基础英语B 综合教程Book2Uni11 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student Teaching Aims: In this unit studentsarerequired to: 1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting,skimming,guessing, etc 2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student's vocabulary; 3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions,role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students'oral communicative abilities: 4.Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text Iand practice it along with translation; 5.Get to know some informationabout B-students; 6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students'comprehensive skills
基础英语 B 综合教程 Book 2 Unit 11 1 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student Teaching Aims: In this unit students are required to: 1. Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc. 2. Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary; 3. Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities; 4. Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text I and practice it along with translation; 5. Get to know some information about B-students; 6. Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students’ comprehensive skills
基础英语B 综合教程Book2 Unit 11 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student-1 Time table 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world 5 mins around them Recitation Unit 10 text1 Consolidate the wordsand Chain work 10 mins practice speaking HW checking Show their ideas and GW 25 understandings Comments On exercises in each unit 10 mins the exam Break Reading 1 Lead-in discussion Prepare the students for the Question 10 mins Pre-stage coming topic and answ Gist of text I Summarize the main idea While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the structure Individual 30mins &PB Homework Work on the For better comprehending 5 mins vocabulary by the texton linguistic themselves Morning report(5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 10(10 mins) Text1 I.Lead-in: Principles Are Lighthouses By Stephen R.Covey It was a dark and stormy night/The officer on the bridge/came to the captain and said Captain/Captain./there isa light ane/and they won'tmove t do you mean th move Tell th tarboard right now." The signal was sent/starboard.The signal came back/"Starboard yourself" "I can't believe this./What's going on here?/Let them know who I am.The signal was sent out./ "This is the mighty Missouri,/starboard."The signal came back,/This is the lighthouse." My friends/correct principles are lighthouses/they do not move They are natural laws We cannot break them/We can only break ourselves against them./We might as well learn them./ accommodate them. and be grateful for them/Then it enlarges us/and emancipates us/and empowers us. T.S.Eliot once said something/I think is appropriate/as we come to the conclusion of our visit 2
基础英语 B 综合教程 Book 2 Unit 11 2 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student—1 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world around them 5 mins Recitation Unit 10 text 1 Consolidate the words and practice speaking Chain work 10 mins HW checking Show their ideas and understandings GW 25 Comments on the exam On exercises in each unit 10 mins Break Reading 1 Pre-stage Lead-in discussion Prepare the students for the coming topic Question and answer 10 mins Gist of text 1 Summarize the main idea 5 mins While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the structure Individual & PB 30mins Homework Work on the vocabulary by themselves For better comprehending of the text on linguistic level 5 mins Morning report (5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 10 (10 mins) Text 1 I. Lead-in: Principles Are Lighthouses By Stephen R. Covey It was a dark and stormy night./ The officer on the bridge/ came to the captain and said,/ “Captain,/ Captain,/ there is a light in our sea lane/ and they won’t move.”/ “What do you mean they won’t move?/ Tell them to move./ Tell them starboard right now.”/ The signal was sent out,/ “Starboard,/ starboard./” The signal came back,/ “Starboard yourself.”/ “I can’t believe this./ What’s going on here?/ Let them know who I am./” The signal was sent out,/ “This is the mighty Missouri, /starboard./” The signal came back,/ “This is the lighthouse.”/ My friends,/ correct principles are lighthouses,/ they do not move./ They are natural laws./ We cannot break them./ We can only break ourselves against them./ We might as well learn them,/ accommodate them,/ utilize them and be grateful for them. /Then it enlarges us/ and emancipates us/ and empowers us./ T.S. Eliot once said something/ I think is appropriate/ as we come to the conclusion of our visit
基础英语B 综合教程Book2Uni11 together He said/"We shall never cease from striving and the end of all of our striving/will be toarrive where we began/and to know the place for the first time." II.Text introduction The text is a letter to a B student.In the letter the author analyzes what the grade means and doesn't mean.and tells the student the way we should regard grades.In the end the author
基础英语 B 综合教程 Book 2 Unit 11 3 together./ He said,/ “We shall never cease from striving,/ and the end of all of our striving/ will be to arrive where we began/ and to know the place for the first time.”/ II. Text introduction The text is a letter to a B student. In the letter the author analyzes what the grade means and doesn’t mean, and tells the student the way we should regard grades. In the end the author illustrates the importance of learning and gives encouragement to the student.
基础英语B 综合教程Book2 Unit 11 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student-2 Time table 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around 5 mins them Lead-in Students are supposed to GW 15 mins understand the differences concerning B students Culture background To get students 5 mins emotionally involved in the topis Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the 5 mins construction of the text Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text Comprehension Checking students" individual 25 mins Text 1 understanding of the text pair work Use the newly learnt 10 mins expressions to talk about their own life debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the differences between Astudents and B students. I.Cultural background American Education System versus Asian Education System America is the land of opportunity.which is famous for its ople in America like to be free to do whatever they want to do without any restrictions.Thi belief is reflected in the American educational system.In American schools,teachers and students are at the same social level.Students are encouraged to exchange their own opinions with the teacher.From an early age,students in the American educational system have been taught that they have the ability to achieve whatever they want to be but rarely been told how they can receive very little pressure in schoo .so whatever they do in school is totally based on thei personal beliefs.The advantage of this kind of educational system is that,it really develops student's individual 4
基础英语 B 综合教程 Book 2 Unit 11 4 Unit 11 Letter to a B Student –2 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around them 5 mins Lead-in Students are supposed to understand the differences concerning B students GW 15 mins Culture background To get students emotionally involved in the topis 5 mins Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the construction of the text 5 mins Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text 1 Text Comprehension Checking students’ understanding of the text individual & pair work 25 mins Use the newly learnt expressions to talk about their own life 10 mins debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the differences between A students and B students. I. Cultural background American Education System versus Asian Education System America is the land of opportunity, which is famous for its democratic society and unique culture. People in America like to be free, to do whatever they want to do without any restrictions. This belief is reflected in the American educational system. In American schools, teachers and students are at the same social level. Students are encouraged to exchange their own opinions with the teacher. From an early age, students in the American educational system have been taught that they have the ability to achieve whatever they want to be, but rarely been told how they can achieve their goal. Because of this belief in natural born ability in the land of opportunity, students receive very little pressure in school, so whatever they do in school is totally based on their personal beliefs. The advantage of this kind of educational system is that, it really develops student’s individual
基础英语B 综合教程Book2Uni11 In Asian countries,the cultures and social standards are totally different from the U.S.In thos countries most of their values are based on Confucius which heavily stresses education and group values.One's social status is based on his/her education level.Starting from elementary school students have been taught that if you want to be successful in life you must have a good education. and any other way is considered inappropriate In the Asian school systems.educators rank students by your rank is high you are agood student and you will haveagood chance to get into a good school. If your rank is low then you are a bad student and it is a sigr that you are going to be a loser. Nobody cares if you are talented or not Under these pressures, students compete hard with other students.They study five hours a day just trying to gain more II.Structural analysis ntroduction Paragraphs 2-5 purpose of writing to put your disappointment in perspective by considering exactly what your grade means and doesn't mean tymerhe nin Paragraphs 9-10 perspective:the way we should regard grades III Comprehension questions 1.what does the author think hasgiven rise toaB student's feeling of disappointment? 2.why does the author think that grades are misleading? 3.what do you think is the author's attitude toward the current school curriculum?
基础英语 B 综合教程 Book 2 Unit 11 5 In Asian countries, the cultures and social standards are totally different from the U.S. In those countries most of their values are based on Confucius which heavily stresses education and group values. One’s social status is based on his/her education level. Starting from elementary school, students have been taught that if you want to be successful in life you must have a good education, and any other way is considered inappropriate. In the Asian school systems, educators rank students by their scores. So, if your rank is high you are a good student and you will have a good chance to get into a good school. If your rank is low then you are a bad student and it is a sign that you are going to be a loser. Nobody cares if you are talented or not. Under these pressures, students compete hard with other students. They study five hours a day just trying to gain more II. Structural analysis Paragraph 1 introduction Paragraphs 2 – 5 purpose of writing: to put your disappointment in perspective by considering exactly what your grade means and doesn’t mean Paragraphs 6 – 8 distinction between the student as a performer in the classroom and the student as a human being Paragraphs 9 – 10 perspective: the way we should regard grades III Comprehension questions 1. what does the author think has given rise to a B student’s feeling of disappointment? 2. why does the author think that grades are misleading? 3. what do you think is the author’s attitude toward the current school curriculum?