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Unit 3 Reading教案
Teaching aims 1. Ability aim
To develop the students' reading ability by skimming and scanning the text.
2. Knowledge aim
Know the development and usages of computer
Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in
Watch a video about the development of computers to lead in the topic of the class. Step 2 Pre-reading
Guess some pictures about the development of computers to let student think about when the inventions appeared. Step3 Reading 1. Fast reading
Skimming and finding the general idea
Now please skim the text WHO AM I. Then try to get the general idea of the passage. Have you got the main idea?
Yes, it tells us the development and usages of computers. 2. Careful reading
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Listening to the tape and scanning the passage
To know the content of the interview and finish task 2, 3, 4, 5. Each group finishes a task.
Task 2 Choose the best answer and fill in the chart 1. “I” in the passage refers to _____.
A. A TV set B. A computer C. A radio D. The internet 2. When was the biggest computer? A. In 12
B. In 1936 C. In the 1940s D. In the 1970s
3. Who was the first person to make the earliest computer? A. Alan Turing B. Charles Babbage C. Charles Turing D. Charles Alan. 4. When was the universal machine built?
A. In 1822. B. In 12. C. In 1936 . D. In 1940. Topic sentence Supporting details a calculating machine; ; ; ; Task 3 Decide whether they are true or false and fill in the chart 1. After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker.
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2. My shape wasn't changed.
3. Since the 1970s, the first family of computers was connected to each other. Topic sentence Supporting details tubes; ; ; ; Task 4 Read Para 3 and then answer the following questions and fill in the chart
1. What are the new applications of the computer? 2. What roles do computers play in the life of human beings? Topic sentence Supporting details communications; ; ; ; ; ; ; 好好努力 梦想终会实现
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Task 5 Summary of the passage Read and finish the timeline below.
12 The computer began as a 1822 The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage. 1936 The computer grew rapidly both in and in 1940s The computers had grown as as a The first family of computers was connected to each other. 1970s Computers were used in and Now Computers connect all over the together. Step 4 Post reading 1. Discussion
What are the advantages and disadvantages of computers nowadays? For reference: Advantages: listen to the music, see films, watch news, communicate with friends, buy things on line... Disadvantages: play computer games too much, chat on the Internet too much, little time to study 3. Make a conversation
To use the passage in a practical way to improve students’ pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation.
Please talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the computers with your partner.
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Step 5 Summary
1Know more knowledge about the development and usages of computers.
2Know the advantages and disadvantages of computers. Step 6 Homework
1. Review the text and the new expressions.
2. Pick out the sentences with the present perfect passive voice in the text.
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