新视野大学英语第4册PPT课件4-8.pptVIP

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words Group work Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions . Background information Eatonville: It is a small community of great significance to African-American history and culture. Located just north of Orlando, Florida between Winter Park and Maitland, it is historically recognized as the first incorporated African-American municipality in the United States and one of the oldest surviving African communities in the U.S. Following the Civil War, “free” Africans settling in the area worked primarily as farm hands clearing land or helping in the construction of nearby Maitland, a white township. Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. Homework Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. Analyze the structure of the text. Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Reading Skills: Text structure analysis: 2. Detailed Reading Task Language points Simulated writing Summary of the text After-Reading Activities Vocabulary Exercises Translating and Writing Listening and speaking activities Talking about the topic or retelling the text Listening and speaking practice in XP center * Slavery Gave Me Nothing to Lose Unit 8 Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice Eatonville is culturally important for its renowned native daughter, Zora Neale Hurston (c.f. Note 3 below)