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Using language: Writing
Describe classroom body language
Unit 4 BODY LANGUAGE
To read a passage about how a teacher knows her/ his students by body language
To learn to write a passage to describe the body language of a person
To learn some important words and sentence patterns
Learning Objectives
In this class, you will
They are talking in the class.
She is sleeping in the class.
He is waiting for class to end.
He is wandering in the class.
He is listening to the teacher carefully.
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Classroom body language can help a teacher to know students better.
Lead-in
1. Who might be the writer of this passage?
A teacher.
2. What might be the answer to the question in the title?
By looking at their body language.
How Do I Know My Students?
Prediction
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Read the passage quickly and find the answers.
1. In which paragraphs does the author introduce the issue?__________
2. In which paragraphs does the author recognize when students are distracted?_________
3. In which paragraphs distinguish when students are troubled?________
4. In which paragraphs recognize when students are interested or bored?____
5. In which paragraphs confirm the importance of classroom body language? ________
Para.1-2
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 3
Para. 6
Fast-reading
Introduction
Examples
Conclusion
Para ①②
Para ③
Para ④
Para ⑤
Para ⑥
While-reading
Read for structure(自主学习)
Part Main idea
1 Introduce the topic
2 When students are interested, bored, distracted and troubled
3 Make a conclusion
Fast-reading
As an educator, people often ask me how I know what is going on in the minds of my students. Many students are quite shy and don’t speak all that much. At the same time, in a classroom of more than forty students, it is hard to have many one-on-one conversations with each person. So, how can I really know what makes each student tick?
My answer? I look at their body language.
How do I know my students?
I look at their body language.
How does the writer arouse readers’ interest?
Was it difficult to know the students? Why?
what is going on in the minds of my students
As an educator, people often ask me how I know what is going on in the minds of my students. Many students are quite shy and don’t speak all that much. At the same time, in a classroom of more than forty students, it is hard to have many one-on-one conversations with each person. So, how can I really know what makes each student tick?
My answer? I look at their body language.
I look at their body language.
students’
unique character
communication
limited
By asking a question to lead in the topic
[俗语]what makes sb. tick某人做事的动机,心理 (喻指做事情的目的/原因)
a tough task
Reading for the content (para1-2)
Detailed-reading
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Read, underline students’ body language and guess the hidden meanings
Reading for the content(Para3-5)
Detailed-reading
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When students are interested:
look up and make eye contact
lean forward and look at me
Detailed-reading
When students are bored:
have their head lower to look at their watch
lean their heads together
look up without eye contact and have the same distant (心不在焉的)expression on their face
Detailed-reading
Q2: According to the teacher, what is some students’ favourite activity?
Daydreaming.
Q3: What does the phrase “who knows what” mean?
It is impossible to tell what they are interested in.
Recognise when students are distracted
Detailed-reading
Reading for the content(Para4)
When students are distracted:
look anywhere but at the teacher
daydreaming
with their chins on their hands, they stare out of the window or up at the ceiling
Detailed-reading
Students are distracted
Recognise when students are troubled
Reading for the content(Para 5)
Detailed-reading
When students are troubled:
frown
sad
worried
hide their faces in their hands
sad or worried
embarrassed or ashamed
afraid of being called by the teacher.
their eyes are red from weeping
deeper issues like having conflicts with others.
Detailed-reading
Reading for the content (para6)
Ultimately, my duty is helping every student learn. Their body language lets me know when to adjust class activities, when to intervene, and when to talk to students individually, so they can all get the most out of school. Reacting to body language is an important component of being a teacher.
Read the last paragraph and think about why the teacher think body language is important.
Detailed-reading
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___ 1 Looking up and making eye contact
___ 2 Leaning over to look at one’s watch
___ 3 Two friends leaning heads together
___ 4 Leaning forward and looking at the teacher
___ 5 Looking up, but no eye contact, no expression
___ 6 Looking away
___ 7 Chin on hand, looking out the window
___ 8 Looking down, arms or legs crossed
___ 9 Frowning
___ 10 Hair not brushed, red eyes A very interested
B bored
C interested
D sad or worried
E distracted
F writing notes
G serious problems
H like they are asleep
I daydreaming
J angry, afraid, or experiencing anxiety
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Match the body language with the meanings.(P45, Ex.2)
Post reading
Thinking :How can body language help us in continuation writing(读后续写)?
It makes our description more vivid and authentic.
Post reading
joyful
Task 1: try to describe their body language.
upset/disappointed
angry
shocked
nervous /worried
scared/frightened
Post reading
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1.Stuck in a burst of sorrow, she tried in vain to fight back her tears.
2.Her heart ached, tears streaming down her cheeks.
excited/delighted
upset/disappointed
1.A bright smile appeared on his face.
2.He laughed, his eyes sparkling with joy.
angry
1.He glared at me with burning eyes.
2.He stood there with crossed arms, looking angry.
Post reading
shocked
1.His eyes became as wide as sea, and his throat shook.
2.He stood there with a pale face and his eyes wide open.
nervous /worried
1.She began to beat wildly and her mind went blank.
2.He stood in front of the class, with his hands holding his paper, shaking.
scared/frightened
1.My eyes widened with horror, my face turning pale and palms sweating.
2.My heart beat so violently, too scared to move an inch.
Post reading
Thank you
for your listening
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