Module3Unit2Project学生版

如皋市薛窑中学高一英语活动单（M3 U2 Project）Module 3 Unit 2 Project:Designing a bookletPeriod ILearning aims : In this period, you'll develop the ability of reading. You'll learn English through doing group work. The creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities can be developed. You can design a booklet about how a written language developed.【Activity procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案Activity 1 Reading comprehension 1. Activity Aim: make Ss have a brief understanding of the passage2. Teaching Method: students-centered practice Read the first passage and answer the following questions:1. When did Chinese writing begin? 2. Who is said to have invented Chinese writing?3. When were simplified Chinese characters introduced by the Chinese government ? 4. Where are simplified Chinese characters used? Read the second passage and answer the following questions: 5. Who is Braille? 6. What happened to him when he was three years old? 7. How did he create his system? 8. What do you think of Braille and his system?Activity 2 Consolidation1. Activity aim: make Ss master the text structures2. Teaching method: students-centered practiceTask-based reading (passage I)The development of Chinese charactersBrief introduction The Chinese language uses characters to 1_ ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by 2_different characters. Invention According to a story, Cang Jie is said to have invented Chinese writing after he saw the 3_of animals in the snow.Different 4_of formations The first Chinese characters were 5_ of physical objects, which developed and turned into the characters we use today, such as the word”mountain”. Some characters were made by combining two or more characters 6_, such as the word “prisoner”. Many Chinese characters were made by two parts, one 7_ the meaning and the other suggesting the 8_.Result In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced the 9_Chinese characters and they are 10_used in the mainland of China.Summary (passage II)Fill in the blanks according to the passage on page 39. Braille is the most common 1_ used by blind people for reading and writing today, was created by Louis Braille, who 2_ blind people to reading. In the past, books for blind people used paper 3 _ against metal wire to form letters. The whole system was not 4_ for use. In 1821, a soldier visited the school and brought his system with him, 5_used paper with small,6_dots that could be felt with 7_. Young Louis Braille took the idea and 8_ in creating the system with patterns of 9_raised dots 10_ each letter.Activity 3 Discussion1. Activity aim: review what we have learned this class2. Teaching method: students-centered practice Discuss the following questions with your partners: Do the Chinese characters remain the same for thousands of years? Give your reasons. Period II Language points【Learning Aims】1. In this period you'll learn some useful words and expressions.2. You should master some important language points.3. Make use of the important words, phrases and sentences flexibly【Learning Procedures】学生学习活动教师组织教学方案【活动一】1活动目标：培养学生自学的能力2活动方式：学生练习I Translate the following phrases1不同于. 2因为3象征, 代表 4聚集, 组合, 装配5组成 6根据7随着时间的推移 8作为整体, 总体上9变成, 转化为 10与.结合; 联合11区分/辨别A和B 12在二十世纪50年代13汉字 14因为15重达. 16对某人来说做某事方便17实际用途 18从事于; 对.起作用19包括.在内 20对. 担忧/关心21禁止某人做某事 22有机会接近/ 使用23得出结论 24应该，应当II Read the following sentences fluently 1. The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.2. He had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects.3. Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. However, this is not always true.4. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters forup and down, which are opposites of each other.5. One of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced.6. While the students found the soldiers idea interesting, the system was too difficult to be of practical use.【活动二】1活动目标：让学生掌握重要语言点并能在练习中活用2活动方式：学生读背，老师做适当讲解1. concern n. / vt. 关心，忧虑；使担忧，对.感兴趣, 涉及【知识拓展】 concerned adj. be concerned _ 与.有关 be concerned _ 对. 担忧/关心 show concern _ 对.表示关心, 关注 _ prep. 对于, 关于 就.而言 _