《Unit-4-Space-Exploration-Reading-for-Writing》教案(附導(dǎo)學(xué)案)1

Unit4SpaceExplorationReadingforWriting【教材分析】Thetopicofthispartis“Presentanargumentaboutspaceexploration”.Thissectionisaboutanargumentaboutintroducingdifferentbenefitsofexploringspace.Argumentativeessayshaveastablestructure.Thefirstparagraphalwayspresentsacertainphenomenonortopic.Thebodyalwayshasthestructureofputtingupwiththesupportiveoropposingviewsandtheirreasonsorspecificcases.Theendalwaysdrawsaconclusion.Inthefirstparagraph,theauthorputforwardthediscussedtopic—thebenefitsofexploringspace.Inparagraph2toparagraph4,heorshegave3piecesofsupportiveopinionsandthereasonsorthespecificcases.Inparagraph5,wecancometotheconclusion—exploringspaceprovidestheworldwithmanydifferentbenefits.Therefore,studentsshouldbeguidedtolearnthestructureandwriteanessaylikethisafterreadingtheargumentativeessay.Butbeforedoingthis,studentsshouldunderstandthemainideasaboutthearticleandfindthetopicsentencesofeachparagraph.【教學(xué)目標(biāo)】1.Readquicklytogetthemainidea;readcarefullytogetthedetailedinformation.2.Learnthecharacteristicsorstructuresofargumentativeessays.3.Learntowriteanargumentativeessay.4.Learntocorrectothers’writing.【教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)】1.Learnthecharacteristicsorstructuresofargumentativeessays.2.Learntowriteanargumentativeessay.【教學(xué)過(guò)程】Step1Leadin—SmalltalkSpaceexplorationhasagreatnumberofbenefits,buttherearealsogreatrisksandalargeamountofmoneytospend.Sosomepeoplesupportspaceexplorationbecausetheythinkithasbroughtalotofbenefitstohumans.Butontheotherhand,somepeoplethinktherearealotofquestionstobesolvedlikehungeranddiseases.Whydon’twespendmoremoneyandeffortonthem?Whatisyourideaandwhy?Ithinkweshouldbeinfavorofitbecausealotofspacetechnologieshavealreadyprovidedserviceforuscommonpeople,likeGPS.Ithinkweshouldstopitbecauseweneedmoremoneyandefforttohelpthepoor,thedisabled.What’sworse,therearealotofrisksinspaceexploration,liketheChallengeraccident.Step2Whilereading—Task11.Findthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Para1 Presentanargumentwhetherexplorationspaceisawasteoftimeandmoney.Para2 Exploringspacehascontributedgreattothefightagainstworldhunger.Para3 Spaceexplorationhasalreadypromotedtechnologicalimprovement.Para4 Sendingastronautsintospacehasfurtheredunderstandingoftheworld’sproblemsandfiguringoutwaystosolvethem.Para5 Drawaconclusionthatexploringspaceisofgreatbenefit,soweshouldcontinue.2.Themainideaofthepassageisaboutanargumentaboutintroducingdifferentbenefitsofexploringspace.Step3Whilereading—Task2Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.Q1:Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexplorationaccordingtothepassage?Q2:Whatarethebenefitsofexploringspace?Q3:WhatdidthepictureofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealise?Q4:What’stheauthor’sattitudetoexploringspace?DifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploring,whileothersfeelthisisa1._____view.DifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploring,whileothersfeelthisisa1._____view.2.:mildallyearround.DifferentbenefitsofexploringspaceDifferentbenefitsofexploringspaceIthas2._____inthefightagainstworldhunger.Ithas3._____technologicalimprovements.Ithelpspeople4._____theworld’sproblems.DrawaconclusionDrawaconclusionExploringspaceshould5._____.Answers:1.shallow2.madeadifference3.promoted4.thinkabout5.continueStep5Beforewriting—WordsandphrasesTranslatethephrasesfromthetext.①launchasatellite發(fā)射衛(wèi)星②collectdata收集數(shù)據(jù)③explorespace探索太空④makeadifference有很大影響⑤resultin導(dǎo)致⑥benefitfrom從中受益⑦advancedtechnology先進(jìn)的技術(shù)⑧meettherequirements滿(mǎn)足要求⑨changeourlives改變我們的生活⑩limitedresources有限的資源?becloseto靠近；接近?providefor提供生活所需?promotetechnologicalimprovement促進(jìn)技術(shù)改進(jìn)?providesolutionstoproblems提供解決問(wèn)題的辦法Step6Whilewriting最近，你班同學(xué)就“太空探索是否值得”這一話題展開(kāi)了一場(chǎng)討論。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表提供的信息，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇短文介紹討論的情況，并談?wù)勛约旱目捶ā?0%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：70%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：1.不值得探索2.離我們及我們的日常生活太遙遠(yuǎn)3.浪費(fèi)金錢(qián)。這些金錢(qián)本可用來(lái)解決地球上的饑餓、污染等問(wèn)題1.值得探索2.已使用衛(wèi)星進(jìn)行通訊傳播、天氣預(yù)報(bào)3.有望解決地球人口問(wèn)題、地球能源短缺問(wèn)題Step7Whilewriting—theoutlineParagraph1：Recently,studentsinourclasshavehadadiscussiononwhetherspaceisworthexploring.Paragraph2：30%ofusthinkspaceexplorationisnotworthwhile.Paragraph3：Ontheotherhand,70%thinkspaceisworthexploring.Paragraph4：AsfarasIamconcerned,itisworthwhiletoexplorethespace.Step8Whilewriting—wordsandphrases①haveaheateddiscussion舉行熱烈的討論②beworthdoing值得做③holddifferentideas持有不同的觀點(diǎn)④befarawayfrom離……很遠(yuǎn)⑤beusedtodo被用來(lái)做……⑥benefitalotfrom...從……受益良多⑦communicationn．交際⑧weatherforecast天氣預(yù)報(bào)⑨energyshortages能源短缺⑩asfarasI’mconcerned在我看來(lái)Step9Whilewriting—makesentences①用于太空探索的資金可以用來(lái)解決地球的饑餓和污染等問(wèn)題。（過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)）Andthemoneyspentonspaceexplorationcanbeusedtosolvetheearth’sproblemssuchasstarvationandpollution.②30%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為不值得探索。30%ofusthinkspaceexplorationisnotworthwhile.③他們認(rèn)為太空探索離我們及我們的日常生活太遙遠(yuǎn)并且浪費(fèi)金錢(qián)。Theythinkspaceistoofarawayfromusandourdailylifeandisawasteofmoney.④70%的人認(rèn)為太空值得探索，因?yàn)槲覀儚闹惺芤娣藴\。(because)70%thinkspaceisworthexploringbecausewehavebenefitedalotfromit.⑤總有一天，我們可以搬到其他星球去解決人口問(wèn)題。(bydoing)Wemaysolvethepopulationproblembymovingtootherplanetsoneday.⑥太空研究將使我們能夠找到新的能源來(lái)解決地球上的能源短缺問(wèn)題。（不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)）Spaceresearchwillenableustofindnewsourcestosolvetheproblemofenergyshortageontheearth.⑦在我看來(lái)，探索太空是值得的。AsfarasIamconcerned,itisworthwhiletoexplorethespace.Step10Writing—draftHavetheSswritetheirowndrafts.Step11PairworkExchangedraftswithapartner.Usethischecklisttohelpyourpartnerrevisehis/herdraft.1.Doesthewriterexplainwhyhe/shechanged/wantedtochange?2.Doesthewritertellhowthechangeshaveimprovedorwillimprovehis/herlife?3.Isthetextwell-organised?4.Doesthewriterusewordsandexpressionstoshowsimilaritiesanddifferences?5.Arethereanygrammarorspellingerrors?6.Doesthewriterusecorrectpunctuation?Step12HomeworkPutupyourreviseddraftintheclassroomorreadittoyourclass.Unit4SpaceExplorationReadingforWriting導(dǎo)學(xué)案【學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)】1.Readquicklytogetmainidea;readcarefullytogetthedetailedinformation.2.Learnthecharacteristicsorstructuresofargumentativeessay.3.Learntowriteanargumentativeessay.4.Learntocorrectothers’writing.【學(xué)習(xí)重難點(diǎn)】Learnthecharacteristicsorstructuresofargumentativeessay.Learntowriteanargumentativeessay.【學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程】Step1Leadin—SmalltalkSpaceexplorationhasagreatmanyofbenefits,buttherearealsogreatrisksandalargeamountofmoneytospend.Sosomepeoplesupportspaceexplorationbecausetheythinkithasbroughtalotofbenefitstohumans.Butontheotherhand,somepeoplethinktherearealotofquestionstotobesolvedlikehungeranddiseases,whynotspendmoremoneyandeffortonthem?Whatisyourideaandwhy?Step2Whilereading—Task11.Findthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Para1 _____________________________________________Para2 _____________________________________________Para3 _____________________________________________Para4 _____________________________________________Para5 _____________________________________________2.Themainideaofthepassageisabout__________________________Step3Whilereading—Task2Readthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.Q1:Whyaresomepeopleagainstspaceexplorationaccordingtothepassage?Q2:Whatarethebenefitsofexploringspace?Q3:WhatdidthepictureofEarthfromspacemakepeoplerealize?Q4:What’stheauthor’sattitudetoexploringspace?DifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploring,DifferentopinionsaboutspaceexplorationSomepeoplearguethatweshouldstopexploring,whileothersfeelthisisa1._____view.2.:mildallyearround.DifferentbenefitsofexploringspaceDifferentbenefitsofexploringspaceIthas2._____inthefightagainstworldhunger.Ithas3._____technologicalimprovements.Ithelpspeople4._____theworld’sproblems.DrawaconclusionDrawaconclusionExploringspaceshould5._____Step5Beforewriting—wordsandphrasesTranslate.①________________________發(fā)射衛(wèi)星②________________________收集數(shù)據(jù)③________________________探索太空④________________________有很大影響⑤________________________導(dǎo)致⑥________________________從中受益⑦_(dá)_______________________先進(jìn)的技術(shù)⑧________________________滿(mǎn)足要求⑨________________________改變我們的生活⑩________________________有限的資源?________________________靠近；接近?________________________提供生活所需?________________________促進(jìn)技術(shù)改進(jìn)?________________________提供解決問(wèn)題的辦法Step6Whilewriting最近，你班同學(xué)就“太空探索是否值得”這一話題展開(kāi)了一場(chǎng)討論。請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下表提供的信息，用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)一篇短文介紹討論的情況，并談?wù)勛约旱目捶ā?0%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：70%的同學(xué)認(rèn)為：1.不值得探索2.離我們及我們的日常生活太遙遠(yuǎn)3.浪費(fèi)金錢(qián)。這些金錢(qián)本可用來(lái)解決地球上的饑餓、污染等問(wèn)題1.值得探索2.已使用衛(wèi)星進(jìn)行通訊傳播、天氣預(yù)報(bào)3.有望解決地球人口問(wèn)題、地球能源短缺問(wèn)題Step7Whilewriting—theoutlineParagraph1：________________________________________________Paragraph2：________________________________________________Paragraph3：________________________________________________Paragraph4：________________________________________________Step8Whilewriting—wordsandphrases①_______