《英语》(必修·第三册)
Unit 3 The world online
to Welcome the unit & Reading (I)
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. know about some important milestones in the development of the Internet;
2. think critically and express their opinions on some advantages of the Internet;
3. think about what proper online behaviours are.
II. Key competence focus
1. Analyse and summarize the structure of the text.
2. Think critically and express opinions freely.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
Understand the structure and keep a proper attitude towards the Internet.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
T shows the pictures and asks the following three questions:
• Who sent the first email and when? (It was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson.)
• What did the first webcam film? (A coffee pot outside the office.)
• What were emojis, small digital images used to do? (To express ideas or feelings.)
T leads Ss to talk about the Internet by sharing the following two questions:
• What do you often do on the Internet?
I use the Internet to search for information that can help me with my homework; to read the latest news; to use the communication software to keep in touch with my friends; to listen to music; to use apps to take photos and play games...
I depend a lot on the Internet to keep up to date with what is happening and to arrange my daily life; watching films online in my spare time is one way to entertain myself...
• What effects do you think the Internet has on your life?
The Internet has a great effect on our life. Without the Internet, our life will be different.
【设计意图:本单元的阅读课文是关于使用互联网的好处。在正式进入阅读环节之前,用几张图片和几个问题让学生大致了解一下互联网的发展史,为下一步的阅读做好顺承和铺垫。第二步的两个问题更是对学生进行了头脑风暴,让学生在读之前就已经对于使用互联网进行了积极地思考,并在下一步的阅读中有的放矢地去完成任务。】
Step 2 Reading for the structure
T asks Ss to underline the topic sentence for each paragraph and complete the chart in A1.
【设计意图:指导学生通过找主题句快速获取段落主旨,以图表方式帮助学生了解语篇的宏观结构,培养学生概括段落大意的能力。】
Step 3 Reading for specific information
T asks Ss to read the article again carefully and complete the table in A2.
Advantages
Supporting details
Advantage 1
• Having access to (1) a huge amount of information
• Gathering information quickly and easily
Advantage 2
• (2) Having food delivered to you
• Doing shopping quickly and easily
• Ordering a taxi with an app
• Making travel arrangements
• (3) Paying for almost everything on the smar