Period One – Around the Topic
Period Length: 50 minutes
Goals
-Prepare to understand a modern short story
Purposes
-To understand what a short story is
Step 1: Vocabulary (15 minutes)
-Work on the vocabulary about legend, tale and myth on Page 52 in groups
-Discuss the similarities and differences of the three words
Step 2: Short Story Introduction (35 minutes)
-Discuss what short story is in groups and list main components of a short story -Discuss and list ideas of what a good short story is
-Introduce short story and some master pieces
Key points
-All activities carried in English
Homework
Period Two – Reading (1): Mr. Jones
Period Length: 50 minutes
Goals
-Vocabulary and grammar
-Discourse knowledge
Purposes
-Learn new words and expressions
-Understand key grammar points
-Understand related discourse knowledge
Step 1: Pre-reading Tasks (15 minutes)
-Discuss briefly the words and the task on Page 54 in groups
-Check briefly the preview results from students
Step 2: Reading activity (Part One: 25 minutes)
-Listen to the reading
-Ask students to present new words and sentences in groups
-Ask students to give feedbacks for the information presented
-Give more explanations to the new words and sentences
-Provide extra knowledge about new words
-Guide more on sentences and grammar
Step 3: Summarization (10 minutes)
-Summarize the words and sentences
-Summarize the text learnt
Key points
-Instructions and tasks carried in English, Chinese is used only when necessary
Homework
-Review the learnt sections
-Preview the following parts and exercises
Period Length: 50 minutes
Goals
-Vocabulary and grammar
-Discourse knowledge
Purposes
-Learn new words and expressions
-Understand key grammar points
-Understand related discourse knowledge
Step 1: Pre-reading Tasks (15 minutes)
-Discuss briefly the previously learnt part for understanding
-Check briefly the preview results from students
Step 2: Reading activity (Part Two: 25 minutes)
-Listen to the reading
-Ask students to present new words and sentences in groups
-Ask students to give feedbacks for the information presented
-Give more explanations to the new words and sentences
-Provide extra knowledge about new words
-Guide more on sentences and grammar
-Check the comprehension questions on Page 56
Step 3: Summarization (10 minutes)
-Summarize the words and sentences
-Summarize the text learnt
Key points
-Instructions and tasks carried in English, Chinese is used only when necessary
Homework
-Review the learnt sections
-Preview the following parts and exercises
