人教版高中英语必修二教案：Unit3+Reading

Unit 3 Reading教案

Teaching aims

1. Ability aim

To develop the students' reading ability by skimming and scanning the text.

2. Knowledge aim

Know the development and usages of computer

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

Watch a video about the development of computers to lead in the topic of the class.

Step 2 Pre-reading

Guess some pictures about the development of computers to let student think about when the inventions appeared.

Step3 Reading

1. Fast reading

Skimming and finding the general idea

Now please skim the text WHO AM I. Then try to get the general idea of the passage. Have you got the main idea?

Yes, it tells us the development and usages of computers.

2. Careful reading

Listening to the tape and scanning the passage

To know the content of the interview and finish task 2, 3, 4, 5. Each group finishes a task.

Task 2 Choose the best answer and fill in the chart

1. “I” in the passage refers to _____.

A. A TV set

B. A computer

C. A radio

D. The internet

2.When was the biggest computer?

A.In 1642

B. In 1936

C. In the 1940s

D. In the 1970s

3. Who was the first person to make the earliest computer?

A. Alan Turing

B. Charles Babbage

C. Charles Turing

D. Charles Alan.

4.When was the universal machine built?

A.In 1822.

B. In 1642.

C. In 1936 .

D. In 1940.

Task 3 Decide whether they are true or false and fill in the chart

1. After I got my new transistors in the 1960s, I became smaller but cleverer and quicker.

2. My shape wasn't changed.

3. Since the 1970s, the first family of computers was connected to each other.

Task 4 Read Para 3 and then answer the following questions and fill in the chart

1. What are the new applications of the computer?

2. What roles do computers play in the life of human beings?

Task 5 Summary of the passage

Read and finish the timeline below.

Step 4 Post reading

1. Discussion

What are the advantages and disadvantages of computers nowadays?

3.Make a conversation

To use the passage in a practical way to improve students’ pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation.

Please talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the computers with your partner.

Step 5 Summary

1Know more knowledge about the development and usages of computers.

2Know the advantages and disadvantages of computers.

Step 6 Homework

1. Review the text and the new expressions.

2. Pick out the sentences with the present perfect passive voice in the text.