新标准大学英语book3-unit1教案.doc

Unit 1 Discovering yourself Active reading (1) Catching CRABS Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: Getting tips on how to get to know oneself Learning to use narrative devices Learning to interpret underlying meaning Teaching allotment (1 period = 2 hours) 1st period: Pre-reading; While-reading (text structure; cultural notes; language points) 2nd period: While-reading (language points; grammatical structures) 3rd period: Check on students’ home reading (Passage 2); Background Information Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was regarded as a major “innovator in the art of the short story”; his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s literature. He was the first English language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The author Henry James said of him: “Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known.” Warming- up Questions 1. What is your earliest memory? 2. When was your happiest moment? 3. What famous person do you most admire? 4. What makes you depressed? 5. How do you sum up yourself? Teaching procedures Scanning Part A. Read paras 1-18 and answer the questions. 1. How was the last year at college be different from earlier years? Students become more serious. They started to focus on study. 2. What did students think more about, their exams or their future? Their future. 3. Which students had already planned their future? The quieter ones who didn’t have the best grades. 4. How sure was he about what he wanted to do? Yes. He wanted to travel and be a writer. 5. Who was also concerned about his future? his family members. 6. Who did he turn to for advice? His father. 7. What did he thought they would say? He thought they would criticize him, because his father wanted him to be a lawyer. Part B. Read paras 18-35 and complete the table. Situation ?Father and son went to the sea to catch crabs. Problem ?One crab was trying to climb out,