Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThisisthesecondperiodofthisunit.Thisperiodcentersonthereadingpassage,whichisaboutfirstimpressionsinthefuture.Atthebeginningoftheperiod,theteachercandesignsomeactivitiestodrawthestudents’attentiontoread.Inordertoattractthestudents’attention,theteacherhadbetterofferthestudentstheopportunitiestohaveacompetitionaboutpreparingknowledgeoffuture.Thentheteachercanmakefulluseofthepicturespresentinthetext.Askthestudentstopredictwhatthepassagemaybemainlyabout.Thisstepisdesignedtomakeforpreparingforunderstandingthepassage.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading,weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingabilityandscanningability.Firstaskthestudentstoscanitandfindoutcharactersmentioned.Thenletthestudentsreadfasttofindoutmainideaofeachparagraph.InordertostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively,theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetitiontoseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.Forthesecondreading,thestudentsareexpectedtoknowsomedetailsaboutthepassage.Lateron,theteacherwillpresentfivestatementsforthestudentstojudgeandasksomequestions.Thethirdtimeistoreadforstudyfurtherinformation.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole,thatis,togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TodevelopSs’furtherunderstandingability,theteachercandesignsomequestions,whoseanswersarebeyondlines.Sotheteacherwillhelpthemtoreadbetweenthelines,thusSscangraduallygettheabilitytounderstandthewriter’simpliedmeanings.Inthisstep,theteachercanalsodesigntheexerciseofguessingthemeaningofnewwordsorphrases.TheteacherasksSstoreaditagaininordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage,andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingbutalsoinwritingapassage.Toconsolidatethecontentofthepassage,Ssarerequiredtoretellitaccordingtomainidea.InordertoarousetheSsinterest;theteachercanholdacompetitionbetweengroups.TeachingImportantPointsHaveagoodunderstandingofthetextthroughtheexercises.Ge...
