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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles

I. Teaching Plan Students will be able to:

1.grasp the main idea (dreaming and hard work helped Michael Stone on his way to success)and

the structure of the text(narration with a flashback);

2.appreciate the narrative skills (using details to bring out a character; a surprising ending; use of 3.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

4.conduct a series of reading, listening, speeding and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.

Time allotment

1st period Pre-reading While-reading (text organization; language points)

2nd period While-reading (language points) 3rd period While-reading (closing line usage of work ; detail 4th period Post-reading (play on the meaning of 5 period Theme-Related language words; exercises) Learning tasks) Check on students' home reading (Text B) Pre-reading tasks

1.T asks SS the following questions on the song Coming out Dark:(5minutes)

Consider the title of the song, what does \after the car accident; slow and painful recovery; despair)

How is the song related to the theme of he unit?(To get over despair after injury is also a form of overcoming obstacles.) 2.Do you know these proverbs??(13minutes) 1)T dictates the following Proverbs to SS:

Where there's a will, there's a way.(有志者事竟成。)

Rome wasn't built in a day.(伟业非一日之功/罗马非朝夕建成。) God helps those who help themselves.〈皇天不负有心人/自助者天助。〉 You shall map what you sow.(种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆/一分耕耘,一分收获。) Constant dripping wears away the stone.(馍而不舍,金石可缕。) 2)SS时y to translate these Proverbs into Chinese.

3)Ss scan Text A to find a similar saying by Michael's father, which is in italics(you want something, work for it /You want something, work for it.)

3.T may had in to the text by saying: Hard work is important to success, but it is not the only factor that contributes to success. As we will find out in this text, dreaming is equally important. (2 minutes)

While-reading tasks

1. T guides Ss through the directions for Text Organization Exercise 1, so that they know the text consists of four parts

2)Ss scan the first sentence of Paras 1-6,and get ready to answer the following questions: Which first sentence switches from past tense to past perfect tense?(the first sentence of

Para 3) (T may as well tell Ss th1s:a story is usually narrated in the simple past tense. When a past event is recalled, the past perfect tense will be used as a signal. Afterwards the flashback is also narrated in the simple past tense.

Which first sentence shows that the flashback is over and the narration returns to the

National Junior Olympics?(the first sentence of para. 6)

By now, do you how to divide the text into four parts parts? Write down your answers the

blanks provided in Text Organization Exercise1. 3)SS do Text Organization Exercise2.

2.T explains language points and gives Ss practice (See Language Study). When they come to the end of a part, SS will sum up its main idea in the blanks provided in Text Organization Exereise1. (60minutes)

3.Ss answer these questions (See Text Analysis):(8minutes)

Without the last sentence, would you still admire Michael Stone's achievement?

Who would you admire better, a Michael Stone with a sound body or a blind Michael Stone? Why does the author keep the secret about Michael's blindness until the last sentence? 4.Usage (15minutes)

1)Ss scan the text again to find out the three instances when \2)T asks some SS to explain in English the three different meanings of \·. 3)SS do the after-text Usage exercise on \5.Finding out details (20minuts)

1)T introduces the activity by saying: A child usually inherits characteristics from both his/her mother and father. So does Michael Stone. Micluer's mother is romantic and passionate , while his father is a hard--core realist. Work with a partner, find out those details about Michael Stone that shows him to be his mother's boy or his father's son. 2)Some pairs report to the class their findings.

3)T asks SS this questions: :Dreaming and hard work, which is more important to Michael's success?

Post Reading tasks

l .Playing on the meaning of words (see Text Analysis). (15minutes)

1)T introduces the idea that many words have more than one meaning and cm remind one of a number of different ideas and events all at once.

2)Ss read the first three see words \meaning respectively \\

3)Ss give individual opinion on this question: How do you understand the itle of this text? Does it also carry more than one meaning?

4)Extra reading for fun (This can be either m in-class or out-of-class group discussion. The words that cm recall the discoveries of the scientists are underlined-):Hem the poet plays on words. Each line has a word or words由at remind us of an activity or discovery associated with the scientist mentioned. Can you spot the words?

Reply to an invitation to a scientists' ball Pierre and Marie Curie were radiating enthusiasm; Einstein thought it would be relatively easy to attend Volta was electrified and Archhimedes, buoyant at the thought Ampere was worried that he wasn't up to current research Ohm resisted the idea at first Boyle said he was under too much pressure; Edison thought it would be an imlluminating experience; Watt reckoned it would be a good way to let off steam; Wilbur Wright accepted, provided he and Oriville could get a flight; Morse's reply: \

2.T guides SS through some after-text exercises.(20minutes) 3.T checks on Ss, home reading (Text BL(3minutes)

4.ss do PMIV: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks-(1period)……叼