Teaching Plan for 21st Century College English
(Book II)
Unit Seven
Text A: Thinking: A Neglected Art
Text B: How to Teach Your Child to Think
Teaching Aims:
Ø Key Words and Phrases
Neglect, to blame, liberal, intellectual, promote , suppose , let alone
catch up on, regardless of, catch up with, forget, overlook, smart, intelligent, bright, brilliant, moderate, spontaneous, vague, revive, prejudice, lie in, devote, nurture, reflective, reflect , reflection ,
insight ,counterpart provoke , crucial. reject , clarify perspective
Ø Writing Skill
Ø Reading Skill
to identify false logic.
Ø Structure focus
What if
Ø Word building：
The suffix-“ity”
The prefix “un”
Teaching Difficulties:
How to organize the viewpoint-reason structure in writing
Time Distribution:
Periods / 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6Teaching Task / Text A / listening & speaking / Text B+ reading skill, Exercise
Teaching plan for 1-2 periods
I Teaching aims
Ø Text A explanation
Ø Key words and phrases
II Teaching Steps:
1. Show students teaching aims of this unit
2. Warming up questions or discussion
3. Pre-listening
4. Detailed explanation of Text A
III Background information
1 Critical and Creative Thinking
Critical and Creative Thinking can be described as qualities of good thinking processes and as types of thinking. Creative thinking is generally considered to be involved with the creation or generation of ideas, processes, experiences or objects; critical thinking is concerned with their evaluation. Critical and creative thinking are interrelated and complementary aspects of thinking. Almost all of the thinking which we undertake contains some critical and some creative aspects. Critical and creative thinking processes are combinations of abilities, knowledge, values, attitudes, skills and processes. Critical and creative thinking contribute to achieving desired crucial goals for education Therefore, to promote Critical and creative thinking is the core aim of education.
2 PTA (Parent-Teacher Association)
PTA is an organization of local groups of teachers and the parents of their pupils that works for the improvement of the schools and the benefit of the pupils.
The stated purposes of the PTA are to bring the home and school into closer
relationship so that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the child, and to develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest advantages in mental, social, and physical education.
IV Warm-up discussion
1. What do you think of thinking?(culture, life, education, etc.)
2. Do you notice different styles of thinking? What are they?
3. Did you learn ways of thinking? What did you learn? How did you learn?
V Language points
1. neglect— v. to pay little or no attention to
e.g.: His secretary had neglected filing all the documents of the project.
Cf: .forget — v.to leave behind unintentionally; to be unable to remember
e.g. Don’t feel upset because she forgot your name.
overlook—v. to fail to notice or consider; to ignore deliberately
e.g. When she decided to rent the house, she overlooked the fact that there’s no public transportation around.
2. (be) to blame—to hold responsible
e.g. A snow storm was to blame for the power failure.
3. liberal—a.
1) open to new ideas; favoring reform
2) not strict; loose or approximate
Cf. literal—word for word
e.g.: The official documents must be translated in a literal way.
The government adopts some liberal policies to lift the restriction for import.
This book is a liberal translation.
4. lie in sth —to exist or be found in something.
e.g.: His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
The play's interest lies in the questions it raises
5. devote sth to sth/sb to —give all of something, especially your time, effort or love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person:
e.g.: He left government to devote more time to his family.
6. intellectual—a. having the ability to learn and reason
e.g.: A project has been carried out to study the intellectual aspect of apes.
Synonym:
smart—having quick intelligence, and often a ready capability for taking care of one’s own interests
e.g.: He is too smart to go against his boss.
Synonym:
intelligent—having the ability to cope with various situations and new problems
e.g.: An intelligent person would have been more careful.
Synonym:
bright—showing quickness and ease in learning
e.g.: Tom was a bright boy and often came up with great ideas.
Synonym:
brilliant—showing unusually impressive mental acuteness
e.g.: Einstein had a brilliant mind.
7. promote—v.
1) to raise in rank, position or importance
2) to attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity
e.g.: The organization aims to promote the concern for the homeless people.
The author will come to the city to promote his new book.
8 suppose—
1) suppose—v.[imperative]
2) to consider as possible; if
3) to think; to expect; to imagine
e.g.: Suppose you are offered the job, will you accept it?
I suppose that Asia’s economic situation has started to improve.
8. vague—adj. not clearly expressed, known, described or decided:
e.g.: I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.
9. prejudice—n. an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge:
e.g.: Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.
He claims that prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay
stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.
10. spontaneous—adj. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced:
e.g.: His jokes seemed spontaneous, but were in fact carefully prepared
beforehand
11 let alone— not to mention; much less
e.g.: I can’t speak English, let alone French or Germany..
She has never drunk beer, let alone wine or liquor.
Translate: Intelligence is just as much a part of human nature as friendliness. 智慧如同友善一样也是人性的一部分。
12 Revive —to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use:
to revive someone's hopes/confidence/fortunes
e.g.: My plants revived as soon as I gave them some water.
A hot shower and a cup of tea will revive you.
Traditional skills are being revived by local craftsmen.
13 Insight —(the ability to have) a clear, deep and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation:
e.g.: It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insights into human relationships.
.14 catch up on— (make special efforts to) do sth. which has been left undone or neglected
e.g.: I had to comfort my girlfriend until late last night, so I've got to catch up on my homework.
Cf.: catch up with; to come up from behind
e.g.: China is making great efforts to catch up with the advanced countries in information technologies.
15 regardless of—in spite of
Translate: Priscilla held onto her dream to get college education regardless of all the hardships. 普里西拉不顾千辛万苦，从不放弃上大学的愿望。
e.g.: The company will promote its new product regardless of expenses.
VI Assignments
1 Vocabulary Ex.III & IV
2 Translation Ex. XI & Cloze
3. Word Building Ex VI &VII
Teaching plan for 3-4 periods
I Teaching aims
Ø Writing skill
Ø Listening
Ø Speaking
II Teaching steps
Ø Revision
1.Vocabulary Ex. Check-up: .III & IV
2. Word Building Check-up Ex VI &VII
3.Translation Check-up
Ø Writing skill
Learn how to write a passage with viewpoint-reason structure.
Ø Listening
1. 《Unit Seven Text 1:Fasion-Image or Reality?
2. Unit Seven Text 2: Fashion-Image or Reality?
Ø Speaking
Pair-work
1. Suppose your friend wants to buy a new jacket. give your advice.
2. Your friend is wearing a coat/shirt/necklace, give your compliment
3. Please work with your partner to make a short dialogue of fashion
4. Argument for or against people following the latest fashion
III Background information
Fashion is part of culture of people. It reflects people’s dream, preference, education. Fashion changes when people’s ideas change.
IV Warm-up discussion
1. Which is most important to you in deciding what to buy, brand name, quality, or price? Why?
2. Do you find it important to follow the latest fashion? Why or why not?
V Assignment
Preview Text B
Review Text A
Teaching plan for 5-6 periods
I Teaching aims
Ø Reading skill
Ø Text B explanation
Ø Doing exercises in Text B
Ø Listening
II Teaching steps
Ø Revision of key words and phrases
Neglect, to blame, liberal, intellectual, promote , suppose, let alone
catch up on, regardless of
Ø Reading skill
Ø Text B explanation
Ø Listening
《大学英语听说教程》第2册 Unit Seven Part C Platform Shoes
III Language points
1 has never been more important—has been most important
e.g.: The show can not be more successful.
2 nurture —v.
1) to take care of, feed and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help them to develop:
e.g.: She wants to stay at home and nurture her children.
2) to help a plan or a person to develop and be successful:
e.g.: As a record company director, his job is to nurture young talent.
3) n. the way in which children are treated as they are growing, especially as compared with the characteristics they are born with:
e.g.: Which do you believe has the strongest influence on how children develop nature or nurture?
3 reflect —v. to think carefully, especially about possibilities and opinions:
e.g.: The manager demanded time to reflect (on what to do).
reflection— n. serious and careful thought:
e.g.: On reflection (= After considering it), I decided I had been wrong.
After thirty years as a judge, her reflections on/about justice were well worth listening to.
reflective—adj. thinking carefully and quietly:
e.g.: After hearing the news they sat in a quiet, reflective silence
6. scold for—to criticize angrily
e.g.: The president was scolded publicly for raising taxes.
7 counterparts —a person or thing which has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization:
e.g.: The Prime Minister is to meet his European counterparts to discuss the war against drugs.
8 provoke —v. to cause a reaction, especially a negative one:
e.g.: Test results provoked worries that the reactor could overheat.
9 took turns driving,
e.g.: They took turns driving, and made it to the coast in 20 hours.
10 crucial —extremely important or necessary:
e.g.: a crucial decision/question
It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately
11 reject — v. to refuse to accept, use or believe something or someone:
e.g.: The prime minister rejected the suggestion that it was time for him to resign.
I applied for a job as a mechanic in a local garage, but I was rejected (= I was not offered the job).
12 clarify—v. to make something clear or easier to understand by giving more details or a simpler explanation:
e.g.: Could you clarify the first point please? I don't understand it completely.
13 perspective. —a particular way of considering something:
e.g.: Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject.
He writes from a Marxist perspective.
IV Assignment
1 Review Text A & Text B
2 Writing: Write a composition about 150 words. Use the viewpoint-reason structure .
The Internet is changing the way we think.
V Reference Books:
1. Longman Contemporary English-Chinese Dictionary , Xiandai Press
2. Xu Zhong et al, A Dictionary of English Synonyms And Confusables , 华东师范大学出版社,第1版, 2003年8月
3. The American Heritage Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2nd edition
4. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, Foreign languages Teaching &Research Press , 1st edition, July 2003,
5. 薄冰,An Advanced English Grammar, 世界知识出版社, 第2版, 2005年1月,
6. 来安方,An Introduction to Britain and America, 河南民族出版社 , 第2版, 2002年8月
VI Reflection