Teaching Plan For Reading ,Unit 6 of SB1a
--by Shen shihu（沈世虎）
Time-Nov.5,2004
Period-One period
Class-Class2,SG1
Place-Classroom 2
(Ⅰ)Teaching aims and demands
A.Key words and expressions
mannersimpressiondessertunfoldchothcustomadvice onfollow the fashion.
B.Key sentence patterns
When or while doing/Having good manners means…/Dinner starts with a small sish,which is…
C.Try to train the student to have different kinds of abilities through reading
D.Try to cultivate the students to be aware of the differences of the politeness between different countries, especially at a foreign dinner party.
(Ⅱ)Teaching methods
Task-based approach,information hunting way and deductive way.
(Ⅲ)Teaching tools
a tape recorder, a projector
(Ⅳ)Teaching steps
Step1.Greetings and introductions
Try to help my students to know how to greet each other as well as to encourage my students to be brave and active in my class so as to make a good lead-in and impression.
Step2.Lead-in
Since you know how to greet each other, it is quite good to have good manners. And it is also good and important to know something about table manners at a dinner party. Do you know about them,boys and girls? If not, today we are going to learn some table manners at a dinner party(title)
Step3.Brainstorms
①Ask students to deal with the pre-reading as quickly as possible.
②Ask students to think of some situations for being impolite,such as “I went to the classroom for being late without telling the teacher”
Step4.Reading coprehension
①Deal with some new words
②Brainstorm (10 questions)
③skimming(questions)
④scanning(on page 39)
⑤careful reading(deal with any language points if possible )
⑥reading and thinking post-reading
Step5.Reading aloud
Play the tape of the passage for the students to listen to and follow
Step6.Consolidation
①Do some translation exercises
②Play a game if possible connected with good manners
Step7.Homework
Ask students to try to collect or write articles about how to have good manners in different ways.(add lecture notes for students )
Lecture Notes For the activities of the students
( Unit 6, Reading )(on slides)
A.Pre-reading discussions
1.Ask students to deal with pre-reading part in pairs .Then ask them to show their own opinions(page 38)
2.Ask students to think of some situations ,which means being impolite.
3.In those impolite situations, what shall we do ?
4.Deal with new words
Let students talk about the names of the food and tools for eating in competitive ways. Then deal with the new words.
B.Questions for brainstorm
1、When invited to a dinner party, should you come on time or a bit late?
2、Which seat is for the main guest?
3、Which seat is for the host or hostess?
4、Where do you put the napkin after you take your seat?
5、Can you speak with your mouth full?
6、Can you burp?
7、If you go to a western dinner party, how do you use your knives and forks?
8、Can you use your hand to take food from thd plate?
9、Is it polite to touch the glasses when you toast?
10、Is it polite to persuade others to drink up after toasting?
11、Is it polite to leave beforehand?
C.Reading task
1、skimming
①Look at the text briefly,but do not read it .Circle the letters of any of the itemsbelow, which you can see in the passage.
A.a dish for a starter B.how to use a napkin C.where some objects for a meal like knives and forks, spoons are arranged on the table D.the best part of the chicken E.the main course of a Chinese dinner F.the uses of the three glasses glasses on the table G.different ways the Chinese and most Westerners toast H.how some Chinese start eating
②What do table manners refer to?
③What are the writer’s purpose in this passage?
2、scanning
①Scan the passage and make a list of things on a western dinner table and what is found on a Chinese one.
②In what order will the following dishes be served at a western dinner party? Please number them. (refer to page39)
③Decide which of the following behaviours are polite or impolite at a Western dinner party. (refer to page39)
3、Reading and thinking
Answer these questions in your own words. You can also use as many words and phrases as possible in the text.
a) People who go to a formal Western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by table manners.
What does the sentence imply? (Is it easy for him/her to go to such a dinner party without knowing any Western table manners? Did he/she think/expect there were so much table etiquette?…)
b)Have you ever been to any dinner party?Did you behave well?What impression did you make on the other guests?What impression did the others leave on you ? In what ways?
c)Instead of a hot, damp cloth, mapkin is often seen at the Chinese dinner party nowadays. What do you think it implies? How would you use it ?
d)Some people pray before they start eating ,and other people may keep silent for a moment . What is this custom related to?Or what do they believe in?
Do you pray before each meal? why(not)?
e)What do soft drinks refer to? Is white or red wine a soft drink?
f)Do people say anything or keep silent when drinking to one’s health or drinking a toast? What do you usually do when you drink a toast?
g)Do Chinese have any table manners? How much do you know about them? Are they the same as the western table manners or different from them?
We’ll read more and get it.
4、Post-reading tasks
a)Find the words in Column A in the passage and match them with the meanings in Column B.
A B
①custom a.long thing, curly strips of pasta; usually used in Chinese and Italian cooking.
②toast b.slightly wet
③breast c.a practice followed by people of a particular group or region
④dishes d.a utensil consisting of a small, shallow bowl on a handle, used in preparing, serving, or eating food
⑤damp e.the upper part of the chest; the front part of a bird’s body
⑥tender f.the hard parts inside your body and all the animals’ which together form the skeleton
⑦spirits g.food that is prepared in a particular style
⑧noodles h.easy to cut or chew; sb or sth that is tender expresses gentle and caring feelings
⑨spoon i.the act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing
⑩bones j.strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky and Chinese Maotai
D.Reading aloud
Play the tape for students to listen to and follow.
E. Consolidation
1、Translations①过马路要小心；②满嘴的饭时谈话不礼貌；③好的礼貌意味着……；④不要赶时尚，要有自己的主张；⑤你能给我一些关于西餐礼仪上的建议吗？⑥王芳是个可爱的女生，她喜欢读关于不同国家礼节方面的书。（which）
2、Play a game if possible
F. Homework-
Ask students to collect or search for articles on manners in any possible ways.