A TEACHING PLAN OF
UNIT 11 KEY TO SUCCESS
(浙江电大永嘉学院----邓顺雨 张雪玉)
ⅠAnlylasis of the Teaching Material
The theme of this unit is “key to success” which involves qualities, personalities and team spirit of an individual. And the ways to success ,social beviour and social are discussed in the unit .
1.Warming up
Warming up can make the students well know about their own characteristics and personalities by a survey and conduct the students to build up correct sense of friendship.
2. Listening
The listening text is a monologue which introduces the different living styles of the Chinese students studying in Aucland And it demands the students to extract main information about how Chinese students in Aucland spend their leisure time. And it also calls the students thinking about how they arrange their sparetime.
3. Speaking
The speaking part offers three situations. Ask the students to discuss them and train their abilities of handling problems.
4. Reading
（1） Pre-reading
Three problems Qs and three Pictures are provided for the students. The first and the second pictures offer some information about sports.The first question is to discuss some sports items, the composition of a sports team, the function of players and some rules. The second question is about teamwork and cooperation, which aims to recall the students’ knowledge about sports and paves a way for the reading text. The third question is to train students reading skills demanding the students to find certain information by scanning.
（2）Reading
The theme of the reading text is about teamwork. The article gives a list of questions showing that group work at school is just for the group. Then the author indicates the meaning of teamwork and gives some examples illustrating the individuals funtion in the whole team and the composition of a team. According to different individual characters ,teamwork have to be designed in a proper way. And teamwork does not strive for the highest level of individual achievement, but for the highest level of achivement of the team.
（2） Post-reading
Four activities are set for the students to get further understanding about the text and to make them use the knowledge from in real life.
5. Language practice
This part offers three exercises which are to make the students master the usage of some key words.Specially,the third one is to train students’ logic thinking.
6. Integrating skill
It contains two parts-reading and writing.a: The topic of the reading is the “ticket to success” which talks about Li Yonghong’s striving experience.It aims to remind the students a very practical issue: Is going to university the only to success?The purpose of the reading is to give students whose achievements do not qualify them for university a sense that there is more in life than an university education. The reading offers alternative roads to success.b: The writing part asks the student to think deep into Li Yonghong’s deeds and give a comment as well as showing their own opinions.
ⅡTeaching goals
Talk about social behaviour and social relations.
Talk about teamwork and success.
Pactise presesting an ideas.]
Integrative language practive.
Write a letter.
ⅢTime Allocation
Five periods
Period One: Warming up, Listening
Period Two: Speaking, Revision and Information Collecting.
Period Three: Reading
Period Four: Language Practice
Period Five: Integrating Skills
ⅣTeaching procedures
The first period
Teaching goals:
1. Encourage the students to talk about social behavior and social relations.
2. Help the students aware of the importance of teamwork.
3. Master some useful expressions and train their listening abiliy.
Teaching Aids:
1. the mutimedia and tape recorder
2. the blackboard
Step one Lead-in
1. Review the words to describe one’s qualities and personality.
2. Qs: What kind of person are you ?
What qualities and personality do you have ? And do you think it is a good one? Do you think it is very improtant for you to succeed in the future?
Step Two Warming up
1.Show the following Qs on the screen which can help to them to understand themselves better.
1) What criteria do you use to accept people as friends?
2) Do you stick with your friends through thick and thin? What is the moment for you to pull out of a friendship?
3) What do you do when you are misunderstood by your friends or relatives?
4) What would you do if your teacher or parent has been unfair to you?
5) What is yourdefinition of a good friend at school? And at work?
6) Do you prefer doing things on your on or in a group? Which things do you prefer to do on your own? Which in a group? Why?
7) Are you always active in your group? Why?
8) Are you always active in your group work? Why or why not?
2.Write down the following phrases on the Bb and explain them.
stick to, through thick and thin,pull out (of sth.)…
3.Prepare answers on your own and then works in group of 4 to excahnge your opinions.(individual work and group work)
Step Three Listening
1. Pre-listening (Discussion)(group work)
Before listen to the tape,discuss the following qustions in small groups.
1) How do you spend your time after school?
2) Do you meet any people other than high school students, and where do you meet them?
3) What are the advantages and disadervantages of having a part time job?
2. Listening
(1)Listen carefully and finish the following chart.
Frequency Doing homework Going to the cinema Going shopping Doing nothing at all
None
Hardly
Little
Sometimes
Much
Most
All
(2) Listen to the tape again then draw a pie chart of the things working students spend their money on.
(3) Read the following Qs at first .If the
students can not answer them,listen to part of
the tape.(Page 92 in the textbook)
Step Four Summary
What useful have you learned?
Do you get a clear idea bout how to spend your leisure time?
The Second Period
Teaching Goals:
1.Review some key words and expressions
1.stick with 2.through thick and thin 3.pull out of sth.)
3. Improve the students’ spoken Enlish and their ability of handling things,build up a sense of responsibility.
Teaching Aids:
.blackboard
Step One : Revision and Practice
1.Review some expressions
(1. stick with 2.through thick and thin 3.pull out of sth.……)
2.What principles we should abide by in our daily business?
3.Tell the students there are many situations in which our ability to be honest, responsible and reliable is put to the test.Abandoning our principles is often the cause of damage or destruction of both personal and professional relationships.Then show them three situations and ask them to discuss how they would act and why.(situations on page 93,the textbook.)
4.Ask some students to show their opinions and others try to set down the opinions that they think are persusive and constructive.
The Third Period
Teaching goals:
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. master some key phrases and sentence.
Teaching Aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
Step One:Pre-reading
1.Look at the following pictures .Explain for each type of sport what the composition of a team is,which roles each of the team players has,and how the game is played.
2.What are the requirements for a sports team to function well?
Step Two :Scanning
1. Scan the text and list the requirements mentioned in the text.
2. Choose the best answer according to the text.
*What can make a team the most successful one?( D )
A. An individual performs effectively and excellently.
B. Work together and work hard.
C. Having a skilful coach.
D. Any member of the group performs best and cooperates with each other well.(D)
*How to know someone’s personality type and ability?
A. To talk to him or her usually. B.To invite him or her to dinner .
C. To be keen to find his or her shortcoming .
E. To know a lot about him or her from different directions.
Step Three Careful Reading
1.Ask the students to read the Exes 2,3 on page 95(textbook) first and then read the passage carefully .Give the students 8 minutes.
2.Discuss their answers with the whole class and check them.
Step Four Post-reading
1.(partner work) Ask the students to compare two other things that are similar on the surface but have very fundamental differences? Discuss with their deskmates and by giving examples.
2.According to the author,some team members work best in tasks alone. Is this statement contradictory or not? Explain.
Step Five Homework
Ask the students to underline the phrases and sentences that they can’t understand and look them up in the dictionary or turn to reference book.
The Four Period
Teaching Goals:
Do some exercises to review some important words and phrases and get further understanding about the text.
Step One Greetings and revision
Exchange greetings with the whole class , check the students’ homework and solve some problems that they meet in the text.
Step Two Exercises
1.Skim the text for a word or a phrase with a meaning similar to the one underlined in each sentences in the Exercise 1,on page 96.
2.Complete a passage with the following words
misunderstanding , coach , dynamic , keep an eye on , vision ,
in reality , excite ,temporary
3.Ask the students to finish a passage without clue words.And students
are demanded to discuss with their parnters and tell out the reason to their partners.
Step Three Homework
Review the words and phrases and preview “TICHET TO SUCCESS”.
The Fivth Period
Teaching Goals
1. Learn some new words and phrases.
2. Improve the students’ reading ability and train their ability of expressing and supporting an opinion.
3. To make the students aware that there are a lot of ways to success ,not only by going to university.
Teaching Aids:
1. the multimedia
2. the blackboard
Step One Discussion
1. If you can’t get into university to study,do you feel shame and what will you do?
2.What kind of people do you think are successful?
Step Two Reading
1.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.
(1)What kind of person the text talks about?
2.Li Yonghong made two important decisions in her life. What are they?
(1)_____________________________________________________
(2)_____________________________________________________
3. Li Yonghong may still have the ambition to become a manager.
(1) Which two ways are open to high school students to reach that position?
(2)Which way has Li Yonghong chosen?
4. The author distinguishes two personality types. What are they?
Step Three Individual work(transmition)
Imagine you were in Li Yonghong’s situation.What’s your decision?Do you have a nicer idea than hers?And is her decision brave?Do you support her?
Step Four Composing a Letter
In the name of Li Yonghong’s former classmate ,write a letter to her.In the letter you want to tell her what you think about her career and the decisions she made in her life.
Clues:
What you think about here decisions
How you feel about the fact that she declined her parents’ offer
Whether you think she should have tried to go to university
How you feel about the way she managed here finances
Whether you think she took and risk
Pay attention to the format of writing a letter
Sample letter：(show it on the screen)
Li Yonghong
Nanjing Road
Guilin,Guangxi
September 19, 2005
Dear Yonghong
Long time no see! I’m your former classmate.I have often wondered how you are and what became of you after we all finished high school.You have been away from our hometown for so long,and I haven’t seen you for a few years.But a few weeks ago,Han Feiyan told me that she heard you now have a very good job,and many apportunities.
Do you remember how sad everybody was that you could not go to university.I think it was very generous of your parents to offer you some money to set up a little shop.Everybody wondered why you did not take their offer,and we were even more surprised when you borrowed money to train as a hairdresser.Many of us wondered what would happen to you.At that time I also felt that you were takinga big risk,and should have settled for your parents’ offer.That would have been safe.
But now I understand you were the cleverest of us all. There are so many of our former classmates who want to become a manager, but even after university they cannot.It was the right decision not to go to university.You are one of the few who has managed and you did it all on your own.I think it is great! Many people believe that a university degree is the passport to a good careerm,but you have shown that through vocational training,hard work and talent you can have a bright future.I admire your courage and the way you mangaged your finances while developing your career! Your parents must be so proud of you as the most successful daugter in the village.Many other parents now encourage their children to follow your example.Personally,I think I would not have taken such a financial risk,but now that everybody can see how successful you are,it is easier for other children and parents to choose an alternative career.
I think we could all learn from you .
We all expect that you make much more achievement in the future.
Best wishes
Your sincerely
Step Five Homework
Review the whole unit,finish the Exes in the Wb and preview the next unit.