Unit 4 Information Technology Lesson 3 Internet and Friendships 教学设计 科目：英语 课题：Lesson 3 Internet and Friendships 课时：1 课时 教学目标与核心素养： 知识目标：Students can learn some new words and the usage of compound words. 能力目标：Students can have a further understanding of the passage. 情感目标：Students can think individually and learn cooperatively. 教学重难点 教学重点：How to learn the new words and the usage of compound words. 教学难点：How to make students have a better understanding of the passage. 课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔 教学过程： 一、Pre-reading 1. Greeting 2. Leading-in ACTIVATE AND SHARE 教师活动：教师提问 Do you think the Internet helps or harms friendships? Give your reasons. Write them down in the following table. Positive aspects ·brings people closer together Negative aspects ·makes people self-centred · · · · 二、 While- reading READ AND EXPLORE 1. 学生活动：阅读文章，划出大意。 Read the first blog post "The Internet Harms Friendships". Underline the general idea and the topic sentence for each argument. 2. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。 Read the first blog post again. Complete the information on the left side of the diagram. (Suggested answers: Negative aspects Argument 1 Topic sentence: Talking online is no replacement for face-to-face contact. Supporting details: Images really cannot replace a real-life smile or hug. Communicating through a screen makes it more difficult for children to concentrate or show kindness to others. Argument 2 Topic sentence: The Internet can make people self-centred. Supporting details: Instead of having proper conversations with their friends, some people are only concerned with their online popularity. A lot of the content posted on social media is shallow or trivial. Argument 3 Topic sentence: Online relationships may not be what they appear to be. Supporting details: Friendships are built on the basis of trust, and with online communication you can never be 100 percent sure that the people you are chatting to are being honest about who they are. ) 3. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。 Read the second blog post "The Internet Helps Friendships". Complete the information on the right side of the diagram in Activity 3. (Suggested answers: Positive aspects Argument 1 Topic sentence: The Internet makes communication much more convenient. Supporting details: You can stay in touch with friend no matter where you are or what you are doing. Argument 2 Topic sentence: The Internet has also made communication more fun. Supporting details: You can share photos, videos, news stories and websites with your friends online. Argument 3 Topic sentence: Online communication can actually bring people closer to each other. Supporting details: Whenever someone needs help, friends from all over the world can immediately provide useful suggestions or information. This makes friends feel loved and cared for.) 三、After-reading 1. 学生活动：Group Work Choose one position. Each member of the group presents one argument to support your position based on the notes taken. 2. 学生活动：Group Work Think and Share 1. Look at the sentence from paragraph 2 in the first blog post, "It is these skills that enable us to develop lifelong friendships". What does "these" refer to? Do you agree with the statement? Why or why not? (The word "these" refers to social skills, like concentrating or showing kindness to others.) 2. In the second blog post, what does Eileen Kennedy-Moore mean when she says that online friends "fill holes real-life friends can't"? Give your reasons. (Online communication is a solution when there are difficulties with face-to-face communication, i.e. people live far apart, a person suffers from social anxiety and may find it easier to talk to people online, etc.) 3. 学生活动：完成练习。 Are there any other advantages or disadvantages of online friendships? If so, list them below. Advantages Disadvantages ·People can keep contact with many friends at ·Anonymous online friends may the same time. be dangerous. ·People get to know more new friends online. ·It is easy to be trapped with too ·The message can be saved to read later when many messages, and it takes people have time, and online friends are more time. ·It is not easy to have thought- tolerate with delayed reply. ·Some people may feel safer with text-based provoking communication with communication rather communication. than face-to-face online friends. ·Other aspects ·Other aspects 4. 学生活动：完成练习。 Complete the adjectives. Choose at least five adjectives to write five sentences in the space given. You may express either positive or negative op