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Unit 1 Growing up（6 periods）

Text A Writing for Myself(5 periods)

Teaching Plan:

I.. Objectives:

Students will be able to :

1.grasp the main idea (the essence of writing is to write what one enjoys

writing) and structure of the text (narration in chronological sequence);

2.appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text (selection of details,

repetition, coherence);

3.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

4.conduct a series of readings, listening, speaking and writhing activities

related to the theme of the unit .

Time allotment:

1st period

Pre-reading’ while-readings (text structure; cultural notes; language points)

Pre-reading tasks:

1.Have you listened to John Lennon’s Beautiful Boy?

2.Listen to the recordings two or three times and then think over the questions:

P71 P2

1.What does Lennon think of growing us?

(Possible answer: Life becomes better as one grows up; it takes time to

grow up; life is not always what one has planned, but is full of surprises;

life is not easy; life is adventurous.)

3.Learn a poem by heart

Life

Life can be good,

Life can be bad,

Life is most cheerful,

But sometimes sad.

Life can be dirty,

Life can even be painful,

But life is what you make it,

So try to make it beautiful.

2nd Period

P5 New words and Expressions.

Pay more attention to : off and on; take hold; bore; associate; turn out; anticipate. Reputation; inspire; rigid; severe; tackle; finally; title; sequence; image; recall; command; what’ more; hold back; congratulation; spaghetti.

3rd while-reading. (text)

Language points:

due; as: conj; no choice but to do; as it were; Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. It’s impolite to suck.

4th period

Questions:

1.Would you enjoy writhing “The Art of Eating Spaghetti”? Why or why not?

2.Why did Russell Baker enjoy writing “The Art of Eating Spaghetti”? (hint:

Para4)

3.Look at the title of Text A, then find out in which paragraph a similar phrase

appears. Read that paragraph carefully and explain in your own words what the author means by saying “ write for myself”.(hint: para5).

4.Circle the time words, phrases and clauses in Text A: (They are include: since

my childhood in Belleville, until my third year in high school, until then, when our class was assigned to Mr Fleagle for third-year English, late in the year, until the night before the essay was due, when I finished next morning, two days passed, when I saw him life my paper form his desk…, when Mr Fleagle finished), when they finish, ask several students to read aloud what