Students’Worksheet for Unit 4 Lesson 1 Avatars Name: _____ Group: _____ 1. Lead in: Play a guess game: Which teacher does each avatar represent The meaning of avatar: a digital _____ of a person used in virtual world. There are various kinds of avatar we can select. Why do people use avatars？We use different avatars for different purposes. Avatars have developed gradually over time. On the one hand，we can use avatars to express ourselves. On the other hand, some people use avatars to catfish(钓鱼) others in online dating (网恋). Therefore, sometimes avatars may have _____ impacts on others. 2. Pre-reading Prediction: You are going to read an article about avatars. What are we going to learn from it Tick what you think it will talk about. The definition of avatars The risks of using social media The purposes of using avatars The history of avatars Different views on avatars How to design your own avatar The development of avatars Read the article quickly and answer: What is the text type of the passage A. Narration (记叙). B. Argumentative Essay (议论). C. Exposition (说明). 3. While-reading Read the text quickly to match(连线) each paragraph’s main idea. Check if it matches your previous prediction. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Read the passage carefully and fill the blank. Group 1: definition + history ; Group 2: definition + purposes ; Group 3: definition + views Avatars Details Definition (Para 1) A digital image represents an Internet user. Digital identities, which are _____for people to _____on the Internet. History (Para 2) 1980s The first _____appeared in _____ Late 1990s Avatars were being used _____ Nowadays Avatars are _____ Purposes of using avatars (Paras 3-5) To express oneself 1. to create _____ 2. to try being someone of_____ 3. to call themselves _____ 4. to have _____ To represent oneself a cute cat :_____ cartoon characters: _____ Views (Para 6) Negative People _____in virtual worlds that they are becoming_____. To _____ others online. Positive People look forward to a time when their avatars will _____and _____virtual world. 4. Post-reading Group Work：Create an avatar for your group (4 people a group) with your group members and tell us why you design it in this way. Types of avatars: a cute animal avatar; a cartoon character avatar; an avatar in fancy clothes; a beautiful scenery avatar; avatar of a good-looking person Expressions： Our group avatar is a(n)_____ which belongs to (types of avatars)_____. The reason why we create our avatar in this way is because_____. We will use it in (occasion) _____. Summary & Homework Write a passage of about 100 words on the topic "My Avatar and Me". Include 3 parts: What my avatar looks like and why I chose it; ② How my avatar reflects my personality; My views on the advantages and risks of using avatars.
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