1、高中英語(yǔ)議論文閱讀技能學(xué)習(xí),周勱 2016.7,“京教杯”青年教師教學(xué)基本功展示活動(dòng),Lead-in,Q: Which type of questions do we find most difficult while doing reading comprehension?,locating details, main ideas, passage organization, guessing words, making inference ,Teaching Objective:by the end of todays class, students are expected to be

2、able to,1. summarize main idea of paragraph and passage by locating topic sentence or key information; 2. sum up the passage organization by observing the logic between and among paragraphs; 3. infer authors attitude by understanding paragraph main ideas and passage organization.,Lead-in,議論文 (Argume

3、ntation)：characteristics,1. unfamiliar topic; 2. well-organized passage; 3. longer passage; 4. more new words; 5. complicated sentences; ,Reading I,The Diet Zone: A _ Place,Reading I,Reading I,1. Please summarize the main idea of each paragraph and think about the principles.,1. The danger of diet p

4、roducts lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients (營(yíng)養(yǎng)成分). Diet foods and diet pill

5、s contain zero calories only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.,Main idea: The danger of diet products lie also in the physical harm that they c

6、ause. (first sentence),Reading I,2. Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products

7、 are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically (身體上) .,Main idea: We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically. (Last sentence, introducing the topic of diet products/ central point),Reading I,3. Diet products significantly weaken u

8、s psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale (秤)

9、 instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.,Main idea: Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. (first sentence),Reading I,4. Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them.

10、Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.,Main idea: We need to change our minds to better resist diet products. (not cle

11、ar, based on keywords),Reading I,5. On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, an

12、d that life can be without resistance and struggle.,Main idea: Diet products have greater psychological effects. (first sentence),Reading I: Think and Discuss,How can we summarize the main idea of a paragraph?,1. Induction (歸納法): details concluding sentence,2. Deduction (演繹法): opening sentence detai

13、ls,3. Mixed of the two: details concluding details,4. Not clear: based on key information and details,Reading I,Reading I,The paragraphs are arranged in wrong order; Development of ideas doesnt necessarily match the number of paragraphs.,Reading I,2. Para. Order: 3. Draw a mind-map of the developmen

14、t of ideas of this passage: (I: Introduction/ CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point C: Conclusion),2-3-5-1-4,Reading I,Title,The Diet Zone: A _Place,Dangerous/ Harmful,Reading II,Please read the passage and do the following tasks. (2015北京D篇) 1. Work out the development of ideas and draw a mind-ma

15、p,I: Social changes are brought about by new technology instead of attitudes. P 1: Todays parents are over-protective of their parents. P 2: Todays parents are also willing to “l(fā)et go of” their adult children. Sp 1: Parents in the past didnt contact children often due to poor means and high costs of

16、 communications. Sp 2: Finances are most frequent subject of communication both today and in the past. C: The frequent communication between todays parents and children results from advanced technology.,Reading II,Please read the passage and do the following tasks. (2015北京D篇) 1. Work out the develop

17、ment of ideas and draw a mind-map,Reading II,67.C (細(xì)節(jié)理解) 68.C (推理判斷) 69. A (主旨大意) 70.B (篇章結(jié)構(gòu)),Read and choose the correct answer.,Task Three: Review and Discuss for the class,Please review what we have learned in todays class and present how the study of passage main idea and organization helps us better understand the details and writers attitude. (Please use the reading tasks of Task Two as an example.) You may take down notes while discussing.,Homework, Please write a passage of argumentation 1. based on the following map of organiza