Module 9 Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet 教学设计
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary—print ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing, development, trade, result, spread, introduction, amount, store,
varied, form, connection, single, direction, replace,
Key structures—look t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hrough, at a time, by hang, in a way, compare … to …, wait and see
Ability objective
To get information from the passage about the great inventions.
To master the passive voice of the simple future tense.
Moral objective
1. To arose Ss’ interest in learning about the great inventions.
2. To encourage Ss to be proud of our great country.
3. To develop the ability to cooperate with others.
【教学重点】
T o learn about some expressions in the passage.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. The use of the phrases.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
What did people use to remember something long long ago
Where did people start to write on about 2,000 years ago
What was invented in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties
What was introduced to China in the twentieth century
Have you read books on the Internet
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The tea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )chers shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as soon as possible.
Step 3 Consolidate new expressions
Look at the pictures and say the expressions as soon as possible.
Step 4 Pre-reading
Work in pairs ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). Read the title of the passage in Activity 2.Discuss and make a list of the advantages of books and the Internet.
Step 5 Listening
Listen to Part 2 and answer the questions.
What does his mother do at home every evening
She looks through magazines.
When was paper first created
About 2,000 years ago.
Step 6 Learning to learn
To learn about how to find information quickly.
Step 7Reading
1. Read the passage and match ideas with the paragraphs.
a) The world before printed books
b) The world after the invention of printing.
c) Life with paper and printing
d) Technology and books
e) The future of books
a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4, e-5
2. Read the passage and answer the questions.
1 What may become more powerful than printing
The Internet.
2 When was printing invented in China
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
3 When was the Internet introduced to China
In the twentieth century.
Step 8 Complete the passage with the words in the box
Read the passage carefully.
Choose the right words to fill in the blanks.
Step 9 Language points
1. Every evening, my mother looks through magazines at home.
look through表示“快速阅读,浏览”
e.g. I haven’t looked through the books yet.我还没浏览这本书。
2. As a result, there were not many book.
as a result表示“结果”。
e.g. As a result, they got the cheapest TV set yesterday.
结果,他们昨天买到了最便宜的电视。
3. Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
at a time表示“每次,一次”。
e.g. Please come in one at a time, not all together.
每次进来一个,不要一起进来。
by hand表示“用手(做)”。
e.g. All these toys are made by hand.所有这些玩具都是手工的。
4. Later, developme ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts in printing made it possible to produce books more quickly and
cheaply.
development n. 表示“发展,进步”
develop v. 发展,进步
e.g. With the dev ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )elopment of our country, our life will become better and better.
随着我们国家的发展,我们的生活也会越来越好。
5. A much larger ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )amount of information can be stored in more varied forms on the Internet than in books.
amount n. 表示“量,数量”
a large amount of表示“大量的”
varied adj. 表示“各种各样的”,等于all kinds
of。
e.g. There are a large ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) amount of varied dresses and I don’t know what to buy.
这里有许多各式各样的裙子,我不知道该买哪个。
6. So what direction will traditional printing take in the future
direction n. 表示“方向”
e.g. Tom went off in the direction of home.汤姆朝家的方向去了。
7. Will books be replaced by the Internet
be replaced by表示“被…代替”。
e.g. The old textbook was replaced by the new one.
旧的教材被新的代替了。
Step10 Writing
1. Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results.
as a result
as a result是一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )个固定短语,意为“因此,结果”,表示后面句子与前面句子所表达的内容构成因果关系,前面是因后面是果。它与so可以进行转换。如:
Tony got up ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )late that morning. As a result, he didn’t catch the first bus.
= Tony got up late that morning, so he
didn’t catch the first bus.
because
because是连词,引导原因状语从句。because +句子可以直接回答以why开头的特殊疑问句。
e.g. I like playing basketball because it’s fun.
—Why is Lily crying
—Because she can’t find her cat.
2. Now work in pair ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s. Ask and answer the questions. Write full sentences with as a result, because or so.
Answers: 、
2 Few books were produced and, as a result, few people could read.
3After printing te ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )chnology developed, books were cheaper, so more people learnt how to
read.
4 Books might not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) be needed in the future because the Internet is growing quickly.
3. Write full sentences with the notes in Activity 3.
Answer
About 2,000 years ago, paper was first created.
Printing was invented during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Today, the Internet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is growing very puters and the Internet are used in classroom now, and newspapers and magazines are read online.
4. Write a passage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) about traditional printing and its future. Use the sentences you have written in Activity 5 and 6 to help you.
Possible answer:
Possible answer
It’s hard to imagin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e a world without printing because we have so many printed things now, for example, menus, comics and schoolbooks. Paper was first created about 2,000 year ago, but books weren’t printed at that time. They were written by hand, so few books were produced, and as a result, few people could read.
Printing was in ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )vented during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After printing developed, books became cheaper, so more people learnt how to read. Today, the Internet is growing
very fast. A much l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arger amount of information can be stored in more varied
forms on the Internet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) than in book. As a result, in the future, the Internet will probably be more important than printing.
Step 11 Summary
Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.
重点短语
look through at a time
by hand in a way
compare … to … wait and see
Step 12Exercises
Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.
1. Let’s look ______ the text and then answer the questions.
A. at B. through C. for D. after
2. The children are making kites ____ hand.
A. by B. for C. with
3. With the __ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )___ of our school we’ll have a better environment for studying.
A. develop B. developed C. development
4. -How many music are there in the world
-There are ______ forms of music now.
A. vary B. varied C. much D. little
Answers: BACB
Step 13 Homework
请介绍一下互联网的优点和缺点。60词左右。