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Information Technology
Unit 4
Lesson 3 Internet and Friendships
Pre-reading Activity 1: Active and share
Do you have the similar experience?
Do you think the Internet helps or harms friendships?Why?
For Against
makes communication convenient/
me feels less lonely;
helps me develop new friendships;
enables people to communicate
better/express themselves freely
makes us self-focused/live in an
unreal world/addicted to it;
takes a lot of time;
does not encourage face to face
communication
Pre-reading Activity 1: Active and share
While-reading
1.What is the article about?
2.What’s the genre of the text?(体裁)
Exposition (说明文)
Argumentation(议论文)
Narration (记叙文)
Tip: mind the pictures and the title/sub-titles
Opinions on internet and
friendships.
For 支持
Against 反对
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Does the Internet Help or Harm Friendships?
Activity 2 Skimming
Argument Visual Display
Activity 3
Structure of
argumentation
Robert’s
Blog
1). Read and find out the general idea of each paragraph.
Tip: mind the topic sentence
Activity 4 Read for Robert’s argument
2). Fill in the grpahic organizer with the information you gained
from the text..
Does the Internet Help or Harm Friendships?
The Internet harms friendships
Firstly/no replacement for f-t-f contact/ cannot replace real-life
Secondly/make people self-centred
Thirdly/may not be what they appear to be
In my opinion, friends should focus more on f-t-f communication, and less on online communication
Methods
a. citing ideas from experts or authorities
b. giving examples
c. using data
d. referring to common knowledge
e. using comparison and contrast
a
d
b
c
Activity 5 Read for evidence and methods
Read and find out the evidence and
methods Robert use to support his
supporting claim and complete the
graphic organizer.
Does the Internet Help or Harm Friendships?
The Internet harms friendships
Firstly/no replacement for f-t-f contact/ cannot replace real-life
Secondly/make people self-centred
Thirdly/may not be what they appear to be
In my opinion, friends should focus more on f-t-f communication, and less on online communication
According to expert, communicating through a screen make it more difficult for children to concentrate or show kindness to others. As we know, it is bad for the development of socila skills that enable us to develop lifelong friend-ships.
For example, some people are only concerned with their online popularity. In addition, A lot of the posted contents are shallow and trivial which can not help form meaningful relationships..
Friendships are built on the basic of trust, but you can never be 100% sure that the people you are chatting to online are honest, so it can be dangerous.
a
d
b
c
Cathy’s Blog
Work in groups of 4. Read Cathy’s blog and draw the Argument Visual Display chart to comb through Cathy’s opinion on Internet and friendships.
Activity 6 Group work
Post-reading
Activity 7 Pair work-Mini Debate:
Does the Internet help or harm friendships?
State your ideas / supporting details;
Apply what we have learned to argue with your partner.
Homework
Writing:
Please apply what we have learned (including the information from the previous lessons)and write an argumentation titled Does the Internet Harm or Help Family Relationship?
Thank you!
Have a nice day!
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