牡丹江师范学院教案教研室：教师姓名：授课时间:第周教研室主任签字年月日1Unit 8 My Forever Valentine (Period one)【Learning Objectives】：1．Read the words and expressions in this unit. Pay attention to the correct pronunciation.2．Find out the sentences with new words and expressions. Try to understand the meaning of thesesentences.3．Understand the type of writing and the structure of this passage.4．Get the general information of the whole passage.【Preparation before class】1．Read the words and expressions in this unit and write down the ones that you don't know how toread correctly.2. read the text 3 times before the class.【Classroom activities】1．Listening and speaking(1)Dictation:2(2). FatherThe father is often seen as an authority figure. A common observation among scholars is that theauthority of the father and of the political leader are closely intertwined, that there is a symbolicidentification between domestic authority and national political leadership.The fundamental commongrounds between domestic and national authority, are the mechanisms of naming (exercise theauthority in someone's name) and identification. In a patriarchal society, authority typically uses suchrhetoric of fatherhood and family to i mplement their rule and advocate its legitimacy. In Western culture patriarchy and authority have been synonymous. In the 19th century Europe,the idea was common, among both traditionalist and revolutionaries, that the authority of the domesticfather should e made omnipotent in the family so that it becomes less necessary in the state. In thesecond part of that century, there was an extension of the authority of the husband over his wife andthe authority of the father over his children, including increased demands for absolute obedience ofchildren to the father.2．Preparation sharingWork in groups. Exchange the difficulties that you meet when preparing for this class.Try to solvesome of them with the help of your group members. Read the new words and expressions in Unit 63．The understanding of the whole text.※Read the text※1). Main idea①What is the story narrated in the text about?The text recollects a series of events concerning, who showed profound forhis daughter by on Valentine's Day.②Why does the writer focus her accounts and descriptions on her first recollection of the magicher father brought to the occasion and on the last card and gift from him? Because the first and last gifts her father offered her areand .2). Structural analysis②The author's recounting of her Valentine Day memories in the second part of the text followsclosely the chronological order. Try to pick out the three sentences in this part that indicate theprogression of time.The three sentences that indicate the progression of time are:1) (Paragraph 3)2) (Paragraph 5)3) (Paragraph 7)34. Feedback（1）Finish the exercises of text comprehension on page 145（2）Do you still have any problems about the general idea of this passage. Write them down here.Unit 8 My Forever Valentine (Period two/three)【Learning objectives】：1．Get the detailed information of the whole passage.2．Grasp the use of some key words and expressions in this unit.3．Be able to analyze and understand some long and difficult sentences in the passage. 【Preparation before class】1．Key words and expressions：learn the words and expressions by finishing the vocabulary learningtable with the help of your dictionary.2．Read the passage carefully and mark some difficult sentences that you don't understand.【Classroom activities】1．Preparation sharingWork in groups. Exchange the difficulties that you meet when preparing for this class. Try tosolve some of them with the help of your group members.2．Detailed readingParagraphs 1-2Questions1) What was the narrator's father? And what was his hobby? (Paragraph 2)2) Why did the narrator think of her father as her Valentine Man? (Paragraph 2)4Sentences:The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spent timing elaborate mealsaround football games. ( Paragraph 1)Explanation: Some of the traditional holidays in the United States are Valentine's Day (February 14);St. Patrick' Day (March 17); and Halloween (October 31). In some states, Arbor Day, Bird Day, andFlag Day are school holidays. Child Health Day (the first Monday in October) is widely observed inschools. Many schools and some businesses close on Good Friday.Translation:Paragraphs 3-6Questions1) What does “the magic”mentioned in Paragraph 3 refer to? (Paragraph 3)2) What gifts did the narrator's father give her as she grew older? (Paragraph 5)56Sentences:Sentences1. That box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memories of my entrance intoa world of popularity contests marked by the number of cards received, the teasing aboutboyfriends/girlfriends and the tender care I gave to the card from the cutest boy inclass.(Paragraph 3)Translation:2. As I grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolatesand always included a special card signed”Love, Dad. ”(Paragraph 5) Explanation: The affectionate message might be carried by a heart-shaped box of chocolate candies,or by a bouquet of tulips tied with filmy red ribbon.Translation:3. He never let it show. (Paragraph 6)Paraphrase: He never revealed his feelings.Activity: Making sentencesDirections: use the following words and expressions to make sentences. elaboratefondlycuterecollectionsuccessionsurpassgive wayParagraphs 7-10Questions1) Why was the job of hand-delivering candy and cards relegated to the U.S. Postal Service?(Paragraph 7)72) How did the writer describe the final card she received from her dying father? (Paragraphs 8-10)8Sentences1. Never in ten years was my father's package late nor was it on the Valentine's Day eight years agowhen I reached into the mailbox to find a card addressed to me in my mother's handwriting.(Paragraph7)Translation:2. It was the kind of card that put a lump in your throat and teas in your eyes because you knewthe person no longer was to go out and buy a real valentine.（Paragraph 9）Translation:Paragraphs 11-12Questions1) Why does her father's final card still remain on her bulletin board today? (Paragraph 11)2) Would you please paraphrase the concluding part? (Paragraphs 11-12)94. Feedback:Finish the exercises of text comprehension on page 146-156Consolidation ActivitiesI. Vocabulary AnalysisII. Grammar Exercisesreal and unreal conditionalsWith real conditionals, there is a chance that the condition will be fulfilled; with unreal conditionalthere is no such chance.e.g. If he arrives on time, he will be able to go with us. (Real condition)If he had arrived on time, he would have been able to go with us. (Unreal condition)If I were (was) you, I would be careful. (Unreal condition).1011。