高中英语Unit 3 The internet教学设计

2019新人教高中英语必修二

Unit 3 Reading and Thinking公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1. Instruct students to talk about how to use the Internet appropriately.

2. Encourage students to combine their own life experience of using the Internet and link the text with their real life.

3. Stimulate students to enhance reading skills by using the mind map.

4. Encourage students to contribute their own strength, help the people around to explore the virtual world online, and experience the magic of the Internet.

Teaching key points:

1.    Enable students to analyze the main idea of each paragraph to deepen the understanding of the text.
2.    Guide students to talk about how the Internet has changed people’s lives and how to use the Internet appropriately.

Teaching difficult points:

1. Enable the Students to talk about the related topic.

2. Guide the Students to summarize the main idea of each paragraph as well as the main idea of the text.

3. Help Students learn some basic reading skills, such as prediction, summary and so on.

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠPre-reading

1.    Talk about the Internet vocabulary.
2.    Have you ever experienced anything while surfing the Internet? Share it with your partner.

Suggested answers:

1.    World Wide Web, blog, a blog post, online group, search engine, database, software, network, Wi-Fi
2.    The answer may vary.

StepⅡ While-reading

Activity 1 Prediction

Ask students to read the title of the text“Stronger together:How We Have Been Changed by the Internet”.Try to answer the following questions.

1.What do you think the text will say?

2.How do you think the writer feels about the topic?

Suggested answers:

1.The text will say that we have been changed a lot by the Internet and that it has brought us together.

2.I think the writer feels positive about this topic because he/she says “stronger together”.

Activity 2 Reading for main ideas

Read the text quickly and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.

Para.1　　　Jan decided to start an IT club to teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.

Para.2　　　 Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better.

Para.3　　　People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.

Para.4　　　 Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home,but surfing the Internet helped her feel less lonely and bored.

Para.5　　　 Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.

Suggested answers:

Para.1:People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.

Para.2:Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home,but surfing the Internet helped her feel less lonely and bored.

Para.3:Jan decided to start an IT club to teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.

Para.4:Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better.

Para.5:Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.

Activity 3Reading for details

1. Ask students to read the passage again and try to answer the following questions.

(1)In what way does the writer tell us that life has been changed by the Internet?

(2)Why did Jan quit her job?

(3)How did the people in the online community help her?

(4)Why did she start the IT club?

(5)What is the “digital divide”?

(6)What’s Jan’s next goal?

2.List the ways in which the text says that the Internet has changed people’s lives.

Suggested answers:

1.(1)By showing examples.

(2)She suddenly developed a serious illness.

(3)People in the online community talked with her about her problems,supported her,and gave her advice.

(4)To teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.

(5) The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those who don’t,and those who know how to use new technology and those who don’t.

(6) Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.

2.No longer wait in line or carry cash when shopping;easily get updated information;download software,documents and images;listen to music;watch films;play games;explore the world;join an online group;apply for work online;start an online company;take online classes;start a charity website...

Activity 4 Reading for structure

Ask students to analyze the structure of the passage by drawing a mind map.

Suggested answer:

Activity 5 Reading for thinking

Discuss the questions after reading. Work in pairs.

1.    What is Jan’s attitude to the Internet?
2.    What can we learn from Jan’s experiences?

Suggested answers:

1.She was thankful to the Internet,because it has changed her and her life.

2.We learn that when we go through tough times,we can find help and support from other people online.

We learn that we can feel less lonely by creating or joining communities on the Internet,and that we can even use the Internet to achieve our goals.

StepⅢ Post-reading

Ask students to discuss a question according to their online experiences. Work in pairs.

Do you think your life has been changed by the Internet? If so,how?

Possible vocabulary:

Take online classes, chat with friends, purchase things,download apps and documents, no longer wait in line or carry cash when shopping, listen to music, explore the world, have access to...

Suggested answer:

My life has been changed by the Internet. It has made my schoolwork and studying easier and has helped me stay in touch with old friends more easily and often.

StepⅣ Homework

Look up more information about the advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet. Write a report and present it next period.