Unit9WhenwashebornPeriod3Period3readingandspeakingStep1GreetingGreettheclassasusualandcheckthehomework.Step2PresentationofnewwordsShowthenewwordsonthescreen.Pointtothemandleadthestudentstolearnthem.Explainthemeaningorusagesofthemifnecessary.pianistn.钢琴手；钢琴家humv.作嗡嗡声；哼唱piecen.(艺术品、音乐的)幅；篇；首accordionn.手风琴Chopinn.肖邦，波兰作曲家、钢琴家Warsaw华沙(波兰首都)receivev.接受；接收；领取honorn.荣誉，名誉aliveadj.活着的，在世的athleten.运动选手；运动员tookpartin参加competitionn.比赛，竞赛Step3Reading(3a)Readthearticleandfillinthechart.(Thisactivityprovidesreadingandwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.)Showthechartonthescreen.Pointtothechartonthebooks.Readthedirections.PointouttheheadingsWhenandWhatinthechart.Askstudentstopointtothephrasesinthechartandreadthemout.Askdifferentstudentstoreadthesephrasestotheclass.Discusswhateachphrasemeans.Askstudentstoreadthearticleontheirown.Askthestudentstocircleanywordsorphrasestheydon'tunderstand.Askstudentstoreadtoyouanywordsorphrasestheycircled.Writetheseitemsontheboardandaskotherstudentstoexplainwhattheymean.Theycanusethewordinadifferentsentence,pointtoapictureinthebook,ordrawasimplepictureontheboard,forexample.Thenaskstudentstoreadthearticleagainandfillintheinformationinthechart.Correcttheanswers.Step4Writing(3b)LookattheinformationinActivity2b.WriteandarticleaboutLaura.(Thisactivityprovidesguidedwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.)Readtheinstructionsandaskstudentstolookattheexamples.Readthesample.Askthestudentstousethesesentencestostarttheirarticles.RemindthestudentstolookbackatActivity2bfortheinformationtheyneed.AskstudentstousethearticleaboutMidoriasanexample.Step5Practicewriting(3c)Writeaboutapersonyouadmire.(Thisactivityprovideswritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.)Readtheinstructionsandaskstudentswhotheymightwriteabout.Makealistofthesenamesontheboard.Askstudentstomakesomestatementstheycanuseintheirarticlesandwritetheseontheblackboard.Askstudentstoworkontheirown.Whentheyfinish,askthestudentstoreadthearticletoapartnerandtotalkaboutthepersoninthearticle.Winner'sGallery(Thismayexplainfirstatclassandaskstudentstodolaterafterclass.TheycouldchooseothertopiclikeMovieStars'GalleryorMusicStars'Gallery,etc.)AskstudentstocreatetheirownWinner'sGallery.Explainthatthisisaseriesofpicturesandstatementsaboutveryspecialpeople.Studentsdraworbringinapictureoftheperson.Thentheywriteafewsentencesaboutwhythepersonisspecial,attachthewritingtothepicture,anddisplaythewordsandpicturesonabulletinboardintheclassroom.Theycanwriteaboutasportsfigure,afamilymemberoranyotherspecialpersontheywish.Encouragethemtousecolorpensintheirwork.Step6Groupwork:TenQuestions(4)Yourclassmateshavetoguessthenameofapersonyouadmire.Theycanaskyoutenquestions.(Thisactivityprovideslistening,speaking,reading,andwritingpracticeusingthetargetlanguage.)Askstudentstoworkingroupsoffour.Helpstudentsmakegroups.Readtheinstructionstotheclass.Say,Threestudentsinthegroupwillaskquestions.Thefourthstudentwillanswerthequestionsaboutthepersoninhisorherarticle.Pointoutthesampleconversation.Askthreestudentstoreadittotheclass.A:Isthepersonamanorawoman?B:Heisman.C:Ishealive?B:No,heisn't.D:Washeanathlete?B:No,hewasn't.Thenaskstudentstoworkwiththeirgroups.Astheywork,movearoundtheroommonitoringprogress.Step7Self-check1.Fillintheblanks.2.Writeanarticle.Step8SummaryTodaywehavelearnedthestoryaboutLiYundi,thefamousChinesepianist.Fromhisstoryweknowtheexpressionsofwhenandwhatabouthim.Andalsowelearnedthatinterestsarethemotherofsuccess.Tolearnacoursewell,buildtheinterestfirst.Step9HomeworkWriteashortstoryaboutapersonyouadmire.
