Teaching aims:
1. Goals:
冨 Talk about social behaviour and social relations
冨 Talk about teamwork and success
冨 Practise presenting ideas
冨 Integrative language practice
冨 Write a letter
2. Special focus:
Improve reading skills and Enlarge vocabulary.
a. Direct Ss to read the 3 passages on the text book;
b. Guide Ss to learn to use the following words and expressions:
Misunderstanding, coach, dynamic, keep an eye on, vision, in reality, temporary, etc.
c. Improve the abilities of using language by integrative language practice.
Period 1 Reading
Making the team work (P94)
Step 1. Warming up
Task 1. Enable the students to discuss the questions on p93.
Step 2. Scanning
Task 2. Read the passage and choose the correct answers:
1. In sports games, a player __________.
A. often changes his role.
B. Has a clear role.
C. Feels that players with different abilities make different contributions to the team.
D. Accepts the same expectations and responsibilities as the other players.
2. The author takes _________ for example to show how a team can function well.
A. the sports team.
B. The project team.
C. The rugby team.
D. A dynamic team.
3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 7?
A. How a project team is different from a rugby team.
B. How a project team works.
C. In a project team, people who have different abilities and personalities have different roles in the team.
D. How the tasks of the group are divided depends on personalities and abilities of the individuals in the group.
4. According to the text, which of the following statements is not right?
A. The coach of a sports team is not counted as a team member, so he is less important.
B. Social relations are important within the team.
C. The atmosphere in the group affects the performance of the team.
D. Itˇs not necessary for all team members to be friends.
( suggested answers: BACA )
Step 3. While-reading:
Passage Analyzing:
Part 1: Paras.1-2 What is a team
Part 2: Paras.3-4 Sports team
Part 3: Para. 5 Working in groups at school is an opportunity to learn about teamwork.
Part 4: Paras.6-7 Project team
Part 5: Paras.8-10 How to make teams function well
The main idea of the passage: The writer mainly talks about the elements for a sports team to function well.
Step 4. Post-reading
Task 3: Answering the questions on P95.
Step 5 Homework
Finish all the exercises on Language Practice on p96-97.
Period 2. Integrating Reading Skills
Ticket to success (P97)
Step 1. Revision
1. Check the Ss how further they understand the importance of teamwork.
2. Check the homework.
Step 2. Scan the passage and find the main idea, then analyze the passage if possible.
Task: Read the passage in three minutes, and find out the main idea of it.
Main idea: The article tells us that to go to university is not the only ticket to success. We should choose the job that is fit for us and then we can make great achievements.
Step 3. Read the passage again and then finish the exercises attached to the passage.
Step 4.Extensive reading:
Ask the students to read the passages on p227X230.
Period 3. Integrating Reading and Writing Skills
3 Passages on p 227-230
Step 1. Warmming-up
Task 1 :
冨 Do the oral pratice on p92, and enable the students to practise presenting ideas.
Step 2. Reading
Task 2: Read the 3 passage and finish the exercises. If possible, guide the students to analyze some long and complex sentences.
Step 3. Guided Writing
Give Ss 20 minutes to finish the writing assignment on p232,
Then ask Ss to score their work according to the following chart.
3 pluses & 1 wish
Name _______ Title _____________________ Date _______________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
? _________________________________________________________
Note: How to use this chart effectively?
Ask the student to read his/her deskmateˇs writing carefully, and then find 3 valuable things (structure, passage arrangement, sentence, diction, etc) and give 1 suggestion. And then feed the message back. Next, ask the Ss to correct their work according to the chart.
Step 4: Assignment
Read the tips on p99, and then write a passage on How t overcome test anxiety.
Period 4:
Step 1. Analyze some long sentences:
Deal with some language points and difficult points if necessary. If possible, guide the students to analyze some long and complex sentences. The following sentences in this unit are very important:
劔 The company caters to various restaurants in the city where you live. P93
劔 To go there and come back by bike will only take about half an hour. P93
劔 Especially at school, it sometimes feels as if we are being asked to work in teams for the sake of just that. P94
劔 However, when forming teams to complete tasks at school, we are often hardly aware of this. P94
劔 Working in a team, we have to take into account how each individual member works best.P95
劔 Knowing other peopleˇs shortcomings can help us avoid embarrassing them. P95
劔 Many people tend to listen to their parents or to their teachers who often have expectations that are hard to live up to.
Step 2. Testing your skills on p226
Step 3 Cloze Test on p230
Step 4. Translating on P 231-232