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Unit 3 The world online
Extended reading: Smartphone: a smart choice?
Instructor: Xiao Fen
Learning goals:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. find out how Alan’s life changed after he stopped using his smartphone;
2. understand the value behind the text: stop being glued to smartphone and enjoy real life;
3. identify the advantages and disadvantages of bringing smartphone to school.
Step I: Lead-in
Task 1: Watch a video and answer the questions.
1. What is the boy doing?
2. What does the smartphone do to him?
Task 2: Have students do a free talk.
1. Can you live without a smartphone for a week?
Step II: Fast reading
Task 1: Skim the text and match the right structure.Life beyond smartphones is richer and more beautiful.
I was a smartphone addict and I wanted to make a change.
What happened during the week without my smartphone?
Part 1: Paras.1~2
Part 2: Paras.3~5
Part 3: Para.6
Step III Detailed reading
Task 1: Read Paras. 1~2 and choose the best answer.
1. What does the phrase “a smartphone addict” mean in the first paragraph?
A. A person who is unable to stop taking harmful drugs
B. A person who spends a lot of free time on playing smartphone.
C. A person who is interested in developing smartphone.
2. What makes the writer decide to make a change?
A. That he was nearly knocked over by a car.
B. That he was too busy to play smartphone.
C. That his smartphone was broken.
Task 2: Read Paras. 3~5 and finish the tasks.
1. Read Para. 3 and fill in the blanks.
2. Read Para. 4 and put the following pictures in the correct order.
3. Read Para. 5 and judge whether the following sentences are true or false.
Task 3: Read Para. 6 and answer the questions.
1. What was the result of Alan’s quitting the smartphone?
Step IV Post-reading
Task 1: Critical thinking
1. How do you understand the title of this blog post “Smartphone: a smart choice?”
If we ________________ smartphone, it can be a smart choice.
If we _________________smartphone, it can’t be