一、教学目标

1. Students can understand the basic meaning of the simple future tense and learn to use the simple future tense correctly.

2. Students can tell the difference of the words: more, less, fewer to describe the quantity in the comparative degree.

3. Students can use the simple future tense to talk about the predictions in the future.

4. Students can use the comparative degree correctly.

5. Cultivate students’ positive attitude towards the changes in the future.

二、教学重难点

1. Students can use the simple future tense correctly to talk about the changes and things in the future.

2. Foster students’ positive attitude towards future life.

三、教学过程

Step 1. Lead-in

Show some pictures of future life in the movies, such as Pacific Rim, Artificial Intelligence, then lead students to talk about the future life.

T: What are these pictures on the screen about? What do you know about the future life?

【设计意图】通过一些科幻电影图片引导学生讨论未来生活，在语境中引出语言形式，引导学生使用一般将来时进行口头语言表达。

II. Presentation

1. Shows some sentences students used in the conversations with the multimedia.

The city will be smart in the future.

People will have enough time to enjoy life.

Robots will help to do the homework for students.

2. Lead students to observe and find out the common points of these sentences: the auxiliary word: will and the adverbial of time.

3. Lead students to understand the simple future tense and think about the following questions:

When shall we use the simple future tense?

What are the adverbials of time used?

What are the different structures of the simple future tense: the assertive sentence, the negative sentence and the general question?

T: You can first think about it then discuss it with your group members.

【设计意图】通过呈现对话中一般将来时的句子，引导学生观察和对比，总结出一般将来时的用法和特点。运用学生熟悉的例句可以降低学习难度。学生自主学习之后进行讲授，可以提高学生参与的积极性，培养学生解决问题的能力。

4. The teacher presents more sentences about the simple future tense with the words to express the quantity: more, less, fewer.

Will there be fewer trees in five years?

There will be less free time.

There will be more trees in the future.

There will be more pollution.

5. Students look at the sentences carefully and then think them over by themselves and discuss them in groups. Then the teacher introduces the usage of them.

T: Can you tell when to use more, less or fewer? Why?

【设计意图】采用归纳法学习语言形式先引导学生观察、讨论，然后再进行讲授，有利于调动学生学习的积极性。

III. Practice

Activity 1: fill in the blanks with more, less or fewer

①In the future, there will be ______ fresh water because there will be ______ pollution in the sea.

②There will be ______ jobs for people because ______ robots will do the same jobs as people.

③There will be ______ cities because people will build ______ buildings in the country.

Activity 2: Make predictions according to the pictures

The teacher shows different dynamic pictures on the screen, inviting students to make predictions about what may happen. The teacher can provide an example for reference.

T: You can express with the sentence pattern: there will be …

【设计意图】通过补全句子练习more, less, fewer的使用，通过图片预测描述练习一般将来时的用法，有助于学生巩固所学知识。

IV. Consolidation

Task: Draw and Describe

Four students in a group and draw a picture of what an ideal city in the future will be like with their group members. Then talk about what they think a city in the future will be like. Some of them will be invited to the front of the class to share their drawings and make an introduction. Others and the teacher choose the most imaginative one.

T: You can first discuss about the future city then draw a picture. Then share the future city with the class.

【设计意图】通过画一画、说一说未来城市的模样，帮助学生练习一般将来时和形容词比较级more, less和fewer。

V. Summary

Students summarize what they have learnt in this lesson, including words and sentence structures, and the teacher gives supplements if necessary, and reminds them to keep a positive attitude towards the changes in the future.

【设计意图】查缺补漏，同时渗透文化意识目标。

VI. Homework

Share with their family members about the ideal city in the future.

【设计意图】通过与家人分享，将语言知识应用在实际生活中。

四、板书设计