering questions.Task 2 Background InformationA

5、 brief introduction about the author of the article will be provided and students will get basic information about his literary achievements and personality characteristics.Step 3 While-reading (30 mins)Task 1 Reading for general ideasGet the main idea of the articleMain idea of each paragraphStuden

6、ts will skim the passage within 5 minutes and this time they will find out the four characters in the story and also get the main idea of the whole passage and each paragraph. When time is up, they will be invited to share their answers.Task 2 Reading for structureStudents will read again and this t

7、ime, they should pay attention to the structure of the article. Some representatives will be willing to show their results.Task 3 Reading for detailsTrue (T) or false (F)Match the occasions fbr Claires feelingsChoose the best answerThis time, students will pay attention to locating certain informati

8、on by reading the passage quickly and then, students will be asked to complete some exercises.Step 4 Post-reading (5 mins)Task 1 Come up with an endingTask 2 Critical thinkingWill you fall in love with a robot?What relationship do you think should develop between humans and robots in the future?Stud

9、ents need to work in groups of 4 to discuss the following questions. When times up, several students will be invited to share their answers. Then the teacher will comment on students* performance. Finally, the teacher will show the three laws for robots developed by Isaac Asimov to summarize the top

10、ic.Step 5 Summary and homework (3 mins)Task 1 SummaryThe teacher can ask students to act as assistants to conclude what they have learned from this class, and then make a summary together.Some great works will be recommended, such as Dune by Frank Herbert, Ringworld by Larry Nivel and Contact by Carl Sagan. These works are so positive and exce