Unit 2Optimismand Positive Thinking
Unit 2 Optimism and Positive Thinking
Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this unit, you should be able to:1.memorize the key words, expressions and sentence patterns inthe texts2. understand and follow the major ideas of optimism and positivethinking3. tell stories of optimism and positive thinking using languageknowledge learnt in the unit4. make a figure report on the author of text B5. analyze and evaluate the writing styles and techniques of Text A& B6. write a letter on optimism and positive thinking using some ofthe writing techniques learnt
By the end of this unit, you should be able to: 1. memorize the key words, expressions and sentence patterns in the texts 2. understand and follow the major ideas of optimism and positive thinking 3. tell stories of optimism and positive thinking using language knowledge learnt in the unit 4. make a figure report on the author of text B 5. analyze and evaluate the writing styles and techniques of Text A & B 6. write a letter on optimism and positive thinking using some of the writing techniques learnt Learning Objectives
Text AChoose OptimismRich DeVos
Text A Choose Optimism Rich DeVos
Lead-in & DiscussionGlobal UnderstandingIn-depth Study3Writing TrainingLanguage EnhancementText B Preview Tasks
Lead-in & Discussion 1 Global Understanding 2 3 In-depth Study 4 Writing Training Language Enhancement 5 Text B Preview Tasks 6
K1.LEAD-IN&DISCUSSIONQuotesBrainstormingVideowatching
1. LEAD-IN & DISCUSSION Quotes Brainstorming Video watching
Quotes
Quotes
QuotesVictor HugoLifetime:26February1802-22May1885French writers:poet, novelist, and dramatistWorks: novels:Les Miserables (1862)TheHunchbackofNotre-Dame(1831)poetry collections: The ContemplationsThe Legend oftheAgesOthers: artwork: over 4,o00 drawings,social causes: the abolition of capital punishmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hug
Victor Hugo Quotes Life time: 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885 French writers: poet, novelist, and dramatist Works: novels: Les Misérables (1862) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) poetry collections: The Contemplations The Legend of the Ages Others: artwork: over 4,000 drawings, social causes: the abolition of capital punishment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hug
QuotesWinston ChurchillLifetime:30November1874-24January1965British statesman:thePrimeMinisterofUK（1940~1945&（1951to1955）anofficer intheBritish Armya non-academic historian,awriter (as Winston S.Churchill),andan artist.Achievement:theNobel PrizeinLiterature(1953)honorary citizen of the United States:(1963)the first of onlyeight
Winston Churchill Quotes Life time: 30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965 British statesman: the Prime Minister of UK (1940~ 1945 & (1951 to 1955) an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer (as Winston S. Churchill), and an artist. Achievement: the Nobel Prize in Literature (1953) honorary citizen of the United States: (1963) the first of only eight
QuotesHelen KellerLifetime:June27,1880-June1,1968first deaf-blind to earnabachelor of artsdegreeAmerican author,lecturerpolitical activistBirthplace museum:West Tuscumbia,Alabama, sponsors of"HelenKeller Day":intheU.S.stateofPennsylvania firstatthefederal level in1980 (her 100thanniversary of birth)The Miracle Worker:story of how Keller's teacher,Anne Sullivanbroke through the isolation imposed on her by a near completelackof language,allowingher toblossom as shelearnedtocommunicate
Helen Keller Quotes Life time: June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968 first deaf-blind to earn a bachelor of arts degree. American author, lecturer political activist Birthplace museum: West Tuscumbia, Alabama, sponsors of "Helen Keller Day": in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania first at the federal level in 1980 (her 100th anniversary of birth) The Miracle Worker: story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan broke through the isolation imposed on her by a near complete lack of language, allowing her to blossom as she learned to communicate
QuotesOscarWildeLifetime:16October1854-30November1900Writingindifferentforms(1880s)Irish playwright,London's most popular playwrights(early 1890s)Novelist:The Picture of Dorian GrayEssayist:poet:epigramsplaysimprisonmentearly death
Oscar Wilde Quotes Lifetime:16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 Writing in different forms (1880s ) Irish playwright, London's most popular playwrights(early 1890s) Novelist: The Picture of Dorian Gray Essayist: poet: epigrams plays imprisonment early death