四川省宣汉中学2014高中英语Module5CloningTheFifthPeriodWriting教案外研版选修6Teachinggoals教学目标1.Targetlanguage目标语言a.重点词汇ban,common,encourage,societyb.重点句子Mostcountriesthinkitisbeneficialandencourageit,andcloninghasbecomecommoninthesesocieties.2.Abilitygoals能力目标Enablethestudentstowriteadiscursiveparagraphaboutcloning.3.Learningabilitygoals学能目标Helpthestudentslearnhowtowriteaboutcloning.Teachingimportant&difficultpoints教学重难点Howtowriteadiscursiveparagraphaboutcloning.Teachingmethods教学方法Discussion;task-basedactivities.Teachingaids教具准备Acomputerandaprojector.Teachingprocedures&ways教学过程与方式StepIRevisionandLead-inTask1:AskthestudentstoreadthepassageinActivity1andthenanswerthequestions.T:Nowadaysmostcountriesareagainstcloningespeciallyhumancloning.Butwoulditbebannedforever?Whatwouldhappenifcloningbecamecommoninsocieties?Nowreadtheshortpassageandanswerthequestionsfollowed.Sampleanswers:1.Cloningisnotallowedeverywhereintheworld.Thereareafewcountriesthatbanit.Mostcountriesencourageit.2.Cloninghasbecomecommoninmanysocietiesbecausecloningisthoughttobebeneficial.Sampledialogues:1.S1:Iwouldnotbeabletoacceptthesituation.Ifeelstronglyagainstit.Justthink:achildgrowsupknowinghermotherishersister,hergrandmotherishermother.Herfatherisherbrother-in-law.Whatamessitwouldbe!S2:Metoo.Justimaginewhenyouwalkinthestreet,youseemanyidenticalfacesandcan’ttellonefromanother.Whataterriblethingitwouldbe!S1:Whatthemostterrifyingthingistheseidenticalpeoplearealldoingandthinkinginthesameway.Andyoucan’ttellwhoareyoungerandwhoareelder.2.S1:Iwouldn’tfeelthatcloneswereverydifferentfromme.Clonedhumanbeingsareidenticalineveryway.S2:Idon’tagreewithyou.Iwouldfeelthatcloneswereverydifferentfromme.Becauseclonedpeoplemayhaveseveremedicalproblemsandcan’tlivelonger.3.S1:Iwouldn’twanttoknowthemorbetheirfriend.Becausetheymaybejustthesameasme.S2:Iwouldwanttoknowthemorbetheirfriend.Maybetheycanhelpmegothroughmanydifficultiesorhelpmedomorethings.4.S1:Iwouldfeelso.Becausemanyattemptsatanimalcloningproduceddisfiguredmonsters.Thesamestorymaygowithhumancloning.Forexample,theymaybecomeoldsoon.Theymaydiesoon.Theymaybeabnormal.S2:Iwouldn’t.Justimaginewhenoneday,therearesomanyidenticalfaceslikeyou!Theyjustsay,doorthinkasyoudo.Howcanyoufeelbetterthanthem?5.S1:Idon’twanttoclonemyself.Ifso,therewouldbeno“I”.S2:Idon’tagreewithyou.Iwouldwanttoclonemyself.Iwouldmakemyclonedothingsforme.6.S1:IfIhadthepower,Iwouldchangethesituation.Iwouldbanallthecloningwhichisagainstnaturallaw.S2:IfIhadthepower,Iwouldnotchangethesituation.ButIwouldorderthescientiststoclonemanygeniusestoworkforme.7.S1:Iwoulddoit.BecauseIcanreducemypaininemotion.S2:Iwouldnotdoit.BecauseIdon’twantmylovedonetotakesucharisk.StepIIWritingTask1:Askthestudentstomakenotesofargumentsforandagainstcloning.T:Sincethefirstcloningwasmadepublic,ithasbecomeasubjectofmuchdiscussion.Thosewhosupportcloningseequitedefinitebenefitsincarryingoutresearchinthearea.Whataresomeofthemorecommonarguments?Nowmakesomenotesofarguments.Samplenotes:argumentsforcloning:1)cloningwillbebeneficialtohumans.Forexample,ifacouplecan’thavechildren,cloningcouldhelpgivethemachild;2)wecouldusecloningtocureillnessesargumentsagainstcloning:1)healthrisksfrommutationofgenes;2)emotionalrisks;3)riskofabuseofthetechnology;4)againstnature;5)clonedanimalsgetillanddiequiteyoun...
