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The Teaching Plan for Unit 8, Book4 (Reading and Writing)

Slavery Gave Me Nothing to Lose

Students’ level: Band 4

Teaching material:Unit 8: Slavery Give Me Nothing to Lose

Teaching aims:

  1. Learn new expressions and patterns
  2. Understand main idea and devices for developing it
  3. Write a paragraph ofa general statement supported by details

Teaching time:5 periods

Teaching method: Communicative Language Teaching Approach

Teaching evaluation: dictation; exercises; writing; self-testing exercises

Words and phrases for dictation:

exclusively, cautiously, bribe, tendency, permanent, depression, fragrance, guarantee, generously, register, up to, peer at, in passing, break off, in that, give of sth., disapprove of, at one’s elbow, pay the price (for sth.), in the main, prop up, in company with, belong to, more or less

Exercises from the textbook

Vocabulary: P182-187; Word Bank:P184; Collocation: P184--185; WordBuilding: P185--187; Structure: P187-188; Translation: P188-189; Cloze: P190-191; Text structure analysis: P191-192;Self-testing exercise: P194---199

Teaching stages:

Step 1: Presentation for class

Informing students of the Teaching Aims mentioned above.

Step 2: Pre-reading activities

  1. Background Information

Eatonville is a small community of great significance to African-American history and culture. Located just north of Orlando, Florida, it is historically recognized as the first incorporated African-American municipality and one of the oldest surviving African communities in the US.

Orlandois the fifth-ranking US destination of overseas travelers—after San Francisco, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City—and it claims the second highest number of hotel rooms in the US, lagging just behind Las Vegas in the bedroom stakes. The city has also established itself as part of Florida’s high-tech corridor.

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960): American writer, folklorist and anthropologist. Born in Eatonville, Florida, Hurston was educated at Howard University, at Barnard College, and at Columbia University. Hurston returned to Florida after college for anthropological study that influenced her later output in fiction as well as in folklore.As a fiction writer, she is noted for her metaphorical language, her story-telling abilities, and her interest in and celebration of Southern black culture in the US.

The American Civil War was the only war fought on American soil by Americans. It was fought in the United States of America between the Northern states, popularly referred to as the “Union”, and the seceding Southern states (in the US, The South), calling themselves the Confederate States of America or the “Confederacy” between 1861 and 1865. The war ended in 1865 with the surrender of confederate forces.The Civil War ended with the emancipation of all slaves held in the Confederate States. Slaves were not freed in the remaining states until the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution by 3/4 of the states, which did notoccur until December of 1865.

2. Understanding: Questions and Answers

1). What did slavery ever bring to the American blacks?

A land of civilization?

A climate free from tribal war?

A deprival of freedom and dignity?

A strong sense of racial discrimination?

…

2). Why does the slavery gives the black writer nothing to lose?

Because she is a granddaughter of slaves?

Because slavery is the price she paid for civilization?

Because it is no use looking behind and weeping over the past?

Because she feels she has nothing different from those of other colors?

…

3). What insight can we get from the writer’s attitude to slavery?

Her sharp insight into what is right from wrong?

Her indifference to the past misfortune?

Her intent to play down the past suffering?

Her forward-looking attitude?

…

Step 3: Intensive Study

------Words and Expressions

  1. up to (up until/ up till): until

e.g. 1) Up to yesterday, we had no idea where the child was.

2) She continued to care for her father up to the time of his health.

  1. exclusively:ad. involving only the things mentioned, and nothing else; only

e.g. 1) This offer is available exclusively to people who call now.

2) This room is exclusively for women.

  1. peer at:look carefully at 仔细看，凝视

e.g. 1) My study is the perfect place for an author, especially if he doesn’t object tobeing occasionally peered at through the windows by curious visitors.

2) Suddenly I found myself in hospital being peered at by hundreds of doctors, all making interesting noises and using long medical terms.

  1. in passing:by the way; casually 顺便; 附带

e.g. 1) These points have been mentioned in passing in the previous class, but they are summarized here for the sake of convenience and for added emphasis.

2) He also points out, in passing, various questions of the sort which havecropped up early this year.

  1. break off:to suddenly stop talking中断谈话

e.g. 1)She started to speak, then broke off while a waitress served us coffee.

2) He broke off in mid-sentence to shake hands with the new arrivals.

  1. in that:for the reason that; because 因为；在于

e.g. 1)Your behavior is extremely important in that it conveys your attitude much more effectively and directly than the words you use.

2) The financial crisis is different in that people at the top are being affected as well.

  1. give of sth.:give other people money, time, etc., without expecting anything in return提供，献出

e.g. 1)Thanks were also extended to all the club members who gave of their time to ensure that all had fun.

2) But talent can be developed, trained and provide a sound basis for you to give of the best inside you.

  1. disapprove of:refuse to agree to; have a poor opinion of 不赞同，不喜欢

e.g. 1) Even when other people around us do things we disapprove of, we don’t have to laugh at them.

2) People often strongly disapprove of others who behave in unusual ways.

  1. belong to:be a member of 是……的一员，属于

e.g. 1) He belongs to the golf club.

2) Although they belonged to different generations, they shared many thoughts in common.

  1. permanent:a. lasting for a long time or for ever 长久的；永久的

e.g. 1) The blindness that the disease causes will be permanent.

2) His work is on permanent display in the gallery.

  1. at one’s elbow:nearby, close by 在（某人）手边，在（某人）近旁

e.g. 1) They set the table for dinner, but before they started, the telephone at their elbow rang.

2) This time he could afford to make no mistake: His teacher was there at his elbow, watching every move.

  1. register:vt.show or express a feeling 显出某种情感

e.g. 1) Her face registered shock and anger.

2) Surprise and shock registered on Owen’s face.

  1. pay a/the price (for sth.):do or give sth. in order to get what one wants （为…）付出代价

e.g. 1) Williams is now paying the price for his early mistakes.

2) In retrospect I admit it was an unforgivable thing and I’ve paid the price for it, emotionally and financially.

  1. in the main:in general; on the whole 基本上，大体上

e.g. 1) In the main, the money raised goes to children’s charities.

2) His friends are lawyers in the main.

  1. prop up:prevent sth. from falling down by putting sth. else under or against it支撑，支持

e.g. 1) He lay, propped up by pillows, his face pale and eyes dull.

2) She propped herself up on one elbow.

  1. in company with:together with 与…一起

e.g. 1) She arrived in company with the captain.

2) Early in 1998, in company with the German defense minister, he drafted new proposals.

  1. more or less:to some extent or degree; somewhat 在某种程度上，或多或少地

e.g. 1) They’ve settled here more or less permanently.

2) He more or less accused me of lying.

Step 4: Text Analysis

Main idea:

This passage looks into racial problems. Instead of the general understanding that racial discrimination is one of the social problems in the States, the writer offers a very different point of view from personal experience. The main character, Zora, states that she does not feel separated about being a colored American citizen.

Detailed Text Analysis:

This passage can be broadly divided into 3 parts. They are:

Part I(Para. 1-3)

How I felt about white people when I was a child. (A General Statement:Though I was a black, I feltlittle difference from the white.)

Part II (Para. 4)

It was when I was 13 that I had a keen sense that Iwas a black girl.(A transitional paragraph)

Part III(Para. 5-7)

How I feel about being colored as an adult. (Now as an adult, I don’t think that being the descendent of slaves registers any depression with me. Since the slavery is a thing of the past, I find it unnecessary to look behind and weep. In the main, I believe different races are just like bags of different colors, filled with almost same contents. So I am ready for a flying start to win the world.)

Summary:

When I was young living in the Negro town of Eatonville, I enjoyed watching and contacting the white people. To me, the difference between black and white was that the white rode through town and never lived there. When I moved to a school in Jacksonville, I was taken as a black girl. It didn’t depress me, though. Rather, I regarded as an advantage the history that my forefathers had been slaves. In my view, people of different colors are just the differently colored bags with almost the same contents in them.

Step 5:Structured Writing

Writing model:

details (1, 2, 3, 4….) a general statement

Topic:

Electronic dictionaries

Details:

convenient to use

time-saving

containing more information

General Statement:

Electronic dictionaries are popular with students.

More Topics:

Self-discipline makes a successful man.

Opportunity meets the prepared mind.

Example:

Small in size and light in weight, electronic dictionaries are convenient to use. They are easy to carry and students can take them anywhere they go. Whenever they come across a new word in reading, they can find out its meaning with the help of an electronic dictionary. An electronic dictionary usually contains the information of several paper dictionaries. When students have one suchdictionary, they actually have more than one dictionary ready at hand. Meanwhile, electronic dictionaries are time-saving. They save students from turning pages over to find the word. Instead, they only need to key in the word and the meaning will appear on the screen. Considering all the above factors, no wonder more and more students are using electronic dictionaries nowadays.

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