Lesson Plan Unit 1
Lesson Plan Designer: Leng W enxue
Class:
Student entry level: Students at the level of CE1
Time available of the whole unit: 8 periods (400 mins) in total
Instructional goals: Help students reach the level of CE2 described in the Teaching Syllabus of the Course for College English, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, which is displayed at the beginning of the Lesson Plan.
Title of the lesson: Unit 1 Famous Universities, Experiencing English, Integrated Book 2
Objectives: After learning this unit, students are expected to make progress in the
following
five aspects.
1.Culture: After learning the passages, students can learn something about world
famous universities, their staff and students.
2.Listening and speaking: Students first listen and then learn to talk about famous
universities.
3.Reading: Students should master some important new words and expressions
listed from P172-174. Learn the reading skill “skimming”.
4.Translation: Students learn to translate some compound and complex sentences.
5.Writing: Students are expected to grasp the Subjunctive Mood, and learn to fill in
an application form for admission.
Time Arrangement:
Unit 1 (8 periods)
1) Preparation (warm-up activities) (15 mins)
2) Learning new words, expressions and discussing Passage A: Oxford University (85 mins)
3) Doing the exercises from P14-16 (30 mins)
4) Discussing and doing exercises of Passage B: “Students, Y ou Represent Our Best
Hope” (100 mins)
5) Practical writing and culture salon (70 mins)
6) Listening and speaking practice (100 mins)
Teaching Methods:
Under the guidance of student-centered principle, apply communicative and heuristic teaching methods, stimulate students‟ interest in learning English and get students involved in class participation.
Instructional procedures
I. Lead in：
Listen to the passage (at least 3 times) and try to fill the missing words in the blanks.
1. date back to: 追溯到
2. to name but a few: giving as examples仅以此为例
Lots of our friends are coming: Anne,
Ken and George, to name but a few.
3. Namely: that is to say就是，即
Only one boy is absent, namely Harry
II. Dialogue samples:
Dialogue 1: Going to the School Library
lost
upper classman
thanks for
good luck with sth.
in/out of luck:
be fortunate/unfortunate
Dialogue 2: Talking about the Exam
How are your studies going?
How are you doing today?=how are you?
come up: occur, arise发生，出现
how come: why
set aside: save/keep (money or time)节省保留
retain: 1) keep in one‟s memory, bear in mind
She retains a clear impression/memory of the incident.
2) keep
We retained the original fireplace when we decorated the room.
III. Communicative tasks
Task 1:
Situation: Brian has got a cold and needs to see the doctor, but he has no idea where the school hospital is. He asks directions from his classmate, Lili, who volunteers to accompany him there.
