人教版（2019）高中英语必修第三册 Unit4 Reading for Writing 名师教学设计.docVIP

PAGE PAGE2 / NUMPAGES2 Unit4 Reading for Writing 名师教学设计 Teaching analysis The text is a typical argumentative about the benefits of space exploration which follows the structure of “introduction-body-conclusion” to present an argument. To show the opinion clearly, the writer uses topic sentence for each paragraph. Proper writing techniques like examples, explanations and comparison enables the writer to fully develop the main idea. For students in Grade 1, they are not familiar with this topic because it’s not so life-related, but they are curious about space exploration. They are active in expressing their opinions but lack in writing techniques and cosistency as well as need more guidance in organizing their essays. Thus, in this class, the teaching aims are designed as follow: to fully understand the topic and the writer’s opinon to analyze how the writer develops his opinion clearly, coherently and comprehensively to explore the two sides of space exploration and cultivate critical thinking to apply the writing techniques and structure pattern learned from the text to write an argumentative essay Difficulty Key Points to analyze how the writer develops his opinion clearly, coherently and comprehensively to write a typical argumentative with proper writing techniques and a good organization Teaching procedures Step1:Lead-in Video time Students are to watch a short video clip about the disadvantage of space travel. (Aim: to elicit the topic, to help students see some negative side of space exploration and prepare for discusssion) Step2:Discussion. Students are to focus on the topic—Should we spend time and money to explore space? and discuss according to their understanding of spcae exploration in a group of four. (Aim: to activate students’ background information about space exploration and cultivate their critical thinking.) Your point □Yes □No Your reasons (arguments) Step3:Reading. Read for structure Students are to skim the text quickly to draw a simple