The Human Traffic Signal
Learning Aims:
To make sense of the passage.
To use the words and expressions learned in the class to talk about a job.
To develop the right attitude towards volunteering work..
Learning Procedures:
Pre--reading:
Prediction:
Look at the title and the picture, and guess what are talked about in the passage?
While-reading:
Task 1 Read the passage quickly and check your guess.
Task 2 Read paragraph 1 and find words and phrases to describe the road.
Task 3 Read the second paragraph carefully, and answer the following
questions.
About the man and his work:
1. How old is he ?
2.How often does he go to work?
3.How does he get to work?
4.What does he use to direct the traffic?
About the pay:
1. Who pays him?
2. What’s the drivers’ attitude towards him?
Task 4 Find the reason why he does it.
1. What made him start this job?
A. An accident he had when he was young.
B. He likes to change jobs frequently.
C. The experience he had helping people in a bus crash.
2.Why does he continue to do the job?
A. He loves it.
B. He feels he must do it.
C. He isn’t qualified to do anything else.
Post-reading Mindmap
Make an interview
Supposing one is a journalist, the other is Xu Benyu, work in pairs to make
an interview about Xu Benyu’s volunteering life.
Homework
Please write an application letter.
课件13张PPT。 The Human Traffic Signal Zhang XifaLiaocheng No.3 Senior HighPre-reading: Prediction:
Look at the title and the picture, and guess what are talked about in the passage?The Human Traffic SignalWhile-reading: Task 1 Read the passage quickly and check your guess.
Tips: Please read quickly . No need to read sentence by sentence.
Task 2 Read paragraph 1 and find words and phrases to describe the road.high altitude
in bad conditions
a sheer drop
steeply
frequent accidents
……the death tollthe man1. How old is he ?
2. How often does he go to work?
3. How does he get to work?
4. What does he use to direct the traffic?
About the man and his workAbout his payWho pays him?
2. What’s drivers’ attitude towards him?Task 3: Find information about the man.≠why ?1. What made him start this job?
A. An accident he had when he was young.
B. He likes to change jobs frequently.
C. The experience he had helping people in a bus crash. Task 4 Find the reason why he does it.√2.Why does he continue to do the job?
A. He loves it.
B. He feels he must do it.
C. He isn’t qualified to do anything else.√a dangerous road
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a common man
=
a great volunteering jobPost-reading MindmapMake an interview Xu Benyu
A volunteer who taught in a Guizhou mountainous area.
Suppose one is a journalist, the other is Xu Benyu. Make an interview about Xu Benyu’s volunteering life. The following words may help.volunteer
in bad conditions
sheer
have an effect on
mission
take …for granted
…..
An application letter for a volunteering jobThe Human Traffic Signal
Teaching Aims:
1. To help the students make sense of the passage.
2. To improve the students’ reading ability.
3. To develop the students’ right attitude towards volunteering work.
Key points:
To improve the students’ reading ability.
Difficult points:
To enable the students to use the words and phrases learned in this class freely
Teaching Procedures:
Pre--reading:
Prediction:
Let the students predict the main idea of the passage by looking at the title
and the picture. The purpose of doing this is to raise the students’ interest.
While-reading:
Task 1 Read the passage quickly and check the students’ guess in order to get
the main idea of the passage.
Task 2 Read paragraph 1 and find words and phrases to describe the road.
By doing this, the students can develop the ability of getting necessary
information quickly and accurately.
Task 3 Read the second paragraph carefully, and answer the following
questions.
By answering these questions, the students can deepen their understanding of the
man.
Task 4 Find the reason why he does it.
By asking the students to explore the reason, I intend to develop their right
attitudes towards volunteering work.
1. What made him start this job?
A. An accident he had when he was young.
B. He likes to change jobs frequently.
C. The experience he had helping people in a bus crash.
2.Why does he continue to do the job?
A. He loves it.
B. He feels he must do it.
C. He isn’t qualified to do anything else.
Post-reading Mindmap
By drawing the Mindmap, the students can improve their ability of analyzing
and deduction. Therefore, they can get a better understanding of the whole
passage.
Make an interview
Supposing one is a journalist, the other is Xu Benyu, work in pairs to make
an interview about Xu Benyu’s volunteering life.
This activity works as a good chance for the students to use what they have
learned in this class.
Homework
Please write an application letter.
