Book 4 Teaching Plan
Unit 1 Text A Who Is Great
Text B How to Be a Leader
I,teaching purpose and requirement
A,understand the main idea and structure of the texts
Text A main idea
a,Who is great?
“Someone who has made a lasting contribution to human civilization is great”.
b,the common characteristics the great achiever shave
------an unrelenting drive to succeed (Greatness is built upon tremendous amounts of study,practice and devotion.)
------birth order and timing affect a person’s leadership ability
------intelligence is not the most important factor in the success of military and political leader ;In sciences,besides sheer intelligence thinking in a unique way seems to crucial to achieving greatness.
------an intrinsic passion for one’s work is a key to rising above
Text B main idea
the makings of a leader
-----He must be able to come up with explicit and unquestionable solutions to problems or crises.
----He must be good at expressing their ideas in a simple,clear and effective way bringing home their forceful messages to all people.
----He is special,able to do something most of us can’t,but should not be too different from us.
-----He knows well how to use power and has a way of showing how to exercise leadership.
------He has the grace of a good dancer and knows how to appear relaxed and confident.
-----A great leader must have a certain irrational quality,a stubborn refusal to face facts infectious optimism,The ability to convince us that all is not cost even when we’re afraid it is.
Both Text A and Text B’s general statements are supported by examples.
B,learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
C,imitate the writing skill of the Text A
II,teaching focus
how to avoid plagiarism when presenting ideas from another source
how to get a general impression by subtitles when reading a long passage
How does the author define greatness,what interesting examples does he use while narrating.
some new words and phrases
e.g,
III,teaching outline
Guide vocabulary learning by focusing on some important words,ask Ss to make sentences.
Guide the Ss to get the general idea by analyzing the mixture of direct and indirect quotation.
Ask Ss to discuss the other characteristics that could set great people apart besides the points mentioned in the text.
Ask Ss to imitate the,Grammar Focus” to make sentences.
Introduce another topic,How to Be a Leader” and ask students to discuss.
IV,teaching method
check students whether they’ve previewed their text by questioning
discuss the main idea of the text
summary the text by groups
retell the main idea of the text by groups
V,home work
A,preview text B and C
B,review text A by writing a summary
C,write a passage by presenting ideas from another source.
D,recite the new words and useful phrases and sentences
VI,teaching periods
5 periods
VII,teaching effectiveness
Unit 2 Text A The Gratitude We Need
Text B Why Manners Matter
I,teaching purpose and requirement
understand the main idea of text A and Text B
text A main idea
---- Gratitude is so important because it makes the world a more pleasant place to live.
-----The need for gratitude is something we all feel,and denial of it can do much harm to the sprit of kindness and cooperation.
-----It is a comforting thought that gratitude can not gratitude can not merely a passing sentiment but a renewal which can,in some instances,persist for a life time.
----- Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much,for on the smiles the thanks we give our litter gesture of appreciation our neighbors build up their philosophy of life.
b,Text B main idea
------the necessity of having a commonly accepted code of social behavior
Morals and manners has become blurred in America,the lack of standardization of manners results in an often angry,chaotic society,It is easy to insult people unknowingly,insult people intentionally so it is very necessary to have a commonly accepted code of social behavior.
learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
enjoy the writing skill
The general statements in text A are introduce by an interesting story happened on a cabdriver.
In text B,the author brings out the misconception first,then tries to point out a person of morals is not necessarily a person with good manners,The tone of this essay can be described as persuasive.
II,important or difficult points
understand types of reading comprehension question
Main idea questions
Specific detailed question
Guessing unknown word questions
Logic structure question
Attitude or tone question
How does the author use daily examples from his life to support his assertions?
how to write an exemplification passage by imitating the text
interpret some new words,phrases and sentences
e.g,correspondent,journalist/error,fault/appreciation,thank/fee,fare,tuition
III,teaching outline
check the Ss whether they have finished the assignments
analyze the writing structure,try to focus in effective examples
interpret some of the complex sentences in the text
ask the Ss to discuss the effective of those examples and use another similar examples in their own life to replace them
summarize the teat in oral presentation
IV,teaching approach
Explain first
Question second
Discuss third
V,Home work
preview the text B and text C
writing a passage
do the translation
VI,teaching periods
Explain 2 periods
Discuss I period
Question I period
Exercise 1 period
Unit 3 Text A How To Chang Your Point Of View?
Text B Lateral and Vertical Thinking
I,teaching purpose and requirements
get the main idea of the texts
a,Text A main idea
----- to introduce a new concept of solving problems called lateral thinking,the key to it is moving sideways to approach the problems
b,Text B main idea
---introduce the differences between lateral thinking and vertical thinking
understand another kind of essay called expository essay----the connection between general assertion and the specific examples
some new words,phrases and complex examples
conversion,one of the chief way of forming new words
grammar focus ----- should +have done
II,important or difficult points
study the different ways of thinking between the west and the east
What is the key to using the technique of lateral thinking successfully
III,teaching outline
A try to tell a story introduce the topic as the author does
check the Ss to see whether they have got the main idea by scanning the text
ask them to find the generalization from each paragraph
ask them to make sentences by using the new words and phrases
ask Ss to tell their group one story about a time they encountered a particularly difficult,frustrating problem,How did they go about trying to solve it by lateral thinking or by vertical thinking
IV,teaching approach
explain first
question second
group discuss third
assign homework
V,Homework
preview the text B and text C
do the writing exercise in the text A
translation
VI,teaching periods
5 periods
Unit 4 Text A How to Become Gifted
Text B The Truth About College Teachers
Teaching purpose and requirement
A,Understand the main idea of the text
Text A main idea
----teachers’ expectations can have a profound effect on the level of success that students achieve,The main purpose of this essay is to discuss ways of improving school performance
Text B main idea
----through the classification of college professor’ bizarre behavior,the author points out most of them are not experts at all when it comes to the art of teaching
B,understand prose writing and its four basic types,narration,description,exposition and argumentation
-----Understanding the four basic types of prose writing and their function will help you answer one common type of comprehension question,What’s the author’s purpose in writing the article?
how to write a good summary
--the standard of a good summary:
a,concise of representing the ideas in the original in as few words as possible,
will not include any words quote from the original
all the ideas should be given in your own words
Learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
important and difficult points
how to write a good summary,study the model summary
How does the author reach the convincing in his argument--- expectations and labeling play a key role in a person’s upbringing.
How to get the author’s purpose of writing
The word,as” used as a relative pronoun
III,teaching outline
tell an experiment or a story as the author does to introduce the topic
skim the first story at the beginning of the text and get the author’s argument
ask Ss to use the new words and phrases by making sentences
discuss other ways of improving school performances
E,ask Ss to summarize the text by oral representation
F,assign homework
VI,teaching approach
Explain first,question second,discuss third,
V,homework
Preview text B and text C
Do the translation exercise
Recite the new words and phrases
Unit 5 Text A Prison Studies
Text B Reading for Life
teaching purpose and requirements
understand the main idea of the two texts
Text A,Main idea
---“Prison Studies” gave the author a truly deep love of learning and a better opportunity to develop intellectually than any school could have.
Text B main idea
---discuss the many benefits of reading from simple pleasure to helping one make the most of one’s career opportunities
How to tell an exciting and vivid story
What are the main factors that contributed to Malcolm X’s reading achievements?
What specific details does the author give that let the reader picture his prison studies vividly
What details does he give to show how deeply he loved reading and how it affected him.
How to understand,denotation” and,connotation” while reading,give more examples
important and difficult points
How to write an important event from one’s own life by clearly describing the event and to include details which will let the readers know you how you felt and why this event was important to you.
What was Malcolm’ s motivation to educate himself in prison?
What did he mean by saying that books were his alma mater?
Some of the new words and phrases and complex sentences
teaching outline
ask Ss to discuss what benefits they get from reading
skim the text,try to find the important details after getting the main idea
summarize the benefits the author got from his prison studies
Do some fast reading exercises
Check students whether they have known the usage of the new words and phrases
Grammar -----focuses on,may as well”
Assign homework
teaching approach
discuss first,reread second ----get the details,summarize the plot
assignment
Preview text B and Text C
Review text A write a passage according to the direction of,structured writing”
teaching effectiveness
Unit 6
Text A,The EQ Factor
Text B,What’s Your Emotional IQ?
I,Teaching purpose and requirement
A,Get the main idea of the two texts
Text A main idea
------ Introduce the concept of EQ by quoting ideas from a book by Daniel Goleman” which argues that the ability to understand and manage one’s feeling is actually much more important than simply being smart.
Text B main idea
------written by Goleman himself he explains why it is,emotional intelligence that separates the stars from the average performers and identifies five skills which are keys to developing your own
abilities in this area.
What is the difference between EQ and IQ!? Which is more important how does the author support his argument?
The important structure,when it comes to sth,/doing sth’’
How can a person posses high EQ?
Some new words and phrases
important or difficult points
How to use the conjunction to combine sentences to reach paralleled
How does the author introduce the topic and develop is paragraph
How does he quote and explain Daniel Goleman’s idea.
III,,Teaching outline
analyze the structure
check the students whether they have got the main idea
ask them sup up the main idea
discuss the argument by using other examples to support
explain the usage of some new words and phrases
teaching approach
discussion combined with explanation
Homework
Preview text B and C
Learn the new words by heart
Review text A by doing some writing exercises
II,teaching focus
Unit 1 Text A Who Is Great
Text B How to Be a Leader
I,teaching purpose and requirement
A,understand the main idea and structure of the texts
Text A main idea
a,Who is great?
“Someone who has made a lasting contribution to human civilization is great”.
b,the common characteristics the great achiever shave
------an unrelenting drive to succeed (Greatness is built upon tremendous amounts of study,practice and devotion.)
------birth order and timing affect a person’s leadership ability
------intelligence is not the most important factor in the success of military and political leader ;In sciences,besides sheer intelligence thinking in a unique way seems to crucial to achieving greatness.
------an intrinsic passion for one’s work is a key to rising above
Text B main idea
the makings of a leader
-----He must be able to come up with explicit and unquestionable solutions to problems or crises.
----He must be good at expressing their ideas in a simple,clear and effective way bringing home their forceful messages to all people.
----He is special,able to do something most of us can’t,but should not be too different from us.
-----He knows well how to use power and has a way of showing how to exercise leadership.
------He has the grace of a good dancer and knows how to appear relaxed and confident.
-----A great leader must have a certain irrational quality,a stubborn refusal to face facts infectious optimism,The ability to convince us that all is not cost even when we’re afraid it is.
Both Text A and Text B’s general statements are supported by examples.
B,learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
C,imitate the writing skill of the Text A
II,teaching focus
how to avoid plagiarism when presenting ideas from another source
how to get a general impression by subtitles when reading a long passage
How does the author define greatness,what interesting examples does he use while narrating.
some new words and phrases
e.g,
III,teaching outline
Guide vocabulary learning by focusing on some important words,ask Ss to make sentences.
Guide the Ss to get the general idea by analyzing the mixture of direct and indirect quotation.
Ask Ss to discuss the other characteristics that could set great people apart besides the points mentioned in the text.
Ask Ss to imitate the,Grammar Focus” to make sentences.
Introduce another topic,How to Be a Leader” and ask students to discuss.
IV,teaching method
check students whether they’ve previewed their text by questioning
discuss the main idea of the text
summary the text by groups
retell the main idea of the text by groups
V,home work
A,preview text B and C
B,review text A by writing a summary
C,write a passage by presenting ideas from another source.
D,recite the new words and useful phrases and sentences
VI,teaching periods
5 periods
VII,teaching effectiveness
Unit 2 Text A The Gratitude We Need
Text B Why Manners Matter
I,teaching purpose and requirement
understand the main idea of text A and Text B
text A main idea
---- Gratitude is so important because it makes the world a more pleasant place to live.
-----The need for gratitude is something we all feel,and denial of it can do much harm to the sprit of kindness and cooperation.
-----It is a comforting thought that gratitude can not gratitude can not merely a passing sentiment but a renewal which can,in some instances,persist for a life time.
----- Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much,for on the smiles the thanks we give our litter gesture of appreciation our neighbors build up their philosophy of life.
b,Text B main idea
------the necessity of having a commonly accepted code of social behavior
Morals and manners has become blurred in America,the lack of standardization of manners results in an often angry,chaotic society,It is easy to insult people unknowingly,insult people intentionally so it is very necessary to have a commonly accepted code of social behavior.
learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
enjoy the writing skill
The general statements in text A are introduce by an interesting story happened on a cabdriver.
In text B,the author brings out the misconception first,then tries to point out a person of morals is not necessarily a person with good manners,The tone of this essay can be described as persuasive.
II,important or difficult points
understand types of reading comprehension question
Main idea questions
Specific detailed question
Guessing unknown word questions
Logic structure question
Attitude or tone question
How does the author use daily examples from his life to support his assertions?
how to write an exemplification passage by imitating the text
interpret some new words,phrases and sentences
e.g,correspondent,journalist/error,fault/appreciation,thank/fee,fare,tuition
III,teaching outline
check the Ss whether they have finished the assignments
analyze the writing structure,try to focus in effective examples
interpret some of the complex sentences in the text
ask the Ss to discuss the effective of those examples and use another similar examples in their own life to replace them
summarize the teat in oral presentation
IV,teaching approach
Explain first
Question second
Discuss third
V,Home work
preview the text B and text C
writing a passage
do the translation
VI,teaching periods
Explain 2 periods
Discuss I period
Question I period
Exercise 1 period
Unit 3 Text A How To Chang Your Point Of View?
Text B Lateral and Vertical Thinking
I,teaching purpose and requirements
get the main idea of the texts
a,Text A main idea
----- to introduce a new concept of solving problems called lateral thinking,the key to it is moving sideways to approach the problems
b,Text B main idea
---introduce the differences between lateral thinking and vertical thinking
understand another kind of essay called expository essay----the connection between general assertion and the specific examples
some new words,phrases and complex examples
conversion,one of the chief way of forming new words
grammar focus ----- should +have done
II,important or difficult points
study the different ways of thinking between the west and the east
What is the key to using the technique of lateral thinking successfully
III,teaching outline
A try to tell a story introduce the topic as the author does
check the Ss to see whether they have got the main idea by scanning the text
ask them to find the generalization from each paragraph
ask them to make sentences by using the new words and phrases
ask Ss to tell their group one story about a time they encountered a particularly difficult,frustrating problem,How did they go about trying to solve it by lateral thinking or by vertical thinking
IV,teaching approach
explain first
question second
group discuss third
assign homework
V,Homework
preview the text B and text C
do the writing exercise in the text A
translation
VI,teaching periods
5 periods
Unit 4 Text A How to Become Gifted
Text B The Truth About College Teachers
Teaching purpose and requirement
A,Understand the main idea of the text
Text A main idea
----teachers’ expectations can have a profound effect on the level of success that students achieve,The main purpose of this essay is to discuss ways of improving school performance
Text B main idea
----through the classification of college professor’ bizarre behavior,the author points out most of them are not experts at all when it comes to the art of teaching
B,understand prose writing and its four basic types,narration,description,exposition and argumentation
-----Understanding the four basic types of prose writing and their function will help you answer one common type of comprehension question,What’s the author’s purpose in writing the article?
how to write a good summary
--the standard of a good summary:
a,concise of representing the ideas in the original in as few words as possible,
will not include any words quote from the original
all the ideas should be given in your own words
Learn the new words,phrases and complex sentences
important and difficult points
how to write a good summary,study the model summary
How does the author reach the convincing in his argument--- expectations and labeling play a key role in a person’s upbringing.
How to get the author’s purpose of writing
The word,as” used as a relative pronoun
III,teaching outline
tell an experiment or a story as the author does to introduce the topic
skim the first story at the beginning of the text and get the author’s argument
ask Ss to use the new words and phrases by making sentences
discuss other ways of improving school performances
E,ask Ss to summarize the text by oral representation
F,assign homework
VI,teaching approach
Explain first,question second,discuss third,
V,homework
Preview text B and text C
Do the translation exercise
Recite the new words and phrases
Unit 5 Text A Prison Studies
Text B Reading for Life
teaching purpose and requirements
understand the main idea of the two texts
Text A,Main idea
---“Prison Studies” gave the author a truly deep love of learning and a better opportunity to develop intellectually than any school could have.
Text B main idea
---discuss the many benefits of reading from simple pleasure to helping one make the most of one’s career opportunities
How to tell an exciting and vivid story
What are the main factors that contributed to Malcolm X’s reading achievements?
What specific details does the author give that let the reader picture his prison studies vividly
What details does he give to show how deeply he loved reading and how it affected him.
How to understand,denotation” and,connotation” while reading,give more examples
important and difficult points
How to write an important event from one’s own life by clearly describing the event and to include details which will let the readers know you how you felt and why this event was important to you.
What was Malcolm’ s motivation to educate himself in prison?
What did he mean by saying that books were his alma mater?
Some of the new words and phrases and complex sentences
teaching outline
ask Ss to discuss what benefits they get from reading
skim the text,try to find the important details after getting the main idea
summarize the benefits the author got from his prison studies
Do some fast reading exercises
Check students whether they have known the usage of the new words and phrases
Grammar -----focuses on,may as well”
Assign homework
teaching approach
discuss first,reread second ----get the details,summarize the plot
assignment
Preview text B and Text C
Review text A write a passage according to the direction of,structured writing”
teaching effectiveness
Unit 6
Text A,The EQ Factor
Text B,What’s Your Emotional IQ?
I,Teaching purpose and requirement
A,Get the main idea of the two texts
Text A main idea
------ Introduce the concept of EQ by quoting ideas from a book by Daniel Goleman” which argues that the ability to understand and manage one’s feeling is actually much more important than simply being smart.
Text B main idea
------written by Goleman himself he explains why it is,emotional intelligence that separates the stars from the average performers and identifies five skills which are keys to developing your own
abilities in this area.
What is the difference between EQ and IQ!? Which is more important how does the author support his argument?
The important structure,when it comes to sth,/doing sth’’
How can a person posses high EQ?
Some new words and phrases
important or difficult points
How to use the conjunction to combine sentences to reach paralleled
How does the author introduce the topic and develop is paragraph
How does he quote and explain Daniel Goleman’s idea.
III,,Teaching outline
analyze the structure
check the students whether they have got the main idea
ask them sup up the main idea
discuss the argument by using other examples to support
explain the usage of some new words and phrases
teaching approach
discussion combined with explanation
Homework
Preview text B and C
Learn the new words by heart
Review text A by doing some writing exercises
II,teaching focus
