Book1 Unit8 教案.doc

Book One Unit 8 Educational Problems Objectives Students are supposed to: 1.understand the main idea (teenagers’ idleness and ignorance will seriously affect themselves and society in general) and structure of the text (two parts—the author’s concern and his proposed remedy); 2.learn the way to write a cause-and-effect analysis; 3.grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4.conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered on the theme of the unit. Time allotment 1st Period 2nd Period 3rd Period 4th Period 5th Period 6th Period Pre-reading task; While-reading： Text I analysis While-reading: Text I analysis While-reading: Language work Post-reading (Exercises) Text B: Assignment Writing Teaching Procedures Step1 Pre-reading tasks Check if the students have done the listening task by asking the following questions. ---What was the riddle? (Who is the person who has the same parents as t have but is neither my brother nor my sister) ---Why did the teacher ask his class this riddle? (To make his class think and see how clearly they think) Group discussion Students are divided into three large groups. Each is assigned one of the following topics for discussion: ---How has the United States developed into the sole superpower in the world? ---How did Japan manage to rebuild itself after the devastation of WWⅡ? ---How will china grow into a prosperous and well-respected country? 3) Cultural Background introduction 1. U.C.L.A.: (University of California at Los Angeles) the largest of the eight branches of the University of California. It was established in 1919 and now has about 35,000 students. UCLA is known especially for its film studies. 2. The Wealth of Nations: an important work of economic and social theory by Adam Smith published in 1776. Its full title was An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In it he analyzed the relationship between work and the production of