《Unit4Acharityshowl》Period8Studyskills(Sensegroup)Teachinggoals●Tointroduce“sensegroup”tostudents●ToencouragestudentstoreadpassagesincorrectsensegroupsTeachingproceduresStep1ListeninganddiscussingYouaretolistentoatape,inwhichonepersonisreadingapassagewithcorrectpauses,andtheotheroneisreadingthesamepassagebutwithincorrectpauses
Afterlistening,makeacomparisonofthetworeadingsandsaywhichonereadsthebetterandwhy
Step2PresentingYouarerightinsayingthefirstpersonreadsthebetter
Whenwereadasentence,weoftenpausehereandthere
Andusuallythesepausesaremadeaccordingtothegrammaticalstructureofthesentence
Grammatically,asentenceismadeupofseveralpartsandeachhasitsownmeaning
Thesepartscanbecalledsensegroups
Asensegroupcanbeaword,anexpression,aphraseoraclause
Weoftenusethesign“/”tomarkoffdifferentsensegroupsina