福州大学：《现代大学英语精读》课程授课教案（二年级上）Unit 10 Keep Class Two Under Your Thumb

Unit Ten:Keep Class Two Under Your Thumb Teaching objective To help students master some phrases with'thumb" To make students understand what a narrative is and how the writer describes the story To help students master the general techniques of narrative writing. ● Toacquaint the students with some basic knowledge of rhetorical devices:exaggeration. netanhor Tosupply students with to practice their basic cationa hing Procedur ded for thisunit. dy of Te Ask students tosm up the main idea of Text. 3.Assignment ◆Review Text l ◆Preview Text II ◆Read Text III. 2 session onof th of Text ons on Text I Focus on language points of Tx 2.Assignment Student's Book:P121 Vocabulary.P123-124 Questions Workbook:P155-156 Translation 3rd session Study of Text I 2 Oral Work Text II to help students better understand Text II Supply stu with opportunitiesto talk on the School Discipline 4.Assignment Workbook:P145-149 Comprehension,P157-161 Blank Filling.Sentence Rewriting 2.Work Workbook:P145-149 Comprehension:P157-161 Blank Filling.Sentence Rewriting 3.Assignment ◆Review Unit 10 Preview Unit 11,including background readings

1 Unit Ten: Keep Class Two Under Your Thumb Teaching objectives: ⚫ To help students master some phrases with “thumb”. ⚫ To make students understand what a narrative is and how the writer describes the story. ⚫ To help students master the general techniques of narrative writing. ⚫ To acquaint the students with some basic knowledge of rhetorical devices: exaggeration, simile, metaphor. ⚫ To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. 1 st session 1. Pre-reading questions: Test students on the background reading materials and see if they have a general idea of Text I. Ask students to explain the phrase “keep somebody under one’s thumb”. Study of Text I: Analyzing the text: involving the students in the writer’s effective use of comic exaggeration, simile and metaphor, and in his excellent description of a situation totally out of control. Ask students to sum up the main idea of Text I. 3.Assignment  Review Text I.  Preview Text II.  Read Text III. 2 nd session 1. Continuation of the study of Text I: Allow students some time to ask questions on Text I. Focus on language points of Text I. 2.Assignment  Student’s Book: P121 Vocabulary, P123—124 Questions;  Workbook: P155—156 Translation. 3 rd session 1. Study of Text II Ask questions on Text II to help students better understand Text II. 2 Oral Work Supply students with opportunities to talk on the topic “On School Discipline”. 3 Workbook: P155-156 Translation 4.Assignment  Workbook:P145—149 Comprehension; P157—161 Blank Filling, Sentence Rewriting. 4 th session 1.Allow students some time to ask questions on this unit. 2.Workbook:  Workbook:P145—149 Comprehension; P157—161 Blank Filling, Sentence Rewriting. 3.Assignment  Review Unit 10  Preview Unit 11, including background readings