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Module 6 Unit 2 What is happiness to you? Welcome to the unit By Shi Wei Analysis of the students: Human beings, throughout life, experience joys and sorrow. Senior high school students sometimes think they are not happy at all, and have a lot of trouble in life. This period will lead them to think more about happiness in their life, and find more ways to be happy. Teaching aims: Knowledge and skills

By the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to 1.

talk about things that can make people happy. 2.

know about a girl’s trouble and an expert’s advice to overcome the trouble by listening.

Feelings and value By the end of the lesson, the learners will realize 1.

they have thought more about what happiness is. 2.

how to get over unhappy things and stay happy. Teaching important and difficult points: 1. How to encourage the students to be optimistic in their life. 2. How to help every student to have enough chances to express himself/herself. Teaching methods: Students-centered; Individual, group work; Discussion. Teaching aids: A multimedia; the blackboard. Teaching resources: The textbook; the Internet; the teacher.

Teaching procedures

Stages Step Lead-in Activities Purposes

Step Picture talking 1. 1.

Listen to the song “ If you’re happy”. To arouse Ss’ interest in 2.

Everyone wants happiness and needs happiness, the topic.

so ask Ss if they are happy. 2. 1.

Talk about the pictures in the textbook and find To lead into the topic of things that make people happy in them. 2.

Some pictures to show the teacher’s happiness. happiness.

Step 3. 1.

Ask Ss to discuss with their partners about what To develop the topic of the things that make them happy are and ask Ss Discussion

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to make a list of these things, then let them happiness and share the things they listed with others. 2.

Require Ss to summarize what happiness is strengthen Ss’ speaking. based on the discussion above. Suggested answers: *Happiness means different things to different people. *People’s ideas of happiness can change.

Step 4. 1.

Have Ss listen and find Karen’s unhappy things. To strengthen 2.

Ask Ss to write down the expert’s advice. Listening listening skills. Step 5. 1.

Life consists of joy and sorrow. After the happy things, ask Ss to list some of their unhappy Further things in their groups.

discussion 2.

Ask the Ss how to make themselves happy

while meeting with some unhappy things. 3.

Show the Ss a short passage, and introduce a good way to regain happiness: being optimistic and trying to look at the bright side of things. The short passage: I have put on lots of weight. ------ That’s because you eat well.

I have a brother who quarrels with me everyday.----- That’s because you’re not lonely.

I have shadows in my life. ------ That’s because you live in bright sunshine.

To practice Ss’

Ss’

communicative skills, encourage Ss to accept unhappy things in life, and learn to look at the bright side of things.

Step 6. 1.

Summarize what have been talked about in the To summarize and period with a poem. Summary 2.

Assign the homework: write a composition on consolidate what they and happiness. homework have learned.

Blackboard design: Happiness

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Happy things ↑ ↓↑

Optimism

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Unhappy things

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