Time Allotment
The whole unit will be finished within four periods of class lecturing and four periods of Ss’ autonomous learning.
Period 1: Pre-reading Activities Period 2: While-reading Activities (1) Period 3: While-reading Activities (2) Period 4: Post-reading Activities
Topic Discussion
Directions: Work in groups to discuss the social problems reflected from Sanlu Issue and probe into the potential causes for it.
I. Pre-reading Activities
Brain Storming Competition
Directions: Working in groups, list as many as possible the words associated with social problems.
Reference
Theft Robbery Murder Pollution Smuggling Piracy Bribery Corruption Graffiti Layoffs Crime Violence Prostitution Overpopulation Unemployment Fake products Domestic violence Drunk driving High divorce rate Generation gap Drug abuse Lay-offs Juvenile delinquency Racial discrimination
Teaching Difficult Points
1) How to find cues for a global understanding or required information 2) How to organize an argumentation
Teaching aids
1) Multi-media computer 2) OHP (overhead projector) 3) Software
Aims and Demands
1) Knowledge Objectives 2) Ability Objectives 3) Morality Objectives
Knowledge Objectives
World Knowledge Linguistic Knowledge
Knowledge Objectives
II. While-reading Activities
Step Two: Text-relevant Questions
1) For what reasons do latchkey children exist in society? 2) What are the effects of mothers’ taking full-time jobs outside the home? 3) How did the latchkey children react to their mothers’ working out? 4) How to solve the problems on latchkey children?
World Knowledge
a. the existing social problems b. the reasons for these social problems c. the solution to these problems
Knowledge Objectives
Linguistic Knowledge
I. Pre-reading Activities
Step One: Revision
1) Sentence Dictation 2) Translation
I. Pre-reading Activities
Step Two: Lead-in
1) Brain Storming Competition 2) News Listening 3) Topic Discussion
Teaching Procedures
Pre-reading Activities While-reading Activities Post-reading Activities
Pre-reading Activities
Step One: Revision Step Two: Lead-in Step Three: Background Information
The main topic of this unit -- social problems, is closely related to daily life. It helps Ss to extend their thinking to a larger scale of domestic and international societies. Also, following the model of argumentation set by the in-class passage, Ss can learn how to state their opinions with appropriate share of supporting evidence.
II. While-reading Activities
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Step One: Fast Reading Drills
1) Ss do fast reading in given time 2) Teacher’s instruction on skimming and scanning skills
II. While-reading Activities
Step Three: Text Analyses
1) Text Structure 2) General Comprehension 3) Language Points
Text Structure
Part 1
Paras 1
Main Ideas Reasons for mothers’ taking full-time jobs Consequences of mothers’ taking full-time jobs.
News Listening
lined up For the fifth straight day, angry parents _______ outside the headquarters of dairy company Sanlu to demand compensation after the government discovered it was ____________ poisonous using a _________ industrial chemical in its baby formula. resolve "They need to _______ the problems, "said this mother whose child became sick after drinking Sanlu’s formula. infants Four _______ have died of kidney failure from drinking diagnosed the tainted milk and China’s Health Ministry says more than 6,200 other babies have been taken ill. Many _________ with acute kidney failure. The news sent thousands of parents across examined demanding to have their children the country to hospitals putting further pressure on the government to act ______________________________________, ______________________________________________.
a. vocabulary (usage, synonyms, match, etc.) b. frequently-used phrases and expressions c. some grammatical points
Ability Objectives
To improve Ss’ listening ability by compound dictation training To promote Ss’ speaking ability by topic discussion and debate To perfect Ss’ skimming and scanning skills through reading activities To develop Ss’ writing ability by argumentation practicing
Step Three: Background Information
1) World Knowledge 2) Cultural Implications
While-reading Activities