Module 5 Unit 3
Science and nature
Welcome to the unit
Teaching design
1.Background information
●Students: 53 senior high school students, Grade 2
●Lesson duration: 45minutes
2.The contents
By the end of the period, students will be able to:
A.Knowledge
●Get the general meaning of the technology - cloning;
●Know something about the latest cloning work;
B.Ability
●Talk about their opinions upon the cloning;
●Understand the two-side influence of the human cloning.
3.Key point and difficult point
A.Key point
●Getting to know some knowledge about the cloning;
B.Difficult point
●Improving the corresponding abilities: thinking and speaking, by
expressing opinions in their own words.
4.Teaching approaches
●Group work Approach
●Task-based Teaching Approach
5.Teaching aids
PPT, blackboard
6.Teaching procedures
Step 1: Lead-in（5 mins）
●Arouse students’ attention towards the title “science and nature”,
ask them the relationship between science and nature;
●Watch a video about Dolly the sheep, lead to the topic: cloning;
Step 2: Presentation (15 mins)
●Present the difference between three words: clone, cloning and
cloned;
●Explain what is cloning;
●Introduce four kind of cloned animals mentioned on the text
book;
●Lead to the question: What are the differences between the
cloned animals and the normal animals?
Step 3: Task (thinking and discussing) (20mins)
●Ask students to talk about advantages and disadvantages of
cloning;
●Display some material about different influence of cloning and
lead students to conclude the main ideas.
●Group discussion: divide the class into 2 groups; each one
discusses one question on PPT; report their idea.
Step 4: Language points (5 mins)
●Forward-looking: adj.
●One of the + plural none
●Some day
7.Homework
Transcribe the words of this part and keep them in mind.. 8.Reflection (to be written immediately after the lesson)。