Teaching Plan
Teaching Content
The first section of Lesson Five Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
Teaching Objectives
A. Enable students to become acquainted with the historical background of World War and Winston Churchill's life career.
B. Help students to obtain global information by means of comprehension questions on content and analyse the basic structure of the text.
C. Make students awaken to the essential theme of the speech:Longing for peace all over the world.
Teaching Requirements
A. Students are required to get familiar with the history of World War by looking through some materials before class and describe the author's important role on international political stage.
B. Let students figure out the general idea of the whole text, the way Churchill constructed his speech and the rhetorical devices he employed in his speech.
C. Ask students to give their opinions on the central topic: Peace.
Teaching Approaches
A. Arouse students' enthusiaum to give brief descriptions first in order to cultivate their abilities into full play and then make a summary about their points of view.
B. Apply modern teaching methods by means of showing slides consisting of narration and precious historical photos from documentaries.
Teaching Focal Points
A. Brief account of historical material and relevant information about Winston Churchill.
B. Introduction of comprehension questions on content.
a) Reasons and manners of attack
b) Churchill's reaction to Hitler's invasion of the U.S.S.R.
c) Causes of Churchill's changes in his attitudes towards Communism
d) The policy Churchill declared he would pursue
e) Motive in Hitler's invasion
Teaching Difficulties
A. Figures of speech
a. Periodic Sentence
b. Rhetorical Question
c. Parallel Structure
d. Inversion
e. Repetition
f. Metaphor
g. Alliteration
B. Organization of the text
a. Churchill's preparation for the speech
b. The original text of the speech
a) The distinction of features between Nazi regime and Communism
b) The spectacles unfolding before Churchill's eyes
c) The policy Churchill declared he would pursue
d) The nature of war
e) Hitler's real intention in invasion of the U.S.S.R.
f) Churchill's call on united strength
Teaching Procedures
A. Warming-up Activity
Introduce the text by putting forward a question :
What has brought the most terrible catastrophe ,that is to say, the greatest suffering to the human beings in the last century?
Answer : World War
B. Students are requested to present their historical information about World War and contributions Churchill made in world history.
C. Deduct students' ideas combined with some maps and photos of World War .
D. Give brief replies to questions on content using students' own words as much as possible.
E. Explain the function of figures of speech and the purposes they serve.Then allocate the students a few minutes to pick them out from the text by showing examples.
f. Illustrate how the speech is composed.
g. Divide the students into groups and require them to participate in the discussion about peace which attracts world attention.
The following aspects are expected to be covered in the discussion :
a) The negative effects/Consequences of war
b) The great significance of peace
c) The relationship between political stability and economic development
d) Current domestic and international situation
e) Call for peace from all the peace-loving nations and people:
Wish the world peaceful !
