Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 1 Avatars 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Unit4 Information Technology Lesson1 Avatars（第1课时） 1 1 Step Pre-reading 2 Brainstorm What kind of picture do you use as your avatar online? Describe it and share the reason for your choice. Reference: A cute animal avatar An avatar in fancy clothes A cartoon character avatar To express myself feely to trick others To create a real/digital identity To avoid online safety risks To protect myself Example: As far as I am concerned , I use ____________ as my avatar in order to/ because __________________. 2 Step While-reading 4 Predict You are going to read an article about avatars. What would you like to learn from it? Write your questions in the diagram. Avatars Read the text and check how many of your questions are answered. Avatars Read and check definition? history? trends? types? purposes? views? Read and explore Activity1：Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions. (1)What is an avatar? (2)How have avatar developed over decades? (3)What are people’s views on the use of avatars? Reading strategy：While reading， circle the key words Read and explore Activity1：Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions. (1)What is an avatar? Avatars are digital identities that people communicate and express themselves on the Internet. . Read and explore Activity1：Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions. (2)How have avatar developed over decades? in the 1980s---by the late 1990s---nowadays Read and explore Activity1：Read the text again and find out the answers to the following questions. (3)What are people’s views on the use of avatars? negative positive Avatars ___________(para.1） _______&________ (para.2-5） _________ (para.6） digital identities to communicate and express themselves on the internet In the 1980s By the late 1990s Nowadays few people knew used in web chats everywhere positive negative Activity2：Read and work out the structure of the article with the questions above. definition history purposes views be afraid of meeting people in the real world be at risk,cheat online will act like a real person and travel around Avatars ___________(para.1） _______&________ (para.2-5） _________ (para.6） digital identities to communicate and express themselves on the internet In the 1980s By the late 1990s Nowadays few people knew used in web chats everywhere positive negative Activity3：Read para.2-5 and complete the mind-map definition history purposes views _______ new identity 1._______ in fancy clothes 2.try ___________ sex 3.have__________one avatar show your ________ 1.look and act like them or ___________ in real life 2.experiment with different hairstyles advanc-ed, ___ use talk, walk and fly around , meet people, go shopping and attend classes be afraid of meeting people in the real world be at risk,cheat online will act like a real person and travel around dress oppostie more than better than create personality multiple 3 Step Post-reading 13 Avatars ___________(para.1） _______&________ (para.2-5） _________ (para.6） digital identities to communicate and express themselves on the internet In the 1980s By the late 1990s Nowadays few people knew used in web chats everywhere positive negative Activity4：Group work: summarize the main idea of the text with the aid of mind-map. definition history purposes views _______ new identity 1._______ in fancy clothes 2.try ___________ sex 3.have__________one avatar show your ________ 1.look and act like them or ___________ in real life 2.experiment with different hairstyles advanc-ed, ___ use talk, walk and fly around , meet people, go shopping and attend classes be afraid of meeting people in the real world be at risk,cheat online will act like a real person and travel around dress oppostie more than better than create personality multiple summary Critical thinking Activity 5: Explore and imagine（GW） Avatars are widely used in many fields nowadays. What are they？ Do you think they are beneficial to us？ Can you imagine what the avatars will be like in the future with the development of the technology？ Avatars are widely used in education. Avatars are widely used for live-streaming sales. Avatars are widely used as presenters. Avatars are widely used in computer games or entertainment. Avatars are widely used in aerospace field. Activity 5: Explore and imagine（GW） Q: What does the future hold for avatars? Possible answer: Avatars may be more advanced and they might be uesd in medical field, in the exploration of outerspace and deep sea ,etc. 3 Step Homework and evalution 22 (1) Create an avatar for your friend or teacher. Who would you give it to? What does it look like? Why did you decide to create it in this way? (2) Design a poster for the future use of avatars,explaining the future application and the effects. Optional homework Complete the evaluation chart and reflect on what you have learnt today Items How well you can do them Good So-so Bad structure of the text? key words circled? summary? imagination of its future use ? your teamwork? Thank you ! 25 $$