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Unit2UsingLangugage2名师教学设计

Welcomeorrejectfuturechanges

Thispassageisanargumentationwhichdiscussesthetopic“welcomeorrejectfuturechanges”andshowsdifferentattitudestonewtechnology.Thewriterintroducesthetopicwithanaccidentcausedbyself-drivecarsandpresentsopinionsoftwosides.Basedonthepersonalexperience,thewritershowshisownattitudetonewtechnology.Forss,theyhaveideasaboutthesecontroversialtopicsbuttheydon’tknowhowtosupporttheiropinionswithproperarguments.Thus,theteachingobjectivesareasfollow:

TeachingObjectives:

Tofigureourthestructureofanargumentativepassagebyfindingsignposts.

Tosummarizethemainopinionsinthistextandtheirsupportiveevidence.

Toexpressopinionsandillustrateandsupporttheirownopinionsonanargumentativetopic.

TeachingSteps:

Step1:Lead-in

LatestNewsaboutinnovationsintransporttoolsandtheaccidentscausedbytheself-drivingmode.

(Aims:toelicitthetopic.)

Step2:Reading

Readforthemaintopicdiscussedinthistextandthefunctionsofthispara1.

Readforthestructureofthistext,

Identifythemainopinionsbyfindingsignpost.

(Aims:tolearnthefunctionsofsignpost.)

Readforthesupportingdetailsofdifferentopinions.

(Aims:tolearnhowtoillustrateandsupporttheiropinions.)

Step3:Thinking

Thinkabouttwoquestions:

Whydidn’tthewriterexpresshisopiniondirectlyatthebeginning?

What’syourattitudetothenewtechnology?

(Aims:todevelopss’evaluatingskillandprepareforwriting.)

Step4:DiscussionandSummary

Howtosupportopinions?

(Aims:tosummarizeandpractisetheskills.)

Step5:Writing

Chooseonetopicandwriteashortparagraphtowellsupportyouropinion.

(Aims:topractisewritingskillslearnttoday.)