M7U1Project1

M7 Unit 1 Living with technology

Period 8 Project: Making a list of pros and cons

I. Teaching aims:

1．Enable students to discuss the disadvantages of mobile phone use

2．Provide students opportunities to make a list of pros and cons and know how to support the statements.

3．Make sure students could grasp the skills to make a list of pros and cons on other electronic devices.

II. Teaching important point:

How to make a list of pros and cons.

III. Teaching difficult point:

Enable students to write an article on the advantages and disadvantages of some electronic devices.

IV. Procedures:

Step 1 lead-in:

Ask students three questions to evoke the topic of the class:

1. How many of you have a mobile phone?

2.Why do you use mobile phones?

3. Can you list some functions of mobile phones?

Presents some functions of mobile phone, such as making a phone call, taking photos, listening to music, Surfing the Internet, and sending short messages

Step 2 Reading comprehension

(1) general reading

Now let’s read a newspaper article about the possible negative effects of mobile phone use on people’s health

Remind students of reading strategy : how to read a newspaper article

In a newspaper article, both title and first paragraph are attractive of eye-catching, which will tell you some information.

Read the title and the first paragraph carefully and predict what’s the author’s attitude towards mobile phone use.

(2)Careful reading

Now let’s read the article and find out

the main ideas of the article to fill the following form.

Main points Supporting details

Main points & supporting details

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0e12932854.html,ing a mobile phone doubles the risk of developing brain cancer.

Supporting details

The report is based on the findings of research that was carried out in Sweden, comparing 1,617 patients found to have brain tumours between 1997 and 2003 with the same number of healthy people

2. Digital mobile phones are an actual danger.

Supporting details:

The study, conducted with 200 mice, of which half were exposed to radiation while the other half did not receive any radiation, shows that the first half were found to have more than twice the cancer rate of the second half after eighteen months.

3.The reasons why there is no definite scientific evidence available now about the effects of mobile phones on people’s health.

Supporting details:

Enormous profit from the telecommunications industry prevents the bad results of findings from being revealed.

Step 3: Project Time

(1) Discussion

As we have learnt how to make a statement and how to support it, now you are expected to complete the project to make a list of pros and cons.

Advantages and disadvantages of computer use/ Mp3/ TV

Sample

Use some questions to discuss the Advantages and disadvantages of computer use ?What are the advantages of using computers?

?What are the disadvantages of using them?

?Do you think computers are a danger to your health?

?Can you list some evidence to prove your statement?

(2). Writing: Writing structure

?Introduction

?Advantages/ evidence

?Disadvantages/evidence

?Conclusion

Useful expressions

?It is said that…/ It is acknowledged that…

?Sb. believed/ thought that

?hold an opinion that

?additionally/ in addition

?on the other hand

?in the same way

?…

Step 4: Homework

Write an article on advantages and disadvantaged of computer use. V. Design of writing on blackboard:

VI. Record after teaching: