one in the text between bill porter and his indecisive female customer Unit 8 Cloning Suggested Teaching Plan(5 periods) Objective Students will be able to 1. 1. understand the main idea(cloning is a two-edged sword) and structure of the text 2. 2. appreciate the writing strategies employed by the author 3. 3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4. 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Time allotment period 2d period 3r period 4h period sth period Pre While-reading While-reading: Post-reading While-reading (Part I, Part II) Check on Ss' Language Part D) home reading Learning Tasks Pre-reading tasks 1. 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the recorded interview - -- What does Prof. Greely think of human cloning?(We must distinguish different types of human cloning. Some are justified; others are not What is the greatest problem with human reproductive cloning? (safety)(5 minutes) 2. 2. Out-of-class research project 1)1)The research project should be assigned at the end of the last unit. Ss form groups to se library resources and Internet resources to get answers to the following questions What is cloning? Give a brief history of the scientific research into cloning What are the major pros and cons of human cloning? --- During your research, what new vocabulary items have you come across that are related to cloning? 2) Groups report to class. To save time and give presentation opportunities to more groups, no one group need answer all the questions. A group member may write down new vocabulary items(in both English and Chinese) on the blackboard while another member is presenting(30 minutes) 3. 3. T may lead in to the text by saying: By now many of you may have already formed your own idea about human cloning, but let's refrain from opinions for the moment The author of Text A is a science reporter. Like a good journalist, let's first make the facts clear.(2 minutes) I. While-reading tasks 1.1 Part I 1)1) Ss scan the first three paragraphs to see where a tense change takes place. By thus doing they will see that the first two paragraphs act as introduction to the whole essay. 2)2) T asks Ss the following questions This is a piece of journalistic writing like Text A, Unit 7. What important role do beginning paragraphs play in journalistic writing? why didnt the author start from the very beginning of cloning research, but start with the birth of Dolly?(see Text Analysis) 3)3) T explains language points in Part I and gives Ss practice(see Language Study) 4)4) Ss sum up the main idea of Part I (30 minutes) 2. 2. T explains language points in the rest of the text and gives Ss practice(see Language Study).(60 minutes 3. 3. Ss do Text Organization Exercises I and 2.(15 minutes)one in the text between Bill Porter and his indecisive female customer. Unit 8 Cloning Suggested Teaching Plan (5 periods) Objective Students will be able to: 1. 1. understand the main idea (cloning is a two-edged sword) and structure of the text; 2. 2. appreciate the writing strategies employed by the author; 3. 3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Time allotment 1 st period 2 nd period 3 rd period 4 th period 5 th period Pre-reading; While-reading (Part I) While-reading (Part I, Part II) While-reading; Post-reading; Check on Ss’ home reading (Text B) Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks I. I. Pre-reading tasks 1. 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the recorded interview: ---- What does Prof. Greely think of human cloning? (We must distinguish different types of human cloning. Some are justified; others are not. ) ---- What is the greatest problem with human reproductive cloning? (safety) (5 minutes) 2. 2. Out-of-class research project 1) 1) The research project should be assigned at the end of the last unit. Ss form groups to use library resources and Internet resources to get answers to the following questions: ---- What is cloning? ---- Give a brief history of the scientific research into cloning. ---- What are the major pros and cons of human cloning? ---- During your research, what new vocabulary items have you come across that are related to cloning? 2) Groups report to class. To save time and give presentation opportunities to more groups, no one group need answer all the questions. A group member may write down new vocabulary items(in both English and Chinese) on the blackboard while another member is presenting. (30 minutes) 3. 3. T may lead in to the text by saying: By now many of you may have already formed your own idea about human cloning, but let’s refrain from opinions for the moment. The author of Text A is a science reporter. Like a good journalist, let’s first make the facts clear. (2 minutes) II. II. While-reading tasks 1. 1. Part I 1) 1) Ss scan the first three paragraphs to see where a tense change takes place. By thus doing they will see that the first two paragraphs act as introduction to the whole essay. 2) 2) T asks Ss the following questions: ---- This is a piece of journalistic writing like Text A, Unit 7. What important role do beginning paragraphs play in journalistic writing? ---- why didn’t the author start from the very beginning of cloning research, but start with the birth of Dolly? (see Text Analysis) 3) 3) T explains language points in Part I and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). 4) 4) Ss sum up the main idea of Part I. (30 minutes) 2. 2. T explains language points in the rest of the text and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). (60 minutes) 3. 3. Ss do Text Organization Exercises 1 and 2. (15 minutes)