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Unit one
Favorite Teachers
A letter from Tony
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Objectives
Review descriptive adjectives
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Foster students’ subject consciousness and abilities of sorting out key information.
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Learn to describe a familiar person around you.
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Develop the awareness of appreciating others.
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Pre -reading
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1. Brainstorm to understand the following sentence
by Peter G.Beidler.
“Most human beings are as good as they are because
some unsung teachers were there when needed.”
By Peter G.Beidler
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Zhang Yugun
A village schoolmaster who was honored as one
of the people who moved China in 2019.
Tan Qianqiu
A teacher at Dongqi Middle School, in Deyang City, Sichuan Province, who used
his body to shield four students from a collapsing roof in Wenchuan Earthquake.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
---Aristotle
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
--- Albert Einstein
ordinary-looking 相貌平常的 unbelievable 难以置信的 devote 现身, 专心 impress 给某人留下深刻印象 musical 悦耳的 range 变化 imaginative 赋予想象的
2. What makes a teacher attractive to students?
1 Appearance
2 Personal quality
3 Professional quality
Aspects
Features
Pre -reading
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While-reading
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Look at the pictures and the title of the letter
and predict Tony’s general impression of his
English teacher.
From the pictures, we see the teachers are giving his
lessons lively , and the students enjoy his class with
chuckles. So their impression on him may be humorous,
knowledgeable and respectable.
1. Prediction
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2. Fast-reading
(2) What is this passage mainly about?
(1) What does an English letter compose?
Heading ;inside date; salutation; body of letter;
complimentary close and signature.
The passage mainly talks about the reason why
the English teacher changed the writer’s attitudes
towards his English learning.
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3. Careful-reading
What does Mr. Mills
do before / in / after
his class and fill in
the blank.
Devotion to his teaching Before his class he the lesson well.
In class
he ______ what he wants to teach.
he has a _______ voice according to the content. He has a sense of ________. he teaches the students to think in an ____________ way. he uses a special way to explain _________________.
After class he discusses different ________ with students in English.
he ______ games together with his students.
prepares
acts out
musical
humor
imaginative
a grammatical rule
subjects
plays
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4. Read the text again and judge whether each of the
following statements is true (T) or false (F).
__ 1)Tony liked the subject of English very much.
__ 2)Mr. Mills usually uses his arms, hands, fingers
and face to help to express his feeling.
__ 3) Mr. Mills likes communicating with his
students in English after class.
__ 4)We know from the letter that Mr. Mills is crazy
about pop music.
__ 5)According to the letter, Mr. Mills must know
how to play Chinese chess.
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5. Answer the following questions according to
the passage.
(1) Why has Tony’s attitude towards English learning
been changed? Do you have a similar experience?
If so, share it with your classmates
Because he was lucky to meet Mr. Mills, his new English teacher after he entered senior middle school. His personal qualities and teaching methods gave Tony a deep impression and changed his attitude towards English learning.
(2) How do you understand “… his voice always
changing according to what he is talking about?
It means that Mr. Mills is so devoted to his teaching and he is good at changing his voice to attract his students.
(3) How do you understand the sentence “Most human
beings are as good as they are because some unsung
teachers were there when needed?”
Teachers play very important roles in the development of people and they may change people’s whole life.
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POST-READING
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1. Discussion
(1) Discuss in groups the reasons why Tony likes
Mr. Mills so much. (Retelling)
(2)What do you think a teacher needs to do if he
wants to be your favorite teacher?
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Self-reflection Agree Partly Agree Disagree
I known the type of the text.
I grasped the main idea of the text.
I can talk about my English teacher now.
I was active in group work.
What do I still need to practice in the future?
2. Self-assessment
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Assignment
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Imitate what you have learned in this lesson and describe one of your beloved persons.
The End
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