Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking 教案-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking教学设计 科目：英语 课题：Reading and Thinking 课时：1课时 教学目标与核心素养： 知识目标：Students can learn about the structure and features of column. 能力目标：Students can use different basic reading strategies like skimming and scanning correctly in their reading process. 情感目标：Students can learn about the importance and significance of smart homes. 教学重难点： 教学重点：How to learn the new words and sentences. 教学难点：How to make students have a better understanding of the passage. 课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔 教学过程： 1. Greeting 2. Leading-in 教师活动：教师提问。 Do you always think about the future? What are your predictions about the future? 一、Pre-reading 1.教师活动：背景介绍 What is a Smart Home？ A smart home is one that can be controlled by the touch of a button. Through home automation, an entire house can be connected via a smart home controller. This acts like a remote control to activate household systems, such as sprinkler units, and to monitor inside temperatures. If done successfully, a smart home system will be integrated so seamlessly that a household will appear to run itself. 二、While-reading 1. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。 Read the whole passage for the first time and answer these questions. 1. What is the purpose of the text? 2. Who is the intended audience of this text? (Suggest answers: 1. The purpose of the text is to introduce and get people excited about the idea of smart homes. 2. All the people.) Read the passage again and summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: __________________________________ Paragraph 2: __________________________________ Paragraph 3: __________________________________ Paragraph 4: __________________________________ Paragraph 5: __________________________________ (Suggest answers: Paragraph 1: Give a brief introduction to smart homes. Paragraph 2: Smart homes can make intelligent controls. Paragraph 3: Smart homes can check our health. Paragraph 4: Smart homes can prevent damag