人教版高中英語選修7 Unit 2 Robots教學設計

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分鐘 啟動教學 what is a robot?
(a robot is a machine designed to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. robots are programmed and controlled by a computer.)
since the robots are programmed and controlled by a computer, they must follow some laws for them.
do you remember the law for robots in satisfaction guaranteed written by isaac asimov?
isaac asimov wrote many books. do you know them? (present some of his works in ppt.) 通過同學介紹或老師展示，了解艾薩克•阿西莫夫及作品。 激發學生的學習興趣。
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分鐘 呈現任務 task of unit 2: the future robot company in america is holding a robot design competition. design your robot and write a design plan.
task of period 5：find out the best laws for robots and revise your design plan. present your design plan in class. 聽教師布置任務，思考任務。 以真實任務開展教學，激活學生已有的知識，激發學生的興趣，使學生在任務的驅動下更有效的學習。
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分鐘 讀前任務 pre-reading task
we have learned satisfaction guaranteed written by isaac asimov and have watched bicentennial man adapted from a fiction of isaac asimov.
do you want to know something about isaac asimov?
please guess what the passage is mainly about?
what do you want to know from the passage?
let’s read the passage and learn about isaac asimov and the laws he developed for robots. 預測課文內容。 通過預測， 激發學生的學習興趣。
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分鐘 讀中任務 while-reading task
1. reading, discussing & writing, p16
2. read the passage and find out the main idea of the passage.
3. answer the following questions:
which paragraph tells you when and where asimov was born and died?
which paragraph tells you about his education?
which paragraph tells you about awards he received?
4. read the passage again and finish the timeline on p17.
 
language focus:
1. underline the useful words or structures that you’ve noticed. prepare to report your findings to the class.
let ss close their books.
2. complete the following sentences with proper words.
asimov had an amazing mind ____he searched for explanations of everything.
among his most famous works of science fiction, one ____he won an award was the foundation trilogy.
he is also well known for his collection of short stories, i, robot,
_____he developed a set of three “laws” for robots.
keys: with which; for which; in which
（if the students don’t understand this grammar well, give some necessary explanations.）
3. complete the quiz below.
he seemed to be looking for the words with which he could express what he was thinking about.