Section 1 A sample lesson plan for reading
(A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE)
Introduction
In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to talk and share. Coming next are such steps as Listening and reading aloud,Reading and underlining,Reading to identify the topic sentence of each paragraph,Reading to complete the table,Reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the text,Reading the text to make a diagram of it and Retelling the text in your own words. The period can be closed down by students having a discussion.
Objectives
To help students understand the text’s forms and contents and learn about women of achievement
To help students communicate on the topic in focus with the words, expressions and structures learned in this unit
Focus
Words specialize,campaign,behave,shade,observe,respect,argue,crowd,support,refer,deliver
Expressions move off,crowd in,look down upon,by chance,come across,carry on
Patterns 1. She worked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them.
2. Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.
3.For example, one thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat.
4. She has argued for them to be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.
Aids
Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams
Procedures
1. Warming up
Warming up by describing
Good morning, class. Today we are going to read about A PROTECTOR OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE. But first, I’d like to know if you have ever heard of women like Elizabeth Fry, Soong Chingling, Jane Goodall, Jody Williams, Joan of Arc and Lin Qiaozhi. Now turn to page 1, look at the photos, read the captions and describe to your neighbor the women in focus. Who is she? What is she? What did she do to benefit the world?