Unit9Learning

Lesson1ActiveLearning教學設計

TeachingObjective:

Toreadandtalkaboutactivelearning.

Toreadforgeneralinformationofactivelearning.

Tounderstandwordsincontext.

Difficultpoints

·Studentsmayneedtimetoanswertheprehensionquestions.

·Studentsmayneedtoknowhowtousethevocabularies

·Studentsmayneedhelptofigureoutthedifficultsentences.

TeachingProcess：

Step1：Leadin

Whatdoactivelearnersdo?Thinkaboutwhomaybeanactivelearnerinyourclass.Usethephrasesbelowtohelpyou.

toaskquestions

tobecurious

tofocuson

topayattentionto

tolistentoadifferentpointofview

totakenotes

toreflecton

tobeopenminded

Step2：Prereading

Skimthetitleandthepassage,anddothefollowingexercises.

(1)1.Thepassageislikelytoappearina/n____.

A.novel B.guidebrochure

C.educationalmagazine D.bookreview

(2)Whatisthestructureofthepassage?

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Step3：Whilereading

Fastreading:

Findthesubheadingforthecorrespondingparagraph.

1A.Askquestions

2B.Gettothetruth

3C.Listentooutervoice

4D.Focusonthemessage

5E.Arguewithyourinnervoice

Carefulreading:

Readthefirstparagraph.Answerthefollowingquestions.

(1)Whatdomostpeoplebelieveaboutthehumanbrain?Isittrue?

(2)Whatisactivelearning?

(3)WhatisKevinDaumgoingtotalkaboutinthearticle?

Para1

1.Whatdoestheauthoragreewith?

A.Onecan’tlearnwellwithoutteachers.

B.Wecandonothingtochangeourwayoflearning.

C.Wecanbeebetterlearnersbytraining.

D.Humanbrainalwayslearnsautomatically.

2.Accordingtoparagraph1,activelearningincludes.

A.activeparticipation

B.learningallbyourselves

C.goingoverwhatwehavelearnt

D.bothBandC

Para2

Ifyoulistentotheoutervoice,.

A.youwillignoreothers’opinions

B.youwillmakebetterdecisions

C.youwillexpressyourpersonalopinionsbetter

D.youwillconcentrateonwhatyourbrainissaying

Para3

Whatshouldyoudoifyouthinkanotherpersoniswrong?

A.Arguewithhim/her.

B.Followyourheart.

C.Thinkinhis/hershoes.

D.Agreewithhim/herunconditionally.

Para4

Whatcanweinferfromparagraph4?

A.Wemustaskothersquestionswhenlearningknowledge.

B.Themorequestions，thebetterunderstanding.

C.Alearnercan’tbetoocurioustofindinformationaboutthetopic.

D.Wemustaskeasyquestionstopromoteactivelearning.

Para5

Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“Activelearnersdonotaccepteverythingtheylearn.”?

A.Theydon’tacceptanythingtheylearn.

B.Theyonlyacceptsomeofwhattheylearn.

C.Theydosomethingmorethanjustacceptingknowledge.

D.Theyrejectanideawhenitisunreasonable.

Para6

1.Howshouldweavoidmissingoutonlearningopportunities?

A.Byignoringwhatissaidbypeoplewedon’tlike.

B.Byjudgingpeoplebasedonfirstimpressions.

C.Byagreeingtowhateverourfriendssay.

D.Byseparatingthemessagefromthemessenger.

2.Howdoestheauthordevelopthisparagraph?

A.Byanalyzingcausesandeffects.

B.Bygivingexamples.

C.Bylistingnumbers.

D.Bymakingparisons.

Step4：Postreading

Readthefirstsuggestions.Identifythelearningactions,reasonsandlearningeffectsinthediagram.Then,dothesamefortheotherfoursuggestions.

2.Readthesummary.Usethephrasestoreplacetheunderlinedparts.

Therearemanythingswecandotobeebetterlearners.Weallhavetwovoices.Ourinnervoicetellsuspersonalopinionsandouroutervoicedealswithothers’opinionsandthingswehaveheard.Ifwelistentoourinnervoicetoomuch,itcan1blockusfromlearning.Ifyourinnervoiceisdifficulttocontrol,youcan2disagreewithit.Oneofthebestwaystopromoteactivelearningistoaskquestions.Thishelpsyou3gainmoreknowledgeaboutatopic.4Inaword,weshouldneverstopbeingcurious.Activelearnersalso5trytoquestiontheworldaroundthemandunderstandthetruth6deepwithineveryidea.Finally,asactivelearners,weshouldneverformopinionsaboutpeople7onthebasisoffirstimpressions.

Step5：Homework

Thehumanbraindoesnotalwayswork1.____________(automatic)soweneedtotrain2.__________(our)tobeactivelearners.Therearemanythingswecando3.___________(bee)activelearners.Weallhavetwovoices—ourinnervoiceandoutervoice.Ourinnervoicetellsus4.________(person)opinionsandouroutervoicedealswithopinionsandthingswehaveheardorread.Ifwelistentoourinnervoicetoomuch,itcanstopyou5.______learning.Ifyourinnervoiceisdifficulttocontrol,youcan6.________(agree)withit.Oneoftheeasiest7.______(way)topromoteactivelearningistoaskquestions,8._______helpsyougainmoreknowledgeaboutatopic.Inaword,youshouldnevers