Using LanguageⅡ教学创新设计

Module 8 Unit2 Reading Cloning：Where is it leading us? 1. Teaching aims

Knowledge aims:

To know what is cloning, its benefits, problems, possible dangers as well as arguments and attitudes aroused by cloning

Ability aims:

1. To develop Ss’ different reading skills especially scanning for key words 2. To develop Ss micro reading skill—word guessing 3. Build up Ss’ confidence in speaking in English Emotion aims:

To be aware that the significance of cloning is to break medical limitation so as to benefit human beings 2. Teaching key point and difficult point Teaching key points:

1. The definition of cloning and its benefits and drawbacks

2. Developing students’ different reading skills especially scanning for key words Teaching difficult points:

1. Method of word guessing 2. To analyze the structure of an exposition 3. Teaching and learning approach

1. Task-based teaching approach

2. Student-centered teaching approach

3. Communicating and cooperating learning approaches 4. Teaching aids

a projector and some slides.

5. Teaching procedures

Step I Lead-in Lead in the topic by watching a video and ask students what is the video about. Step II Pre-reading

1). Predict what the passage is about according to the title 2). Students check their guesses and skim for the main idea of the passage

Main idea:

animal cloning raised arguments and scientists are not sure about its future Step III While-reading 1).

Match the main idea with each paragraph Para. 1

Introduction/Definition Para. 2

Uses and procedure Para. 3

Problems of Dolly Para. 4

Impact of Dolly Para. 5

Different attitudes to human cloning Then Raise a question: What type of article is it?

Exposition(说明文) Then introduce the features of an exposition:

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written in the third person

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in factual and formal language ◆

gives different points of view and does not try to persuade the reader to make up his mind 2). Detailed reading Para1：What is cloning? What does “it”

refer to?

When will “it” happen?

Para2：What are the two major uses of cloning?Word guessing: “straightforward”

Pick out the key verbs in the procedure and retell the procedure according to the key verbs Para3:It can be inferred from this paragraph that a cloned animal ___C___.

A. can develop normally and live as long as the original one B. lives longer than the original one C. may fall ill younger and die earlier than the original one D. will have no healthy problems as Dolly the sheep From which sentences did you get the answer? Altogether Dolly lived six and a half years, half the length of the life of the original sheep. How many years did the original sheep live? 13 years.

Guess from context(上下文):

Cloning scientists were cast down to find that Dolly’s illness were more appropriate to a much older animal.

Para4:

What might cloning be used to do in the future?

to cure serious disease and to produce human beings

Para5:

Different attitudes towards human cloning

for:evil leaders;Some countries like China and UK

against:religious leaders;some countries Step IV Post reading 1). Further understanding: Work in groups and find out the benefits as well as the Problems or dangers of cloning in this passage. Benefits: Gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants.

It is valuable for research on new plant species and medical research on animals.

It opened everyone’s eyes to the possibility to cure serious illnesses.

Problem or dangers: Scientists were cast down to find that Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to an older animal. Dolly lived half the length of the original sheep. Evil leaders may get themselves cloned to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders raised moral questions. 2) What’s the author’s attitude?

Why?

Objective

(neutral)

He just listed a series of facts and didn’t state his own opinion

3) Discussion

Are you for or against cloning? Why ? Useful expressions: As far as I am concerned……

The reason is that…. From my point of view…

My view is that…. Benefits:

Gardeners use it all the time to produce commercial quantities of plants. It opened everyone’s eyes to the possibility to cure serious illnesses.

It is valuable for research on new plant species and medical research on animals.

Problems or dangers:

Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to an older animal.

Evil leaders may get themselves cloned to attain their ambitions. Religious leaders raised moral questions.

Step V Summary and homework Summarize the whole class by emphasizing the structure of an exposition. Homework: 1.Read the passage at least five times

2.Underline the difficult points 3.Find out all the appositive clauses

Teaching reflection: 1.

Teacher should give students more time to read the passage thoroughly. 2.

Teacher should give students more time to discuss and organize their own ideas clearly as well as give them enough guidance.