人教版（新课程标准）选修七Unit2 Robots-A Biography of Isaac Asimov课件（20张PPT）

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A Biography of Isaac Asimov
1. to figure out the structure of the text with 6T strategy and ABCDE template
2. to write a summary of Asimov’s life
Teaching Objectives:
By the end of this period, you will be able to…
6T
STRATEGY
Text
Topic
Thread
Transition
Theme
Task
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TOPIC Analysis
I. TOPIC Analysis
Topic 1: An excellent scientist and writer.
Isaac Asimov was an American scientist and writer who wrote around 480 books that included mystery stories, science and history books, and even books about the Holy Bible and Shakespeare. But he is best known for his science fiction stories. Asimov had both an extraordinary imagination that gave him the ability to explore future worlds and an amazing mind with which he searched for explanations of everything, in the present and the past.
Topic 2: His birth and death.
I. TOPIC Analysis
Asimov's life began in Russia, where he was born on 2 January, 1920. It ended in New York on 6 April, 1992, when he died as a result of an HIV infection that he had got from a blood transfusion nine years earlier.
Topic 3: His experience before becoming a full-time writer.
I. TOPIC Analysis
When Asimov was three, he moved with his parents and his one-year-old sister to New York City. There his parents bought a candy store which they ran for the next 40 or so years. At the age of nine, when his mother was pregnant with her third child, Asimov started working part-time in the store. He helped out through his school and university years until 1942, a year after he had gained a master's degree in chemistry. In 1942 he joined the staff of the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a junior chemist and worked there for three years. In 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry. The next year he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University School of Medicine. In 1958 he gave up teaching to become a full-time writer.
I. TOPIC Analysis
It was when Asimov was eleven years old that his talent for writing became obvious. He had told a friend two chapters of a story he had written. The friend thought he was retelling a story from a book. This really surprised Asimov and from that moment, he started to take himself seriously as a writer. Asimov began having stories published in science fiction magazines in 1939. In 1950 he published his first novel and in 1953 his first science book.
Topic 4: His talent for writing .
I. TOPIC Analysis
Throughout his life, Asimov received many awards, both for his science fiction books and his science books. Among his most famous works of science fiction, one for which he won an award was the Foundation trilogy (1951-1953), three novels about the death and rebirth of a great empire in a galaxy of the future. It was loosely based on the fall of the Roman Empire but was about the future. These books are famous because Asimov invented a theoretical framework which was designed to show how ideas and thinking may develop in the future. He is also well known for his collection of short stories, I, Robot (1950), in which he developed a set of three "laws" for robots. For example, the first law states that a robot must not injure human beings or allow them to be injured. Some of his ideas about robots later influenced other writers and even scientists researching into artificial intelligence.
Topic 5: His achievements and famous works .
I. TOPIC Analysis
Asimov was married twice. He married his first wife in 1942 and had a son and a daughter. Their marriage lasted 31 years. Soon after his divorce in 1973, Asimov married again but he had no children with his second wife.

Topic 6: His marriage.
Related LEXIS
An excellent scientist and writer
His life experience before becoming a writer
Topic Analysis
His most famous works
His birth and death.
His talent for writing.
wrote around 480 books;
best known for his science fictions;
an amazing imagination;
the ability to explore future worlds .
an amazing mind
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was born on;
died as a result of an HIV infection;
2
his talent for writing became obvious
told a friend two chapters of a story
retelling a story from a book
take himself seriously as a writer
began having stories published
4
5
moved to New York city
started working part-time
gained a master’s degree
joined the staff of …as a junior chemist
became a biochemistry teacher
gave up teaching
received many awards
His most famous works of science fiction
be well known for his collections of …
…influenced other …
His marriage.
was married twice;
their marriage lasted…
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5
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Theme Analysis
An excellent scientist and writer.
His birth and death.
His experience before becoming a full-time writer.
His talent for writing.
His achievements and famous works.
His marriage.
Isaac Asimov’s life and achievements in writing.
THEME
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Thread & Transition Analysis
General
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Particular
Structure
Born in Russia
Showed talent for writing and started to take himself seriously as a writer
Published his first novel; published I, Robot
Published the Foundation trilogy and won an award for it
Published first science book
Thread
1920
1931
1950
1951-1953
1953
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Transition
Isaac Asimov’s life
The road to a writer
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1958
Became a full-time writer
Died in New York
1992
1939
Began having stories published in science fictions
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ABCDE Template
Group work:
Rearrange this passage according to ABCDE template.
Admiration
Deeds
Background
Characteristics
Evaluation
Isaac Asimov made many achievements in writing.
Isaac Asimov was born in Russia; he graduated from university in 1942 and in 1943 he gained a Master’s degree; in 1948 he got his PhD in chemistry; in1949he became a biochemistry teacher at Boston University; in 1958 he became a full time writer.
Isaac Asimov was talented, imaginative, determined, enthusiastic, diligent etc.
Isaac Asimov invented a theoretical framework to show how ideas and thinking may develop in the future; developed a set of three laws for robots; published many books.
Isaac Asimov was rated as a great writer of science fiction.
Summary writing:
Write a short summary of Asimov’s life.
Requests: 1. in no more than 80 words.
2. don’t leave out key facts.
3. focus on his achievements in writing.
4. begin your writing with your assessment as a
writer.
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