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UNIT 4: The Internet Connects Us
Lesson 24: An E-mail to Grandpa
LESSON PREPARATION
LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
短語和句型：set up a time
RESOURCES
audiotape
LESSON STRUCTURE
CLASS OPENING
Greeting
1) Greet the class.
Teacher: Good moming/afternoon, class. The Internet has created the need for many new words and terms in English and most other languages. For example. can someone tell me what "www" stands for (world wide web). Or how about "LOL "(laugh out loud). Do you know what "Googling"means (searching through the Google search engine). A search engine is a website that allows you to search for things. Can you think of other search engines
Write the phrase search engine on the board and explain. Students should master this phrase.
Students: Baidu/Sogou/Yahoo/Bing/etc.
Teacher: Very good. People often use the phrase "Google it!" when they are referring to searching for something on Google. It's so interesting that a phrase that is used all the time today didn't even exist 15 years ago. Can you think of some words or phrases in English or in Chinese that are new Ask several students to respond.
Review
1)Homework check.
2) Choose some students to present their news report "Looking at Both Sides" in front of the class.
3) Review some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Intemet as a class. Split the class into two large teams. One will write a list of advantages and the other a list of disadvantages. The team to write down the most points in the shortest amount of time wins.
KEY CONCEPTS
FOCUS STRUCTURES:
Can we set up a time to go online together
I just typed the right questions into the search engine.
STEP 1: Present
CLASS WORK: Think About It
1) Divide the class into groups to discuss the Think About /r questions and make a table to show their responses to the second question. (See the example below.)
What do you do How often
Work -type reports,essays,
stories, etc. five days a week
Study -do research on the
Internet
-read books three days a
week
four days a week
Fun -chat with friends on QQ
-play computer games
-watch movies
-watch TV shows
-listen to music every day
twice a week
twice a week
once a week
every day
2) Discuss the students' answers as a class. You may want to draw a table like the one above on the board and ask the students to fill it in.
STEP 2: Listen
INDEPENDENT/CLASS WORK: Let's Do It! NaI
1) Play the audiotape for Lesson 24 (An E-mail to Grandpa). Play it once and ask the students just to listen 2) Play the audiotape a second time and ask the students to answer the questions independently. 3) Cheek the answers as a class and correct any false statements
STEP 3: Listen and Read
CLASS WORK: Reading aloud
1) Play the audiotape for Lesson 24 a third time, an ask the class to listen and read aloud along with th audiotape.
2) Remind the students to do their best to imitate th pronunciation they hear.
STEP 4: Practice
INDEPENDENT WORK: Ler's Do Ir! No. 3 1) Ask the students to work independently t complete Ler's Do Ir! No. 3.
2) Have some student volunteers share their answer with the class.
STEP 5: Task
GROUP WORK: Let's Do It! No. 4
1) Divide the class into groups to complete thi exèrcise.
2)Every student in each group should create the own survey and interview their group members.
3)Once they have interviewed all of their grou members, they should analyze the results and tak note of the most popular responses.
4)Have each share their top three uses for th Internet with the class and come up with a final clas list of top Internet uses.
Sample Survey
3 check marks (!! !! !!)for Very Often
2 check marks (!! !!)for Often
I check mark (!!) for Sometimes
Li WenJie Xiao Hua Shao Li TOTAL
chat online !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 6
write e-mails !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 9
video chat !! !! !! !! !! !! !! S
do research !! !! !! !! !! 9
watch TV shows !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 8
read e-books !! !! !! !! !! !! !! L
Survey Results: According to the results of this survey, the two things people in my group do on the Internet most often is chat online and watch TV shows.
CLASS CLOSING
1)Complete Let's Do It! No. 2.
Students do the exercise independently, then check the answers in groups, and finally as a class.
2)Assign homework:
E-habits: How do you spend most of your time on the Internet Do you spend your time wisely What are your good and bad e-habits What can you do to improve Write a short passage.
EXTENSION
CLASS WORK: Spell It
Play Spell It to review and practice vocabulary from this lesson and other lessons in this unit.
1)Divide the class into two large teams. Write blanks for any word or phrase across the blackboard (leave space between words or phrases).
2)The teams take turns guessing letters that go in the blanks.
3)You or a volunteer from the class write correct guesses in the correct blanks. A team may guess the word or phrase before all the letters are filled in, but must then correctly spell the entire word or phrase from the beginning. The first team to do this wins.
Sample Words and Phrases:
Aside from the cold weather, it was a beautiful day. Google is a search engine.
The enter key is on the right side of the keyboard. E-books did not exist 30 years ago. They are a new form of technology.
* See the "Games"section at the back of this guide for further instructions on how to play.
LANGUAGE NOTES
1. It would be a lot of fun to see each other as we talk！我們談話時(shí)能夠看見彼此會是一件很有趣的事情！
as在句中作連詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，表示“一邊···一邊，隨著”，as從句的動作是延續(xù)性的，
一般用于主句和從句動作同時(shí)發(fā)生。when從句
的謂語動詞可以是延續(xù)性動詞，又可以是瞬間動詞。并且when有時(shí)表示“就在那時(shí)”。while從句的謂語動作必須是延續(xù)性的，并強(qiáng)調(diào)主句和從句的動作同時(shí)發(fā)生（或者相對應(yīng)），且while有時(shí)還可以表示對比。例如：
The little girls sang as they walked.小女孩兒們邊 走邊唱。
As time went on, the weather got better.隨著時(shí)間 的推移，天氣變得好些了。
Sorry, I was out when you called me.對不起，你打 電話時(shí)我出去了。
When I got to the airport, they had left.當(dāng)我到達(dá)機(jī) 場時(shí)，他們已經(jīng)離開了。
While we were talking, the teacher came in. =We were talking when the teacher came in.老師進(jìn)來的 時(shí)候，我們正在說話。
2. Can we set up a time to go online together 我們 定個(gè)時(shí)間一起上網(wǎng)好嗎？
set up在句中意為“安排”，此外，還可表示“建立，準(zhǔn)備”。例如：
We have set up a time to hold a class meeting.我們 安排了一個(gè)時(shí)間開班會。
They set up a few hospitals to help the sick people. 他們建立了幾家醫(yī)院來幫助病人。
3. It can give me directions to anywhere I want to go.我想去任何地方，它都可以給我指引方向。
anywhere作副詞，用于肯定句時(shí)意為“隨便什么地方”。例如：
Sit anywhere. 隨便坐。
I can't see it anywhere.我哪兒也見不到它。

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