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· Teaching objectives
After the class, students will be able to:
· Sort out the structure and the factual information of the text by skimming and scanning;
· Identify the author’s attitude to the Internet;
· Voice opinions about pros and cons of the Internet;
· Promote the significance and value of community and selflessness.
· Teaching key points & Difficulties
Key points:
· Sort out the structure and the factual information of the text;
· Identify the author’s attitude to the Internet;
Difficulty:
· Voice opinions about pros and cons of the Internet;
· Promote the significance and value of community and selflessness.
· Teaching procedures ( 45 mins in total)
Ⅰ.Lead in (3 mins)
Activity 1: Free Talking------Learning and comprehending (3 mins) 【Individual work】
【思路1】
The teacher raises two questions and asks Ss to freely talk.
T:
1. What do you usually do online?
2. Have you experienced anything interesting while surfing the Internet? If so, share it with others.
【思路2】
The teacher raises one question and asks Ss to freely talk.
T:
What changes does the Internet bring? Are they good or bad?
How we have been changed by the Internet? 【衔接标题】
【What——How】
【思路3】
T writes several cyber speaks/Internet slang/cyber language on the blackboard and raises the following questions:
What do we usually call them? 【cyber speaks/Internet slang/cyber language】
What do these words mean?
How do you know their meanings? 【The Internet】
Ⅱ. Pre-reading (5 mins)
Activity 2: Predicting------Learning and comprehending(5 mins) 【Individual work】
T asks Ss to read the title and look at the pictures to predict the content of the text.
T:
1.What comes to your mind when reading the headline?
Emphasis: To stress the function and significance of the Internet for us——The Internet is beneficial to us.
2.What do you think the text is mainly about?
3.How does the author connect main title with subtitle? 【main title; subtitle; colon】
4. How do you think the writer feels about the topic?
positive
【Purposes】
1.To predict the theme and main content;
2. To motivate reading interests and reading expectation.
Ⅲ. While-reading (25 mins)
Activity 3: Fast reading------Learning and comprehending(5 mins) 【Individual work】【Skimming for main idea & text type & structure】
The teacher asks students to skim the text quickly as well as check the main idea, find out the type and the structure of the text.
1. What kind of text is it?
The type of the text is narration.
2. What’s the main idea of the text?
3. How many parts can the passage be divided into?【structure】
【Purposes】
To get the general information and understand the article as a whole, paving the way for in-depth analysis.
Activity 4: Detailed reading------Learning and comprehending(15 mins)【Pair work】【Scanning for details】
T asks Ss to read the text again and answer the questions to better Ss’ understanding.
Part 1: Introduction【Benefits】
Q1:How does the author put forward the benefits?
Q2: What are the author’s comments on the Internet?
Q3: What does “but” imply?
Part 2:Example【Jan’s life】
Draw your own mind-map. 【How+ Why + What】
How : How did the Internet help her deal with her illness?
Why: Why did she start the IT club?
What: What’s Jan’s next goal?
Part 3: Summary
Q1: What can we learn from her experiences?
1. When we go through tough times, we can find help and support from other people online. 【How】
2. We can feel less lonely by creating or joining communities on the Internet. 【Why】
3. We can use the Internet to achieve our goals. 【What】
Conclusion: herself- others- society- world
【Purposes】
1.To use factual information to analyze questions step by step;
2.To have a further understanding of the text and improve students' problem analysis and solving ability.
Activity 5: Deep reading------Applying and practicing 【Pair work】
【思路1】
Q1: What was it that made Jan change?
Q2: What qualities does Han have? Why do you think so?【突出品质的重要性】
【warm-hearted; selfless; kind; etc.】
【思路2】
List the ways in which the text says that the Internet has changed people’s lives. Try to add more examples.
【Purposes】To internalize the learned knowledge and promote the value of good qualities to moral education.
Ⅳ. Post-reading (10mins)
Activity 6: Retelling
Activity 7: Group Discussion ------ Transferring and creating (10 mins)
【思路1】
The writer mentions many advantages of using the Internet. Do you think there are any disadvantages? If so,what are they?【逆向思维】
【思路2】
Share your story about the Internet.
Scaffolding:
Basic information
What the Internet has brought to you?
What will you do with it for others and society?
【Purposes】It can cultivate students’ ability to think creatively, transfer flexibly and innovate bravely. Most importantly, Ss can also relate the real language use to their daily life so as to promote their communicative competence.
Ⅴ. Summary (1 min)
T clarifies the basic information of the text. Also, T promotes the significance and value of community and selflessness according to the previous activities.
【Purposes】The purpose is to reinforce students’ ability to make a summary. More importantly, a certain degree of moral education can be involved under the teacher’s guidance.
Ⅵ. Assignments (1 min)
Compulsory: Ss write an article about the pros and cons of Internet. (80 words).
Optional: Make a poster about the Internet by surfing the Internet.
【Purposes】 Writing passage enables students to output effective language and improve their writing skills after discussion. Also, postering helps to develop students’ imagination and creation based on their learned knowledge.
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