(共16张PPT)
Thinking skills & Reading strategies
Lending a Helping Hand
Unit 10
Learning aims
能掌握并运用情节分析的方法
能获取预览和预测的阅读策略
Lead in
Look and say
What happened to Li Xiang
Activity 1
Learn to analyze the plot
Look at the pictures and describe them in your own words.
Look at the pictures and read the text, and learn how the plot develops.
Li Xiang went to visit his cousin Zhao Jie.
Li Xiang couldn’t find the way to Zhao Jie’s community.
He called Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie picked him up later.
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Middle
End
Tell us the whole story according to the chart.
Plot is a sequence of connected events in a story.
The events show what happens in the story and how the plot develops.
Li Xiang went to visit his cousin Zhao Jie.
Li Xiang couldn’t find the way to Zhao Jie’s community.
He called Zhao Jie, and Zhao Jie picked him up later.
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Middle
End
Read the text and find the main idea of it.
During the summer holiday, Wang Junfeng went to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived on a sunny day and got a warm welcome from his American host family. Most of the time, Wang Junfeng had classes in the morning and took part in different activities in the afternoon. On weekends, he volunteered in the community. Wang stayed with his American family for 3 weeks. He had a lot of fun there.
Wang Junfeng had a lot of fun in Chicago during summer holiday.
Read the text and draw a chart to show how the plot develops.
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Wang Junfeng went to a summer school in Chicago. He arrived on a sunny day and got a warm welcome from his American host family.
He stayed with American family for 3 weeks. He had a lot of fun there.
He had classes in the morning and took apart in different activities in the afternoon. On weekends, he volunteered in the community.
Pair work. Share a story in your summer holiday by using a plot chart.
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Activity 2
Previewing & predicting
Before reading, you can preview the title (and the pictures if any) and make predictions about what the text is about.
What are predictions
Why do we need to make predictions
Read the title and look at the two pictures, and then predict what you’re going to read.
Changes in My Community
The title is Changes in My Community.
The pictures are about the Changes in My Community.
I predict: The text talks about_____________________________.
I read:
I see:
the changes in my community
Changes in My Community
Tell the story according to the pictures and the title.
Scan the text and check your prediction.
Years ago, my community was very old and crowded. There were no tall buildings. Now, my community looks very beautiful. The buildings are new and tall. The playground is big and wide. And there are trees and flowers everywhere.
My prediction is correct wrong not mentioned.
Read the title and look at the picture. Make your prediction about
what you’re going to read, and then check your prediction.
Yesterday afternoon, we worked as volunteers in the community. Xiaoming picked up the litter. Xiao Ya swept the street. Lingling and I put the rubbish into the rubbish bags.
My prediction is correct wrong not mentioned.
A Meaningful Activity
I read:
I see:
I predict:
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The title is A Meaningful Activity.
The picture is about volunteer activity of cleaning the street.
The volunteer activity is meaningful.
Summary
◆Thinking skills
◆Reading strategies
Plot is a sequence of connected events in a story.
The events show what happens in the story and how the plot develops.
Before reading, you can preview the title (and the pictures if any) and make predictions about what the text is about.
Homework
1 Write a story by using a plot chart.
2 Preview the reading passage in the next period.