Unit 2 Looking into the Future Reading and Thinking 教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

《选必一U2 Reading and Thinking-Exchange views on smart home》 教学设计 I、Learning objectives: By reading an expository text about the smart homes, students are expected to understand the development of technology, especially the important impact and significance of smart homes on human life, and reflect on the possible problems that may arise. At the same time, through reading, students can understand the discourse structure and linguistic features of such articles based on characteristics. Then guide students to consider functions of smart homes, discuss the problems existing in smart homes to develop critical thinking and exchange views on smart homes. Eventually, let students maintain curiosity about the development of science and technology, imagining the scenarios in which technology will change their future lives. II、Analysis of text This unit focuses on the general theme of “Looking into the Future” with the sub-theme of “Reading and Thinking” dedicated to the topic of “Exchanging Views on Smart Homes.” This article is a popular science exposition, with five paragraphs. The first paragraph introduces the background and topic; the second to fourth paragraphs describe the functions of smart homes from three perspectives: intelligent control, regular health checks, and disaster prevention; the fifth paragraph concludes that although the era of smart homes has arrived, it still needs some time before it can be widely promoted and adopted. Recognizing this fact is of great significance for the development of students’characters. They must realize that when they look forward to the future, they should be down-to-earth in order to turn their beautiful imagination into practice. III、Analysis of students The teaching audiences are students from the regular class of a county’s high school with average English proficiency. Through previous vocabulary learning and text previewing, they can understand the general meaning of a text well. However, their awareness of text structure is weak, thus incapable to analyze the structure and language features of a text. Therefore, the focus of this class is to guide students to extract the structure of the text, analyze its language features , and thereby improve their ability to comprehend the meaning of the text. IV、Key and difficult points in teaching The key points in teaching： guide students to quickly identify the writing purpose and target audience of an article through scanning as well as figuring out how to extract the structure of the text, improving their ability to understand the meaning of the text. The difficult points in teaching：guide students to combine the structure and content of this text to logically present their own opinions, and discuss the potential challenges of smart homes, fostering critical thinking. V、Process of teaching Activities of Teacher Activities of Students Design Intention Step I: Leading in. Show students a blind box and a short video of smart home, leading them to share opinions on it. Choose a type of house from the blind box in random ,then watch a short video about smart home and express their opinions on it. To stimulate students’ interest in the topic of the text, initially perceiving the convenience brought by smart homes. Step II:Scanning . Show the picture of the text, guiding students to figure out the structure of the text. Scan the whole text quickly and try their best to figure out the structure of the text with the guidance of the teacher. To Guide students to focus on the information of title and subtitle as well as the specific examples and the conclusion part to infer the genre structure. Step III: Detailed Reading. Part I:Show the content of paragraph 1 with a recording to students. Meanwhile, raise two questions Part II: Group working. Guide students to read para.2-para.4 themselves and then use what they have found to design their own smart homes. after that, have students give their presentations. part III: Show paragraph 5 to students with a recording, giving a question to them at the same time. Step IV: Critical Thinking. Let students brainstorm to think about the disadvantages smart homes may bring. Part I:Listen to the recording of paragraph 1 and answer the two questions: 1. Why does the writer start with two questions? 2. What are the advantages of smart homes? Part II: Read para.2-para.4 themselves, and then discuss with their partners to design their own smart homes. Part III: listen to the recording and answer the question : Are smart homes popular now? Why or why not? Then give their answers about it. Brainstorm the disadvantages of smart homes may bring. then return to the quotation of Peter Drucker, fostering critical thinking. 1.By listening to the recording and answering questions, let students become familiar with the content of this paragraph, and understand the writing skills. Also, let them pay attention to the advantages of smart homes, which will serve as a foundation for the following section of critical thinking. 2.Use project-based teaching method to flip classroom, guiding students to use the information they have obtained through autonomous reading to complete the design of a smart home, which is a better way to apply classroom knowledge to their own needs. 3.Return to the textbook, and have students pay attention to both the advantages and the challenges smart home bringing while fostering critical thinking. The discussion of post-reading is based on reading texts, expanding the students’ thinking space, inspiring students to deeply consider the advantages and disadvantages of the development of smart homes as well as the current limitations, and fostering critical thinking. Writing on Blackboard Smart Homes to Make Life Easier Para.1 Introduction Para.2 Para.3 Body Para.4 Para.5 Conclusion VI、Design of homework Homework: Level A: Complete the summary using the correct form of the words from the text on Page 15. Level B: Write an expository essay about designing your own home with one smart device. VII、Reflection of teaching In this reading lesson, we focus on the theme of future smart homes, which is unfamiliar to the students. Therefore, before the class, we used the setting of a house blind box to attract the students' interest in the topic and stimulate their attention to smart homes. The students were very active and enthusiastic during class. In future English teaching activities, we should adopt more lively ways to introduce the text, laying the foundation for developing a good English class. Through this lesson, the students' abilities to obtain and to understand the information of the text have been enhanced. At the same time, they have a great chance to apply language knowledge to reality, forming their own opinions on smart homes, which helps to cultivate their dialectical thinking. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$