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UNIT
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Better Together
Thinking skills & Reading Strategies
Exploring
Learning Objectives
Use a chart to analyze problems and solutions.
Learn to use the reading strategy of skimming and scanning.
Understand the importance of teamwork.
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Lead-in
Free Talk
1. Did you face any problems in your life?
2. What were they?
3. How did you deal with them?
Thinking Skills
Analyzing problems and solutions
A problem is what goes wrong, and a solution is the way to solve the problem.
the way to do sth. =the way of doing sth. 做某事的方法
解决问题
Activity 1
Look at the pictures and learn how to use a chart to analyze the problem and solution.
Problem
Solution
what goes wrong
the way to solve the problem
Li Xiang fell down and hurt his left leg.
Lingling looked after Li Xiang, and Kangkang called a taxi.
fall down 摔倒
look after = care for = take care of 照顾
call a taxi 叫出租车
call sb.= give sb. a call 给某人打电话
hurt - hurt v. 受伤
Activity 2
Read the text and complete the problem and solution chart.
After the paper-cut activity of our group, our classroom was in a big mess. To help tidy it up, we divided ourselves into three groups. One group cleaned the desks and the blackboard. Another put the desks and chairs in order. The third swept the floor and took out the waste. Only ten minutes later, our classroom became clean again.
Our classroom was in a big mess.
One group:_____________________________.
Another group:__________________________.
The third group:_________________________.
Problem
Solution
cleaned the desks and blackboard
put the desks and chairs in order
swept the floor and took out the waste
杂乱不堪,一团糟
tidy up 收拾, 整理, 打扫 (代词作宾语要放中间,名词中间或后面均可)
divide ... into... 把......分成......
put sth. in order 使......整齐,井井有条,按顺序排列
sweep the floor 扫地
take out the waste 倒垃圾
become + adj. 变得......
____________________________________我们可以把学生分成四组。
We can divide the students into four groups.
Activity 3
Group work. Think of a problem of classroom cleaning. Discuss how to solve the problem by using the problem and solution chart.
It's not easy to clean the blackboard.
The windows are too high.
It's difficult to clean the sanitation blind spots(卫生死角).
...
Problem
Clean it with a wet cloth(湿抹布).
Tall students help to clean ... / Stand on a chair.
Clean ... with a brush(刷子).
...
Solution
Reading Strategies
Skimming and scanning
略读和扫读
To read quickly, you can skip the details and just skim for the main idea; also, you can scan the text only for details to answer a question;
Activity 1
Skim the text and underline the main idea.
Basketball is a team sport. There are five players in each team. Players must pass the ball to the right teammates. When a team fails the match, the team players should cheer up each other. The best team players play for each other, not just with each other. Five great players may not always win a basketball game, but five players with one heart always do.
To read quickly, you can skip the details and just skim for the main idea;
[skɪp] vt. 略过;跳过
To read quickly, you can scan the text only for details to answer a question;
Activity 2
Scan the text above and answer the question.
Basketball is a team sport. There are five players in each team. Players must pass the ball to the right teammates. When a team fails the match, the team players should cheer up each other. The best team players play for each other, not just with each other. Five great players may not always win a basketball game, but five players with one heart always do.
What are the best team players like?
________________________________________________________
The best team players play for each other, not just with each other.
Key points
Basketball is a team sport. There are five players in each team. Players must pass the ball to the right teammates. When a team fails the match, the team players should cheer up each other. The best team players play for each other, not just with each other. Five great players may not always win a basketball game, but five players with one heart always do.
团队运动
pass sb. sth.= pass sth. to sb. 把某物递给某人
fail the match= lose the game 输了比赛
cheer up 使某人振作 (代词作宾语要放中间)
play for 为......而效力
play with sb. 和某人一起比赛
win the match /game 赢得比赛
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Q1. What is the main idea of the text?
___________________________________________________________________
Q2. How should team members work together?
___________________________________________________________________
Q3. What can we learn about a good team?
___________________________________________________________________
Activity 3
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Teamwork can do good to us in many ways. As team members, we always work together. First, we always help each other and we are close friends. Second, we cheer ourselves up, so we can be active all the time. Third, we practice together and improve our skills. In a good team, the members are always close friends, active teammates and great players.
What reading strategy did you use when answering the questions?
Skimming
Teamwork can do good to us in many ways.
Sanning
First, we always help each other and we are close friends. Second, we cheer ourselves up, so we can be active all the time. Third, we practice together and improve our skills.
Scanning
In a good team, the members are always close friends, active teammates and great players.
Think
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Activity 3
Read the text and answer the following questions.
Teamwork can do good to us in many ways. As team members, we always work together. First, we always help each other and we are close friends. Second, we cheer ourselves up, so we can be active all the time. Third, we practice together and improve our skills. In a good team, the members are always close friends, active teammates and great players.
do good to 对......有好处
在很多方面
一直,始终
practice (doing) sth. 练习(做)某事
互相帮助
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Summary
In this class, we learnt
1. some news and expressions:mess, divide, become, heart,
do good to sb., ...
2. the thinking skills of analyzing problems and solutions.
3. the reading strategies of skimming and scanning.
Exercise
根据括号里中文提示及句意完成句子。
1. The little boy______________ and hurt his knee while he was running. (摔倒)
2. She __________________________ herself when her parents are busy. (照顾)
3. Taking exercise every day _____________________ your health. (对......有好处)
4. After the exam, he studies hard ________________________. (一直, 始终)
5. The teacher always _________ the class _________ four groups in class.
(把......分成......)
6. My brother _______________________ our school football team. (为......效力)
fell down
looks after/cares for/takes care of
does good to/is good for
all the time
divides into
plays for
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Homework
You should
1. review the key words and expressions after class.
2. review the thinking skills of analyzing problems and solutions.
3. review the reading strategies of skimming and scanning.
You may
1. find a problem of bedroom cleaning and think about how to sovlve
the problem by using the problem and solution chart.
2. find a passage to read and try to use the ways of skimming and scanning
to get the key information.
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Thank you!
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