Unit4SpaceExplorationReadingforWriting教学设计-高中英语人教版

教学设计

课程基本信息学科英语年级高一学期春季课题UNIT4SPACEEXPLORATIONReadingforWriting教学目标1、KnowledgeandAbility:prehendtheauthor'sattitudetowardsspaceexploration;graspthelinguisticfeaturesandstructureoftheargumentativeessay.2、ProcessandMethod:Abletoexpressyourownideaandwriteanargumentativeessayaboutspaceexplorationbasedonthethewritingmethodwe’velearnedthisclass.3、Attitude:Holdobjectiveattitudetowardsspaceexploration.教学内容教学重点：1.Focusonhelpingstudentsunderstandthedetailedstructureoftheargumentativeessay.2.Focusonleadingstudentswriteanargumentativeessaybasedontherelevantknowledgewe’velearnedduringclass..

教学难点：1.Thedifficultywilllieinguidingstudentstofindoutthetherelationshipbetweenthesupportingevidence.2.Helpstudentsanalyzethethesisstatementbyusingthecheckinglistformedduringclass.

教学过程Activity1:LeadinByusingapictureofStarship’sfailedtestflighttoexplorespace,Iwillintroducethetopicofspaceexplorationtostudents.AndthenshowElonMusk’spositiveattitudetowardsspaceexploration.Askstudents’attitudetowardsistoarousestudents’interestinthistopic.Activity2:ReadforMainIdeaThepointofwritingistohaveageneralunderstandingofthemainideaoftheessay,therefore,weneedtoreadfirst.Askstudentstounderlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraphbylocatingthediscoursemarkers.Activity3:ReadforStructureFinishthestructureofthisessaybasedonthemainideaabove.Judgingfromthestructure,itcanbeconcludedbythestudentsthatthisstructuredevelopsinalinearway,soitiscalledlineardevelopmentandexplainwhatlineardevelopmentitis.（线性结构：以主题句开头，在以后的支撑句中发展这个中心句）Afterfinishthestructure,itistimeforustoreadthedetails.Activity4:ReadforContentReadforthesisstatement.1.Leadstudentstofindouthowtowriteathesisstatement.Thesisstatementisposedofbackground,others’opinionandtheauthor’sopinion.Meanwhile,helpstudentsanalyzethestructureofthesisstatementbyusingdiscoursemarkers,suchasinstead,however.Guidestudentstoinfertheopponents’opinionthatspaceexplorationcan'thelpfeedtheworld’spoorandcan'thelpfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems.Thiscanbedividedintotwoarguments:Argument1:Spaceexplorationcan’thelpfeedtheworld’spoor.Argument2:Spaceexplorationcan'thelpfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems.ReadforArgument1.(1)Structure:Itismadeupofthetopicsentenceandsupportingevidenceinthefollowing.Askstudentshowthetopicsentenceandsupportingevidencearewritten.(2)Thewaytounderstandtopicsentence:Allowstudentstogetthatthereasoningmethodadoptedhereiscalledcounterargumentbecausethistopicsentenceisagainsttheopponents’argument1andexplainthisreasoningmethod.Thewaytounderstandsupportingevidence:

Byanalyzingalistofdiscoursemarkers,then,after,asaresult,I’llhelpstudentsunderstandthesediscoursemarkersshowthecauseandeffectrelationship.ReadforArgument2.(1)Structure:Itisalsomadeupofthetopicsentenceandsupportingevidenceinthefollowing.(2)Thewaytounderstandtopicsentence:Fromtheverbphrase“hasalreadypromoted”,wecangetitshowsafact.(3)Thewaytounderstandsupportingevidence:Askstudentstwoquestions:Q1:Andhowdoesspaceexplorationbenefittheproductsthatpeopleusenowadays?Q2:Thenhowdoestheauthortoshowhissupportingevidence?A1:Advancedtechnologydevelopedforspaceexplorationhaspromotedtechnologicalimprovementsthatbenefitusallbyallowingproductstobemadetoahigherstandard.A2:Accordingtothethreediscoursemarkersforexample,also,today,itliststhreeexamplestosupportthisargument2.ReadforArgument3.Askstudentthequestionbelow:Q1:WhatistherelationshipbetweenthisargumentandtheOpponents'argument2thatpaceexplorationcan'thelpfindimmediatesolutionstootherproblems.A1:Thisargumentisagainstopponents’argument.Sothereasoningmethodadoptedhereiscalledcounterargument.Q2:WhatdidthepicturesofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?A2:Theymakepeoplerealisethatourplanet’sresourcesarelimited.Q3:Thenwhatarepeopledoingtosolvethisproblem?A3:Scientistsaretryingtofindtoothernewplanet.Byaskingstudentsthethreequestions,Iwillguidestudentstoanswerthattheessayexplainsthedetailstoshowsupportingevidence,sothesupportingevidenceisshownbyexplanation.ReadforClosingIntheend,askstudentstosaytheelementofthelastparagraph.Studentsmightsayitrephrasesitsthesisstatementandpersuadesustobelievespaceexplorationcanbringusbenefits.SummaryfortheContentAskstudentstofinishthesummaryforthecontentbyusingtheformonstudents’sworksheet.SummaryforLanguageFeaturesAskstudentstosummarizethelanguagefeatures:1.DiscourseMarkers:instead,however,firstly,then,after,asaresult,secondly,forexample,also,finanlly,inclosing,therefore,etc.2.LinearDevelopment:Topicsentenceisfollowedbysupportingevidence.Activity5:ReadforWritingTask1:Askstudentstofinishthetaskbelow.Aretheseargumentsfororagainstexploringspace?Puttheminthetablebelow.A.TherearealotofunsolvedmysteriesonEarth.Sowhyarewegoingintospacetoexplore?B.Itisnecessarytofindanewhomeforpeopleinspace,astheresourcesonEarthwillrunout.C.Icannotunders