Module 2 My New Teachers

Period One

Teaching aims and demands:

Language knowledge:

1. New words: nervous, patient, serious, amusing, admit, appreciate, avoid, scientific, physics, literature, summaries, respect...

2. Grammar: verbs followed by V-ing

Reading skill:

1. Understanding how to describe a person.

2. Affection and attitudes.

3. Understanding new teachers and forming positive attitudes towards the studies of all subjects in senior high.

Learning strategies :

1. Categorizing adjectives used to describe characters of people.

2. Summing up verbs followed by V-ing.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Revision

Help students to revise words that is learnt in Period One of this module by answering questions:

1. Who was your favorite teacher in Junior High?

2. What adjectives will you use to describe your favorite teacher in Junior High?

Step 2. Pre-reading activities

Lead in the study of the text by carrying out the following activities.

1. What adjectives will you use to describe me -- your new English teacher? What about other teachers?

(Ask students to speak out as many words as they can.)

2. Look at the pictures. What are your first impressions of the three teachers? (Prediction)

(Ask students to write down the adjectives and check with their partners.)

Step 3. Reading for main idea

Help students to grasp the main idea of the text by doing the task.

1. Read the text fast and check your prediction.

Mrs. Li _______________

Mrs. Chen _______________