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M7 Unit 1 Living with technology Period 8 Project: Making a list of pros and cons I. Teaching aims: Enable students to discuss the disadvantages of mobile phone use Provide students opportunities to make a list of pros and cons and know how to support the statements. Make sure students could grasp the skills to make a list of pros and cons on other electronic devices. II. Teaching important point: How to make a list of pros and cons. III. Teaching difficult point: Enable students to write an article on the advantages and disadvantages of some electronic devices. IV. Procedures: Step 1 lead-in: Ask students three questions to evoke the topic of the class: 1. How many of you have a mobile phone? 2.Why do you use mobile phones? 3. Can you list some functions of mobile phones? Presents some functions of mobile phone, such as making a phone call, taking photos, listening to music, Surfing the Internet, and sending short messages Step 2 Reading comprehension (1) general reading Now let’s read a newspaper article about the possible negative effects of mobile phone use on people’s health Remind students of reading strategy : how to read a newspaper article In a newspaper article, both title and first paragraph are attractive of eye-catching, which will tell you some information. Read the title and the first paragraph carefully and predict what’s the author’s attitude towards mobile phone use. (2)Careful reading Now let’s read the article and find out the main ideas of the article to fill the following form. Main points Supporting details ? ? ? ? Main points supporting details Using a mobile phone doubles the risk of developing brain cancer. Supporting details The report is based on the findings of research that was carried out in Sweden, comparing 1,617 patients found to have brain tumours between 1997 and 2003 with the same number of healthy people 2. Digital mobile phones are an actual danger. Supporting details: The