内容正文:
第 2 课时
Reading and Thinking
1.教材分析
What: The theme of this period is “Start an online community”. The text tells us a story of an unemployed woman who got help from an online community and helped other people
change their lives with the Internet.
Why: The purpose of the text is to help students learn to predict the key information of the text according to the title as well as realize the great benefits that the Internet has brought
to us.
How: The text is a narrative. The title of the text is "Stronger Together: How We Have Been Changed by the Internet", which contains a main title and a subtitle. The main title indicates the result or status, and the subtitle provides a context for the main title. The present perfect passive voice is used in the text to emphasize the great influences the Internet has on
people’s lives.
2.学情分析
In the first period of this unit, students talked about their online habits. It lays the foundation for them to think of the influences of the Internet on us and helps them learn about the benefits that the Internet has brought us. Because their lives are closely connected with the
Internet, they are very interested in the topic and have a lot to talk about in this class.
3.教学目标
By the end of this class, students are expected to be able to
1. understand the language features of a headline and predict the key information of the
text;
2. summarize the main idea of each paragraph and get detailed information of the text;
3. learn about the changes the Internet has brought us after reading Jan’s story;
4. talk about the changes to our life at present and predict the changes to our life in the
future .
4.重点难点
Key Points
1. Guide students to analyze the language features of a headline and predict the main idea of
the text.
2. Help students learn about the changes the Internet has brought us.
Difficult Points
Help students talk about the changes to our life at present and predict the changes to our life
in the future.
5.教学过程
教学