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How to find the main idea of an exposition

Teaching objectives: How to get the main idea of exposition. Teaching important points: tips on how to get the main idea of exposition. Teaching difficult points: Small words, big help. Teaching period:1

Teaching methods: According to NEW ENLGISH CURRICULUM FOR CHINESE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, and the characteristics of this teaching material, tasked-based language teaching approach is employed. In order to fulfill all the aims of this teaching design, multimedia techniques are necessary, including a computer, an over-head projector, and a screen. Teaching procedures Step 1 Greetings Step 2 Listening and writing Step 3 Lead-in The “main idea question” includes questions on main idea,title and purpose. Which of the followings are the“main idea questions”?

1. What is the best known activity at the festival ? 2. What is the main idea of the paragraph ? 3. The passage is mainly about …

4. The purpose of this article is to …

5. The best title of the passage is …

6. What do the underlined words “downside”mean?

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Step 4 Tip 1. First paragraph and Topic sentence. Read and find Tip1-1.Read the first paragraph of the reading material and find out:

Exercise 1. What's the best title of this text?

A.I can do it B. Talking to oneself is useful C. Listening to others is important D. Self-talk can help search for lost things. Tip1-2. Topic sentence Exercise 2. Put the topic sentences A. B.C in the right place. A. there is great value in making time to listen to yourself. B. Self-talk is also used by speakers, actors and other performers. C. you know a lot more about people around you than about yourself. Step 5 Tip 2. Small words, big help. Read and find

Exercise 3.The writer mainly tells__ A.Plants can't feel pain B. Plants need other ways of fighting back. Exercise 4. What is the text mainly about? A. How plants feel pain. B. How plants attract insects. C. How plats protect themselves. D. How plants attack small animals. Exercise 5. Choose the correct answer.

The scientists have found that__ spread faster online. A. good news B. bad news

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Exercise 6. What can be a suitable title for the text? A.

Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide. B. Online News Surprises More People. C. Reading Habits Change with the Times. D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks. Exercise 7.Write words useful to get the main idea: 1) Adversative words：

2) Conclusive words ：

3) Signal words of the finding/result of the research： Step 6 Summary Tips can help you get the main idea fast and correctly, but there is no shortcut(捷径） when it comes to success. Remember, practice makes perfect. Step 7 Homework: Read the two passages and practice .

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