Lesson 4 First Impressions教学目标

Module 5

Unit 13 People

Lesson 4 First Impressions

Reading

Unit 13

People

Lesson 4

Reading

First Impressions

洛阳理工学院附属中学

授课教师：马

婕

I. Teaching goals

1. Ability goals: Learn to draw a mind map to analyze and retell a story.

2. Emotional ability goals: Encourage students to explore their opinions on “first impressions”

and some ways to leave a good impression on others.

II. Teaching important points 1.Enable the students to analyze the basic factors and the structure of a story.

2.Enable the students to draw a plot map to get the details better.

3.Enable the students to draw an emotion map by finding out words which described the emotion

change as the story goes. 4. Enable the students to draw a mind map of a story and retell it. III. Teaching difficult points

Enable the students to draw a mind map and retell the story. IV. Teaching aids: Blackboard

V. Teaching procedures

Step I Leading in

(1)

Ask students to talk about their first impressions on me. (2)

Inspire students to list: What factors may influence their first impressions on people? Suggested answers: appearance, expression, image, clothes, behavior, manners, gesture, personality,etc.

Step II Pre-reading (1)

Inspire students to review the basic factors in a story. (2)

Introduce the TTPS Pattern of a story.

The Basic Factors and the Structure of a Story

TPPS Pattern Time Place People Beginning Development Climax Ending

Structure

StepⅢ

Reading 1. Look at the picture and ask students to predict the story

(Individual work)

2. Fast reading for the basic information of the story and check out the predictions (Pair work)

Ask students to complete the basic factors and the structure in this story.

TPPS Pattern Time that day in the past Place in the local library People Jane and Jenny Beginning Para. 1 Development

Para. 2-4 Structure Climax

Para. 5-6 Ending Para. 7

3. Second reading for the detailed information (Group work) Ask students to find out the plots and emotion changes as the story goes. Task 1 Ask students to complete the plot map.

The Plot Map

Jane’s reactions The reason Division

Jane: did some revision unable to concentrate

People: kept disturbing

glared at the girl Beginning

A girl: singing

picked up my books, glared

at her and whispered angrily

Development

left the library

The textbook was left

almost cried; sighed with relief in the library

apologized for rude behavior; Climax

couldn’t help laughing & invite her

got along well

Jenny: brought the book

trust Jenney Ending forgave Jane’s

experienced true friendship

shortcomings

Task 2 Ask students to use adjective words to summarize the changes of Jane’s feelings and impressions on Jenny. Then complete the emotion map. The Emotion Map Division

Feelings

Impressions

anxious,

Beginning upset, annoyed

selfish

angryDevelopment

upset, grateful

helpful

Climax ashamed, guilty

kind, trusty,

lucky

Ending forgiving

4. Ask students to draw a mind map and retell the story (Group work)

Step IV

Explore：How do we leave a good impression on others? Ask students in each group to present their ideas.

Step V

Discussion: What is your opinion about first impressions? Ask students to discuss in groups and express their opinions about first impressions.

Step VI Summary

Check out what you have learnt in this class. Then tick the boxes. I have learnt

Yes No

how to analyze the basic factors and the structure of a story

to practice drawing a plot map and an emotion map to retell

a story

some ways to leave good impressions on others

to practice students’

critical thinking by expressing their

opinions about “first impressions”

Step VII Homework Write a story about your first impressions on someone.

Remember to use what you’ve learnt about the story in this class.