外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册Unit 2 A life's work学案

Unit 2 A Life’s Work
Understanding ideas: Life Behind the Lens
Yangxin No.1 Middle School Zhang Junfang
Learning aims:
To learn good personalities and qualities of Bill Cunningham.
To further develop reading abilities.
To raise awareness of devotion to one’s career.
Difficult and important points:
To help students dig out the good qualities of Bill Cunningham.
To assist students retell the whole passage.
Step 1: Warming-up
Find out the differences between the pictures.
Step 2: Swallowing the passage
① What is the main idea of this passage
Cunningham’s early life.
A job worth doing.
The value of fashion.
People’s world view.
② Match the main idea of each paragraph.
Para. 1-2 Cunningham’s life style and philosophy
Para. 3-4 People’s opinions about Bill Cunningham
Para. 5-6 A brief introduction to Bill Cunningham
Para. 7 Reasons for Bill Cunningham being so great
Step 3: Chewing the passage
① Read Para. 1-2 and finish the diagram.
② Read Para. 3-4 and decide the following answers are true or false.
What made Bill Cunningham so great
Not because of the use of expensive, technologically-advanced equipment.
2. Because of a wide range of contacts and connections.
3. Because he always found inspiration where others could not.
4. Because of his fascination with who people were and not what they were wearing.
5. Because of his devotion to photography, and the hours and hours of sheer hard work he put into his work.
③ Read Para. 5-6 and fill in the blanks.
Cunningham’s life style and philosophy
Where to live
Where to eat
What to eat
What not to accept
What to value
④ Read Para. 7 and put the correct items into the circle.
⑤ Discussion: What can you learn from Bill Cunningham Try to find the relevant sentences in the passage.
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Step 4: Digesting the passage
Try to retell the passage according to the given keywords.
Step 5: Homework
Polish the retelling and write it down.
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