Unit 3 Getting along with others
Extended reading
I. Teaching Aims:
1. Linguistic competence
mater the new words and phrases.
find out the structure of the essay.
2. Cultural awareness
understand the importance of friendship.
feel the charm of classics.
3. Thinking quality
appreciate the essay with critical thinking
4. Learning ability
improve English reading skills.
master how to write a summary.
II. Important points:
1.Enable students to get the structure of the eaasy.
2.Understand the importance and the three fruits of friendships.
III. Difficult points:
Write a summary of the essay using their own words.
IV. Teaching methods:
Task-based teaching method
V. Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Leading-in
Play a short video for the students to introduce the topic, friendship. Then, brainstorm why friendships are important to us.
Introduce the author, Francis Bacon , and his works.
Step 2 Fast reading
Ask Students to go through the passage quickly and find the topic sentence of each paragraph. Then, choose the best structure of the passage. Analyse the topic sentence.
Step 3 Detailed reading
Read the passage again and finish three tasks one by one.
Task 1
Ask students to read paragraph 2 and find the three fruits of friendships and their functions.
Three fruits of friendships We can become
1.___________________________ 2. _________________________
3.___________________________ 4._________________________
5.___________________________ 6. _________________________
Task 2
Ask students to read paragraph 3 to 5 and fill in the table.
Fruits What Why
(1)____________ peace feel free to share our (2)_________________ _______ our feelings and ________ these moments of closeness.
advise the head (5)_______ Our friends are better able to offer (6) _________ on our important decisions. Preparing to talk with a friend makes our thoughts (7)________ and our understanding more (8) _________.
(9)____________ help So many things in life that can only be (10) _________ with the help of friends. Friends have different (11)_______________ . Friends can help us during life and, perhaps, even (12)_________.
Then, lead students to summarize the effects of each fruit.
Fruits Summarize
comfort the heart
advise the head
achieve the goals
Task 3
Read the last paragraph and think about a question:
How can we better walk the “path of life” with the fruits of friendships
Step 4 Post Reading
Task 1: Give students some tips and ask students to write a summary.
Tips
Dos Don’ts
Focus on the main ideas and key ideas. Express these ideas in your own words. Use some linking words. Don’t include supporting details or background knowledge. Don’t include your personal opinion.
Task 2: Appreciation and remembering three sentences full of wisdom.
Generally speaking,close friendships have three “fruits” : they may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve the goals we set for ourselves.
一般来说,亲密的友谊有三个“成果”:它们可以抚慰心灵,启迪思维,帮助我们实现既定的目标。
Here, friendship has a double advantage— happiness takes on a greater meaning and a trouble shared becomes a trouble halved!
在这里,友谊具有双重优势——幸福具有更大的意义,分担的烦恼减半!
Finally, it should be pointed out that enjoying the company of a crowd is not the same as being with friends.
最后,需要指出的是,与众人为伍不等于有朋友相伴。
Step 5 Homework
Ask students to polish up their own summary (by self-assessment and peer review).
VI. Blackboard design: