专家沙龙3：提升学生表达观点能力课堂实践.pdfVIP

ExpertSalon3What’sYourViewpoint?

Goalsoftheson

Thissonisdesignedtoimprovethestudents’abilitytoexpresstheirviewpoints.

ClassroomActivities

I.Warm-up

Activity1:WhoisWho?[5，]

Askoneofthestudentstoreadthefollowingstoryoutloudandasktheotherstudentstolistencarefully.

Ankeenduckhunterwantedtobuyanewbirddog.Hissearchendedwhenhefoundadogthatcouldactuallywalkonwatertoretrieveaduck.Shockedbyhisfind,hewassurenoneof

hisfriendswouldeverbelievehim.’

Hedecidedtotrytobreakthenewstoafriendofhis,andinvitedhimtohuntwithhimandhisnewdog.Astheywaitedbytheshore,aflockofducksflewby.Theyfired,andaduckfell.

Thedogrespondedandjumpedintothewater.Thedog，however,didnotsinkbutinsteadwalkedacrossthewatertoretrievethebird,never.gettingmorethanhispawswet.This

alldaylong;eachtimeaduckfell,thedogwalkedacrossthesurfaceofthewatertoretrieveit.

Thefriendwatchedcarefully,saweverything,butdidnotsayasingleword.

Onthedrivehomethehunteraskedhisfriend,Didyounoticeanythingunusualaboutmynewdog?Isuredid,respondedhisfriend.Hecan’tswim!

Thengetanotherstudenttoreadthefollowingation:

Apositiveattitudemaynotsolveallyourproblems,butitwillannoyenoughpeopletomakeitworththeeffort.

~HermAlbright

Askthestudents,asagroup,toidentifywhoistheoptimistandwhoisthepessimistintheabovereadings.

Askthemtoidentify