Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson1Avatars学案（无答案）--2025-2026学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第二册

Students’Worksheet for Unit 4 Lesson 1 Avatars
Name: ____________ Group: ____________
1. Lead in:
Play a guess game: Which teacher does each avatar represent
The meaning of avatar: a digital ______________ of a person used in virtual world.
There are various kinds of avatar we can select. Why do people use avatars？We use different avatars for different purposes.
Avatars have developed gradually over time. On the one hand，we can use avatars to express ourselves.
On the other hand, some people use avatars to catfish(钓鱼) others in online dating (网恋). Therefore, sometimes avatars may have ___________ impacts on others.
2. Pre-reading
Prediction: You are going to read an article about avatars. What are we going to learn from it Tick what you think it will talk about.
The definition of avatars
The risks of using social media
The purposes of using avatars
The history of avatars
Different views on avatars
How to design your own avatar
The development of avatars
Read the article quickly and answer: What is the text type of the passage
A. Narration (记叙).
B. Argumentative Essay (议论).
C. Exposition (说明).
3. While-reading
Read the text quickly to match(连线) each paragraph’s main idea. Check if it matches your previous prediction.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 6
Read the passage carefully and fill the blank.
Group 1: definition + history ; Group 2: definition + purposes ; Group 3: definition + views
Avatars Details
Definition (Para 1) A digital image represents an Internet user. Digital identities, which are ______________for people to _____________________________on the Internet.
History (Para 2) 1980s The first _______________________appeared in ________________________________
Late 1990s Avatars were being used _______________________
Nowadays Avatars are ________________
Purposes of using avatars (Paras 3-5) To express oneself 1. to create ______________________________________ 2. to try being someone of_____________________ 3. to call themselves ____________________________ 4. to have _______________________________________
To represent oneself a cute cat :______________________________________ cartoon characters: _____________________________
Views (Para 6) Negative People ____________________________in virtual worlds that they are becoming_____________________________________. To ______________ others online.
Positive People look forward to a time when their avatars will __________________________________________________________and _____________________________________________virtual world.
4. Post-reading
Group Work：Create an avatar for your group (4 people a group) with your group members and tell us why you design it in this way.
Types of avatars: a cute animal avatar; a cartoon character avatar; an avatar in fancy clothes; a beautiful scenery avatar; avatar of a good-looking person
Expressions：
Our group avatar is a(n)_______ which belongs to
(types of avatars)__________________________________.
The reason why we create our avatar in this way is
because___________________________________________.
We will use it in (occasion) _______________________.
Summary & Homework
Write a passage of about 100 words on the topic "My Avatar and Me". Include 3 parts:
What my avatar looks like and why I chose it; ② How my avatar reflects my personality;
My views on the advantages and risks of using avatars.