Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 1 Avatars 学案-2025-2026学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Students’Worksheet for Unit 4 Lesson 1 Avatars Name: ____________ Group: ____________ 1. Lead in: · Play a guess game: Which teacher does each avatar represent? · The meaning of avatar: a digital ______________ of a person used in virtual world. · There are various kinds of avatar we can select. Why do people use avatars？We use different avatars for different purposes. · Avatars have developed gradually over time. On the one hand，we can use avatars to express ourselves. · On the other hand, some people use avatars to catfish(钓鱼) others in online dating (网恋). Therefore, sometimes avatars may have ___________ impacts on others. 2. Pre-reading · Prediction: You are going to read an article about avatars. What are we going to learn from it? Tick what you think it will talk about. · The definition of avatars · The risks of using social media · The purposes of using avatars · The history of avatars · Different views on avatars · How to design your own avatar · The development of avatars · Read the article quickly and answer: What is the text type of the passage? A. Narration (记叙文). B. Argumentative Essay (议论文). C. Exposition (说明文). 3. While-reading · Read the text quickly to match(连线) each paragraph’s main idea. Check if it matches your previous prediction.Nowadays, avatars are used everywhere. People hold both positive and negative views on avatars. Avatars are digital identities. Avatars are created to show personalities. Avatars have developed over time. Avatars are created to express ourselves Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 · Read the passage carefully and fill the blank. Group 1: definition + history ; Group 2: definition + purposes ; Group 3: definition + views Avatars Details Definition (Para 1) A digital image represents an Internet user. Digital identities, which are ______________for people to _____________________________on the Internet. History (Para 2) 1980s The first _______________________appeared in ________________________________ Late 1990s Avatars were being used _______________________ Nowadays Avatars are ________________ Purposes of using avatars (Paras 3-5) To express oneself 1. to create ______________________________________ 2. to try being someone of_____________________ 3. to call themselves ____________________________ 4. to have _______________________________________ To represent oneself a cute cat :______________________________________ cartoon characters: _____________________________ Views (Para 6) Negative People ____________________________in virtual worlds that they are becoming_____________________________________. To ______________ others online. Positive People look forward to a time when their avatars will __________________________________________________________and _____________________________________________virtual world. 4. Post-reading · Group Work：Create an avatar for your group (4 people a group) with your group members and tell us why you design it in this way. Types of avatars: a cute animal avatar; a cartoon character avatar; an avatar in fancy clothes; a beautiful scenery avatar; avatar of a good-looking person Expressions： Our group avatar is a(n)_______ which belongs to (types of avatars)__________________________________. The reason why we create our avatar in this way is because___________________________________________. We will use it in (occasion) _______________________. 5. Summary & Homework · Write a passage of about 100 words on the topic "My Avatar and Me". Include 3 parts: 1 What my avatar looks like and why I chose it; ② How my avatar reflects my personality; 3 My views on the advantages and risks of using avatars. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $