Teaching Plan
Contents
I . Teaching Content
II . Teaching Objectives
III . Teaching Requirements
IV . Teaching Approaches
V . Teaching Focal Points
VI . Teaching Difficulties
VII . Teaching Procedures
Teaching Target : CLASS 0111
Lecturer : Zhang Lei
Foreign Language Department
Date : December 10 , 2004
I . Teaching Content
General survey of Lesson 14 in Advanced English ( Book II )
Loving and Hating New York
II . Teaching Objectives
Enable students to become acquainted with global information about New York including Manhattan, Broadway, Greenwich Village, Central Park, the Fifth Avenue, Wall Street & Tin Pan Alley.
Help students to obtain basic knowledge by means of comprehension questions on content and analyze the basic structure of the text.
Make students figure out the essential theme of the article: Loving and hating New York becomes a matter of alternating moods, often in the same day. The place constantly exasperates, at times exhilarates.
III . Teaching Requirements
Students are required to get familiar with New York by looking through some materials before class and describe its important role in economy, finance, transportation and
commercial trade of U.S.A.
Let students point out the main idea of the whole text, the way the author constructed the text and the rhetorical devices employed in the text.
Ask students to make a discussion on whether to choose to live in New York and write a composition describing a Chinese city.
IV . Teaching Approaches
Arouse students’ enthusiasm in order to cultivate their abilities into full play by demonstrating their points of view.
Apply multi-media English teaching methods by means of showing slides consisting of narration and precious photos from National Geography and Internet.
V . Teaching Focal Points
A. Brief account of New York and relevant information about
the U.S.A.
B. Introduction of comprehension questions on content
a. New York --- an international metropolis, full of sense of freedom
b. Its deficiencies as a pacesetter
c. New York --- Europeans’ favorite city
d. Faults of New York
e. The author’s preference
VI . Teaching Difficulties
Figures of speech
Irony
Euphemism
Personification
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Metonymy
Writing style: exposition
Organization of the text
VII . Teaching Procedures ( 50 minutes )
Step 1 : Warming-up Activity ( 2 minutes )
Introduce the text by playing a piece of music and putting forward a question :
As far as you’re concerned, which city enjoys the highest international prestige in the U.S.A. ?
Answer : New York
Step 2 : Students are requested to present their relevant
information about New York and its current international status and reputation. ( 3 minutes )
Step 3 : Summarize students’ ideas combined with some
related background materials. (20 minutes )
Step 4 : Give brief replies to questions on content using students’ own words as much as possible.
( 10 minutes )
Step 5 : Illustrate how the text is composed. ( 5 minutes )
Step 6 : Divide the students into five groups and require
them to participate in the discussion on whether to choose to live in N.Y. ( 10 minutes )
The following aspects are expected to be covered
in the discussion :
Positive effects of living in N.Y.
Negative effects of living in N.Y.
Contradictory emotion
Your alternative choice
