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Lesson Plan Reading - Who am I (Book 2 Unit 3 Computers)

About the lesson The text Who am I

displays the development of computers by following a chronological order. Supposing the target readers are teenagers, this passage introduces the fast development of computers from the computer’s point of view, which is so different from a piece of writing from an encyclopedia. It adopts the first person to make the computer more like a friend to tell its own story. This lesson is going to help students understand the writer’s intention of writing this passage, and how the writer gets his writing purpose achieved through the structure and language.

About the students Students in Senior 1 are becoming familiar with the basic reading steps after half a semester’s learning: prediction - skimming - scanning - careful reading - summary. But sometimes when we are so exclamation-oriented that we only focus on the phrases and grammars instead of why they are in this way. It may also add difficulty for them to memorize the language knowledge. Therefore, I hope to help them not only to know what a reading passage is about, but also to learn how the writer get his/her writing purpose achieved.

Teaching objectives Students will be able to understand the gist of the text and how correspondent its writing features are to help achieve the writing purpose.

Teaching goals Students will be able to: - get familiar with the words and expressions to describe the development of computers - understand the main idea and the structure of the text through skimming - retell the text through making a mind map - analyze the writing purpose of the text - appreciate the language features of the text - realize the fast changing of science and technology and its influences on people’s life

Teaching Process Procedure I. Warm-up Activities Purpose Brainstorm: When talking about computers, what will you be To help students’

(2 min) interested in?

II. Pre-reading (3 min) II. Fast Reading (5 min) III. Careful Reading (13 min) IV. Reading Comprehension (7 min) V. Post Reading (10 min) mobilize their knowledge about the topic. Prediction: Look at the pictures on page 18, and predict what the To open students’

passage will be about. mind about the text. Skimming: Go through the passage quickly and answer:

To give students a 1)

Who am “I”? general picture of Suggested answer: I am a computer. the text. 2)

What is this passage about? Suggested answer: This passage is about the development of computers. 3)

What has developed for computers? Suggested answer: Its functions, memory, and applications.

1. Read the text carefully and work out a Mind Map about the To help students development of computers. You are suggested to include the following get the detailed information: information in this 1) the period of time; 2) the name of computers at different time; 3) the passage. functions of computer at different time. 2. Try to retell the development of computers based on the mind map.

Discuss the following question: To get students 1)

Can you add the RELATIONSHIP between people and “I”

in the have a deeper history to your mind map? understanding of Suggested answer: They are the helper, the friends of human beings. the topic. 2)

Who will “I”

be in the future? What will be the CHANGE in relationship between man and computers? Suggested answer: They will be the competitors and enemy of human races.

Read the introduction of Alphago from Wikipedia (see the appendices), To help students and discuss: form the concept of 1)

What are the language differences between the text and the reader awareness. introduction? Suggested answer: The writer uses the first person in the text to make the computer more like a person and closer to our life. The introduction from Wikipedia uses formal words and introduces Alphago in a scientific tone.

2)

Why are they different in language? Suggested answer: Because the target readers of the text are teenagers while the introduction is for adults to read.

V. What will the future be like? To get students Assignment As AI is developing so rapidly, Can you imagine: think of their life in What will “I”

be able to do in the future? the Who will not lose the job since “I”

can do so much? highly-advanced What should teenagers do to develop themselves? technology society

Please write a small paragraph to state your opinion.

Appendices Introduction of Alphago from Wikipedia

AlphaGo is a computer program that plays the board game Go. It was developed by Alphabet Inc.'s Google DeepMind in London. In October 2015, AlphaGo became the first computer Go program to beat a human professional Go player without handicaps on a full-sized 19×19 board. In March 2016, it beat Lee Sedol in a five-game match, the first time a computer Go program has beaten a 9-dan professional without handicaps. Although it lost to Lee Sedol in the fourth game, Lee resigned the final game, giving a final score of 4 games to 1 in favour of AlphaGo. In recognition of the victory, AlphaGo was awarded an honorary 9-dan by the Korea Baduk Association. The lead up and the challenge match with Lee Sedol were documented in a documentary film also titled AlphaGo, directed by Greg Kohs. It was chosen by Science as one of the Breakthrough of the Year runner-ups on 22 December 2016. At the 2017 Future of Go Summit, AlphaGo beat Ke Jie, the world No.1 ranked player at the time, in a three-game match. After this, AlphaGo was awarded professional 9-dan by the Chinese Weiqi Association. After the match between AlphaGo and Ke Jie, AlphaGo retired while DeepMind continues AI research in other areas.