新视野大学英语第三版第二册Unit3-A-journey-through-the-odyssey-years教案

B2U3Ajourneythroughtheodysseyyears

教学重点：

1.TohaveknowledgeofOdyssey,Odysseusandtheodysseyyears

2.Tounderstandandusethewords,phrases,structures,rhetoricinthe

text

3.Tobeacquaintedwiththewritingskillsofacomparison/contrast

essay

教学难点：

1.Applythephrasesandpatterns

2.Writingparagraphswiththestructureofacomparison/contrast

essay.

教学过程：

PartIWarm-up

I.KnowledgeofTheOdyssey,Odysseus,andtheodysseyyears

1.AssignmentCheck

Studentsaregoingtosharetheirassignments.Readourtheir

reflection.

Theassignmenthastobegivenwhenstudentsandtheteacherlast

meet.Theirlastassignmentisto:

WatchthemovieTheOdysseyandwriteareflection.Theereflection

shouldincludes:

,ashortsummaryofthemovie

,students/feelingsandideasafterwatchingthemovie.

2.Brainstorming:

Question:Whatdoestheodysseyyearsmaymean?

Answersforreference:NowtheOdysseyhasbecomeaspecialterm

foranepicjourneyorgreatstruggleasOdysseus,themaincharacter

intheepicpoem,encounteredrepeatedtroublesandchallenges

whenhelefthomeandlovedones.

II.Comparisonofyouandyourparents

1.Questions:

1)Whatisyourunderstandingof“generationgap"?

2)Doyouthinkthereisagenerationgapbetweenyouandyour

parents?Whydoyouthinkso?

2.Groupwork:

1)Thinkofthedifferencesbetweenyouandyourparents.

2)Makeasummaryofyourdiscussionbyfillinginthefollowing

chart.

3)Shareanswers/

AspectsofdifferencesYouYourparents

EducationCollegeeducationHighschool

3.Criticalthinking

Discussthefollowingproblemsingroups.

1)Doyouagreewiththestatementthattheodysseyyearscould

leadtoself-discovery?Whyorwhynot?

2)Whatmightbethemostsignificantpersonaleffectcausedbythe

delayintransitiontoadulthood?

3)Howmightparentslookatthenewtrendandthedelayed

transition?

*Theseareopen-endedquestions.Allowstudentstofreelyexpress

themselvesandtellthemtolistentotheauthors/answerstothese

questions.Andtheclasswillre-discussthesethreequestionswhenwe

havefinishedourreading.

PartIIPre-reading

I.Quiz

1.Takethequizbychecking(V)whetherthestatementsonPage60are

truetoyou.Andthenyoucanjudgewhichgenerationyoubelongto

accordingtothegradingcriteria.

2.Question:Doyouthinkthequizkindofdefinesomecharacteristicsof

youandyourgeneration?

II.Mainstructure

Readthewholepassageanddividethetextintoseveralparts.Fillinthe

blankstopresentthemainstructureofthetext.

*Payattentiontohowtheauthormakesacomparisonbetweentwo

differentgenerations.

PartIIIWhile-reading

I.IntroductionPart

1.Thestructureanalysis

1)Askstudentstodiscussinpairoringroup

Theintroductionpartiscomposedoftwosections.

,Paragraph1describesthateachagephasebringsitsownpeculiar

setofchallenges.

,Paragraph2functionsasatransition.

2)Theteacherpresentsthewritingskill

Transitioncreatesalinkorconnectionbetweenthepreviousparagraph

andthefollowingone.InEnglish,transitioncanberealizedbyusing

transitionalwords,sentencesorparagraphs.

2.Questionsforunderstanding

1)Howdopeopledivideourlifestages(Para.1)?

2)Whydoestheauthorsaythateachuniquelifephasebringsits

ownpeculiarsetofchallenges(Para.2)?

3.Words,phrasesandsentences

Giveanintensiveanalysisofthenewwords(e.g.theirorigins,literal

meanings&impliedmeanings),phrasesandsentences.

*Theteachershouldhelpstudentstounderstandandthink,insteadof

givingthemtheanswersdirectly.Allowmoretimeforstudents'thinking

andreflection.

II.Bodypart:theodysseyyears:anewlyaddedphaseoflife

1.Structureanalysis

2.Questionsforunderstanding

1)Accordingtotheauthor,whatdoes“anorm“referto(Para.3)?

2)Whataretheso-calleduodysseyyearsv(Para.4)?

3)Whydoestheauthorthinkthatodysseyyearsare”an

unavoidablestageinreachingadulthood(Para.4)?

3.Words,phrasesandsentences

III.Bodypart:characteristicsoftheodysseyyears

1.Structureanalysis

2.Questionsforunderstanding

1)Whyyoungpeoplefeelpressure(P6)?

2)Accordingtotheauthor,wheredoestheyoungpeople's

“confusion“comefrom(P6)?

3)Whyparentsfeelanxiousandupset(P7)?

4)Whatarepressuresforwomenandmenrespectively(P8,9)?

3.Words,phrasesandsentences

IV.Conclusionpart

1.Questionsforunderstanding

Whatistheauthor'sadviceproposed?Whatshouldnotthe

graduatesdoandwhatshouldtheydo?

2.Words,phrasesandsentences

PartIVAfter-reading

I.Summary

1.Re-discussthecriticalthinkingquestions:

1)Doyouagreewiththestatementthattheodysseyyearscould

leadtoself-discovery?Whyorwhynot?

2)Whatmightbethemostsignificantpersonaleffectcausedbythe

delayintransitiontoadulthood?

3)Howmightparentslookatthenewtrendandthedelayed

transition?

2.Recallthemainstructure

II.Writingskills

1.Recallthemainideasofthetextandhowtheauthorstructureshis

writing.

2.Introducetwomajorstructuresofcomparisonorcontrast:

,Point-to-point

,Subject-to-sobject

3.Agoodexample

Supposenowwearegoingtowriteanarticletocompare/contrasttwo

places:myhometownandmycollegetown,thatis,Gridlockand

Subnormal.Howcanweorganizeourideasbyusingthefollowing

structures?

,Point-to-point(SeeinAppendixI)

,Subject-to-subject(SeeinAppendixII)

PartVAssignment

I.Structured