Unit Nine: The Peal I.Teaching objectives: To make students understand the psychology of various kinds of people just before Kino,and that the combination of the inestimable value of peal and the fundamental human vice -greed -resulted in evil intentions. To help students t anticipate with interest the meeting between Kino and the peal buyers and understand how people at different strata of society react to one person's good fortune,and that when people are obsessed with the idea of money they are very likely todoevil things To acquaint the students with basic knowledge of similes and metaphors To help students master the general techniques of descriptive and narrative writing; To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure About 4sessions(8 class hours)are needed for this unit. Ist session 1.Pre-reading questions: Test students on the background reading materials and see if they have a general idea of the story,and ask students to explain the title of Text 1 The Pearl. Ask students to think of two or three possibilities about what might happen if a very poor person came into possession of a very large pearl of great value 2.Study of Text I: Ask students to point out sentences in the text that are inconsistent in pearl and explain why. Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text. Analyzing the structure of the text.:involving the students in summing up the techniques of descriptive and narrative writing. 3.Assignment ◆Review Text1 ◆Preview Text IⅡ Read Text II ation of the udy of TextI the questions on the text. A on Text I to help students better understand the different people's he vivid description ofrpeople'sattitudes towards Kino's pearl in the text. 3.Assignment Text 1 Workbook:p:144 145 Comprehension:Answer the following questions Workbook p.148-Guided writing,p.153Translation A. 3rd session Continuation of the study of Text I: Allow students some time to ask questions on the text Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text.Unit Nine: The Peal Ⅰ.Teaching objectives:  To make students understand the psychology of various kinds of people just before Kino, and that the combination of the inestimable value of peal and the fundamental human vice —greed —resulted in evil intentions.  To help students t anticipate with interest the meeting between Kino and the peal buyers and understand how people at different strata of society react to one person’s good fortune, and that when people are obsessed with the idea of money, they are very likely to do evil things.  To acquaint the students with basic knowledge of similes and metaphors .  To help students master the general techniques of descriptive and narrative writing;  To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4sessions (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 the story, and ask students to explain the title of Text 1 The Pearl . Ask students to think of two or three possibilities about what might happen if a very poor person came into possession of a very large pearl of great value . 2. Study of Text I: Ask students to point out sentences in the text that are inconsistent in pearl and explain why. Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text. Analyzing the structure of the text.: involving the students in summing up the techniques of descriptive and narrative writing. 3.Assignment  Review Text 1.  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 the text. Focus on language points of the text I. Ask questions on Text I to help students better understand the different people’s psychology towards money . Ask students to pick out the vivid description of different people’s attitudes towards Kino’s pearl in the text. 3.Assignment  Review Text 1.  Workbook: p:144_145 Comprehension: Answer the following questions  Workbook p.148-Guided writing, p.153Translation A. 3 rd session 1. Continuation of the study of Text I: Allow students some time to ask questions on the text. Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text