Lesson33：WhatDoesLifeMean?TeachingContent:Masterywordsandexpressions:lifeTeachingAims:Knowaboutthegreatpeopleintheworld.Learnthehighspiritofthegreatpeople.TeachingImportantPoints:Introducepeople.Passivevoice.TeachingDifficultPoints:Passivevoice.TeachingPreparation:picturesTeachingAid:audiotape,flashcards,picturesTypeoflesson:newlessonTeachingProcedure:Step1.Cometo“THINKABOUTIT”.Dividetheclassintogroupsofthreeorfour.Talkaboutthequestions.Iftheythinkthetopicsaretoodifficultforthem,theteachercanaddthecontent:“Whatdoyouwanttobeinthefuture?Why?”Thisquestioniseasierthantheothers.Theycantalkalotaboutthetopic.Nowleadthemtalkaboutthefuture,thedreamandthelife.Itseemseasiernow.Step2.Listentothetapeandthenletthestudentssaythemainideaaboutthetext.S1:Itdealswiththefuture.S2:Theytalkaboutthelife.S3:Whatissuccess?S4:Whyarepeopledifferentfromanimals?Thentheteachersumwhattheysay.Ittellsusthelife’smeaning.Itleadsustothinkaboutthelife.Nowwearelivingontheearth.Someofusarehappy.Othersaresad.Whenwearefree,wecanthinkaboutthesequestions.Step3.Readthetext.Lettheyunderlinethelanguagepointsofthistext.Askthestudentstosolvetheproblems.Theycanusedictionariesandasktheteacherifnecessary.Theteacherhelpsthemsomeontheblackboard.Encouragethestudentstomakesentenceswiththefollowinglanguagepoints:succeedindoingsth.;more;makeonehappyS5:Hesucceededinfindinganewwaytodowiththerubbish.S6:Weallknowhewillsucceedinthefuture.S7:Wouldyoulikesomemore?S8:Weneedtenmorepeople.S9:Don’tmakethemtoohappy.S10:Thestudentsmustkeeptheclassroomclean.Step4.Cometo“PROJECT”.Dividetheclassintoseveralgroups.Leteverygroupwritethequestionsthattheywanttoknowonapieceofpaper.Thentheyexchangethepaperwithanothergroup.TheycanaskthequestionsinclassTakeyourquestionshome.Askyourfamilymembersaboutthequestions.Firstaskyourparentsandwritetheiranswersdown.Thenaskyourgrandparentsthequestionsandwritetheiranswersdown.Bringtheanswerstoschool.Discusstheiranswersingroups.Let’sseeiftheyhaveanydifferencesbetweentheiranswers.Discusswhythesedifferencesexist.Nowinthegroupdiscussthelastquestion:Whatdidyoulearnfromthisproject.Inthisproject,wetrytofindthesecretoflife.Whenweareindifferentage,wehavedifferentrealizationstolife.Whenweareolder,wewillknowmuchaboutthelife.Step5:HomeworkFinishofftheactivitybook.Goonthenextreadinginthestudentbook.Summary:Don’tyouthinklifeisastrangething?DiscussthequestionsLiMingandWangMeiasksingroups.Thenencouragethemtoaskmorequestionsaboutlife.GivethemtimetosearchontheInternettoknowthesecretofthelife.Groupactivitiesaregoodstylesofdiscussing.MorepracticewillgivethestudentsmorechancestopracticetheirspokenEnglish.
