Unit6EarthandBeyondExploringtheTopicThinkingSkillsThispartfocusesonthethinkingskillsofparingandcontrasting.Tablesareintroducedasusefultoolsformakingparisons.StudentswillfirstreadatextabouttheSunandtheEarthtolearnhowtopareandcontrastsimilarthings.Then,theywillreadanothertextaboutthesolarsystemtopleteatable,paringthecharacteristicsofinnerplanetsandouterplanets.Thisactivityaimstohelpstudentsdeveloptheircriticalthinkingskillsbyanalyzingandcategorizinginformation.教學(xué)目標(biāo)KnowledgeAimStudentscanmasterthekeywordsandphrasesrelatedtocelestialbodies,suchas"star","planet","diameter","solarsystem","asteroidbelt","innerplanet","outerplanet".StudentsareabletounderstandthetextabouttheSun,theEarthandthesolarsystem,andextractrelevantinformation.AbilityAimStudentscanusethethinkingskillofparingandcontrastingtoanalyzethecharacteristicsofdifferentcelestialbodies.Studentscanpletethetabletosummarizeandpareinformation,improvingtheirinformationprocessingandorganizingability.EmotionalAimStudentscanfostertheirinterestinastronomyandtheuniverse,andstimulatetheircuriosityforscientificexploration.教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)KeyPointsGuidestudentstounderstandthetextaboutcelestialbodiesandextractkeyinformation.Teachstudentshowtousethemethodofparingandcontrastingtoanalyzeandsummarizethecharacteristicsofdifferentcelestialbodies,andfillintheparisontablecorrectly.DifficultPointsHelpstudentsdevelopthehabitofusingthethinkingskillofparingandcontrastingintheirlearninganddailylife,andimprovetheirlogicalthinkingability.EnablestudentstoclearlyexpressthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweendifferentcelestialbodiesinEnglish.VocabularyCelestialBodies:star(恒星),planet(行星),satellite(衛(wèi)星),asteroid(小行星),et(彗星),meteor(流星)DescriptiveWords:diameter(直徑),distance(距離),temperature(溫度),gravity(重力),surface(表面),atmosphere(大氣層)Others:solarsystem(太陽系),asteroidbelt(小行星帶),innerplanet(內(nèi)行星),outerplanet(外行星)SentencePatternsabout...isastar.Ithasadiameterofabout...Earthisoneoftheeightplanetsofthesolarsystem.Inthesolarsystem,theSunisinthecenter,andeightplanetsgoaroundit.Theinnerplanetsaresmallerandmadeofrocksandsoil,whiletheouterplanetsarelargerandmadeofgaswithrocksinside.教學(xué)過程Warmingup(5minutes)ShowstudentssomepicturesoftheSun,theEarth,theMoonandotherplanets.AskthemtonamethesecelestialbodiesinEnglish.Thenaskstudentssomesimplequestions,suchas"WhatdoyouknowabouttheSun?"or"DoyouknowanydifferencesbetweentheEarthandtheMoon?"Presentation(15minutes)Activity1:paringtheSunandtheEarthPresentthetextabouttheSunandtheEarthonthescreen.Letstudentsreadthetextcarefullyandunderlinethekeyinformation,suchasthediameter,colorandwhethertherearelivingthings.Showatableonthescreenwithcolumnslike"CelestialBody","Diameter","Color","ExistenceofLife".Guidestudentstofillinthetableaccordingtothetext.ExplaintostudentshowtousethistabletopareandcontrasttheSunandtheEarth.Forexample,intermsofdiameter,theSunismuchlargerthantheEarth;intermsoftheexistenceoflife,therearenolivingthingsontheSunwhiletheEarthistheonlyplanetwithlifeinthesolarsystem.Activity2:paringInnerPlanetsandOuterPlanetsPresentthetextaboutthesolarsystem,especiallythepartaboutthedivisionofinnerplanetsandouterplanets.Letstudentsreadthetextandfindoutthecharacteristicsofinnerplanetsandouterplanets.Showanewtablewithcolumnslike"TypeofPlanet","Names","DistancefromtheSun","Size","position".Askstudentstoreadthetextagainandpletethetable.Walkaroundtheclassroomtoofferhelpifnecessary.Afterstudentsfinish,asksomestudentstosharetheiranswersandexplainhowtheygottheinformation.Practice(15minutes)GroupDiscussionDividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Askeachgrouptodiscussthedifferencesbetweeninnerplanetsandouterplanetsbasedonthepletedtable.Eachgroupneedstolistatleastthreedifferences.Encouragestudentstousethesentencepatternstheylearned,suchas"Theinnerplanetsare...whiletheouterplanetsare...".Walkaroundeachgroup,listentotheirdiscussionsandgiveguidance.Ifstudentshavesomewrongunderstandings,correctthemintime.ReportAskeachgrouptochoosearepresentativetoreporttheirdiscussionresultstothewholeclass.TherepresentativeshouldspeakclearlyanduseEnglishasmuchaspossible.Aftereachgroup'sreport,othergroupscanaskquestionsormakements.Summary(8minutes)Summarizethekeypointsofthisclasswithstudents.Reviewthevocabularyaboutcelestialbodies,thesentencepatternsusedtodescribethem,andthethinkingskillofparingandcontrasting.AskstudentstorecallthedifferencesbetweentheSunandtheEarth,aswellasinnerplanetsandouterplanets.Emphasizetheimportanceofusingparingandcontrastinginlearning,whichcanhelpthembetterunderstandandrememberknowledge.Homework(2minutes)AskstudentstowriteashortpassageparingtheEarthandMars.Theyneedtoincludeatleastthreeaspectsofparison,suchassize,distancefromtheSun,andwhetherthereislife.EncouragestudentstolookformoreinformationaboutcelestialbodiesontheInternetorinbooks,andsharewhattheyhavelearnedinthenextclass.教學(xué)反思AdvantagesUsingpicturesandtextsintheteachingprocesscaneffectivelyarousestudents'interestinlearning.Thevividvisualmaterialscanhelpstudentsbetterunderstandtheabstractknowledgeofcelestialbodies.Thegroupdiscussionandreportactivitiescanimprovestudents'municationandcooperationability.Studentsactivelyparticipateinthediscussion,expresstheirownopinions,andlearnfromeachother.Thedesignofparingandcontrastingactivitiescantrainstudents'logicalthinkingability,whichisbeneficialfortheirfuturelearning.DisadvantagesSomestudentsmayhavedifficultyinquicklyextractingkeyinformationfromthetext,whichaffectstheprogressoffillinginthetable.Inthefuture,morereadingskillstrainingsho