Period4ReadingandWritingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisperiodteachingandstudyingwillcenteronreadingandwriting.Asusual,theteachercanbegintheteachingwithrevisiontheformerknowledge,thatistosay,thecontentofFirstImpressions.Thispartcanbealsoregardedasthelead-in,becausethepassagetobelearnedisthecontinuedpartofFirstImpression.ItwilldescribeamazingthingsthatLiQianghasseeninthefutureAD3005.Astoreadingtraining,thepurposeofdoingitistohelpthestudentstoformthegoodhabitofreadingwithsomestrategy.Theteachershoulddevelopthestudents’abilityofscanningandskimming,includingtheimpliedmeaningbeyondlines.Soatthebeginning,getthestudentstoprepareknowledgeforreading.Inordertoreachthatpurpose,theteacherfirstlywillasksomequestionsaboutwhattheyhavelearnedinthesecondperiod,andthenletthemtalkaboutwhattheycanseeinthepicture.Thenletthestudentsscanthepassageandfindwhatamazingthingsarementioned.Later,theteacherwillaskthestudentstoskimitandfindoutthemainideaforeachparagraph.Thepurposeofdoingtheseistohelpthestudentstoformthegoodhabitofreading.Whenreadingapassage,wehadbetterfirstreaditaswhole,thatis,understandthestructureofthepassageandcatchthemainideawiththehelpofstructureandtitle.Thefollowingstepistoreadthepassageforthedetails.Theteachercandesignsometeachingactivitiestohelpthestudentstoknowaboutmoreandmoreinformationbytakingpartinthereadingactivities.Asaresult,theteachershouldbecareful,cautiousandcreativewhendesigningthereadingactivities.Thereadingactivitieshadbetterbevarious,whichcancausemorestudents’attention.Attheendofreading,someactivitiesshouldbedesignedtoleadthestudentstounderstandtheimpliedmeaningbeyondthepassage.Atthesametime,letthestudentsconsiderthewritingpurpose,whichservesthepurposeoftheauthorwritingit.Besidesreading,theclassisalsoexpectedtolearnandpractisewritingskill.Bystudyingthepassage,thestudentsshouldlearntheabilityofdescribingthethingsandwhattheyimagineimitatingthepassage.Theteachershouldgivethestudentssomeadviceonhowtosucceedindescribingthethingsandwhattheyimagine.Teaching...
