Period 5　Cultural Corner;Task;Module File

　　The General Idea of This Period

　　The Cultural Corner in this module introduces to us people's predictions about the future.These predictions has turned out to be absurd,so it is very interesting to read and thus attract the students.However,it can also make the students think about this question;How do we treat the development of the world?In dealing with this part the teacher may decide the Teaching Methods.If time permits,intensive reading is necessary;but if not,extensive reading,fast reading or skimming is also OK.And the Task of this module is to describe one's ideal house for the future.You may first ask the students to draw a picture of the house and a plan of the rooms inside.And then the students are encouraged to say what each room in the house is and any interesting features it will have.The better ones may demonstrate their works to the whole class.

　　Finally we will have a review of this module in the Module File.This part is a summary of this module.It may help the students to know whether they have mastered the main points or not.If time permits,the teacher may analyze this part and consolidate it with some exercises.

　　Teaching Important Points

　　Make the students learn about people's predictions of the future.

　　Teaching Difficult Points

　　How to use the future continuous to make predictions.

　　Teaching Methods

　　Skimming and explanation

　　Teaching Aids

　　Multimedia,a blackboard & a tape-recorder.

　　Three Dimensional Teaching Aims

　　Knowledge and Skills

　　Make the students master some new words.

　　Broaden their eyes with a passage about making predictions.

　　Instruct the students to describe their ideal house for the future.

　　Process and Strategies

　　Encourage the students to check what they have learned often.

　　Feelings and Value

　　Through the cultural corner the students may know more about the trends of the world's development.

　　Teaching Procedures

　　Step 1 Revision

　　 (Greet the students as usual.)

　　1.Have a dictation of the following new words.

　　(Show the following on the screen.)

　　用光　小心/当心　乐观的　无疑地　最后　首先　即将被淘汰　伤残　调换　户外　处理掉 　　2.Ask a few students to act out their own dialogue.

　　Step 2 Cultural Corner

　　T:People often make predictions about things in the future.Will all the predictions come true?So you know some famous predictions?Will you tell the class about it?

S:Of course not.People make good predictions as well as bad ones.Once when I was reading