Teaching Plan for A Space Holiday

文本分析

What 

该文本是“多维阅读”系列丛书第15级中的一本科普类读，主题是科普知识。Guy是一位小丑，梦想是去太空度假。为了实现这一梦想，他支付了数百万美金并进行各种训练锻炼身体，最终成功坐火箭进入了太空。进入太空后他努力适应空间站的生活，并举办了一场特殊的表演来呼吁人们保护地球，保护水资源。最后他结束了9天的太空之旅安全返回地球。科学家们对未来的太空度假提出了各种设想。

Why 

作者通过介绍Guy的太空之旅使读者对太空之旅有所了解，包括进入太空之前的准备工作，进入太空的过程以及在空间站的生活。并通过Guy在太空举办表演所传达的信息呼吁人们保护地球，保护水资源。同时激发了人们对未来太空之旅的向往。

How

本文一共有6个章节，各有小标题，图文并茂。全书分为三部分：第一部分介绍了Guy为太空之旅所做的准备，第二部分介绍了Guy太空之旅的过程及感受，第三部分介绍了科学家们对未来太空之旅的设想。

教学目标：

在本课结束时，学生能够：

1. 提取Guy为太空之旅所做的准备，进入太空后的所见所为。梳理并概括Guy的太空之旅全过程。

2. 讨论并思考未来的太空之旅，以及如何让更多的人实现太空之旅。

3. 了解人类探索太空的历程并学习这种探索精神。

教学过程

Teaching Procedures

Step1. Pre-reading

1. Watch a video

Do you know them? Do you want to go to space like them?

Purpose：通过视频吸引学生的兴趣并让唤起学生对太空旅行的向往。

2.Cover Reading

Look the cover, what can you see? Do you have any questions when you’re looking at the cover?(What, Who, Why, How...)

Purpose：引导学生通过cover提出问题，预测文本内容，引发学生的阅读期待。

Step2. While-reading

Before the space holiday

1. A Clown in Space(P2-3)

Find more information about Guy Laliberte.(work, dream).

Did he make his dream come true?

2. Getting Ready For Space(P4-5)

What did Guy have to do before he could go to space?

How to get his body ready?(gravity change, chair test, oxygen).

Watch a video to learn more about the training.

What do you think of the training?

Purpose：通过问题链让学生理解去太空度假之前需要做哪些准备。

During the space holiday

3. Blast Off（P6-7）

Where was Guy in the picture?(rocket, launchpad, hatch, blast off)  

Who were the group of people? How did they look? Why?(Because the rocket reached orbit safely.)

Why were they worried about Guy at first?

Purpose：通过图片解释关于火箭的生词并让学生理解火箭发射时的危险性。

4. A Clown on the Space Station(P8-9)

Where did Guy stay in space?

What did Guy have to learn in space? Why?

5. Our Beautiful Earth(P10-11)

What else did Guy do when he was in space?

What message did Guy want to send from space to people on Earth?

6. Fill in the left part of the mind map

What did Guy do before and during the space holiday?

Purpose：通过思维导图使学生对文本的结构有清晰了认识并锻炼学生概括归纳的能力。

7. Space Holidays in the future(P12-13)

What are scientists' ideas of space holidays in the future?

Step3. Post-reading

1. Think and Discuss

What are your ideas of space holidays in the future?

2. Further Thinking

Discuss：“One day, more people may be going for a space holiday.”How to make this come true?

Watch a video.

Purpose: 通过询问学生对未来太空旅游的想法培养学生的发散性思维以及迁移创新的能力。通过视频学生可以客观了解到为了实现让更多的人进行太空之旅科学家们所做的努力。

3. Think and Share

What did you learn from the book?（non-fiction)

The Development of Space Exploration: Make fantasy to fact, make impossible to possible, and make science fiction to non-fiction!

Purpose: 通过这一问题引导学生思考从本书中所获得的信息，从而认识到本书的文体属于说明文。通过回顾人类探索太空的历史激发学生的学习探索精神。

Step4. Homework

1. Read more books，ask an expert or search the Internet to learn more about space and space holiday.

Purpose：培养学生获取信息的学习能力并进一步拓展相关知识。