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New Century College English (Book I) Unit 8 Text A Secrets of Straight-A Students I. Teaching Objectives: 1. To make clear the writer’s ideas about how to be Straight-A Students 2. To grasp the key words and phrases. 3. To master the skills of writing and reading in this unit. To introduce a thesis with the general -to- specific structure. To master the reading skill棗scanning t II. Teaching Content 1. Lead-in activities 2. Main ideas（general to specific） 3. Language points (difficult sentences, key words, and expressions) 4. Grammar Focus (the use of the article) 5. Guided Practice III. Teaching Process 1. Lead-in Activity 1) Discussion Who is the best student in your class? Why do you say so? Do you think a student who is only good at study is a good student? Why or why not? To be a straight-A student, what should a student do? Having spent almost one term in college, do you have any different opinions on college life from the ones you had at the beginning? What are they? 2) Questions about Text Scanning: In the text, the author tells us some secrets in becoming a top student. Now you are required to scan the whole text and find out what these secrets are. 3) Background Information Some Chinese Quotes and Proverbs on Education Confucius’ saying: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Exploring the old and deducing the new makes a teacher. To learn without thinking is labor in vain; to think without learning is desolation. Knowledge is not equal to devotion. Devotion is not equal to joy. Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it —this is knowledge. 2. Main ideas of the following paragraphs Para.2: Top students attain academic excellence by mastering a few basic principles that others can easily learn. Para 3: Top students learn to be organized. Para 4: Top students know how to schedule their time prop