Using LanguageⅡ第一课时导学案

Using language------ Reading speaking and writing Teaching goals

Integrating skills and writing. Target language a. Key words debate, issue, competition, in charge, topic, argument, reply to, summarize, profitable, donate, existence, embryo, justified, transfer, ethically. b. key sentences I suggest that medical cloning is very important of curing serious illnesses that at present have no cure. I would like to suggest that medical cloning is not as simple as issue as my colleague claims. Ability goals

Activate the students to show their opinions about the cloning. Enable the students to write an article on this debate. Learning ability goals Help the students learn how to organize a debate and how to write a short composition of the debate. Teaching important and difficult points How to organize the debating materials How to write a short composition of the debate How to write a report Teaching methods Task-based teaching method Teaching aids A computer and a projector Teaching procedures & ways

Step Ⅰ Revision Check the homework and ask the students to speak out their opinion about the medical cloning.

Step Ⅱ Reading

Please turn to page 58. Today we will make a debate. To begin with, I want to ask you what your opinion about debate is, have you seen any TV debates? Do you want to know more details about a debate? Ask the students to read the debate rules. Here are some questions for you.

Question 1: What is the definition of debate? A debate is an activity in which students can discuss two sides of an issue. There is a chairperson to charge it.

Question 2: Tell me the process of a debate in your own words. The leading debater who supports the topic speaks first, then another one who disagrees with the topic speaks, then other people take turns to give a free discussion. Towards the end of the debate, the last speaker of each side will summarize the arguments that have been made to support their point of view. In our textbook there is an example of debate, read the topic carefully and discuss the questions with your partner. And I will divide you into two teams. One side agrees with the medical cloning and the other side is against the medical cloning. Then show the questions. Give students 6 minutes to prepare their answers. Team A:

1. What’s their argument?

2. Two reasons for medical cloning.

3. Do you agree with them? Why? Team B:

1. What’s their argument?

2. Two reasons against medical cloning.

3. Do you agree with them? Why? Step Ⅲ Speaking The topic of our debate is “should we clone?” Now choose the team you agree with.

Divide the whole class into four groups, two agree and two disagree. To begin this debate, I will give you some information about clone. You can choose what you need. During the speech, you can make notes so that you do not forget what you want to say. In our debate the person who speaks last must summarize your ideas.

Here are some tips for you. Show the following.

Center on the subject of the debate. Organize main ideas that support your point of view. List your own ideas. Make a conclusion. Ask the students to read the following information Show the following.

Why should we use cloning? Why should we not use cloning? Then give students 10 minutes to prepare, everyone finds their roles in the debate. As a chairperson, the teacher is in charge of the debate. Ask the students to do as follows: First leading speaker gives an argument. Then others give speech freely. Last the fourth speaker gives a summary. Sample notes:

arguments for cloning

1) Cloning will be beneficial to humans. For example, if a couple can’t have children, cloning could help give them a child;

2) we could use cloning to cure illnesses.

arguments against cloning

1) health risks from mutation of genes;

2) emotional risks;

3) risk of abuse of the technology;

4) against nature;

5) cloned animals get ill and die quite young;

6) people are afraid of that scientists will create thousands of copies of the same person;

7) Cloning is dangerous because scientists my create monsters by mistake.

Step Ⅳ Writing Imagine that you are the reporter on a local newspaper and you have been asked to write an article on this debate. To do this you must mention both sides of the argument. Remember to make a large main heading and then a small heading below it. Write around 250 words. Organize your writing in this way: Paragraph 1: the topic of the debate and who won Paragraph 2: the ideas of the winning side

Paragraph 3: the ideas of the other side Paragraph 4: conclusion and your reaction to the debate, together with any idea you feel they left out A sample version: Should Medical Cloning be Allowed

A debate between Beijing Normal University and Nanjing University In December 26th 2005, there is a debate between Beijing Normal University and Nanjing University. The two teams began their argument about the cloning techniques. The topic of this composition is: Should medical cloning be allowed? After the fierce debate, Beijing Normal University — the positive side win this composition.

The view of the positive side is: there should be medical cloning. The view of the negative side is: there should not be medical cloning.

This debate is very successful. As the coin has two sides, every technology can bring the advantages to our society, and also can bring the negative effects to our human beings. So when we judge a new technology good or not good, we should look at whether there are more advantages than its disadvantages or not. If we use it in a proper way it can benefit our human beings a lot. Step Ⅴ Homework You’ve known how to make a debate. Why don’t you arrange one with your classmates? Choose whichever topic interests you but make sure that it is popular topic. Organize it as you have been shown in this unit. Enjoy the argument and let the better side win! Then try to write a report.