Unit1FriendsPERIOD8:STUDYSKILLSTeachingObjectives●Toshowthestudentshowtofindthemainpointsofapassage●Tohelpthestudentstoguessthemeaningandtogeneratementalpictureswhilereading●ToencouragethestudentstohelpotherstosolvestheproblemsTeachingProceduresSTEP1Enjoyyourselves!Get8piecesofpaperthatareaboutthesamesize.Write8longsentencesoneach.Dividetheclassinto8groupscolumnbycolumn.Dochainworkandgetthestudentstopassthesentenceorallytoseewhichcolumngetallthesentencesright.Explaintherulesasfollowing.Thefirststudentineachteamwillgetapieceofpaper.Heorshewillreadwhatiswrittenonthepapersilentlyandtrytorememberit.Thenheorshewillpassittothestudentbehindhim/herorally,untilthelaststudentgetsit.Atlast,thelaststudentineachteamwilltellthewholeclasswhathe/sheknows.Wewillseewhichgroupcanpassthewordscorrectlyandquickly.Herearethe8possiblesentences:YesterdayMilliewentskatingandhadagoodtime.MilliedancedfortwohourslastFriday.Nobodycleanedtheclassroomyesterday.Sandywillsingintheschoolshownextweek.YesterdayKatewenttotheparkandhadapicnicthere.TomorrowTom’sfatherwillgotoShanghai.Lastyear,JimandTimwenttoaHalloweenparty.SandywilltellusaboutherbestfriendthisTuesday.Whenthegameisfinishedmakeasummary.Obviously,itisnoteasyforustorememberthesentencesverywellinsuchashorttime.However,wemaydefinitelyrememberthemainpoints.Now,Iamtryingtousethreewordstosummarythemainpointsofeachsentences.Theyare‘who’‘when’and‘what’.Yousee!STEP2Thequickest,thebest!Whenwereadapassage,wecanalsousethismethod.Youcanfindthemfromthesesevenpoints.(Showstudentsthesentences.)Nowlet’stry!Canyoufindoutthemainpointsinthefollowingpassage?Whatisitabout?(MrsBrown’scarstopsatthecrossroads)Whoisitabout?(MrsBrown)Whathappened?(Hercarstopsanddoesn’tstartagain.)Wheredidithappen?(Atthetrafficlights)Whendidithappen?(OneSaturday)Whydidithappen?(Becausehercaristooold.)Howdidithappen?Mrs.Browniseightyyearsold.Shehasanoldcar.ShealwaysdrivestotheshopsonSaturdayandbuyssomefood.OneSaturdayshestopshercaratsometrafficlightswheytheyarered.Butitdoesn'tstartagain!Thelightsbecomegreen,thenyellow,thenred,thengreenagain,butMrs.Brown’scarcan’tstart.Justthenapolicemancomesandsaystoherwithasmile,“Goodmorning.Youlikeallofourcolors,don’tyou?”Themethodworks,especiallywhenthestoryislong.Itisreallydifficulttoremembereverythingfromtheverybeginning.Whynotjustrememberthemainpoints?STEP3ReadingtofindthemainpointNowpleaseopenyourbooktopage14.HereisanarticleaboutagirlsCanyourreadandfindthemainpointsofit?Whatisitabout?It’saboutproblemswithanewschool.Whoisitabout?AGrade8studentcalledCindy.Whathappened?Shechangedtoanewsecondaryschool.Sheisunhappy,nervousanduncomfortableatthenewschool.SheisalwaysaloneWheredidithappen?Insunshinetown.Whendidithappen?Afterchangingtothenewschool.Whydidithappen?Shedoesn'thavefriendsthereandshemissesherclassmatesintheoldschool.Howdidithappen?STEP4PuttinginCindy’sshoesStudentsarenowinanewschool.SoitiseasyforthemtoputthemselvesinCindy’sshoes.ThatistosaytheycanunderstandhowCindyfeelseasily.Makefulluseofthisandgetthemtoguessthemeaningofsomeofthenewwords,suchas‘nervous’.Getthestudenttoreadthewholepassageloudly.Helpthemtorememberandunderstandthepassage.Iwillgetthestudentstofocusonthefollowingquestions.WhatareCindy’sproblems?WhydoesCindyhavetheseproblems?HowdoesCindyfeel?Whydoesshefeelso.Thispassageisaboutthethingsatschool.Theyarehappeningaroundthestudents.Soitisnotdifficultforthestudentstohavesomeimagesinmindwhilereading.Therefore,wemayfindanothergoodwaytorememberastory.Thatistobea‘film-maker’.TrytoimagineaCindyinyourmindandrememberthestorybytransferthewordsintopictures.STEP5HelpingCindyDoyouhaveanygoodideastohelpher?GetthestudentstothinkofsomewaysinwhichwecanhelpCindy.Shecantrytotalkwithherclassmates.Shecantalkabouttheproblemwithhergoodfriends.Shecantrytoplaywithsomebodyaroundher.Theteachercanasksomebodytohelpher,talkwithherandsolveherproblems.STEP6Homeworka.Readthepassageandtrytoreciteit.b.FinishofftheexercisesintheEvaluationHandbookandLearningEnglish.
