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Unit3

computer Period 2 A teacher plan for reading Teaching Introduction

In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to understand how computer works. Then they will be helped to read a narration about computer and its development.

Teaching Objectives To help students learn to make decisions and to reason in English

To help students learn to read an introduction about computer

To help students better understand “the computer science”

To help students learn to use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of “the present perfect passive voice” in the text

Teaching Focus Words solve, explore, arise

Expressions

from…on, as a result, in a way, with the help of, deal with, watch over Patterns

Over time I have been changed quite a lot. As a result I have totally changed my shape. I am now truly

filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!.

Teaching Aids

Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Teaching Procedures and Ways StepⅠ. Warming up

Q1 What is computer? A computer is a machine which keeps knowledge in its memory and does work on that knowledge. This knowledge is kept in symbols; it is called data. A computer usually has a monitor to show results. However, some computers can speak. These computers can be used for voice mail.

Q2 Do you know in what ways computers are used today?

doing homework

drawing pictures playing games watching movies

chatting with friends getting information listening to music …

StepⅡ. Reading 1 Skimming to get general ideas Q1. Who is the speaker in this story?

Computer

Q2. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. The development of computers.

B. The development and use of computers.

C. A machine which is simple-minded.

D. Computers may replace human beings 2 Reading to get the general idea of the text Type of writing and summary of WHO AM I?

Type of writing Main passage idea of This is a piece of narrative writing. the It tells about the birth and development of computer. Topic sentence of 1st

I began as a calculating machine in 1642 paragraph in France.

Topic sentence of 2nd

Since the 1970s, my memory improved. paragraph

Topic sentence of 3rd

Since the 1970s many new applications paragraph have been found for me.

3 Scanning to get detail information 1. When was the “universal machine” built?

C

A. In 1822.

B. In 1642.

C. In 1936.

D. In 1970.

2. When was the computer the biggest?

C

A. In 1642.

B. In 1936.

C. In the 1940s.

D. In the 1970s. 3. Which of the following is in the right order of time?

D a. The computer was connected with other computers. b. Alan Turing wrote a book about the computer. c. The computer has been sent to explore the Moon and Mars. d. The computer began to simplify difficult sums.

A. a. b. c. d.

B. b. c. a. d.

C. d. a. c. b.

D. d. b. a. c. 4. How old is the computer?

A

A. About 370 years old

B About 270 years old.

C. About 170 years old.

D. About 470 years old. 5 Who was the first person to make the earliest computer?

B

A. Alan Turing.

B. Charles Babbage.

C. Charles Turing. D. Charles Alan 6. What happened to the computer in the 1960s?

B

A.

It was put into robots and used to make mobile phone. B. It was given a family connected by a network. C. It began to be put into space rockets D. It began to be used in the offices. 4 Reading Comprehension 2

True or false

1. My real father was Charles Babbage, who wrote a book and built me in 1936.

NO 2. I began as a calculating machine in Japan in 1642.

NO

3. After 1936, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower.

YES

4. As time went by, I was made bigger.

NO 5 Reading Comprehension 3

Fill in the blanks 1642

The computer began as a calculating machine.

1822

The analytical machine was made by Charles Babbage. 1936

The computer grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. 1940s

The computer had grown as large as a room.

1960s

The first family of computers was connected to each other. 1970s

Computers were used in offices and homes.

Now

Computers connect people all over the world together. 6 Scan the text for information to complete the flow chart below, describing the development of computer. a calculating machine in 1642 in France → an Analytical Machine in 1822 → a “universal

machine” in 1936 → the size of a large room →

made smaller and smaller →

getting new transistors in 1960s→

clever and quicker →

a network in the early 1960s →

talking to

humans using BASIC in the early 1960s →

brought into people’s

homes in 1970s → Internet

StepⅢ. Quiz Quiz I: Retell the text by filling the following blanks. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. In 1822 I was built as an analytical machine. Then in 1936 Alan Turing wrote a book and built a universal machine. As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller but I became cleverer and quicker. In the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. Now people call it the Internet. I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s. So I became PC. Since my birth I have truly been built to serve the human race.

StepⅣ. Debate What are advantages and disadvantages of computers? StepⅤ. Homework 1. Read and review the text. 2. Get the language points for the next class.

Teaching plan for Unit3

Reading

高一英语组 边晓英

2012年12月 10日