period six：project
teaching aims:
students will be able to use what they’ve learned in this unit to complete a project;
students will be able to learn how to make a list of advantages and disadvantages of some modern electronic devices.
teaching procedures:
step 1 presentation of homework
read your email on p11 to your partner.
step 2 lead in
read to phone or not to phone?on p14
what information have you got from this newspaper article?
step 3 reading for gist
1. does the author present a balanced view of the use of the phone?
2. what is the author’s attitude toward it? find out some sentences to support your answer.
step 4 reading for details
about the amish
1. how are the amish different from regular people?
2. what do they value above all else?
3. what does the author think of them?
about the use of the telephone
what are the drawbacks of the telephone according to the author?
how does the author defend the amish’s point about the use of the telephone?
why does the author think using the mobile phone for text message is the worst?
what does the author suggest at the end of the passage?
what is the tone of the last sentence?
a. hopeful.b. humorous. c. depressed.
step 5 getting to know the author’s craft
write the outline of the passage.
part 1(para1-2)
introduction to the amish way of life
part 2(para3-6)
disadvantages of the telephone
part 3(para7-8) possible solutions
2. do you find the author convincing in presenting his ideas? why / why not?
step 6 difficult sentences to understand
1. which is more of a friend: someone you often talk to over the phone, or someone you often talk to face to face?
2. there is something important about being and sharing a life together that cannot
