The Second Period
[ Lesson 54 Roots]
Step 1 Fast reading
Get the Ss to read the passage “Roots” and find the followings:
1. Where did Haley’s ancestor come form?
2. What were Haley’s “roots”?
[ the answers: 1. Gambia 2. Information about his ancestor]
Step 2 Subject
Give each section of lesson 54 to a subject
1. His interest is for section ________
2. His plan is for section________
3. His unsatisfaction is for________
4. The clue is for________
5. Further search is for________
6. Backward Gambia is for________
7. Find his roots is for________
Get the Ss to discuss the task. Then check the answers with the class.
Step 3 Emphases and Difficulties
1. What has become of the cat which ate the poisonous food just now?
become of somebody/something 某種情況發生在某人（某物）身上。（=happen to somebody/something)
2. There are a lot of islands off the coast.
off 為介詞。離開… 不遠處；從… 離開，如下車get off the bike, 而不是get down the bike。
3. On his arrival he was sold to a farmer and worked in the field.
On為介詞，表示當… 時后接表示動作的名詞，替代一個狀語從句。
4. They found it strange that no one would take the money.
此句中的it為形式賓語，that 從句為真正的賓語。常用此句型的動詞還有think/ feel+it +adj. /n. +that clause/to do something.
Step 4 Phrases
Get the Ss to find out the phrases in the 54th lesson. Then underline them in the passage.
1. in one’s youth
2. On one’s doing
3. cut off
4. make sure
5. put in chains
6. find out
7. look for
8. come form
9. the moment
10. from generation to generation
11. go back over
12. jump over/up
Step 5 Text comprehension
1. The text is about________.
A. a white man's experience in Africa
B. an African black man's experience
C. a black man's experience in USA
D. a black slave's experience in Africa
2. According to the order of time, which paragraph should be put at the beginning of the passage?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 6
3. The black men caught Kunta for________.
A. the country B. money
C. their own freedom D. the white
4. Put the following places into the correct order according to the order of time.
a. the castle b. the boat
c. the forest d. the sailing ship
A. c.b.a.d.B. a.b.c.d. C. d.a.b.c. D. c.d.a.b.
5. What happened to the missing people?
A. They were sold.
B. They died.
C. They were taken to hospitals.
D. They were set free.
6. The farmer prevented Haley's ancestor from running away by.
A. putting him in chains
B. giving him little to eat
C. watching him all the time
D. cutting off part of his foot
7. What helped him find the satisfactory answer to his roots?
A. Letters and diary copies.
B. Money.
C. The words “river” and “guitar” in his own language.
D. Both B and C.
8. In most parts of Africa, family and hero stories are passed down________.
A. in written form B. only in oral form
C. both A and B D. neither A and B
9. I seems that the truth of the history in most parts of Africa depends on________.
A. how many people can remember
B. how many people are able to write
C. how well those particular people can remember
D. how long the history is
10. Haley was successful in finding his roots because he is.
A. lucky B. rich C. strong minded D. clever
11. Kunta Kinte travelled into the forest alone
A. to hunt animals and gather some food
B. to help the white men catch the black men
C. to work in the fields
D. to cut down a tree to make a drum
12. When Alex Haley became a writer he decided to
A. travel around the USA
B. look for information about his ancestors
C. find out the word for "root" in his own language
D. find out who had caught his ancestor as a slave
13. Alex Haley did NOT find out ____ until he came to Gambia.
A. where his ancestors died and were buried
B. how many children his ancestors had had
C. which part of Africa his ancestor had come from
D. what the words for "river" and "guitar" meant
14. Alex Haley's "roots" were _____.
A. in the east of Africa
B. in the west of Africa
C. in the east of Gambia
D. in the west of Gambia
15. Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A. Gambia is a small country on the west coast of Africa.
B. most of the people in Gambia can read and write
C. In most parts of Africa stories are passed on by word of mouth.
D. Haley was financially supported by his boss, who shared the same family name ---Kinte.
The check the answers with the class
The answers :
1-5 BABAA 6-10 DDBCC 11-15 DBCBD
Step 6 Story retelling
SB, Page 10 Part 2 Story retelling
Get the Ss to read the passage carefully and then try to retell the story according the text.
Step 7 Workbook
1. Do the Exx 1-2 in Wb, Lesson 54. then check the answers with the whole class.
2. Do the Ex 3 in Wb Lesson 54 and check the answer with themselves.
Homework
1. Read the passage
2. Revise the Grammar “The use of ‘it’” and Practise the Part 2 in SB Lesson 55.