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Unit 3 Period 4 Extended reading
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1.To summarize Bacon’s ideas on friendship and identify the structure of the essay.
2.To analyse the writing techniques and figure out the functions of these writing techniques and write a summary of the essay.
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一:To summarize Bacon’s ideas on friendship and identify the structure of the essay.
Activity 1: Look through page 39 and page 40. Find out the new words and phrases, and read them in pairs. Then read together as a whole and share their usage.
Activity 2: Make a prediction according to the title of the text.
What aspects might be included in the article?
More often than not, close friendships will help smooth out the sometimes rocky road that we are all meant to travel.
This essay is about the __________________of friendship.
Activity 3: Skimming
Task 1 Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Task 2 Fill in the blanks according to the structure of the text.
Activity 4: Scanning
Fill in the chart.
Fruits
The way to get the fruits
The importance of the fruits
Peace
Friendship can ________ the heart and make us ________.
Fruits
The way to get the fruits
The importance of the fruits
Better understanding and judgement
Friendship can ________ the head and make us ________.
Fruits
The way to get the fruits
The importance of the fruits
Help
Friendship can help us ______________________________
and make us____________________
Activity 5: Critical thinking.
(1) Do you think you can get better advice from your friends? Why?
(2) Will you turn to friends when you are confronted with difficulty? How do you know when to be independent and when to ask for the help of friends?
(3) Why does Francis Bacon say that “enjoying the company of a
crowd is not the same as being with friends”?
目标二:To analyse the writing techniques and figure out the functions of these writing techniques and write a summary of the essay.
Activity 1: Work in pairs and answer the