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Unit1 How I Got Smart I. Teaching Objectives 1. Understand the audio materials of this unit. 2. Grasp the key words , phrases and structure. 3. Master the skills of writing and reading in this unit. 1) Developing passages beginning with misconceptions and followed by presenting theories, arguments and opinions. 2) Appreciating figurative language in reading materials. II. Teaching Content 1. Lead-in Activities 2. Text Organization 3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading 4 .Language Points (key words, phrases and difficult sentences) 5. Grammar Focus (the use of rather than, the make+noun/pronoun+past participle structure) 6 .Guided Practice ( exercises, oral practice and group work ) III. Teaching Process 1. Warm-up Questions/Activity 1) Unit 1 Text A How I Got Smart (Book 3) Introduction: Do you remember your first love? All those exciting and wonderful new emotions---the way your heart raced when that special person was near--- those anxious, awkward moments when you didn’t know what to say or do? And then (for most of us) that sad moment when for one reason or another it all came to an end…Ernest Hemingway once said, “Every love story ends as tragedy”---but that authors of the texts in this unit have a different point of view. Text A focuses on the unexpected side effects of the author’s first venture into romance. 2) Questions for discussion: ------Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Did you let the person know how you felt? Did you learn anything from the experience, or was it just a silly incident? ------what do you think of college love? Is it an incentive or an obstruction? 2. Text Organization The text can be divided into three parts: Part I (para1-2) There is a misconception about the teacher?teachers are prodigies. Part II (para3-33) My love story in my sophomore year. Part III (para34) The after events of the story. 3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading 1) Writing Skill: Developing passages beginning with misconceptions an