U8 Pets
Study skills
Finding information on the Internet
Read part of the story and answer the questions.
1. What's the meaning of “rock”?
2. How do you get its meaning?
3. If I want to know more about how to use this word, what can I do?
4. If I want to know more about the story, what can I do?
dictionary
1. Can we find the song “Forever” in the dictionary?
2. Can we find it in the library?
3. How can we find it?
Internet
dictionary
library
Internet
Choose the best way for each student.
1. Millie meets some new words when she is reading an English article at school, what can she do?
2. Daniel are interested in science, he likes reading something about it between classes, what can he do?
3. Simon is going to make a presentation(展示) about some amazing things in the world in class, what can he do?
★What is the Internet exactly
(准确地)?
Watch a video and fill in the blanks.
The Internet is a __________ of lots of __________
connected to each other so people can ______________.
computers
network
keep in touch
keywords
important words
What is a website and a search engine?
website
网站
search engines
搜索引擎
Q1: Why do we need search engines?
Q2: How do we use a search engine?
How do we use search engines?
First, we have to type in a _____________or some_________________. Then, the search engines will give us a list of relevant____________. We can choose one of the___________ to look at. The search engines can help us find information _______________________.
keyword
keywords
websites
websites
quickly and easily
Q: How can we choose(选择) a keyword?
Practice: Millie and her friends are using the search engines to find information. Look at what they want to find. Help them choose the best keywords.
Millie wants to find information about pets.
animals
birds
pets
2. Simon wants to find information about how to look after a pet.
pet care
pet
pet problems
3. Kitty wants to find information about keeping an e-pet.
different pets
e-pet
what to have as a pet
Pair work: Talk about Finding information on the Internet.
A: How can I find information on the Internet?
B: You can use… They can help you find information…
A: I want to find information about… Which keyword
should I type in?
B: I think … is the best key word.
A: What should I do after that?
B: The search engine will you …
Group work
Work in groups of six and talk about the questions: Which is the best way to look for information for you? And why?
You should write a report and read it to your classmates. You should write at least 60 words.
You can begin your report like this:
We think the ... is the best way to find information. We have ... reasons. Firstly... Secondly... And at last...
The world is becoming smaller and smaller because of the Internet!
We have to work hard on English and computer science!
So we can make a big difference
(产生巨大影响) in the future!
The End!