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M7-U1 Living with technology
Period 2 Reading 1
I. Teaching aims:
1. Develop students’ ability in reading.
2. Make students know the history of TV and audio devices.
II. Teaching important point:
Get Ss to grasp the main idea of the text
III. Teaching difficult point:
How to get the a brief understanding of the text.
Help students to finish the exercises on page4-5.
IV. Procedures:
Step1. Greeting
Step 2: Lead-in
Begin the class with a questionnaire.
Do you know “High tech”?
Questions:
What are the differences between tape recorders, CD players, MD players and MP3 players?
What functions do you need in an audio device other than palying music?
If you were an audio device designer, what would your audio device look like?
Step 3:Learning reading strategy: understanding subtitles
Subtitles appear after titles and give you more information about the text than the titles.
TV (In order of time)
Audio devices( By types of equipment)
l This reading passage is mainly organized in chronological order.
l Make a timeline. Use Part C2 as a references
Step 4: Reading
1. Fast reading
Read the text quickly and answer questions
2. Careful reading
Read the passage again and complete Parts C1 and C2.
3. Tasks
Ask students to finish Part D and E.
Step 5: Discussion
Step 4:Careful reading (finish Part C1 and C2 on P4)
Step 5: Doing exercises (Finish Part D and E on P4-5)
Step 6: Discussion:
1.More and more people are using computers for information and entertainment. Do you think we will still need books and TVs in the future? Why or why not?
2.What are the possible disadvantages of having a lot of technology in our lives?
Step 6: Homework
Step 7:Homework
1. Finish A1, A2 on P 102.
2. Preview word power.
V. Design of writing on blackboard:
VI. Record after teaching: