Unit Four The virtual world
Unit Four The Virtual World
L, Teaching Plan (5 periods) Objectives: Students will be able to 1 Understand the main idea and structure of the text 2. Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English
I. Teaching Plan (5 periods) Objectives: Students will be able to: 1.Understand the main idea and structure of the text. 2.Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English
3, Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4 Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit
3.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 4.Conduct a series of reading,listening,speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit
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Time allotment 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period 5th period Prereading Whilereading (text organizati on;langua ge points Whilereading (language points; Find structure; Conseque nces of vitual life) Postreading; Check on students’s home reading (Text B) Themerelated language learning Tasks
Pre-reading tasks 1. Teacher asks Students the following questions on the poem Surfing the Internet,(5 minutes) What was the hero doing when his boss came in?(surfing the Intemet) -How did he act in front of his boss?(He pretended to be surprised at the computer Which had crashed"unexpectedly".)
Pre-reading tasks 1.Teacher asks Students the following questions on the poem Surfing the Internet: (5 minutes) ---What was the hero doing when his boss came in? (surfing the Intemet) ---How did he act in front of his boss? (He pretended to be surprised at the computer which had crashed "unexpectedly".)
2, Students look at the theme of this unit (The Vitual World) and the tide of Text A(A Vitual Life), then try to:(10 minutes) find antonyms of virtual world" virtual ife,(real world, real life) suggest synonyms for "virtual world cyberspace, cyberia, etherworld virtual reality Internet world, net world, etc.) say what people can do on the Internet (communicating with people, shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, hacking, publishing, etc.)
2. Students look at the theme of this unit (The Vitual World) and the tide of Text A (A Vitual Life), then try to: (10 minutes) -- find antonyms of "virtual world" and "virtual life"; (real world, real life) -- suggest synonyms for "virtual world"; (cyberspace, cyberia, etherworld, virtual reality, Internet world, net world, etc.) -- say what people can do on the Internet. (communicating with people, shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, hacking, publishing, etc.)
3 Imaginative writing(28 minutes) 1)Teacher dictates to Students the following paragraph: For the past two weeks, other participants of the Net survival contest(网络生存竞赛)andI have been shut up in bare hotel rooms. Our only link to the real world has been a computer that is hooked up to the Internet(互联网) We have relied on it, not only for food bed sheets and other daily necessities but also to set up an e- business(电子商务) lof our own
3. Imaginative writing (28 minutes) 1) Teacher dictates to Students the following paragraph: For the past two weeks, other participants of the Net Survival Contest (网络生存竞赛) and I have been shut up in bare hotel rooms. Our only link to the real world has been a computer that is hooked up to the Internet (互联网）.We have relied on it, not only for food, bed sheets and other daily necessities, but also to set up an ebusiness (电子商务)of our own
2)Now Students will complete the next paragraph beginning with Now it is time for me to Walk out into the fight of day again, They wi‖l give their imagination ful play. They will write no more than 100 words
2) Now Students will complete the next paragraph beginning with: "Now it is time for me to walk out into the fight of day again..." They will give their imagination full play. They will write no more than 100 words
3)Students form groups of four to five and read aloud to each other their own writings, L kaSAYA
3) Students form groups of four to five, and read aloud to each other their own writings
4. Teacher may lead in to Text a by saying: Some of us like to live a life in contact with real things and real people but others favor a virtual existence Which life is better? Im sure you have different opinions, Now let's read Text a to find out what Maia Szalavitz has to say about these two life styles.(2 minutes)
4. Teacher may lead in to Text A by saying: Some of us like to live a life in contact with real things and real people, but others favor a virtual existence. Which life is better? I'm sure you have different opinions. Now let's read Text A to find out what Maia Szalavitz has to say about these two life styles. (2 minutes)