5-4 The Ivisible Poor.docVIP

Unit Four Text I: The Invisible Poor Teaching aims Learn the cause-and-effect pattern in expository writing. Develop some basic skills in text analysis -- coherence and cohesion Have some idea about the poverty problem in the US and take note of the similar problem in China: Learn to be observant and critical of social phenomena Main and difficult teaching points: relevant information; understanding the thesis; text organization; text comprehension; language points; the use of cause-and-effect pattern in expository writing Time allotment: 9 periods Teaching Procedures: I. Warm-up questions