第一册第四课UnitFourAmericanDream.doc

教 案课程名称：College English授课教师Huangliping授课对象Freshman 授课时间Six Periods授课题目Unit Four American Dream Text A课 型Integrated course使用教具Tape Recorder教学目的1. To train the students step by step to get familiar with the new teaching mode on college campus.2. To help students to develop the five language basic skills, 3. To foster communicative efficiency in both spoken and written modes, 4. To cultivate the ability to study independently.教学重点和难点1. understand the main idea (Tony Trivisonno realized his American Dream through his own efforts) and structure of the text ( one part telling the story of Tonys life and the other giving the authors comments on it);2. learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic features , together with supporting details which demonstrate the features;3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit.参考教材College English Teachers Book； New College English； Survey of Britain and America教学内容时间分配及备注Pre-reading Tasks1. T asks Ss to work in pairs and describe the picture on the first page of this unit. The picture produces a lot of mental images of the world-famous city New York. They can make a list of famous buildings in the city ( Broadway, Times Square, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Beauty, Chinatown, the UNs building).2. Ss do Cloze B in after-class exercises to have a better understanding of the American Dream; when they finish, T and Ss discuss what they have filled in those blanks.3. Based on the above two activities, T sums up and leads into the text by saying: Weve often heard about the American Dream, and by now we know it means the belief that everyone can succeed as long as he/she works hard enough. Of course, we must realize that here success is narrowly defined as financial success. In this unit you will read how such a dream came true.While-reading tasks1. Ss scan the text to circle all the time words, phrases or sentences in this text. By this they will see that the text is written according to time sequence.First period Pre-reading tasks2. T explains to Ss that Tony fulfilled his American Dream step by step, and that the time phases serve as transitions between steps.3. T draws Ss attention to Text oOrganization Exercise 2. Here they will see that, between the first time phrase “one evening” and the time sentence “Summer passed in fall”, Tony took the first step by working s a help at Mr. Crawfords house.4. T lets Ss know that they are to complete Text Organization Exercise 2 as he/she goes through each step, which is similarly defined by the appearances of time phrases.5. T explains the language points in Part One1) hard to comprehend his broken English:If some one talks in broken English, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they only know a little of the language.2) turn away: refuse to help or to allow sb, to enter a placeExample: The lecture hall was already full and many of the students were turned away.3) work out: plan; solve; calculateExample: My mother allowed me to take the trip, but asked me to work out the total cost first.4) do with: (used in questions with what) deal withExample: What do you do with such rude boys?5) determination: the ability to continue trying to achieve what you have decided to do even when this is difficult (uncountable noun, often followed by infinitive to)Example: He showed great determination by continuing to play after hurting his foot.6) personnel: the department in a large company or organization that deals with employees; human resources (uncountable noun, used with a singular or plural verb)Example: Her first job after graduation was in Personnel at Microsoft. all the persons working in an organization, in the army, etc. (used with a plural verb) Example: All personnel in this company are entitled to medical insurance.7) capacity: the ability to understand or do sth. (often followed by for or infinitive to) Example: Not everyone has a capacity for languages.8) turn down: refuse Example: He was offered the job but he turned it down because it involved woo much traveling.Second periodWhile-reading tasks(part one)教 案课程名称：College English授课教师Huangliping授课对象Freshman 授课时间Six Periods授课题目Unit Four American Dream Text A课 型Integrated course使用教具Tape Recorder教学目的1. To train the students step by step to get familiar with the new teaching mode on college campus.2. To help students to develop the five language basic skills, 3. To foster communicative efficiency in both spoken and written modes, 4. To cultivate the ability to study independently.教学重点和难点1. understand the main idea (Tony Trivisonno realized his American Dream through his own efforts) and structure of the text ( one part telling the story of Tonys life and the other giving the authors comments on it);2. learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic features , together with supporting details which demonstrate the features;3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit.参考教材College English Teachers Book； New College English； Survey of Britain and America教学内容时间分配及备注9) Tony took a cut in pay to become an apprentice.: Tony had his reduced in order to be an apprentice.10) for sale: available to be boughtExample: Her former home is for sale at $495,000.11) call on: visit sb. for a short time Example: Id like to call on my former professor while I am on business in Beijing. 12) loan: lend sth. Example: Our school library loans books, CDs and videotapes. n. a sum of money that you borrow Example: I am trying to get a loan from the bank to buy a house. the act of lending (used in singular, followed by of) Example: I asked him for a loan of his car to have a short trip with my family. Third PeriodWhile-reading tasksLanguage StudyText Analysis13) discard: (formal) throw away Example: Im going to discard those magazines if youve finished reading them. 14) confidence: the quality of being certain of your abilities or of trusting other people, plans, or the future (followed by in or infinitive to) Example: I have every confidence in you. You can make a great success. Good training will give a beginner the confidence to enjoy skiing.T asks Ss to sum up the main idea of Part One.With the determination and with help from Mr. Crawford, Tony achieved his dream of owing his own farm.1. T explains the key language points in Part Two and asks Ss to practice.1) property: land, buildings or both together Example: With more and more people purchasing houses, property prices have been on the rise. the thing or things that sb. owns Example: Thats my personal property! Leave it alone! 2) sponsor: support ( a person, organization or activity) by giving money, encouragement or other help Example: The soccer team is sponsored by Coco-Cola, so the players wear the letters Coco-Cola on their shirts. 3) approach: come near(er) to Example: As they approached the wood, a rabbit ran out of the trees.4) pass away: die ( You can say that sb. passed away if you want to avoid using the word die because you think it too blunt.)Example: The old lady passed away peacefully in her sleep.5) He grew in stature in my mind: He grew taller and greater in my mind.6) above all: most important of allExample: John is fair, hardworking, and above all, honest.7) Tony did not begin on the bottom rung of the ladder. He began in the basement.: Tony had nothing when he arrived in the United States and he built up from nothing.8) But, after all, the balance sheets were exactly the same.: But after all, what Tony and the greatest industrialists achieved was exactly the same.Fourth periodText Analysis教 案课程名称：College English授课教师Huangliping授课对象Freshman 授课时间Six Periods授课题目Unit Four American Dream Text A课 型Integrated course使用教具Tape Recorder教学目的1. To train the students step by step to get familiar with the new teaching mode on college campus.2. To help students to develop the five language basic skills, 3. To foster communicative efficiency in both spoken and written modes, 4. To cultivate the ability to study independently.教学重点和难点1. understand the main idea (Tony Trivisonno realized his American Dream through his own efforts) and structure of the text ( one part telling the story of Tonys life and the other giving the authors comments on it);2. learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic features , together with supporting details which demonstrate the features;3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit.参考教材College English Teachers Book； New College English； Survey of Britain and America教学内容时间分配及备注2.T explains the language points from Line 27 to Line 33 and gives them practice. 3.Ss sum up what Tony achieved during this time interval. (hint: Tony got a job clearing snow at Mr. Crawfords factory.) 4.T explains the language points from Line 34 to Line 43 and gives them practice.5.Ss sum up what Tony achieved during this time interval. (hint: Tony learned to be a skilled worker.) 6.T explains the language points from Line 44 to Line 58 and gives them practice. 7. Ss sum up what Tony achieved during this time interval. (hint: Tony bought a house with Mr. Crawfords help.) 8.T explains the language points from Line 59 to Line 76 and gives them practice.9.Ss sum up what Tony achieved during this time interval. (hint: Tony bought a farm and sent for his family in Italy.) Fifth PeriodPost-reading tasks10.T explains the language points from Line 77 to Line 82 and gives them practice.11.Ss sum up what Tony achieved during this time interval. (hint:Tony died, leaving his family a prosperous farm and his children educated.) 12.Ss sum up the main idea of this section. (hint: Authors reflections on the story of Tony.) 13. 1) Ss scan the text again to find out all descriptions of Tonys physical appearance. (They are: Line 3 He was about five-foot-seven or eight, and thin. Line 59-60 He seemed to stand a little straighter. He was heavier. He has a look of confidence. Line 71 neatly dressed) 2) T points out to Ss that a good writer only includes those details that will help get across his/her points to the reader. The above-mentioned descriptions of Tonys physical appearance, for example, show how Tony became more and more successful.Post-reading tasks1. Ss reads Writing Strategy and instructions for Theme-related Language Learning Tasks2. Ss work alone and write a paragraph describing a classmate based on the following aspects: - What the person looks like - Anything he/she said or did that impressed you - How he/she behaves to others - His/Her characteristic3.T asks several students to present their descriptive paragraphs to the whole class and others to guess who the person is. 4. T guides Ss through several after-class exercises.5. T asks Ss to prepare the next unit after class.6. If time permits, T asks Ss to finish a well-designed questionnaire in order to know the students well and improve the classroom stra