高一英语教案 Period 4 Word Power
Period 4   Word Power  
Teaching aims 
  Learn some new words and enlarge Ss’ vocabulary. 
Teaching procedures 
Step 1 Brainstorming  Think about the following questions:
  1).Whether UFOs really exist has puzzled US for a long time.Have you ever thought about exploring space one day?
  2).Are you interested in making discoveries in space?
  3).What achievements have humans made so far in space exploration?
  4).Who was the first man to travel in space?
  5).When did the first man land on the moon? And how?
  6).What do you know about him?
     While focusing on the questions above,please pay attention to some other new words related to space,such as astronaut,spaceship/space shuttle ,orbit,etc. give SS more information about the history of space exploration and the history of the space shuttle.
Step 2:Vocabulary learning
1.  Read the first part of the speech and complete the time line of the main events mentioned.
| 
             Time  | 
            
             Event  | 
            
             Sign                          | 
        
| 
             1957  | 
            
             the launch of the 1st artificial satellite  | 
            
             | 
        
| 
             1959  | 
            
             unmanned spaceships launched into space  | 
            
             Space exploration began.     | 
        
| 
             1961  | 
            
             1 st human being traveled in space  | 
            
             People orbited the Earth。   | 
        





