Unit 4 A Turn in Life
Teaching Focus
Theme Text A Text B 30 Days Without the Internet—Ahead of the Game A Self-Experiment Vocabulary offline, disconnect, headline, ahead, suffer, previous, convince, separate, uneasy, major, inform, hide, disappoint, locate, atmosphere, distract, replace, remain, surf, delight, favorite, hesitate, sight absorb, moreover, focus, delay Phrases and connect with; hit on; glance ahead of; suffer from; be concerned Expressions through; deal with; get used to; about; work out; take on; in/within reflect on; become/be absorbed sight; ever since in; focus on Grammar 1) How to use the structure “the more… the more…” and the expression “instead of” (“Focusing on Sentence Structure”) 2) How to use pronouns (“Basic Writing Skills”) Writing Understanding and writing timetables/schedules (“Practical Writing”)
Teaching Plan
单元 主题 A Turn in Life 课时8 安 排 教育 教学 目标 (学生) To learn the difficulty in fighting the addiction to the Internet and try to develop a good habit of using the Internet. To learn to be positive and helpful. To be familiar with the context meaning and the use of those vocabulary of the two texts listed in the above table. To be familiar with the collocation of those phrases and expressions listed in the above table. To be able to make sentences with deal with, focus on, every now and then, and be used to. To be able to rewrite sentences after models, using the structure “the more…, the more” or the expression of “instead of”. To learn some rules of using pronouns. To be able to understand and write a timetable/schedule. 教 学 设 计 Section A Text A: 30 Days Without the Internet—A Self-Experiment Section B 教 学 Text B: Ahead of the Game 内 容 Section C Practical Writing: Understanding and Writing Timetables/ Schedules Leading In and Exploring the Topic ? Ask the Ss to work in small groups to discuss the questions listed in the exercise of Exploring the Topic on P60 of SB. ? Elicit answers from some students and give them helps where necessary. ? Then give the Ss 5 minutes to discuss the following three questions: 1) What do you usually use the Internet for? 2) What will you do if you can’t access the Internet for more than a week? 3) What benefits can you think of to live without the Internet? ? Ask some representatives to share their groups’ opinion with the class. Section A Reading Through ? Show the class the text structure on P127 of TB with PPT and allow them 5 minutes to look through the text with the structure in mind. ? Give the Ss 10 minutes to read Para.2 to Para.8 again carefully 教学活动and try to find the answer to the following 4 questions: 安排建议 1) How did the author feel during the first week of the experiment? 2) What did the author do to distract himself? 3) How did the author get used to the life without the Internet? 4) What are the advantages of being disconnected from the Internet? ? Ask some students to share their answers with the class. Give them some help where necessary. ? Highlight some difficult sentences and elicit explanations from students and give helps where necessary. Basic Writing Skills ? Prepare a PPT with sentences of the exercise on P69 to P70 of SB. ? Ask some students to tell their answers to the class and explain why. ? Check the understanding of the class by explaining the examples given on P69 of SB. Section B Reading More ? Ask the students to read and be familiar with the content of Text B. ? Pair up the Ss in class and allow them 10 minutes to discuss the following questions: 1) What is the author’s friend suffering from? Why? 2) What did the author’s friend like to do when they were in college? 3) What did the author’s friend receive one day? 4) What words did his friend find on it? 5) What did his friend do at last? 6) What will you do if you are the friend? 7) What will you do if you the author? ? Encourage some volunteers to share their ideas with the class. Section C Practical Writing ? Guide the students to finish the three exercises on P76 to P77 of SB according to the samples given. ? Ask each student to write a Chinese schedule for next week and then write an English one according to the Chinese one. 课 后 学 习 设 计 ? Finish all the exercises in Unit Four. ? Read the passage in Reading Out on P64 of SB and recite it. ? List some other ways to fight Internet addiction besides the ones used in Text A. ? Write yourself an English schedule for next week. 作业 (学生) 课后 总结 与 反思 （教师）