中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
Unit4 Lesson1 reading ---语篇阅读提升思维品质（学案）
Teaching Aims
1. Improve reading abilities.
2. Know more about the way of thinking in reading.
3. Train the ways of thinking when reading.
Teaching Procedures:
Ⅰ：Brainstorming--background information
What is avatar
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Ⅱ.Brainstorming---your personal experience
What kind of avatar do you use online And Why did you choose it
a photo of yourself
a cute animal avatar To create a real identity
an avatar in fancy clothes To avoid online safety risks
an cartoon character avatar To protect myself
image of your pop star To trick others
beautiful scenery To express myself freely
something else
Example: I use a cartoon character avatar instead of a photo to protect myself online.
Your expressions:_______________________________________________________________
Ⅲ.Before reading: Make a prediction
Gain the ability: Use titles, headings, pictures, and diagrams) and their own personal experiences to anticipate what they are about to read (or what comes next).
The text is mainly talking about _______________________________________________________________
Before reading: Thinking
You are going to read an article about avatars. What would you like to learn from it
Your questions:（What How When Where Why ）
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Ⅳ.Fast reading
How to be a more efficient, strategic reader.
Skimming: focus on the main ideas of a text ( introduction, chapter summaries, first and last sentences of paragraphs, bold words（黑体词）, and text features.).
deliberately skip text that provides details, stories, data, or other elaboration(详尽阐述).
extract(提炼) the essence of the author’s main messages rather than the finer points.
Read the article quickly and find the main idea of each paragraphs.
Para 1: __________________________________________________________________
Para 2: __________________________________________________________________
Para 3:__________________________________________________________________
Para 4: __________________________________________________________________
Para 5: __________________________________________________________________
Para 6: __________________________________________________________________
Find the structure of the whole passage
Get the overall view of the passage全局观，整体观
本文结构：_____________
What’s the type of writing
A. narration 记叙文 B. argumentation 议论文
C. exposition 应用文 D. description 说明文
Ⅴ. Carefully reading
Scanning: locate specific information by reading the passage quickly
Read the article again. Complete the information below.
Avatars Details
Definition
History 1980s
Late 1990s
Purposes of using avatars To express oneself
To represent oneself
views Negative
Positive
Ⅵ. Deep reading----More questions
Which of the following words can take the place of the word “sensible” in Para3
A. sensitive B.sense C.practical D.actual
2. In which of the following publications(出版物) would this passage most likely be printed
A. Fashion B. Sports C. Social D. IT
3. What’s the writer’s attitudes towards avatar
A. Disapproval B. Objective C. Indifferent D. Critical
4. From the passage ,we can know that _______.
A.all peope choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images
B. many people can see your avarar
C. avatars make us spend too much time in virtual world
D. our avatar will become a real person
5. The author uses the examples in Para4 to show that ______________________________________________.
6. The paragraph following the passage will probably be_____________________________________________
Your questions:（Your answers and the supporting information）
Requirement: each group need to ask at least 3 questions, and then find the answers and the supporting information, volunteer to present them.
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Tips:
1. The underlined word “…” could best be replaced by ______.
2. What do you think the expression “…” stands for
3. By saying “…” we mean _____ .
4. Which of the following words can take the place of the word “…”
5. 文章出处 In which of the following publications(出版物) would this passage most likely be printed
6. 作者的观点态度When he said…,he meant______
Which of the following best describes the writer’s attitudes towards…
7. 写作意图The purpose in writing this text is to _____
From the passage, we can draw a conclusion that_______
The author uses the examples of …… to show that _________.
8. 细节推理（数据推断、因果关系、对比和转折）
It can be inferred/concluded/seen from the passage that _______.
9. 推断文中未曾说出的内容
The paragraph following the passage will probably be____
The author probably feels that ________.
The writer suggests that _______.
The passage implies, but doesn’t directly state that _______.
Ⅶ. After reading--Make a summary
Complete the short text with information from the article.
Avatars are digital _______ that you use to represent yourself online. You can choose an avatar from _________ of ready-made images, or ___________________. Although avatars haven't been around for long, they are widely used.
Avatars let you _____________ and give you __________________. But the use of avatars has also caused _____________. Some users worry that they are spending too much time ______________ that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be _______ as people can use avatars to _______________. However, many people see avatars in _________________.
Ⅷ.Exercise: Use the same way to read the passage in Lesson3
Mind map:
Find more background information and our own personal experience→
Make a prediction according to the clear clues→
Think about questions(what do you want to learn from the passage)→
Skim the passage to find the main idea→
Use the structure and type to help you get overall view of the passage→
Scan it to find the specific information in detail →
Ask more and do the deep reading→Summary
Topic sentence
Supporting information
Theme(共15张PPT)
Unit 4 Information Technology
Lesson 1 Avatars
To improve reading strategies
Brainstorming--background information
What is avatar
Originally, Jack was a disabled man who can’t walk. He was chosen to become an avatar of the indigenous race(原住民) called Na'vi on a distant planet called Pandora.
avatar----
his another identity
化身
In the 1980s, we often use the 2D avatars to represent ourselves in role-playing computer games.
in 3D computer games
in the world of hand tour
in the late 1990s
now
in the web chats
What kind of avatar do you use online
And Why did you choose it
a photo of yourself
a cute animal avatar
an avatar in fancy clothes
an cartoon character avatar
image of your pop star
beautiful scenery
Something else
To create a real identity
To avoid online safety risks
To protect myself
To trick others
To express myself freely
Example: I use a cartoon character avatar instead of a photo to protect myself online.
Any volunteer
Brainstorming--
personal experience
Before reading: Make a prediction
Ability:Use titles, headings, pictures, and diagrams and your own personal experiences to anticipate what you are about to read (or what comes next).
You are going to read an article about avatars. What would you like to learn from it
Before reading: Thinking
Examples: What are avatars according to the passage
When and Where are avatars used
How do peole use avatars Why do they use such an avatar
How does the avatars say a lot about you
How can we understand our choice of avatars better
What’s the author’s opinion of avatars The attitude toward avatars
Tips：what, when, where, how, why
Skimming : focus on the main ideas of a text ( introduction, chapter summaries, first and last sentences of paragraphs, bold words（黑体词）, and text features.).
deliberately skip text that provides details, stories, data, or other elaboration(详尽阐述).
extract(提炼) the essence of the author’s main messages rather than the finer points.
Be a more efficient, strategic reader.
Pay attention to the important information.
Leave out the unnecessary parts
Fast reading
Fast reading
Read the article quickly and find the main idea of each paragraphs.
Para 1: Definition (What are the avatars )
Para 2: History (The development of avatars)
Para 3: How people create their own avatars.
Para 4: The avatar says a lot about your personality.
Para 5: Avatars are everywhere.
Para 6: Views (concerns)
Facts or opinions
Purposes
of using avatars
Theme
Topic sentence
Supporting information
正三角形（▲） ----总分结构
Find the structure of the whole passage
Get the overall view of the passage全局观，整体观
What’s the type of writing
A. narration 记叙文 B. argumentation 议论文
C. exposition 应用文 D. description 说明文
Read the article again. Complete the information below.
Carefully reading
Avatars Details Definition A digital image that represents an Internet user. History 1980s
Late 1990s
Purposes of using avatars To express oneself
To represent oneself
Views Negative
Positive
The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role playing computer games.
Avatars were used in web chats like instant messenger.
The avatar you choose says a lot about your personality and avatars let you express yourself.
Avatars give you room for creativity. People can create avatars and create new identities that do not look or act like their real selves.
People spend so much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world.
People look forward to a time when their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds.
scanning: locate specific information by reading the passage quickly
Deep reading----More questions
1. Which of the following words can take the place of the word “sensible” in Para3 A. sensitive B.sense C.practical D.actual
2. In which of the following publications(出版物) would this passage most likely be printed A. Fashion B. Sports C. Social D. IT
3. What’s the writer’s attitudes towards avatar
A. Disapproval B. Objective C. Indifferent D. Critical
4. From the passage ,we can know that _______.
A.all peope choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images
B. many people can see your avarar
C. avatars make us spend too much time in virtual world
D. our avatar will become a real person
5. The author uses the examples in Para4 to show that _________.
6. The paragraph following the passage will probably be________
Group work (5m)
Presentation(5m)
After reading--Make a summary
Avatars are digital _______ that you use to represent yourself online. You can choose an avatar from _________ of ready-made images, or ___________________. Although avatars haven't been around for long, they are widely used.
Avatars let you _____________ and give you __________________. But the use of avatars has also caused _____________. Some users worry that they are spending too much time ______________ that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be _____ as people can use avatars to _______________. However, many people see avatars in _________________.
identities
a selection
create your own images
express yourself
lots of room for creativity
Complete the short text with information from the article.
a few concerns
in virtual worlds
a risk
cheat others online
a more positive light
Exercise: Use the same way to read the text in Lesson3
Mind map:
Find the background information and our own personal experience→
Make a prediction according to the clear clues→
Think about questions(what do you want to learn from the passage)→
Skim the passage to find the main idea→
Use the structure and type to help you get overall view of the passage→
Scan it to find the specific information in detail →
Ask more questions to do the deep reading→
Summary
