Unit 5 book 4 never judge by appearances 详细教案.doc

Unit 5 Never Judge by Appearances Text A friend in Need Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: Grasp the main idea of Text A; Learn to make predictions and understand the power of contrast in a story; Master the key language points in Text A and learn how to use them in context; Conduct a series of theme-related reading, listening, speaking and writing activities. Warming Up Group discussion Show students a picture of a person and ask them to describe the person. Go further to talk about how to describe a person: the order, the related words… Discuss about first impressions. Do you believe in first impressions? Why or why not? Global Reading 1. Word-web (Directions:) Think of as many as possible words and phrases about friend. friendly, sociable, amiable, intimate, close, chummy, warm-hearted, cordial, nice, generous, helpful, thoughtful, cruel, heartless, humorous, frank, stubborn, active, hard to talk to, strict, smart, organized, decent, cautious and timid, sophisticated and vicious 2. Prediction (Directions:) Predict what the text is about or what kinds of plot are possible under such a title (You may think: a story about how people helped their friend in need. An entirely different story: Those who appear to be friendly may turn out to be so evil-minded as to be ready to strike a cruel blow at a friend in need. ) Outline Part One (1): It is no easy job to judge people, for they aren’t always what they appear to be. Part Two (2-3): Kind and gentle, Edward Burton, a wealthy merchant, appeared as if he could not bear to hurt a fly. Part Three (4-51): As it turned out, Burton was cold-blooded enough to send a friend to certain death. Further Understanding For Parts 1 2 1. Who narrates Parts I and II? (=Part I and Part II are narrated by “I”, who offers his subjective opinion of Burton’s character.) 2. Who narrates Part III? (=In Part III Burton himself takes over the narration to tell what happened between him and a friend in trouble. He sounds cool and