Period5UsingLanguageTeachinggoals1.Learnsomeusefulwords,expressionsandsentencestructuresinthepassage.explanation,junior,navy,talent,chapter,divorceItwaswhenAsimovwaselevenyearsoldthathistalentforwritingbecameobvious.Expressionsofsuppositionandbelief.2.LearntowriteasummaryofAsimov'slife.TeachingproceduresStep1Lead-inFirst,presentaphotoofIsaacAsimovandtellstudentssomethingabouthim.Backgroundinformation:HeisaRussian-bornAmericanwriter.Hehaswrittenpopularworksonscienceandthehistoryofscience,aswellasanumberofsciencefictionclassics,includingI,Robot(1950)andtheFoundationtrilogy(1951-1953).Oneofhisfamousquotationsis“IwriteforthesamereasonIbreathe—becauseifIdidn't,Iwoulddie.”Next,tellstudentstoreadhisbiographyandlearnmoreabouthim.Whenreading,pleasepaymoreattentiontothetimeline.Step2ReadingReadaboutIsaacAsimovandcompletethetimelineoftheeventsinhislife.(Thetimelinewillhelpstudentstoremembertheeventsinhislife.)DateEvent1920BorninRussia.19221923______________________________________________Parentsboughtacandystore.1929________________________________________________________________________Motherhadherthirdchild.Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.1939Gainedmaster'sdegreeinchemistry.1942Finishedworkinginthecandystore.___________________________________1942-1945GothisPhDinchemistry.Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.1950Publishedhisfirstnovel.__________________________________Developedthreelawsforrobots.1951-1953PublishedtheFoundationtrilogyandwonanawardforit.Publishedhisfirstsciencebook.Becameafull-timewriter.1973Divorcedhisfirstwife._________________________________________Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.1992Suggestedanswers:DateEvent1920BorninRussia.1922Sisterborn.1923MovedwithfamilytoNewYork.Parentsboughtacandystore.1929Startedworkinginthecandystore.Motherhadherthirdchild.1931Startedtotakehimselfseriouslyasawriter.1939Beganhavingstoriespublishedinsciencefictionmagazines.1941Gainedmaster'sdegreeinchemistry.1942Finishedworkinginthecandystore.Gotmarried.1942-1945Workedasajuniorchemist,PhiladelphiaNavyYard.1948GothisPhDinchemistry.1949Becameabiochemistryteacher,BostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.1950Publishedhisfirstnovel.PublishedI,Robot.Developedthreelawsforrobots.1951-1953PublishedtheFoundationtrilogyandwonanawardforit.1953Publishedhisfirstsciencebook.1958[Becameafull-timewriter1973Divorcedhisfirstwife.Marriedforasecondtime.1983Hadabloodtransfusion.BecameinfectedwithHIV.1992DiedinNewYork.Step3DiscussionFirst,askstudentstothinkofwhattheothertwolawsforrobotsmightbe.Threelawsforrobots:1.Arobotmustnotinjurehumanbeingsorallowthemtobeinjured.2.Arobotmustobeytheordersgiventoitbyhumanbeingsaslongashumanbeingsarenotinjured.,3.Arobotmustprotectitsownexistenceaslongashumanbeingsarenotinjured;andaslongastherobotdoesnotdisobeyhumanbeingsNext,ingroups,discussAsimov'sthreelawsforrobotsandexchangetheiropinionswitheachother.(Severalminuteslater,asksomestudentstopresenttheiropinionstotherestoftheclass.)AsampleofopinionsOpinions_for_the_three_lawsRobotsaretoolsforhumanity.Withoutthethreerules,theywouldbecomeadangertohumanbeings.Withoutthethreerules,perhapstheywillkillus.Robots,sofar,arestrong.Robotshavefastcomputationalbrains,andtheymightnothavethecapacitytounderstandthings,butiftheyeverdo,they'lllikelybeb...