Teaching Plan for Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank-Note
Reading
Objectives:
1. Instructional objectives:
1) Learn and master some new words and expressions. 2) Train the students’ reading ability. 2. Educational objectives:
1) Learn something about Mark Twain and the background of this passage. 2) Know the importance of attitudes to money. 3. Personal objective:
Make every student active in class.
Focal points:
1. Know the importance of attitudes to money. 2. Train the students’ reading ability.
Difficult points:
1. How to help the students master the new words and expressions. 2. How to improve the students’ reading ability.
Procedures:
Stage 1 Greetings
Greet the students as usual. Stage 2 Revision
Review some words and expressions. Stage 3 Pre-reading Step 1 Introduction
(1) Introduction of Mark Twain
(2) Some masterpieces of Mark Twain Step 2 Discussion
What will you do with a large amount of money given by a rich person? (1) buy a house
(2) travel around the world (3) buy a car (4) go shopping (5) save money (6) buy technology (7) make an investment (8) give some to the charity
Stage 4 While reading
Step 1 Skimming to fill in the blanks
• Time __________________ • Place _________
• Characters:__________ • What happened?
Step 2 Scanning to answer the following questions
1. Where did Henry Adams come from? Did he know much about London?
2. What did he do in America? 3. Why did he land in Britain?
4. What happened to Henry after he met the two brothers? 5. Why did the brothers choose Henry?
Step 3 Careful reading to put the events in correct order. Step 4 Retelling the story by filling the blanks Stage 5 Post reading
Step 1 Paraphrasing the following sentences Step 2 Character analysis Stage 6 Appreciation of the Film Stage 7 Assigning homework
(1) Read the play with emotion. (2) Try to act it out. Stage 8 Self-evaluation