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Unit 13 People

Lesson 4

First Impression Teaching aims: ☆ Students are able to analyze the six factors and basic structures of a story. ☆ Students are able to finish the practices with the reading strategies. ☆ Students are able to use different expressions to describe the feelings in the first impression.

Teaching important and difficult points: ☆ To find out the six factors and basic structure of the story. ☆ To finish the summary of the text.

Teaching aids: ☆Pictures about first impression, blackboard, ect.

Teaching procedures: Step 1:

Lead-in Show Ss a piece of video to introduce the topic, then ask them the following questions:

1. What did the girls think of the man at the first sight? 2. What can we conclude from the video?

Step 2 : Pre-reading

I Explain the meaning of first impression and ask two more questions 1. Does first impression matter? 2. Is the first impression reliable? II Before reading, review the meanings of these words Annoyed

recognize

disturb

relief

Upset

forgive

behavio(u)r

glare at

Step 3 while-reading

I Fast-reading

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Task 1: Read the text quickly to get general idea Work in pairs and tell the class in your own words.

Which of the following sayings can this story show us?

A. No pains, no gains .

B. All roads lead to Rome .

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

D. Don't judge a book by its cover. Task 2: Divide the story into four parts

Part 1 Beginning

Para1

Part 2 Development

Para2-4 Part 3 Climax(高潮）

Para5-6 Part 4 Ending

Para7

II Careful reading and listening Task 1 Ask Ss to read the text carefully and answer the questions on the screen.

1.Where did they first meet? 2.Who are the two main characters of the story? 3. Did the writer have a good first impression on Jenny? 4. What did the writer plan to do on the day she first met her best friend?

5. Can you guess the meaning of “the last straw? 6. What kind of books does Jenny like? 7. How did Jenny get Jane’s phone number?

8. How did the writer feel when they met each other in the convenience store? Check the answer by inviting some individuals.

Task 2

True or False

1.

Jane was pleased when Jenny started singing.

F

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2) Tennyson must be a famous poet.

T

3) Jane first saw Jenny near “English literature” section.

T

4) Jane was upset that she had left her book in the library.

T

5) Jane didn’t feel that it was necessary to apologize.

F

Task 3 Review the text by taking a look at Jane’s feelings change.

Ask Ss to fill in the blanks. 

I was getting more and more________... 

I turned around and ________ the person... 

… it made me even _______...

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I picked up my books, ____

at her

and ________ angrily …

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I was so _____ that I almost cried.

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I sighed with_____ ... I was so_______ . 

I was _____ with shame and

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__________ several times for my rude behaviour.

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I felt so ______. Keys:

Annoyed

glared at

angrier

glared whispered

upset

grateful

relief filled apologized

guilty

Step 4: Post-reading Talk about the first time you met someone such as your teacher, classmate, friend etc. 1. who/ when/ where you met

2. What he/she was doing 3. What he/ she looked like 4. How your relationship is now e.g.

I met my new neighbor, Jim, for the first time last month in the street. He was …

Step 5: Homework

Rewrite the story.

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