内容正文:
选择性必修一Unit 2 looking into the future
Welcome or Reject Future Changes
钟艳艳
文本简述:
Should We Fight New Technology is an argumentative essay, describing the hot topic“welcome or reject future changes” in order to show different attitudes towards new
technology. The author begins the essay by introducing a specific event of a driver-less mode car accident then presenting the different opinions by giving examples and making comparison and contrast and finally presenting personal opinion by using own examples.
教学目标:
After this class ,the students will be able to
1. figure out the main idea of each paragraph and the structure of an argumentative passage by using the signposts, which usually come at the beginning of a paragraph;
2. summarize how each paragraph is organized,how to support one's opinion and what argumentative skill is used in each paragraph;
3. learn to develop a critical attitude towards the benefits and problems brought by the development of new technology.
教学设计:
Activity1:Lead-in Free talk about driverless mode
1. Do you like this car?
2. Can you imagine what functions the car will have ?
(Aims: to arouse students’interest)
Activity 2 before-reading
Can you imagine the changes that a driveless car brings?
Should We Fight New Technology?
(Aims: to elicit the topic.)
Activity 3 while reading
1. what may be the author’s attitude towards driverless cars ?
2.From the title, what type of text do you expect to read?
A. Narrative writing B. Expository writing C. Argumentative writing
3. Reading for structure
Read for the structure of this text and identify the main idea by finding signpost.(Aims: to learn the functions of signpost and identify the structure of the argumentative essay.)
1) In which paragraph does the author:
2) What is the structure of the passage?
2. Purpose of using these signposts
Introduce two contrasting points or facts:
Add more information:
Explain or support a point:
State a conclusion:
Say something that contrasts with what has