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Module 8 Unit 2 Cloning Period I Teaching Plan 刘福祥 I．教学内容分析 本单元的中心话题是“克隆”，涉及克隆哺乳动物、克隆的历史和是否能够克隆已经绝种的动物所引起的争议等话题。 Warming Up部分呈现一组图片，引入有关克隆的话题，要求学生回答有关是否能区分自然与人工无性繁殖克隆的问题，激发学生对克隆话题的兴趣，既能集中学生的注意力，又为他们学习本课话题做准备。因为这部分的问题比较有趣，所以能调动学生讨论的积极性，达到热身的效果。 Pre-reading部分要求学生讨论有关克隆的问题，看学生对克隆有多少了解，对这个话题学生想知道什么并有什么启示。这样可以激活学生的背景知识和思维，为下面的阅读文章做铺垫，并培养学生的想象力和判断力。 Teaching Goals: 1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about cloning 2. To learn about the procedure of animal cloning and the life of Dolly the sheep 3. To develop Ss’ some basic reading skills. Teaching methods: To carry out teaching via the task-based approach. By means of explanation, analysis and induction. Teaching key points: 1. To stimulate the students’ interest in exploring knowledge. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Leading-in Purpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to want to know about cloning. Look at the following pictures and have a free talk. 1.Do you know the name of the most famous sheep and how it is different from other sheep? Suggested Answer: Its name is the Dolly sheep. It was cloned while the others were born naturally. It is the copy of another sheep. What is cloning? Suggested Answer: Cloning is a way of making an exact copy of another animal or plant. Step 2. Warming Up Purpose: To lead Ss to the topic of this unit through the discussion To get Ss to look at the pictures and discuss how they differ Suggested Answer: The first picture shows “identical dogs”. The smaller of the two dogs must be a man-made clone of the larger one. The other picture is about human twins. They are identical in sex and appearance and are good examples of natural clones. Step 3. Pre-reading Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in the text and encourage Ss to predict the content of the text. Get students to discuss what the passage talks about and how they understand the meaning of the title “Cloning : Where is it leading us?” Ask Ss to talk about the following questions. 1 What is cloning? 2 How is a clone produced?