Period 2 Reading “Anne’s Best Friend”1. Teaching objectives:1) To develop the students’ reading ability, learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming and so on;2). To get the students to realize the importance of friends and friendship, and to tell true friends from false friends;3). To grasp some useful words and expressions in this passage, such as on purpose, be crazy about etc.;4). To learn the writing style of this passage.Step 1.Pre-reading1. Please enjoy three pieces of music and find out what they are about.2. Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend?________________________________________________________3. What do you know about the World War II?4. Background introductionStep 2 fast reading1. Who is Anne? ________________________________________________________Who/What was Anne’s best friend? ________________________________________________________ When and where did the story happen?________________________________________________________2. Fill in the form below.The time of the storyThe place of the storyThe heroine of the storyAnne’s best friendThe length of time they hid awayThe date of the diaryStep 3. Careful Reading1. Answer the following questions:Why did Anne made her diary her best friend?用心 爱心 专心1________________________________________________________What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary?________________________________________________________Why was she so crazy about things to do with nature?________________________________________________________Why did she stay awake on purpose until very late one evening?________________________________________________________Why didn’t she dare open the window when the moon was too bright?________________________________________________________How do you understand the expressions “spellbound” and “held me entirely in their powder”?________________________________________________________2. Reading to summarise the main idea of each paragraph.Skim the text and summarise the main idea of each paragraph in one sentence.Para. One:.Para. Two: Para. Three: Step 4 Post-reading1. Comprehending exercises (on paper)Time Nature Feeling Before hidingAfter hiding 2. Discuss what kind of feelings of Anne the following words from the letter imply.wordsAnne’s feelingnatureoutdoorscrazydidn’t darethundering, entirely, powerStep5. Activity用心 爱心 专心2 Four students a group to discuss the situation:Suppose you four have to hide yourselves for 3 months. During the three months, you will be offered the basic food, water and clothes. Your group can take 5 things with you.What will you take? Why?How will you spend the 3 months?How will you treat each other and make friends?Step 6. Homework1. Review the important words, phrases and difficult sentences in the text and make sentences using the words given by the teacher.2. Finish Ex.1-3 on p4.用心 爱心 专心3
