人教版 (2019)必修 第二册Unit 3 The internet精品教学设计

Unit 3 The Internet

Reading and Thinking

【教学目标与核心素养】

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.

【教学重难点】

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

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

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

【教学过程】

Step 1: Warming up and prediction

Read the title and try to guess what the text will be about?

Some changes caused by the Internet.

Learning tip:

Step 2: Skimming for general ideas

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Jan developed a serious illness. B. Jan decided to start an IT club.

C. Jan started a charity website.   D. Jan’s life has been changed by the Internet.

2. Jan’s attitude to the Internet is ______. 

A. negative      B. neutral            

C. grateful    D. not mentioned

3. What’s the purpose of the author by referring to the 59-year-old man and the 61-year-old woman?

A. To introduce two old people.

B. To explain how to apply for jobs online.

C. To prove they are successful.

D. To give two examples helped by Jan’s club.

Step 3: Scanning for details

    Read the passage quickly to solve the following questions.

Read the text and answer the questions.

1 .Why did Jan quit her job?

2 .How did the people in the online community help her?

3. Why did she start the IT club?

4. What is the “digital divide”?

5 .What’s Jan’s next goal?

6 .What can we learn from her experiences?

Step4: Careful reading for main ideas of each paragraph.

Read carefully and figure out the main idea of each paragraph.

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

Paragraph 2. Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home, but surfing the Internet can remove the distance between people.

Paragraph 3. Jan decided to start an IT club to teach old people how to use computers and the Internet.

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

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

Step 5: Speaking Project

Critical thinking:

(1)How do you arrange your time spent on study and the Internet? Is it reasonable?

(2)What are your online activities? Are they safe?

Have the Ss discuss and practice speaking then.

Step 6 Homework:

Review what we have learned and find out the key language points in the text.