北师版英语必修2U4 Cyberspace-Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism

U4CyberspaceLesson4VirtualTourismObjectives■Topractiseintensiveandextensivereadingskills(anticipatingmeaning,scanning).■Todevelopstrategiestomatchtopicswithparagraphs.■Toidentifyimportantwordsinatext.■Topractiseusinglinkingwords(addition)?Calso,aswellas,too.■Topractisecollocationswithdoandmake.■Tolistentoatalktofindoutmainfacts.ResourcesusedCassette,wallmapofNewZealand.PossibleproblemsSomestudentsmayknowlessthanothersaboutNewZealandandsofeelatadisadvantage.BackgroundAucklandisthelargestcityinNewZealand.BackgroundinformationonNewZealandisintheCultureCornerofthisunit.AnInternetpagehastextandgraphicsorphotographs.Someofthewordsonthepageareblue,andwhenthecursorpassesoverthem,itchangesshapeandbecomesahand.Thesebluewordsarethelinkstohypertextandifyouclickonthemwiththemouse,theyopenupnewpagesofinformationwhich,inturn,mayhavemorebluewordstotakeyoufurtherawayfromtheinitialinformationintomorespecificareas.Routesthroughthematerial■Ifyouareshortoftime,setsomeoftheexercisesforhomeworkandomitExercise9.■Ifyouhavetime,dotheOptionsActivities.■Ifyouhavetwolessonsforaunit,asuitablenaturalbreakisafterExercise5.LanguagePower:pages60?C61.ReadingBeforeyoustartExercise1■AskstudentstocoverthetextandlookjustatthephotographsandguessfourthingsaboutAuckland.Encouragestudentstotalkaboutthephotographsasmuchaspossible,andtocontributeotherinformationtheyknowaboutAuckland.ReadtolearnExercise2■Studentsreadthetextquickly(givethematimelimitoftwominutesifyouwish)tochecktheirguesses.AnswersAucklandisabigandmoderntown,abusinesscentre.ThereisaninfluencefromtheMaori/5maUri/culture.Thereisaharbourbridge.Aucklandisnexttothesea.■IfyouhaveawallmapofNewZealand,putitupandencouragestudentstosaywhattheyknowaboutNewZealandandlifethere.■ReadtheReadingStrategieswiththeclass.■Askstudentstolookbackatthetext“TheFutureofCyberspace“inLesson1.Askstudentstoreadaloudthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Discusshowthefirstsentencepredictsthecontentoftherestoftheparagraph.■StudentsthenlookatthetextinLesson4.Inpairs,studentsreadeachparagraphandunderline3?C5importantwordsintheparagraph.Studentsthenreportbacktotheclassandseeiftheyagreeabouttheimportantwords.Therewillbesomedifferencesbutstudentsshouldhavechosenmanyofthesamewords,e.g.inparagraph1?Clargestcity,NorthIsland,seasidebusiness,manycultures.Exercise3■Studentsreadthetextagainandcompletethetablewithinformationfromthetext.PopulationlessthanamillionLocationonNorthIslandHistoryMaorissettled650yearsago;Europeansettlementbeganin1840FamoussightsMtEden;ParnellVillage;AucklandMuseumClimateWarm;plentyofsunshineExercise4■Studentsfollowthelasttwostrategiesandmatchthetopicswiththeparagraphs.■Whencheckinganswers,havestudentsreadoutthefirstsentenceoftheparagraphtoshowhowitrelatestothetopic.Answersa2b5c3d?Ce4fl■Ingroups,studentsdiscusswhatwouldattractthempersonallyiftheywenttoAuckland,usingthestructure:IfIwenttoAuckland,I'dliketo•••.Exercise5■Studentslocatethewordsinblueinthetext.Askstudentshowthese'hotword’(or'hypertext')workonarealInternetpage.■Studentsworkinpairs,matchingtheinformationwiththewords.Answers1businessandindustry2Maoris3Wellington4AucklandHarbourBridge5nuclear-freezoneExercise6Askstudentstofindthewordsintheparagraphsinthetextandtoreadaloudthesentencescontainingthelinkingwords.Askstudentswhattheselinkingwordsdo(addmoreinformation).Studentscompletetheexercise,thencomparetheiranswersinpairsbeforecheckinganswersasaclass.Answerstoo2aswellas3alsoIngroups,studentswriteasimilarparagraphusingthelinkingwordsabouttheirowntownorregion.Thegroupscanthenreadtheirparagraphstotherestoftheclass.Recommendthatstudentsorganisealllinkingwordstheycomeacrossintogroupsaccordingtotheirfunctionandtokeeptrackoftheminaspecialsectionoftheirvocabularybooks.Theycanlabelthisparticulargroupofwords'toaddmoreinformationortoreinforcetheinformationalreadygiven'.VocabularyExercise7Studentsreadthesentencesandwritemakeavisitanddowatersportsinthecorrectcolumns.Inpairs,studentscompletethetablewiththeothernouns.Answers(Notethatwecansaymakeordothebed)do:homeworktheshoppingthewashingverywellinEnglishthedishesmake:aguessaphonecallasuggestionanarrangementamistakethebedanoisefriends■Studentsthenwritefivesentencesusingexpressionsfromthetable.Studentsreadtheirsentencestotheirpartners.Exercise8Studentsreadthesentencesandchoosethecorrectwordtocompleteeachsentence.■Studentsthencomparetheiranswersinpairsbeforeyouchecktheanswersasaclass.SpeakingExercise9Studentsworkindividuallychoosingwhattheywou1dliketoseeanddoduringtheirweekendinAuckland.AskstudentstofilltheirdiaryfromFridayeveninguntilSundayafternoon.Havestudentsreadouttheexampledialogueandelicitexpressionsforagreeing,disagreeingandmakingsuggestions.Studentsthenworkinpairs,exchangingideasanddecidingwhattodoandseeduringtheweekend.■Thepairsthenreportbacktothe