(共10张PPT)
Unit 11 Conflict and Compromise
Lesson 1 Living in a Community (1)
1 Activate and share
1. Look at the titles and guess the topic.
Drummer Hits the Road
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
2. Talk about your experiences of a neighbour conflict.
2 Predict
Predict what the news is about based on the title.
Then read paragraph 1 to check your prediction.
Drummer Hits the Road
Read and get the details of the conflict (why and how). Answer the following questions.
(1) What did Ma Ming usually do
(2) How did the neighbours respond to it
(3) What did the community council do to finally solve the conflict
(4) What was Ma Ming’s attitude towards the resolution
(5) What do you understand by the title “Drummer Hits the Road”
3 Read and explore
Draw a mind map of Ma Ming’s conflict (causes, results, resolution, attitudes).
4 Draw a mind map
(1) What elements does a news report have
(2) What should you focus on when you read a report about conflicts
5 Think and share
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
1. Finish the table about the conflict.
2. Present a self talk on what happened based on your notes.
6 Read and explore
Choose a role from either report, e.g. Ma Ming, his neighbours, James, Laurene, Smith or a bystander. Tell the story from that person’s perspective.
7 Role play
8 Express yourself
Express your opinions about the resolution of the two conflicts with the following questions.
(1) Are the people satisfied with the resolution
(2) Do you agree with the resolution Is it fair
(3) Do you think the conflicts were well-resolved in the two reports
(4) What other ways can you think of to deal with the conflicts
Drummer Hits the Road
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
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Compromise(共7张PPT)
Unit 11 Conflict and Compromise
Lesson 1 Living in a Community (2)
Find the people who did the following.
1 Revision
1. Find the noun form of the verbs from the reports. Then complete the questions with the nouns.
2. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
1 Revision
2 Focus on language: Modal verbs
1. Find out what the modal verb in each sentence means.
2 Focus on language: Modal verbs
2. Complete the text with the correct form of could, have to, ought to or dare not (to).
3 Express yourself
1. Discuss the following questions with your partner and try to use as many modal verbs as possible.
If you were one of the people in the reports, what would you do to avoid conflict
Would you resolve it differently
2. What’s your idea about how to resolve conflict Write a passage with modal verbs.
3 Express yourself
