教案新视野Unit8BookI.doc

Book One (Integrated Course 1) Unit 1 College Life Text A Secrets of Straight-A Students Teaching Objects: Non-English majors, Grade 2014 I. Teaching Aims 1. Help students to realize their main task at college. 2. Help students to adjust their study habits in order to become straight-A students. 3. Help students to understand the connotation of the proverb: no pains, no gains.. 4. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit. II. Teaching Emphasis Share with students some techniques top students employ in their study. Key words and expressions conduct, attain, principle, priority, compromise, recreation, addition, perform, advocate, retention, schedule, promote, confirm, assign, undertake, pressure, motivate, etc. Key grammatical structure the use of the article III. Time Allotment: Six periods for the unit 1st period: Pre-reading; while-reading (Cultural Notes) 2nd period: While-reading (Text Organization Understanding of the whole text) 3rd period: While-reading (Language Study) 4th period: While-reading (Language Study) 5th period: Post-reading; check on students’ home reading (Text B) 6th period: Theme-related Language Learning Tasks IV. Teaching Steps 1. Warm-up Questions (1). What are the differences between college life and middle school life? (2). Were you accustomed to college life in the first month after you entered the college? How did you feel then? (3). Who is the best student in your class? Why do you say so? (4). Do you think a student who is only good at study is a good student? Why or why not? (5). To be a straight-A student, what should a student do? 2. Background information Quotes and Proverbs on Education by Confucius Confucius was a teacher, scholar and minor political official whose commentary on Chinese literary classics developed into a pragmatic philosophy for daily life. Not strictly religious, the teachings of Confucius were a useful approac