班级2008级英语专业二班姓名陈荷芳学号************Teaching PlanBook 4 Unit 11 Personal NamesTeaching aims in the whole unit :• Skill dimension:① To develop students’ self-learning ability and spirit ofCo-operation② To mobilize the enthusiasm of students by combining theclass teaching and the practice of extracurricular activities • Knowledge dimension:①A clear structure of content about the text②Knowing the differences between Chinese names and thatof American③Mastery of some language points: migrate, immigrate,hereditary, waifs and strays, illegitimate, convert, baptism,exuberant, stigma, fad, saint, shove, admonition, Caleb,Brother Jonathan④Understanding some complex sentencesTeaching approaches:•Heuristic teaching approach:The teacher acts as a guide, an organizer and demonstrator andactively inspire and encourage students to discover problems,solve problems and learn things by themselves.•The process discussion approach:First give students some time to prepare their answers ,thendivide them into several groups to share their opinion ;chooseone or two students to give their results in the class. The purposeof the approach is to develop the students self-learning abilityand the teamwork spirit.•The speech-giving approach:Provide a good plat for students to practice speaking ability andgive a chance to show out their talent .Analysis of the textbook:difficulty lies in:①Better understanding of the text②Mastery some language points: Caleb, BrotherJonathan③Learning about American personal names④They do not know enough about the differencebetween Chinese personal names and that ofAmericanEvaluation:•Students now have a clear idea about the principal source of tradition for naming habits among Americans ;•They understand how the Indians and Negroes come by their familynames and why immigrants take American names ;•They know the difference between Chinese names and Americannames ;•They are interested in this kind of reading material . Teaching time : 4 periodsPeriod OneTeaching objectives in this period:•To Stimulate students’learning interest through some leading materials•To get students to grasp the text main content of the text through reading by themselves with the three questionsabove the textTeaching approach:The teacher acts as a guide to lead students in the topic : Personal Name .Teaching ProceduresⅠStep one: (10min)Lead-in----Draw a logo of the famous sport brand Nike onthe blackboard and ask students——Do you know the meaning of it ?a) Tell the original meaning of NikeIn the ancient Athens , there is a goddness called Nike , She was thedaughter of the giant Pallas and the river Styx, She was honored byZeus because she fought on the side of the gods against the Titans. Sothe Athenians dedicated her statue in Delphi after the naval victoryover the Persians at Salamis (480 BC). However, athletes andcharioteers also paid her honor for their successes in the games. For theRomans Nike became a symbol of victory over death, their ownVictoria ensuring earthly conquests. Victoria's most important altar wasplaced in the senate house by Augustus in 29 BC.b)Make a brief conclusion:Just like our Chinese, every name in the Western countries also has along history and specific meaning. So if you want to know more aboutthe knowledge of American personal names , you can try to read thetext in our book .Ⅱ Step two: (30min)Please go over the questions above the text first and thenread the following text and finish the Exercises A , B and Dafter the text by yourselves. Next time we will check theanswers together.ⅢStep three:Homework: read the text several times after class and makeup a clear structure of the text .Period TwoTeaching objectives in this period:•To solve the pre-read questions•To help students understand some difficult words andcompound sentencesTeaching approach:Translate some major parts in the text .Teaching ProceduresⅠStep one: (15min)Check answers to the Exercises A and BThe answers are : 1-5 bbaad 6-8 cbca) Pay attention to some questions:For example:Which of the following is not true? Page 201b) Ask the students who choose D , please look at thesentence on Paragraph three on Page 198.Our history of given names can begin with Raleigh’s colony of1587……the commonest names were John , Thomas , William…c)Translate it to the students .Ⅱ Step two: (20min)As we have know the main content of the text , we cansolve the questions before the text .a)Ask some students to share their opinions with class;b)Then ask if the others have some complements,otherwise ,the teacher can make a analysis according tothe answers .Ⅲ Step three : (10min)List some important language notes and words in it .For example :⑴In an anthropological account of any tribe, the manner of itsgiving of personal names is often thought of sufficientimportance or inclusion, and so we may fittingly attempt anappraisal of such habits among the Americans.Its Chinese meaning is :在任何民族的人类学研究中，取名的习俗往往非常重要，而且包含许多内容。