Unit 4 Cyberspace Lesson 3 Virtual Reality 教学设计3-优质公开课-北师大必修2精品

Unit 4 Cyberspace
Lesson 3 Virtual Reality
Teaching aims:
To understand the dialogue.
To get specific information about the virtual reality holidays.
To voice your opinion on a virtual university.
Teaching difficulties:
How to make the students take part in the class actively.
Before the class.
You are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. If some student in your group volunteersto answer the question, your group will get a smile face. The group that gets more smile faces willbe a winner. OK?
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Lead in
First,pleaselookatthreegroupsofpicturestodecide:whichoneshowsrealsituation? Which one shows unreal situation?Real/ Unreal
They are all unreal situations, but they make us feel as if we are in real situations. Do youthink so? They are called virtual reality.
Today we will read a passage---Lesson3 Virtual Reality
Please look at objectives by yourselves. Do you understand?
ⅡReading
Task1. Skip to get main idea. Try to answer the two questions. 3’
1. How many people are there in the dialogue? Who are they?
Two. Cathy and Tom.
2. What virtual reality situations are mentioned in the dialogue?
A. virtual computer games
B. virtual science museum;
C. virtual reality holiday;
D. virtual university
Check answers by answering together.
Task2. Scan to get detail information. To get some detail information. Please scan the dialogue todecide the following sentences are true or false. 5’
While skipping：
1) Pay attention to the key words and the major information.
2) There is no need to read the whole passage.
1.Cathy can’t go out this weekend because she doesn’t finish her project on the history ofthe computer.
2.Tom is planning to go camping with his parents.
3.The science Museum on line is unreal in fact, just imagine it.
4.InCathy’sopinion,shethinksthatvirtualrealityholidaysmustbeconvenientandinte resting.
5.Tom prefers virtual reality holidays to virtual universities.
Answers: 1. F2.T3. F4. T5.F
Ask volunteers to give their answer to find whether the students have some problems.
Ⅲ. Careful reading
To get more information, please read the dialogue loud and carefully.
Check you by filling in the blanks.
If we had virtual reality holidays,We wouldn’t have any problems with
1)____________. Wewouldn’t have to spend a long time 2) __________. We’ll be able to use modern technology to go3) ________ we like. We won’t have to go there 4) ________________. We will enter and
exitcountries5)_____________andvisitallthe6)_________________.W ewouldn’thave to7)________ a suitcase.
Wecouldn’t8)_______________intheseaor9)______________wesaw.Wecouldn’t10)____________it.
Suggested answers: 1.the weather2.travelling3.anywhere4.in the flesh
5. in seconds
6.historical sites
7.pack
8.dip our toes
9. eat the foods 10. experience
Ask two students to write their answers on the blackboard.
Check answers with your deskmate.
Ask volunteers to give their answer to find whether the students have some problems.
ⅣVoice your opinion
In the dialogue, Cathy and Tom also talked about virtual universities, and Tom is more
interestedinvirtualuniversities.Areyouinterestedinuniversities?Let’senjoysomepicture sofworld-famous universities: Read the following sentences to know more about virtual universities.If we had virtual universities,
We’ll be able to study with computers and the Internet anywhere, anytime.
We wouldn’t spend much money onteaching buildings.
We will save transportation time.
We wouldn’t have topay tuition.
We will have more comfortable learning environment.
However, we couldn’t haveface-to-face communication;
we couldn’ttake part in colorful after-class activities.
“Would you like to go to a virtual university? Why?”
Give the students five chances to speak freely.
ⅤSummary & Homework
Today we read a dialogue between_________ and _________
about___________.
Fromthedialogue,weknowvirtualrealityholidayshave______________aswellas__ ____________,andsodoes_________________________.Everyonehashis/herown___ __________ on a virtual university.
Toconsolidatewhatwehavelearnttoday,pleasewriteashortpassageaboutourdiscus sion:“Would you like to go to a virtual university? Why?”。