Unit 10 Gender Differences
Teaching Focus
Theme Text A Why Do Boys and Girls Learn Differently? Text B Different Ways of Talking gift, bear, enter, reflect, compete, attention, command, continue, position, depend, prove, earn, adult, concern, discussion, topic Vocabulary average, score, solve, scientist, brain, advantage, independent, produce, force, difference, perform, require, obey, limit Phrases and on (the/an) average; on the other take care of; compete with... for...; Expressions (hand); by the time; (all) on one’sown; be limited to Grammar 1) How to use “an emphatic sentence” and “it” for a subject clause (“Focusing on Sentence Structure”) 2) Revision of punctuation and capitalization (“Basic Writing Skills”) Writing
Understanding and writing signs (“Practical Writing”) take turns (doing something); depend on; be concerned with
Teaching Plan
单元 主题 Gender Differences 课时8 安 排 To read some articles about learning styles and see which one is yours. To read some articles about gender differences to find out what roles are men and women expected to play in societies under different cultural background. 教育 教学 目标 (学生) To be familiar with the context meaning and the use of those vocabulary of the two texts listed in the above table. To be familiar with the collocation of those phrases and expressions listed in the above table. To be able to make sentences with by the time, be limited to, importance, and on one’s own. To be able to rewrite sentences after models, using a cleft sentence or “it” for a subject clause. To review some rules of using punctuation and capitalization. To be able to understand signs and guiding directions often appeared in public places. Section A 教 学 设 计 Text A: Why Do Girls and Boys Learn Differently 教 学 Section B 内 容 Text B: Different Ways of Talking Section C Practical Writing: Understanding and Writing Signs Leading In and Exploring the Topic Prepare a PPT with the two charts provided on P326 of TB. You may add more on the columns of objects and activities. Ask the Ss to check the choices in the appropriate blanks and/or write out their likes and dislikes. Then pair them up to share theirs with each other. Section A Reading Through Divide the class into two groups by sex. Then ask the two groups to debate about the topic: Who is stronger, male or female? Prepare a PPT with all the new words and expressions on it and familiarize the Ss with them. Read through the text together with the Ss paragraph by paragraph by asking some students to read aloud and some to translate. Give them helps where necessary. Show the structure of the text provided on P329 of TB and review the whole text with the class. Basic Writing Skills Prepare a PPT with paragraphs of the exercise on P170 of SB. Ask some students to tell their answers to the class and 教学活动explain why. 安排建议 Review some rules of using punctuation and capitalization learned in former units. Section B Reading More Ask the Ss to work in pairs to discuss the following questions: 1) What gifts did you usually get when you were a little girl (or a little boy)? 2) Who gave you these gifts? 3) Why did they give you these gifts? 4) Did you like them or not? And why? Prepare a PPT with Text B in which all the new words are in Chinese. Ask the Ss to translate all the new words while reading through the text. Divide the class into two groups by sex and ask them to take down the information about girls and boys respectively. Encourage them to classify the information into different groups such as “gift given”, “games playing”, “ different sizes of playing groups”, etc. Then ask them to compare the typical characteristics of the two sex. Section C Practical Writing Guide the Ss to finish the three exercises on P176 of SB according to the samples given. Ask the Ss to find more English signs and guiding directions often appeared in public places and share them with the class. 课 后 学 习 设 计 ❖ Finish all the exercises in Unit Ten. ❖ Read the passage in Reading Out on Page 165 of SB and recite it. 作业 ❖ Find more English signs and guiding directions online or in some public places and see if they are correct both in spelling and language use. If not, try to rewrite them in proper English. 课后 总结 与 反思
