【新教材精创】3.2 Reading and Thinking 教学设计（2）-人教版高中英语必修第二册

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Unit 3 The InternetPeriod 2Reading and Thinking
教学设计


The topic of this part is Start an online community.
The Listening & Speaking & Talking part aims at observing others’ online behaviors and reflecting our own online behavior by listening, speaking and talking. This part shows the influence of the Internet---Stronger Together: How we have changed by the Internet by the example of Jan Tchamani, an English teacher who has to quite her job in her fifties because of her illness. So she began to have access to the Internet. At first, she got help from the Internet, like removing the loneliness. Then she came to help others by starting an IT club to teach older people how to use computers and the Internet. From the example, students can be guided to use the Internet to improve their lives, not just to play games on the Internet.


1.Students can talk about how to use the Internet appropriately and reflect their own online behaviors.
2. Students should learn the reading skills such as the headline, the structures and the writing way of articles.
3. Students can learn to try to use the Internet to improve their own life and help others.


1. Students should learn the reading skills such as the headline, the structures and the writing way of articles.
2. Students can learn to try to use the Internet to improve their own life and help others.


Step 1 Leadingin---Small talk
Ask students the question:   What do you use the computers to do?
Read headlines:Headlines usually include not only key ideas or information from the text. They often do not follow strict grammar rules, because writers use as few words as possible to catch the attention of the readers.From the title, we can know that this part mainly tells a story about a person who start an online community.Step 2 Before reading--- analyze the title Title 1: Start an online community
Title 2: Stronger together: How we have been changed by the Internet
From the title, we can know that the title tells us the Internet has changed us and our lives. So we can know that the article is a narration.
Step 3: While reading---Task 1
       Match the main idea with the sentences in the text.
Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5 Jan decided to start an IT club to teach old people how to use computers and the Internet. Jan has started taking online classes to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better. People’s lives have been changed by online communities and social networks.Jan developed a serious illness which made her stuck at home, but surfing the Internet can remove the distance between people. Jan’s life has been greatly improved by the Internet.




Step 4: While reading--- Scanning
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Q1：Why did Jan quit her job?
Because she suddenly developed a serious illness.
Q2：How did the people in the online community help her?
        People in the online community talked with her about her problems, supported her, and gave her advice.
Q3：Why did she start the IT club?
To teach older people how to use computers and the Internet.
Q4：What is the "digital divide"?
The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those who haven’t, and those who know how to use new technology and those who don't.
Q5：What's Jan's next goal?
        Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.
Q6：What can we learn from her experiences?
We learn that when we go through tough times, we can find help and support from other people online. We learn that we can feel less lonely
Step 5: While reading---rethinking
    Q1: What is Jan’s attitude to the Internet ?Thankful/Grateful, because it has changed her and her life.
    Q2: What writing skills is used in the article ?
        Examples(Jan’s example, the 59-year-old man’s and the 61-year-old woman’s example)
    Q3: Can you get the main idea of the article ?
        The Internet has changed Jan’s life/Jan’s life has been changed by the Internet.
Step 6 Post reading---Retell the storyMuch has been written about the wonders of the World Wide Web. There are countless articles (1)telling(tell) us how the Internet has made our lives more convenient. But the Internet has done a lot (2)more(much) for people than simply make life more convenient. People’s lives (3) have been changed(change) by online communities and social networks so far.  
Take Jan for example, who developed a serious illness that made her (4)stuck(stick) at home with only her computer to keep (5)her(she) company. She joined an online group (6)where she could share problems,  support and advice with others. She considered the ability to remove the distance between people as one of the greatest (7)benefits(benefit).
    She was so inspired (8)that she started an IT club in which many people have been helped. She has started to learn more about how to use the Internet to make society better. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money (9)for children in poor countries. Jan’s life has been (10)greatly(great) improved by the Internet.
Step 7 Post reading---Summary
The thinking mode of the article: get help from the Internet      help others through the Internet                              
Step 8 Homework
There are a lots of stories about the Internet which has a great influence to people’s lives. Can you find one and write it down and share it with your classmates.