一．本單元教材內(nèi)容分析

本單元圍繞“事實與幻想”這一主題展開聽、說,、讀,、寫等一系列教學活動。主要介紹了科幻小說之父——儒勒,。凡爾納(Jules Verne)與他的代表作《海底兩萬里》,、《地心游記》和瑪麗。雪萊創(chuàng)作的著名科幻小說《科學怪人》,。此外,，本單元話題還涉及到科學數(shù)據(jù)、科學發(fā)明,、空間旅行,、未來生活、長生不老,、外來生物等,。通過對本單元的學習，不但讓學生了解科幻小說,，還要激發(fā)學生對科學的興趣,，使學生的思維能力、想象力和創(chuàng)新能力等綜合素質(zhì)得到發(fā)展,，讓學生建立正確的科學觀,。同時，還要掌握必要的詞匯并了解構詞法,。

二,、課時結構

經(jīng)過教材分析，結合學生情況,，本單元可以用五課時教完,。第一課時 聽說課（一）將 Warming Up , Listening部分與speaking 放在同一課時。第二課時 閱讀課將 Pre-reading,，Reading,，Post-reading 部分放在同一課時教學,。第三課時 語言學習:詞匯學習 將 Language Study 中的 Word study和Word Formation及 WB 中的 Grammar整合成一節(jié)詞法學習、應用課,。第四課時 integrating skills第五課時 寫作復習課,，重點復習本單元所學的重點詞匯、短語,、表達及語法等,，上一節(jié)鞏固復習課。并將WB中的 Writing Task 布置為課堂作業(yè).

三,、教學目標(Teaching goals)

目標1）聽：通過聽Sam ,Betty ,Karen三人之間關于湖怪的談話,，要求學生從材料中迅速捕捉有效信息，如事情發(fā)生的時間,、地點,，湖怪的外貌以及長度，完成第一個練習填圖表,。第二個練習給學生創(chuàng)設了一個應用情境,，就是對于湖怪人們可能問的幾個問題，培養(yǎng)學生的想象力和提問題的能力.

目標2）說：分四個對話,，設置兩人活動小組,。話題有四個：太空旅行、3098年的生活,、永遠年輕和來自外太空的生物等,。要求學生言之有物、言之有理,。

目標3）讀：包含“讀前（pre-reading）”,、“讀（reading）”,、“讀后（post-reading）”三部分�,！白x前”部分結合三個極具代表意義的照片設計了三個問題,，讓學生就人類歷史上重大的科學發(fā)明和發(fā)現(xiàn)如電車、電燈,、蒸汽船及地球內(nèi)部結構等進行討論,，指出發(fā)明的時間和用途，發(fā)現(xiàn)的經(jīng)過,�,！白x”部分主要介紹了儒勒。凡爾納與他的代表作《海底兩萬里》和《地心游記》,。以小說內(nèi)容為線索,，說明科幻小說對科學發(fā)明的重要性,。“讀后”部分設置了五個練習,。第一個練習要求學生討論Nemo船長的性格特點,。第二個練習用自己的語言解釋句子，側重檢查學生對課文中的事實和情節(jié)的表層理解,。第三個練習比較海底和空中旅行的異同,。側重檢查學生對事物的分析歸納能力。第四個練習要求學生解釋凡爾納寫作靈感的來源,。第五個練習讓學生設想進入深洞需要準備的東西和可能遇到的危險,。

目標4）寫：要求學生參照本單元內(nèi)容寫一個醫(yī)生創(chuàng)造人的故事。以此培養(yǎng)學生的收集信息,、整理信息及傳遞信息的能力.

四,、教學重點 (Teaching important points)

1)對科幻小說和科學發(fā)明的認識、思考和感悟,，

2)學習并掌握以下詞匯：

fiction ,belief ,league ,balloon ,botany ,apply ,applied ,servant ,whale ,hunter ,collision ,companion ,permanent ,guest ,voyage ,iron ,aboard ,lamp ,dislike ,prisoner ,gentle ,marble ,shore ,luggage ,brilliant ,phenomenon ,labour ,hesitate ,butcher ,curtain ,lip,make a living ,set out ,in public ,throw light upon ,cut up

3)重點句子

1.Many of the instruments in his novels will remind the reader of Dr Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity.

2.By taking the scientific developments of his day one step further,Jules Verne laid the foundation of modern science fiction.

3.He also suggested how inventions could be used in the future to allow man to do things that were considered impossible in his own time.

4.In their efforts to survive,they find themselves on the surface of the monster itself, which turns out to be a submarine.

5.They are taken on board and Captain Nemo decides not to kill them but make them his permanent guests.

6.The furniture is precious and huge glass windows that can be opened and closed give a view of the underwater world.

7.Dressed in diving suits,Captain Nemo and hid guests walk around in this magic world,lighted by the lamps of the ship.

8.They find themselves surrounded by colorful rocks,fishes, seashelves and plants, all waving and moving slowly in the blue waters.

9.It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being.

10.While unfinished, he was ugly,but now he was a living horror.

4)語法:構詞法

五.教學難點(Teaching difficult points)

如何設計盡量貼近真實的任務,，使學生進行跨學科的探究，并且能夠用學過的語言進行闡述或報告,。

六,、教學方法(Teaching methods)

聽說法、討論法,、多媒體輔助教學,、情景教學法(Situational Approach)、整體語言教學法(Whole Language Teaching)和交際法(Communicative Approach)等教學方法,。

七．教學原則

原則1.以任務型教學作為課堂教學的設計理念,，強調(diào)教學方法的靈活性和多樣性。學習者通過自學,、討論,、交流、演練等各種形式來學習并掌握語言,，從而使語言的學習既富有成效,，又多姿多彩。

原則2.在教學中堅持以“教師為主導,，學生為主體,，任務為基礎”的教學原則，通過圖片展示和自由交談等多種教學手段來激活學生的學習興趣,，充分發(fā)揮學生的主體作用,。原則3.貫徹“教中學，學中用”的教學策略,，通過討論和闡述的方式積極地表達自己的觀點,、看法和決定,，激發(fā)學生的想象力。

八,、教具準備(Teaching aids)

A recorder, a projector and some slides.

九,、教學流程

 

Teaching plan

Unit 12 Fact & Fantasy

Period 1: Warming-up, listening & speaking

Teaching Aims:

1.       Learn about some scientific facts by doing a small science quiz.

2.       Train the students’ listening ability.

3.       Develop the students’ speaking ability by talking about science fiction using the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.

Step 1. Lead in

(At the very beginning of the class, show the Ss some pictures about science.)

T: Just now we enjoyed some scientific phenomena. The world of science is mysterious, yet it also helps the development of society & human beings. Scientists have been showing interest in exploring the universe , hoping to find out more scientific facts.

Step 2. Warming up

  T: Then how many scientific facts do you know? Try the small science quiz below to see how much you know about science.

  (Show the questions on the screen & give the Ss some choices, since it’s difficult for them to answer.)

1.       What is the highest mountain on earth and how high is it?

(Mt Himalayas, 8848metres.)

2.       What is the deepest point in the ocean, and where is it?

(Marianas Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean.)

3.       Which is the longest river on earth and how long is it?

(Nile River, 6695 km.)

4.       What is the distance from the earth to the moon? What is it to Mars? What is it to the nearest star?

(To the moon: 385,000 km; To Mars: 55.7 million km; To Sun: 150 million km.)

5.       How far is it to the centre of the earth?

(6,500 Km.)

6.       How high are the temperatures near the centre of the earth?

(6,000 ℃.)

7.       What is the longest distance around the world?

(About 40,077 km.)

8.       How fast does a balloon travel? How about an aeroplane? How about a space shuttle?

(A balloon only travells as fast as wind blows;

The top speed of the aeroplane is 375 miles per hour;

In general, the space shuttle’s top speed is always around 17,500 miles per hour, or 25,700 feet per second.)

  T: So a better understanding of science can lead to a better understanding of the world. And there’re some famous writers who are interested in science wrote a large number of science fictions, among whom was a French writer Jules Verne. (Show a picture of him on the screen). He was considered as the father of science fiction. His two well-known novels are: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & Around the World in 80 Days. Let’s enjoy a short clip about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (Show the Ss the clip.)

(After the clip)

T: Are you attracted by the film?

    How did you feel when seeing the film?

T: Yeah, the world created by Jules is imaginary , attractive & fantastic.

  T: Besides the 2 famous novels , have you read any other books of Jules? What are they about?

( 1. Ss possibly say no & T presents some of his novels & give some explanations.

  the Mysterious Island, the Children of Captain Grant, Journey to the Centre of the Earth

  The book Journey to the Centre of the Earth describes what two men experienced after entering the centre of the earth through a chimney in an extinct volcano, which lies in Ireland.

2. Give a summary about the characteristics of the science fiction.

Science fiction is a type of book based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future, and often deals with space travel & life on other planets.)

T: By enjoying the novels by Jules, we can see science fiction is a type of book based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future, that is, it is often about things we believe may be possible in the far future, maybe a hundred years later.

Step 3. Speaking

T:. Nowadays people are living a comfortable life. But I can’t imagine what life on earth will be like in the far future. Can you imagine it?

(Ask Ss to give their opinions.)

 Maybe life in the future will be more convenient, & everything can be possible. For example, space travel may be possible in the near future. Because Yang Liwei went on a 17-hour travel to space by Shenzhou Ⅴ spaceship last year. What’s your opinion about space travel?

So space travel is a good way for us to have contact with outer space. Do you believe one day the creatures from outer space will visit our planet?

But it’s difficult for us to make some prediction about the future. Everything is changing. It’s likely that women can make their dream come true—Young forever.

 

(While talking with ss, the T places Life in 3098, Space travel, creature from outer space, young forever on the screen.)

  T: Just now we mentioned the 4 things that may be possible in the future.Of course different people have different opinions. Some people may doubt whether science fiction may come true. Now it’s time for you to prepare dialouges about such topics. The dialogues are incomplete. Work with your partners to create a dialogue using some of the useful expressions for beliefs and doubts.

Space travel A: I don’t believe________________. B: Why not?______ ago nobody thought it was possible to __________. A: __________ more than _______ to ______. B: _________ we’ll be able to develop.	Life in 3098 A: _________ any life on earth in the future. B: Come on. What do you mean? A: _________ some terrible disaster. Like __________. B: _______________________________.
Young forever A: Do you think there’ll be a time when we can beat all diseases? B: _______________________. A: Doctors may find a way to keep us young forever. B: ______________________.	Creatures from outer space A: Do you believe ____________? B: I don’t only believe in it, __________. A: Do you really? ____________. B: There are so many stars I’m sure _________________.

Useful expressions:

I believe /suppose/doubt…

I’m sure that…/ I’m (not) certain…

I can’t imagine…

It could be … but …

It’s likely …

It would take …

Step 4. Listening

1.       Listen to the tape for the 1^st time,and write down where, when and what Sam and Betty saw. Fill in the chart and make a sketch of the animal as they saw.

Place:             Description:

Time:             Sketch:  

Size:

2.       Listen to the tape again and answer the following questions.

①     Why does Sam need to know the time?

②     What instruments do Sam and Betty use to observe the animal?

③     Who will later ask them questions?   A:____________ B:____________.

④     Write down 5 possible questions that other people may later ask Sam,Betty and Karen.

A:_________________________________________

B:_________________________________________

C:_________________________________________

D:_________________________________________

E:_________________________________________

Step 5. HK:

1.       Practise more listening & speaking after class.

2.       Preview reading.

3.       Consult more information about science fiction on the website.

Period 2 Reading

Teaching Aims:

1.Learn and master the useful words and phrases.

2.Train the students’ reading ability.

3.Let the students learn about the French writer Jules Verne and his two famous science fictions.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Improve the students’ reading ability.

2.Master the useful phrases.

Teaching Difficult Points:

1.How to make the students understand the passage better.

2.How to help the students have a better understanding between fact and fantasy.

Teaching Methods:

1.Discussion before reading to make students learn more about some scientific facts.

2.Fast-reading method to get the general idea of the passage.

3.Careful-reading method to get the detailed information in the text.

4.Discussion after reading to help the students have a better understanding of the text.

 

Step 1 Revision and Lead in

 

Greet the whole class.

T:In the last period, we talked about some facts in the world. Now, let’s continue to learn more about scientific facts. Look at the pictures on the screen. (Show the following pictures on the multimedia.)

 

T:Here are three great inventions. Who can tell me when the inventions in the pictures were made?

S₁:Electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century.

S₂:Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879.

S₃:Steam-powered boat was made in 1807.

T: You’re quite right. But sometimes we need to know the difference between fact and fantasy. Here’s a beautiful picture. I’d like to live in the palace very much. Do you like it?

Ss: Yes.

T: But now I don’t know whether it is possible for me to live in it. To me it is only a fantasy. In science fictions, you can always find a lot of fantasies. Today I’d like to introduce a famous writer to you. His name is Jules Verne. We call him the father of science fiction. Let’s enjoy a film first.

 

Step 2 Warming up

  Show a video. Then ask the students “What did you see?”

Ss: A monster?”

T: Have you ever seen a monster?

Ss: No.

T: Maybe a monster is only a fantasy. But Verne combined fact with fantasy so naturally that we think it is true. Would you like to know something more about him?

Ss: Yes.

 

Step 3 Fast reading

Read the passage fast and find the answers to the following questions.

1.When was Jules Verne born and when did he die?

(He was born in 1828 and died in 1905)

2.How many science fictions are mentioned in the text?

There are two: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

3.Find the main idea for the following paragraphs

A. The film “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea          (Para. 2-5)

B. The film “Journey to the Center of the Earth       (Para 6)

C. The life of Jules Verne                         (Para 1)

 

Step 4 Carefully reading

Read the passage again and finish the following exercises.

True or False Questions:

1. Verne had to sell newspaper to make a living when he was in Paris.

2. Verne died at 77, with his dreams realized.

3. The furniture on the Nautilu is precious and the food aboard is all sea food.

4. Captain Nemo is a very cruel man and no one likes him.

5. The story Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction.

Tick out the right answers.

1.  What did they see in the centre of the earth?

(  √  )  A. layers of coal and marble

(  √  )  B. boiling water from underground river

(  √  )  C. a huge lake or underground ocean

(  √  )  D. forests of mushrooms and plants

(  √  )  E. ancient sea creatures

(  ×  )  F. an ancient document in an old book

(  ×  )  G. some modern ships

2.  What is mentioned in the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?

(  ×  )  A. Ships are disappearing is caused by a real monster.

(  ×  )  B. Captain Nemo decides to kill the three men.

(  √  )  C. Electricity is used for heating and power.

(  ×  )  D. They walk around under the sea without clothes.

 

Step 5 Consolidation

Show the video and guess what the videos are talking about.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (10 parts)

1. How were they on board the submarine?

disappearàset out àfindàbe thrown overboard àsurviveàturn outà on boardàpermanent guests

2.What is mentioned about the submarine?

extraordinaryàprecious furnitureàhuge glass windowsà thick iron platesà all that is neededà electricityà  The food aboard

3. What did they do under the sea?

dressed inà walk around àlighted byà surrounded by… (r,f,s,p)waving and moving slowly

 

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (12 parts)

1.How did they begin the journey?

decided to      à a chimney in an extinct volcano  à a narrow passage

2.What did they do in the center of the earth?

pass through layers of coal and marble           à

drink water from a boiling underground river     à

reach a huge lake or underground ocean         à

go through forests of mushrooms and plants

3. What happened to them in the end?

build a raft to cross the seaà

are attacked by ancient sea creatures à

be drawn into a fast steam à

shot out of a volcano

 

Step 6 Further Understanding

Describe the character of Captain Nemo?

Captain Nemo is the kind of person of whom it is difficult to say whether you like or not. You may think he is hard and cruel, but he also has a soft and gentle side.

 

Step 7 Discussion

What can we learn from Jules Verne and his novels about fact and fantasy?

Why would there be a huge underground ocean in the centre of the earth?

Why do the characters find plants and animals that live on the earth millions of years ago?

Why would there be a boiling river inside the earth?

(In this part, it is very important to help the students know the relationship between fact and fantasy:

In fact, there can’t be a huge underground ocean or plants and animals that live on the earth millions of years ago. There might be a boiling river, but it is impossible for us to see it because we can not bear the heat. However, when we read the stories, few people will doubt whether whatever they see and do is possible. And we enjoy the stories. Fantasy is very important for us. Without fantasy, science can not develop so greatly. But fantasies should base on facts.)

 

Step 8 Homework

1.Finish the exercises on Page 13.

2.Imagine a journey to some place in the future and write a composition about it.  Prepare a role card in groups of three first.

(First, how do you begin the journey?

Then, what do you do during the journey?

Finally, what happens to you in the end?)

 

e.g. A Role Card: (A Journey to the Centre of the Earth)

1. travel to Iceland
2. enter…through a chimney in a dead volcano
3. through a narrow passage deep into…
4. pass through layers of coal and marble
5. reach a huge lake or underground ocean
6. through forests of mushrooms and plants
7. cross the sea in a raft
8. drawn into a fast stream
9. shot out of a volcano in southern Italy

 

The Third Period    LANGUAGE  STUDY

Teaching Aims;

1.       Review the new words appearing in the last periods.

2.     Learn to use the rules of word formation to guess the meaning of the word.

Teaching Important Points;

1.       learn to choose proper words according to the contexts of the given passage.

2.     learn to guess the meaning of the words by the meaning of some stems and affixes

Teaching Procedures;

Step 1 lead-in

Ask the students to watch a clip of video from the movie Titanic and some pictures from the movie to attract the students’ interest as well as go over some vocabularies that they learnt last time.

T. Just now we watched a video clip. It’s really moving. Is it a real story?  The giant ship set off on her first voyage. What happened to the ship on their voyage ? What happened to the people on board ? how about the hero and the heroine ? (fiction/ had a collision with an iceberg. /sank/ couldn’t escape /permanent love)

Step 2  Word study

T. Ok , you really know a lot about the story. Would you like to know more information ?  please turn to page 14 and finish the exercises in Work Study. First do it by yourself. Then check your  answers in pairs. Finally We’ll check the answers together.

Step 3 Word formation

Task 1. introduction

T. As we know , learning the rules of word formation is one of the ways to enlarge our vocabulary. 

  We can guess the meanings of the words using them without looking them up in the dictionary. Please look at the screen.

(The teacher introduce the basic rules of word formation on the screen.to help students draw a conclusion about word formation.)

 

Word formation

語言的基本要素之一是詞匯，按照語言一定的規(guī)律創(chuàng)造新詞的方法,，稱之為構詞法（word-formation or word-building),。

 

 

 

 

構詞法

1. 轉化法（conversion）

2．合成法 ( composition)

3. 縮略法 (shorting)

4. 綴合法 (affixation)

5. 變音法

綴合法：

由詞根附加前綴后綴構成新詞的方法。由 綴合法產(chǎn)生的新詞稱之為派生詞(derivation),。綴合法產(chǎn)生的詞匯是英語詞匯的主體,。例如：

加前綴re+unite    　reunite(再聯(lián)合)

加后綴tract+or   　tractor(拖拉機)

加前后綴un+friend+ly 　 unfriendly (不友好)

一、常見前綴

　1.表示否定意義的前綴

    dis-   dishonest, dislike, disadvantage

    im-    impolite,  impossible

un-  unable, unhappy, unemployment

mis- mistake,  mislead 

2.表示空間位置,，方向關系的前綴

　under- =below  underground, underwater

    sub-=under        subway , submarine

    inter-=between  internet, international

3.表示比較程度差別關系的前綴

    extra- 表示“超越,，額外”　extraordinary

over-表示“超過，過分” overeat,  oversleep

  二,、常見后綴

1.名詞后綴

   (1) -er表示“從事某種職業(yè)的人,，某地區(qū)的人” banker, villager, Londoner.

   (2) –or,表示“…者” doctor, operator, inventor. …

2.形容詞后綴

     -able, comfortable, valuable,movable

      -ish,  foolish, selfish boyish

      -ful,  helpful, wonderful, beautiful

      -ine,  marine, feminine, masculine

 

 

(3) 動詞后綴

     -ize,  modernize, organize

     -en,  quicken, weaken, soften, harden

     -fy,  beautify, simplify

(4)副詞后綴

　   -ly, possibly, simply

     -ward, downward,  upward

     -wise,  otherwise, clockwise

-ways, always, sideways

 

Task2. practice

1. Study the meaning of these stems and affixes. Match the words and the correct definitions.(individual work)

mis- =wrong    extra- = outside    inter- =between      sub- =under

 under- =below   over- =too much  dis- =not    -marine = sea

 1. _________ submarine             A. do not like

 2. _________ underground                B. work too much

 3. _________ overwork              C. action and reaction between people things

 4. _________ interaction            D. put in the wrong place

 5. _________ misplace                   E. a ship that can travel below the surface of the sea

 6. _________ dislike               F. below the surfac

2.Guess meaning of the words in italics, using context clues and what you know about word parts(group work)

1. ___________ Mum told me not to misbehave at my grandparents’ house

2. ____________ The Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen help us understand foreign movies.

3. _____________ Don’t misunderstand me; I’m only trying to help.

4. _____________ In many cases, the words “fiction” and “novel” are interchangeable.

5. ______________ People like to take the subway because it is faster than buses and cheaper than taxis.

6. ______________ He looks very tired because he has been working overtime all week.

7. ______________ People will think you are mad if you walk in your underpants.

 

 e of the earth

Step 4 .Consolidation(group work)

Add a proper affix to each of the following words to form another word.

 1.__________dependent

 2.__________ patient

 3.__________ stop

 4.__________ judge

 5.__________ tired

 6.__________heading

 7.__________clothing

 8._________advantage

Homework

1.Review what you have learnt in class.

2.Finish the word study and grammar part on the workbook.

3.Prepare for the next period

Period 4 Integrating Skills

Goals:

 Get the students to have a good understanding of the story of Frankenstein.

 

Step1 Lead-in

In the last two periods, we have learnt much about science fiction and known more about science fiction and Jules Verne, the father of science fiction, who wrote many famous science fictions, such as 20,000 Leagues Under the sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Journey to the Center of the World…He combined fact with fantasy cleverly. Now we’re going to read another passage about science fiction, whose title is the Story of Dr Frankenstein.

Step2 Background

Dr Frankenstein is a fictitious scientist portrayed by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, who was Shelly’s wife. She was honored as a pioneer of the science fiction (genre).        Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851), English novelist. Daughter of the British philosopher William Godwin and the British author and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, she was born in London, and privately educated. She met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in May 1814, and two months later left England with him. When Shelley's first wife died in December 1816, he married Mary. In 1818 her first and most important work, the novel Frankenstein was published. A remarkable accomplishment for a 20-year-old, the work was an immediate critical and popular success. Repeatedly dramatized for both the theater and motion pictures, this tale of Frankenstein, a student of the occult, and the subhuman monster he assembles from parts of human corpses added a new word to the English language: A "Frankenstein" is any creation that ultimately destroys its creator. No other work by Mary Shelley achieved the popularity or excellence of this first work, although she wrote four other novels, books of travel sketches, and miscellaneous tales and verse. One of her novels, The Last Man(1826), reveals her liberal social outlook; another of her books, Lodore (1835), is a novelized autobiography.

 

Step3 Skimming

Read the passage as quickly as possible, and answer the following question:

What did Dr Frankenstein create at last?

        ( He had planned to create a larger human being but at last it turned out a living horror.)

 

Step4 Scanning

Now please read the text again and discuss :

How many periods can Dr Frankenstein’s experiment be divided?

    (Three periods.)

Period 1 (Paragraph 1------Paragraph 3) He decided to crate life from dead matter.

Period 2 (Paragraph 4------Paragraph 5) He decided to create a larger human being than man

Period 3 (Paragraph 6------Paragraph 7) He succeeded in creating a creature, but a living horror.

Step 5 Detail Reading

    Read each period again and answer the following questions :

Period 1

Paragraph 1

What did Dr Frankenstein want to do when he was young.?

( He wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth when he was young.)

Paragraph 2

After he was sent to university, what did he think of the thing taught at university?

( He felt very disappointed and decided to pioneer a new way himself.)

Paragraph 3

What attracted his attention?

( The structure of the human body and any animal that was alive attracted his attention.)

What did he discover?

(He discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.)

Period 2

Paragraph 4

Although he knew how to create life, what remained a difficult work for him?

( How to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.)

Paragraph 5

Why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height?

(Because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed.)

Period 3

Paragraph 6

How did he create a life form that looks like a human being? Please rearrange the following steps in the right order.

1.       He gained many materials from butcher shops and hospitals.

2.       He finished his work on a night in November.

3.       The dead creature came to life at one in the morning.

4.       He lighted the flame of life into the dead thing.

5.       He collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies.

(the right order: 5---1---2---4---3)

Paragraph 7

What did the creature look like?

(He got black hair, white teeth, yellow skin, black lips and strange sounds. He looked like a terrible monster.)

What did Dr Frankenstein think of the creature?

( While unfinished, he was ugly but now he was a living horror.)

 

Step 6 Appreciation

As this passage is a very famous science fiction, there must be a lot of good sentences we can learn. Please discuss the following sentences with each other. Later we’ll appreciate them together.

1.       My father was not scientific, so I had to look for a road without having a map.

(Dr Frankenstein used a metaphor in the so-clause. He compared the road without any instructions to that without having a map in order to show he had to work hard to find a way to science by himself.)

2.       I read all the books I could find that threw light upon these matters.

( “throw light upon” means “make…clear”. Here is another metaphor. He compared books to lights.)

3.       While unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror.

( The sentence “while unfinished” is equal to “while he was unfinished”)

 

Step7 Video Enjoyment

   Watch the video. Let’s get a good understanding of Dr Frankenstein’s experiment.

 

Step 8 Post-reading

   What’s the end of the story?

   What happened to Dr Frankenstein?

  

After the Monster came to life, he began to live with common people. But his terrible appearance and behavior terrified the other people. He couldn’t get along well with them, and couldn’t live a happy life. He was eager to get the caring and friendship from others, but he failed, so he felt very lonely. Then he begged Dr Frankenstein to create another creature to accompany him, but was refused. Therefore, he took revenge on Dr Frankenstein, who gave life to him, making Dr Frankenstein’s family broken up, some gone away, some dead.  

"Farewell! I leave you, and in you the last of humankind whom these eyes will ever behold. Farewell, Frankenstein! If thou were yet alive and yet cherished a desire of revenge against me, it would be better satiated in my life than in my destruction. But it was not so; thou didst seek my extinction, that I might not cause greater wretchedness; and if yet, in some mode unknown to me, thou hadst not ceased to think and feel, thou wouldst not desire against me a vengeance greater than that which I feel. Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine, for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them forever.

"But soon," he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell."

He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

 

Period 5 Writing Skills

 

Goals:1.Help the students finish the creative writing.

         2.review some useful words and expressions

Step1 Lead-in

We have read some passage about Dr Frankenstein,which tells us how Dr Frankenstein created a human being like us.In fact, one of man's greatest dreams has always been to creat life,especially a life from that looks like us: to create a man. Now, look at the screen.Please discuss them in groups of four.

1. How does your doctors create a life form that looks like a human being?

2. Describe your doctor's efforts to do that..

3. Create a word web of nouns, verbs and adjectives for the story. Add all the words you need.

     arms     cells       hospital

          Body                     Butcher      fur

        grow                              Animals   feathers

                              Materials  

                                 Test tube

                                          Machines

                     Human 

                             Robot        

 

 

Teacher goes among the students to help them finish the word web. 

Suggested answers:

1. My doctor uses high technological skills to create a life form that looks like a human being, who has the advantages of human beings and animals, and at the same time has the features of advanced computers. It is a superman.

2. My doctor takes the following steps to create the human:First, choose the cells of human body and features of animals as materials. Second, use the test tube and medicine to cultivate cells in the lab.Third, on the one hand, arm the manmade human with culture and thought;on the other hand, put the machine which has the functions of storage, code, language... In the body of him. Fourth, a superman is born.

3.  

arms     cell      hospital                 fur

                       butcher

     Body                            Animals     feathers

 grow             Materials                        organ

     medicine                 put     store

education             test tube                  code

        Human                  Machines     language

                     Robot                 mini-computer

activate                     superman                    

Write a short story about how your doctor would create a human being according to what you've discussed. Before writing,read the tips for writing on Page16.They will give you some help.

Step2 Do some exercises to consolidate some words and phrases.

1.Multiple choice

1)The chairman____ the lecturer to the audience.

  A.gave  B.offered  C.commented  D. Introduced

2)We got ____ in our directions, took the wrong road and drove many miles out of our way.

A.fixed up  B.mixed up  C.lost up  D.confused up

3)Tom was so obviously sorry for his mistake that we____ him.

A.forgave  B.pardoned  C.excused  D.forgot

4)He is such a man who is always ____ fault with other people.

A.putting  B.seeking    C. finding  D.looking for

5)Being disabled by an accident is one of the most serious____ that all drives face.

A.shortcomings  B.dangers C. mistakes D.faults

6)We are quite certain that you have ____ some important points in the report.

A.left alone   B.left behind  C. Left off  D.left out

7)---- Can you finish writing this paper this evening?

  ---- Sure, I'll____ as soon as I have my supper.

A.set it about  B.set it out   C. set about it  D.set to do it

8)---- Look! What do you think of my new dress?

  ---- Well,you look nice in it,but it seems a bit loose, you'd better had it _____.

A.cut dowm  B.cut off   C.cut up   D. cut out

9)You shouldn't have been following him so closely;you should have kept your____.

A.way  B.distance  C.distant   D. relation

10)----The meeting has began and____ he will come.

   ----Of course, he is sure to come.He will speak at the meeting.

A.I doubt if  B.I believe  C. I hope  D. I think

2.Translate sentences.

1)他醒來結果發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被許多小人圍著.(find)

He woke up only to find himself surrounded by crowds of little men.

2)這使我想起我們在假日共同做的事(remind)

This reminds me of what we did together during our holidays.

3)他當一名大學教師的夢想實現(xiàn)了(come true)

His dream of becoming a university teacher has come true.

4)這個計劃只能帶來災難,別無益處(nothing but)

Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.

5)兩個男孩彼此道了別,一個回家,另一個去了他朋友家.(獨立主格結構)

The two boys said good-bye to each other, one to go home, the other to go his friend's.