1、Unit 4 Space explorationReading For Writing Is Exploring Space A Waste of Time And Money?Learning objectives:1.read an argumentative essay about space explration, and the aouthors opinion2. study the organisation and language feature in argumentative essay3.write an argumentative essay about space e
2、xploration4. look on things from different perspection, and view space exploration criticallyIn this class, we will be able toActivity 1: How much do we spend on space exploration ?NASA may spend 24,801,500,000 dollars in 2022It have taken 65 years to develope space exploration Is Exploring Space A
3、Waste of Time And Money?Underline the different opinions about spaceCountries around the globe are spending billions of dollars and lots of time on various space missions, whether to Mars or other planets much further away. Some people argue that we should stop wasting time and money exploring space
4、. Instead, we should feed the worlds poor and find immediate solutions to other problems, such as pollution and fatal diseases. However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realise how exploring space helps us.Activity 2:However, others feel this is a shallow view which fails to realis
5、e how exploring space helps us.shallowlacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feelingPara1 Introduction:statement Whats the authors opinion?Use subjective words to suggestthe authors opinionActivity 3: Underline three reason for auhthors statementFirstly, exploring space has already made a differ
6、ence in the fight against world hunger. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. Then the data is transmitted to scientists on Earth After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendat
7、ions and advice for farmers. As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earths increasing population.Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. High-end products around the world are made to a h
8、igher standard now because of advanced technology which was first created to meet the requirements for space exploration. For example, space technologies have helped the research and development of different types of new material. They have also helped companies make better heart monitors and other
9、machines that doctors regularly use. Today, space technologies are widely used in all kinds of industries, and everyday products such as GPS, memory foam pillows, and smartphone cameras are changing our lives.Finally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the worlds problems
10、 and even to find ways to solve them. Seeing pictures of our planet as an island in a black sea made people realise that our planets resources are limited. In order to provide for such a rapidly increasing population, scientists are trying to find other planets that could one day be our new home. Th
11、e greatest attention at present is on Mars because it is closer to Earth, In the future, humans may live on both planets.Para2-4 Body:Arguement Using linking words can make an essay more logical Activity 3: Whats the function of the rest part?Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in
12、 the fight against world hunger. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. Then the data is transmitted to scientists on Earth After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations an
13、d advice for farmers. As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earths increasing population.Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. High-end products around the world are made to a higher s
14、tandard now because of advanced technology which was first created to meet the requirements for space exploration. For example, space technologies have helped the research and development of different types of new material. They have also helped companies make better heart monitors and other machine
15、s that doctors regularly use. Today, space technologies are widely used in all kinds of industries, and everyday products such as GPS, memory foam pillows, and smartphone cameras are changing our lives.Finally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the worlds problems and ev
16、en to find ways to solve them. Seeing pictures of our planet as an island in a black sea made people realise that our planets resources are limited. In order to provide for such a rapidly increasing population, scientists are trying to find other planets that could one day be our new home. The great
17、est attention at present is on Mars because it is closer to Earth, In the future, humans may live on both planets.Supporting details/evidenceWhats the relation among statement,arguement and supporting evedence?Whats the relation among statement,arguement and supporting evedence?Activity 4: Activity
18、5: How does the author use these evidence to prove his arguement?Firstly, exploring space has already made a difference in the fight against world hunger. It has directly resulted in the many satellites that now orbit Earth. A number of the satellites record data on land and weather patterns. Then t
19、he data is transmitted to scientists on Earth After careful analysis, the scientists can provide useful recommendations and advice for farmers. As a result, space-based science has helped farming in its efforts to grow enough food to feed Earths increasing population.arguementexampleexplanationsumma
20、ryActivity 5: Secondly, space exploration has already promoted technological improvements that benefit us all. High-end products around the world are made to a higher standard now because of advanced technology which was first created to meet the requirements for space exploration. For example, spac
21、e technologies have helped the research and development of different types of new material. They have also helped companies make better heart monitors and other machines that doctors regularly use. Today, space technologies are widely used in all kinds of industries, and everyday products such as GP
22、S, memory foam pillows, and smartphone cameras are changing our lives.Using examples can make an essay more convincingWhy does the author use the exampes in essay?Activity 5: Whats your favorite sentence in this paragraph?Finally, sending astronauts into space has helped people to think about the wo
23、rlds problems and even to find ways to solve them. Seeing pictures of our planet as an island in a black sea made people realise that our planets resources are limited. In order to provide for such a rapidly increasing population, scientists are trying to find other planets that could one day be our
24、 new home. The greatest attention at present is on Mars because it is closer to Earth, In the future, humans may live on both planets.Using rhetorical devices such as simile can make an essay more vividActivity 6: Underline the sentence that rephrases the authors opinion?In closing, exploring space
25、provides the world with many different benefits. Therefore, it should continue so as to provide new and better solutions to peoples short-term and long-term problems.Para 5 conclusion:Repeating the statement can echo authors opinionStatementsupporting detailsArgument 1Argument 2Argument 3RephrasingD
26、o you agree to the authors opinion? ?Activity 7: Group work: Write the outline of your argumentationAttention Does the introuduction give your statement?Does the body give arguements with supporting evidence? Does the closing repeat your statemeent?Are there any grammer, spelling, or punctuation err
27、or?Some people think that while others hold the view that in ones opinion, in ones view, from ones point of view, from ones perspectivefirst of all, at first, to begin with, to start with.besides, whats more, last but not least, apart from that, for examplefinally, at lastin closing, in a word, to c
28、onclude,Expressions you may need One World One Dream we are all part of one world, and we share the dream of prosperity and strength. Peace and Harmony Homework Revise your draft and write an argumentative essay “should we spend time on space exploration?”StatementArguementSupporting evidenceStatementSubjectivelogicalConcincingVividArguementation
