Unit 4 Space ExplorationPeriod 4 Reading For Writing教學設(shè)計This section is about an argumentative essay, whose theme is about the value of space exploration, Students ought to read the text for basic understanding and begin to reflect on the question of whether exploring space is worth the money and effort. 1. Get students to have a good understanding of some features about an argumentative essay.2. Study the organization and language features.3. Develop students’ writing and cooperating abilities.4. Strengthen students’ great interest in writing discourses.Stimulate students to have a good understanding of how to write an argumentative.Cultivate students to write an argumentative properly and concisely.Step 1: Skim to study the organization of the passage1.What’s the main purpose of essay?It is to present an idea that exploring space has helps us in many ways.2.What is the main idea of the passage?It is to present an idea that exploring space has helps us in many ways./benefits us a lot. 3. Sum up the main idea of each paragraph.Para1: Different opinions about space exploration.Para2:Exploring space has made a difference in the fight against world hunger.Para3:Space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us. Para4:Sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the world’s problems and even to find ways to solve them. Para5:Exploring space provides the world with many benefits, so it should continue.Step2:Read for details.1.Why are so many people against space exploration?2.What has space exploration done for food production?3.What did the pictures of Earth from space make people realize?4.How does space exploration benefit the products that people use nowadays?5.What’s the author’s attitude to exploring space? And find out three topic sentences that support the writer’s idea. Step 3: outlineDifferent opinions about space explorationSome people argue that we should stop exploring,while others feel this is a 1. shallow view.Different benefits of exploring spaceIt has 2. made a difference in the fight against world hunger.It has 3. promoted technological improvements.It helps people 4. think about the world's problems.Draw a conclusionExploring space should 5. continue .Step 4:寫出你對太空探索的看法本單元的寫作項目是議論文,議論文的寫作就是對某一方面的問題,通過列舉事實、講道理的方法來表達自己的看法。一般來說,議論文由論點、論據(jù)、論證三部分組成,通常按提出問題、分析問題、解決問題的邏輯順序來安排寫作。基本框架1.開頭(beginning)——交代或提出問題2.主體(body)——介紹或從幾個方面來分析問題3.結(jié)尾(ending)——寫出解決問題的方法或思路主題詞匯1.argue with sb.about sth.與某人爭論某事2.with the development of science and technology隨著科技的進步3.My reasons are as follows...我的理由如下4.I don't agree with the idea that...我反對……5.exploring space has promoted the development of...宇宙探索促進了……的發(fā)生6.space exploration benefits farming宇宙探索惠及農(nóng)業(yè)話題佳句1.Different people have different ideas about space exploration.對于探索宇宙不同的人有不同的觀點。2.I hold the view that mankind should explore space.我認為人類應(yīng)該探索宇宙。3.Different people look at the question in different way.不同的人對這個問題有不同的看法。4.60% of the people hold the view that exploring space will benefit us, on the other hand, 40% think it wastes lots of time and money.百分之六十的人認為探索太空會對我們有益,然而另一方面,百分之四十的人認為它浪費了大量的時間和金錢。5.I think there are many advantages in exploring space. First,it has made a difference in the fight against world hunger. Second, it made us realize that our earth's resources are limited.我認為探索宇宙有很多優(yōu)點,第一,它在抗擊世界性饑餓的戰(zhàn)斗中發(fā)揮了作用。第二,它讓我們認識到地球的資源有限的。6.On the other hand,the rest of the people are against the plan because it may result in some bad effect.另一方面,其余的人反對這個計劃,因為它可能會導致一些不好的影響。7.I hold the belief that space exploration not only enable us to understand how the universe began but also help us survived well into the future.我堅信探索太空不僅能夠使我們了解宇宙的起源而且能夠幫助我們更好地走進未來。8.I think we should spend more time and money exploring space so as to provide new and better solutions to people's short-term and long-term problems.為了給人類的短期和長期問題提供更新和更好的解決方法,我認為我們應(yīng)該花更多的時間和金錢來探索太空。9.From my point of view,it is wrong of young people to depend on their telephones too much,which may do harm to both their physical and mental health.在我看來,年輕人過度依賴手機是不對的,因為它們可能會對他們的身心健康都有害。最近你班同學就“人類是否應(yīng)該進行宇宙探索”這個問題進行了激烈的討論。有人認為,探索宇宙不僅讓人類更好地了解宇宙的發(fā)展,還可以用來指導農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn),以及把一些探索太空的高新技術(shù)用于現(xiàn)實生活;也有一些人認為探索太空花掉了大量的人力物力;影響了人們的生活水平。請你根據(jù)以下情況寫一篇報告并發(fā)表自己的觀點。注意:1.寫作內(nèi)容應(yīng)包括以上全部要點,可適當發(fā)揮,使上下文連貫;2.詞數(shù)80左右。Recently we have held a heated discussion about the problem whether mankind should explore space or not, different people about it has different opinions.Some people hold the view that space exploration will not only enable us to understand how the universe develop but also help farming to grow more food and apply the new technology to our life. while other people argue that we should stop exploring space because it costs too much time and money.From my point of view,it is very necessary for human to explore space.Because it not only can provide the world with many different benefits,but also can solve people's short-term and long-term problems.