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Teaching Design
Zhu Xiaoyan
M5 Unit3 Science and nature
P eriod 1 The perfect copy （Ⅰ）
Teaching aims:
1.To arouse students’ interest in the unit topic.
2.To reinforce students’ comprehension of the text and improve their other skills by participating in all the activities.
3.To help students know the widespread discussion about cloning and hold their own attitudes towards it.
Teaching focus and difficulties:
1.Ss participate in a discussion to find out ways to discuss common problems with human cloning.
2.Students can hold their own opinions on the base of reading the article.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Warming-up
Show some pictures one by one, each of which shows a successfully cloned animal.
Step2 Lead-in
T: After enjoying so many amazing pictures ,are you interested in cloning? Today we will learn something about cloning together. The reading passage is made up of a newspaper article about cloning and two readers’ letters. We will be given information about how cloning is being researched and the different attitudes towards it.
Step3 Fast reading
A. Answer the following questions.
1.What is cloning?
Cloning is producing an exact copy of a plant or an animal using its cells.
2.Is Pauline Carter for or against human cloning?
She is against human cloning.
B. Match each paragraph with its correct main idea.
Para1 An announcement about the first cloned human embryo caused much debate.
Para2 The first cloned mammal was Dolly.
Para3 Ian Wilmut is shocked that some scientists are considering cloning human beings.
Para4 A woman wants to have a cloned baby.
Para5 Cloning human embryos is illegal in many countries, but some scientists still want to clone human beings.
Para6 Chinese scientists continue to research ways in which cloning can benefit mankind.
Step4 Detailed reading
Read the two letters carefully, and judge whether the statements are true or false:
Pauline Carter thinks:
1.The nature will pay back if we toy with nature. (T)
2.We should clone fewer babies to reduce Earth’s population. (F)
3.The lady who cannot have a baby can adopt an orphan, but not have a cloned baby. (T)
Coline Jake thinks:
1.The scientific advances mentioned in the article is very terrible. (F)
2.Scientists have succeeded in challenging questions of morality. (F)
3.Human cloning is a good way to save her daughter who has died. (F)
Step5 Understanding and promoting
Task-based reading
Attitudes towards
the first cloned human embryo
Pro-cloning
(支持克隆)
It can produce tissues and organs that are of great(1)_value___.

Anti-cloning
(反对克隆)
We are (2) _likely to produce a real-life Frankenstein’s monster.
Attitudes towards
the birth of Dolly the sheep
Pro-cloning
Cloning is a wonderful (3) _scientific breakthrough.
Anti-cloning
Cloning would (4) ___cause__ more diseases in the animal world.
Representatives
Ian Wilmut
He never (5) _intends__ to create copies of humans. Instead, he thinks research efforts should concentrate on (6) curing_ diseases.
Faye Wilson
(7) _Unble_ to have a baby,she is (8)__anxious_ to have a child hat is genetically related to her.
Severino Antinori
He wants to be the first to clone a human being.
Chinese scientists
They have focused their efforts on cloning animals. China has achieved great (9) success_ in producing clones of cows and goats,and continues to research ways cloning can be (10) _beneficial to mankind.

Step6 Discussion
If one day you found a cloned yourself, what’s your reaction? What would you do?
Step7 A debate
Is it a good idea to clone humans some day?
Rules to follow:
1.Think of as many reasons as possible to support your ideas.
2.Present at least three reasons.
3.The group who can give the most convincing reasons will win the debate.
Step8 Summary
Enjoy some funny pictures and give the summary: There is no forbidden field in science, but we must make sure the technology under control.
Step9 Homework
Write a letter to the editor and express your opinions about cloning human embryos.

Blakboard-design
Unit3 Science and nature
The perfect copy
A debate: Gruop1 ＆ Group2
Teaching reflection: