Unit 6 A variety of viewpoints教案和课堂实录

Unit 6

A variety of viewpoints Reading: Points of view (1.5 periods) Cognitive Objective:

To learn about pros and cons of TV commercials for children / different points of view towards TV commercials. Skills Objective:

To practise students’ skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific details. To practice students’ speaking on a given topic ‘how to express opinions’.

Affective Objective:

To help students understand the effects of the advertising industry in modern society.

Teaching aids: Tape-recorder & Multimedia

Procedures: I. Lead-in: Ask students to voice their opinion on the question: Are TV commercials for children good or bad?

II. While-reading 1.

Skimming:

1)

Organization of the passage

(A) Little Spenders are Big Spenders

(B) Bad for children

(C) Silly toys

(D) Nothing wrong with commercials 2)

Part A

line 1-30 Match the headings with the paragraph number. Para. 1---Introduction—a social phenomenon/ problem Para. 2--- advertisers’ behavior

Para. 3--- educators’ worry

Para. 4--- government’s action

2.

Scanning:

1)

Read lines 1-30 and fill in the table with the detailed information from the text. Para. 1—

a social phenomenon / problem

Topic sentence: Children become Asia’s fastest growing consumer group and TV

commercials’ latest target. Reasons:

Asian families are getting smaller and wealthier, and Asian children are

watching more TV.

Para. 2 —

advertisers’ behavior

What?

They use child actors to attract children. Why?Kids can identify with someone from their own age group.

Para. 3—

educators’ worry

What?Some educators believe that children will become more materialistic.

Para. 4—

governments’ action

What?They are taking action to protect children. Example:TV authorities would ban an advertisement if it made children feel

inferior without the advertised product.

2)

Different points of view

reader Li Yue

opinion supporting details (reasons)

…should not …

1) It is Illegal for children to …

2) It is bad

for children to have too much money. Zhang Jie Doing ...is wrong. 1) Because it makes children ask their parents for money.

2) Many things advertised are silly and encourage violence.

3) A child will learn nothing from them. Liu Ping

I disagree that…

1) They can’t be harmful or the government would have

banned them.

2) What is wrong with children doing…?

3) Children buy toys to have fun with, not to learn from.

III. Production How to express Opinions Opinion: •

I think/ believe/feel that …;

•

In my opinion…;

From my points of view…

•

I agree/ disagree that…

•

…should (not)…

Supporting details: (reasons, facts, examples, quotation, numbers…)

•

…because…

•

For example…

•

One estimate says… / One Japanese survey shows …

Conclusion: •

Therefore, I think…

Assignment 1.

2.

Read aloud new words and expressions and the text after the tape. Group work: List several advantages and disadvantages of advertisements.