Book3Unit1Knowingme,knowingyou——LittleWhitelies

Type

Reading(Personaletter)

Topic:HumanandSociety—Interpersonalproblemsandsolutions

What:

Thetextfocusesonlittlewhitelies,whichisanessaywithclearstructureandrigorouslogicTheauthoruseslotsofexamplestoarguewhyevenlittlewhiteliescanleadtounpredictableresults

Why:

AnalysisofMaterial

TheauthoraimstoappealreaderstothinkmoreaboutlittlewhiteliesThespeakeraimstodeepenselfknowledgeandlearnmoreaboutthemselvesThespeakeraimstorespectbrotherlinessandunderstandetherealneedwhenitestoimpersonalrelationship.

How:

Thetexthasthecharacteristicbothlogicandobjectivity

Theauthorusessomeexamplestomakeherargumentmorereliableandobjective.Theauthortellsreaderswhatislittlewhitelieandwhyweusetheminourreallife,andthentellsuswhatunpredictableresultstheymaycause

Itslogicisinterlinking.Atthebeginningofthetext,theauthortellsuswhatarelittlewhiteliesandwhendoweusetheminourreallife,andthentheauthortellsuswhysomeonechoosetelllittlewhitelies

StudentsatthislevelhaveawealthofexperienceinlearningEnglishbasedonthepreviouslevelofstudy,haveacquiredagreatdealofspecializedknowledge,andhavecertainlearningstrategiesandlearningabilities.Studentsareabletocarryoutmoreindepththinkingandoutputbasedonthereading,listeningandspeakinginthepreviouspart

AnalysisLearners

However,therewerealsoinstanceswherethefoundationwasnotsolidandtherewasaacofextendedthinking.Notonlythat,themainactivitiesinthisstageshouldbebasedonthinkingandoutputasthestudentsfocusoninputintheearlierpartofthecourseandneglecttheoutputoftheprocess

Bytheendofthisclass,studentsareableto:

Objectives

Learning

Togetthemainideaofthetextfullygraspthestructureofthearticle.Tomusicologicalthinkingandcriticalthinkingtoanalyzetheimportantvalueoftellingwhitelies.

Tofurtherunderstandtheunittopicandgraspwritingcharacteristicsoftheargumentativeessay.

TeachingFocus

Toguidestudentlearning'sstrategiestoobtainthemaincontentofthearticle,sortoutthestructureofthesuggestionletter,andunderstandthespecificexpressionsbasedonthecontext.Skimtoknowwhat"littlewhitelies"meansandwhatthestructureofthepassageis;

TeachingDifficulties

Teaching

Scantofindoutandanalyzethereasonsandexampleswhypeopletellwhitelies;

Readagaintothinkmoredeeplyaboutwhitelies;

Strategies

Trytofindoutthemeaningofthefableandwriteanessaywiththeinstructivelastpart3P;CooperativeLearningMethod

TeachingAids

Multimedia,Handout;Blackboard;Chalks

TeachingProcedures

TeachingSteps

TeachingAims

TeachingActivities

DesignPurposes

Teacher(T)

Students(As)

SleptLeadin

Aswillbeableto

interesttheclass

andknowwhat

willbetalked

next

1.Teachershowssome

picturesandasksstudentswhatproblemsthosestudentshaveatschool?

2.TasksAs"whenyouhaveproblems,whowillyouturntoforhelp?"

1.AswatchthepicturesandAswanthequestion

2.Assaywhomtheywillturntoforhelp

ItaimstousesomepicturestoarouseS'slearning

interestand

curiositytothis

lesson

Step2Arereading

1.TencouragesAstoexplain

what"whitelie"is.

2.TasksAstoreadthepassage

andfindoutthemeaningofwhitelies"accordingtotheauthor

1.Aseupwiththeirowndefinitionsof"whitelies"

2.Asreadthepassageandcheck

Toskimandgetthemainideaofthepassage.

Itaimstointroduce

thetexttostudentsandpreparefortherestofclass

Step3Whilereading

1.TasksAstodividethepassageintothree

partswiththehelpofexercise3.

2.TguidesAstoframeeachpartwiththefollowing

questions:

(1)Whydowealwaystelwhitelies,thoughit'swrong?

(2)Whatexamplesarementionedinthispart?

(3)Whatistheanalysisofthewriter?

1.Asunderstandtheframeofthepassageandunderstandeachpartwithitsreasons,supporting examplesandanalysis

2.Asfillintheblanksin

exercise3andthinkabout

thewritingpatternofan

argumentativeessay,

whichmaybeappliedto

thewritingtaskslater

Asareexpectedtocover

thefollowingkeypoints

(1)Alotofpeoplehave

told"whitelies",white

liesarenotexcluded

Because"whitelies"

sometimeshavetobesaid

isoutofgoodintentions,

ispeople'sgoodheart

driven,thebottomofmy

heartoutofakindof

fort,isagoodwishfor

peopleorthings,evensay

1.Tolearntomakeamindmapofthe

informationandthepassage

2.ToencourageAsto

findmoreexamplesof

whiteliesoftheirown

andtellthedifferences

betweenalieanda

whitelieandinspireAs

togetfurther

understandingofthe

themevalue

ItaimstohelpAsunderstandtheletterandgetstructureofthis

passage

awhitelie,cansavepeople'slives

(2)Theexamplesare:

a.Someone'scookking

amealforusthatwedon'tlike.Themajorityofusdon'ttellthetruth—welieandsaythatthefoodis"delicious"

b.Someone'shaircutisawful,butwesay“It'sgreat!"

c.Yousayyourfriend'ssingingiswonderful,

despitesecretlyanythingthatyourcatcansing

better

d.You'vehadabaddaybutyouhideyourtearsandlietoyourparentsthatyourdaywas"fine"

Step4Postreading

TasksSstowork

ingroupsandtalkabouttheimportanceofhonesty.

TasksSsto

binetheirviewpointsandtheirexamplestogetherand

writeitintoapassage

Ssfollowtheinstructionsinexercise4andmakeitintoaminispeech

Ssfollowtheuseful

expressionsinexercise3whilewriting

ToletSsthinkfurtherandlearntousetheproperexamplesto

supporttheiropinionsTopracticewriting

anargumentative

essaywiththegivenstructuresandsentencepatterns

Toimprovewnting

skillsthroughpeerevaluation.

ItaimstohelpSs

usewhatwe'velearntintorealsituation

ItaimstohelpSS

tousewhatwe've

learntintorealsituationandhelp

teachertoknowSs'learning

situationduring

thisprocess.

Step5Summary

Sswillbeabletomakeasummary

ofthewholeclass.

TguidesSstomakeasummaryofwhatwe'velearntinclassandemphasizetheprincipleThinkbeforeactandsay

SssummarizetheclasstogetherunderT'sleading.

Thisistohelpstudents

consolidatewhat

theyhavelearntfromthislesson

Homework

Option1:Gooverthewordsandexpressionslearnedinthisperiod.

Option2:Polishyourpositionandusemoreadvancedvocabularyandplexsentencestructures

板書設計

DevelopingIdeas

LittleWhitelies

Reading&writing

1.Evenwhiteliesmayhaveresultswecannotpredict.

2.Sowecann'talways

justifytellingwhiteliesto

hidethetruth

Structureofargumentative

IntroductionMainBody

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