年芜湖县六项电教学术作品评选活动参评教学设计

1、2011年芜湖县六项电教学术作品评选活动参评教学设计Teaching Design For Unit 3, Module 5 Science versus nature( Reading: the first period)作者姓名：陈光明性别：男职称：中一学历：本科单位：芜湖县一中通讯地址：安徽省芜湖县一中电话电子邮箱：邮编:241100Teaching Design For Unit 3, Module 5( Reading: the first period )Analysis of the teaching material:This unit introduces and devel

2、ops the theme of science and nature. The reading passage is a newspaper article about cloning and two readers letters expressing their opinions on cloning. Students will be given information about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it. In this period, the discussions

3、 are based on the success of copying human cells. Students should reinforce their comprehension of the text and improve their other skills by participating in all the activities. The Reading strategy in this unit teaches students how to read scientific terms in scientific articles. Students are expe

4、cted to practice this skill after studying the reading strategy.Teaching Aims: 1. Knowledge Aims: Enable the students to learn some scientific terms and phrases. Enable the students to learn different opinions on cloning.2. Ability Aim: Help the students to learn how to understand scientific terms a

5、nd analyze the passage according to the reading strategy.3. Emotion Aim: Through the teaching and the debate, let the students have an active attitude towards cloning.Teaching Important Points:1. Improve the students reading ability.2. Help students understand the scientific terms.3. Let students us

6、e English to express points of view about cloning.Teaching Difficult Points:1. How to help students understand the reading material better.2. How to understand the scientific terms.Teaching Methods:Task-based, students-centered, equipment-aided, pair work, group work and debate etc.Teaching Aids: Mu

7、ltimedia, blackboard Teaching Procedures: Step 1: lead-in Watch a short film and answer the following two questions:What happened to the boy? Which new technology is mentioned in the film?Lead in the topic “cloning”, and talk something about cloning. Understand the title “The perfect copy”Step2: Fas

8、t Reading Give them six statements, ask students to go through the passage as quickly as possible and answer In which paragraph are these statements mentioned?Check the answers.Step 3: Reading strategy Help students to get the main idea of the reading strategy.Explain how to read a scientific articl

9、e.Step 4: Intensive ReadingBegin by reading the first and last paragraphCircle difficult wordsAsk students read the passage again carefully and Circle any words they dont know. Explain some scientific terms, such as cell, stem cell and embryo.Read through the article Para. 1: Listen to the tape of P

10、aragraph 1 and pay special attention to the different attitudes towards the success of cloning the first human embryo.Explain What does“Frankensteins monster” mean?Para. 2: Read Paragraph 2 and explain the creation of Dolly.Para. 3-5: Read paragraph 3-5, ask Who are the three persons in the article

11、related to cloning?Check the answers and give some explanations to the three persons.Para. 6: Read paragraph 6, do the following exercises：What can we infer from Paragraph 6?A. Chinese scientists dont care about cloning technology.B. Chinese scientists are trying to benefit mankind by using cloning

12、technology.C. Chinese scientists want to be the first to clone a human baby.D. Chinese scientists have already cloned a human baby.For the two letters: Sum up Pauline Carter and Colin Jakes opinions.Memory test: judge whether the statements are true or false.Summary: Sum up the two kinds of attitude

13、 towards cloning. The answers are : 2.c 3.a 4.a 5.bStep 5: Debate In groups, debate the following questions:Should human beings be cloned? Step 6: Summary and Homework:If time permits, ask“What have we learnt today?”to sum up this period.Homework:1. Write a letter to the editor and express your opinions about cloning human embryos.2. (Optional) Surf the internet for more information about cloning.Writing Design on t