Pre-class reading Q1. Why is the speaker’s father successful in a different way? As an ordinary person, he is considered successful because of what he has done for his family and what he has done to try to help other people. Q2. How many times does the writer mention his father's back in passage 2? In you opinion, which paragraph is the most touching and impressive? Pre-class reading Q3. What are the qualities the two fathers have? Discuss with your group members and use some adjectives to describe the qualities. Pre-class readingMy father, my hero (qualities)The sight of my father's back (qualities)Pre-class readingTeam-based inquiryMy father, my hero (qualities)The sight of my father's back (qualities)…devotedromantic…stubbornold-fashionedbad-temperedordinary-lookingPre-class readingTeam-based inquiryperson/qualitystory/exampleWriting skills buildingappearancemovementdialoguemindhobbies……Writing skills buildingWriting skills building:How can we make our scene description more vivid and impressive?• Use words precisely, nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in particular.• Specific is terrific!• 艺术源于真实的生活！Scene description(sample1) •volunteers•sweat•bend down•pick up•turn a blind eye to•by contrast•indifferent•attentively•…• As is vividly portrayed in the picture, some volunteers are bending down and picking up rubbish, with plastic bags in their hands and sweat on their foreheads. By contrast, nearby are some boys playing football, turning a blind eye to what other students are doing.• totter• greet• remove• kneel down• exhausted• in response• gaze at/ look sb. in the eye • …The picture shows us a touching moment when a little girl totters to greet her working mom. Realizing her mom must be ...
