2.New words and phrases. 3.Reading skill---read the story and inspire students to find questions to guide their understanding and appreciation. 4.a group discussion abut the art of telling a story. Teaching Difficulties: 1.Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Heat,unexpectedly,expectation,nature,(un)natural,shortage,colony,colonist,space,spatial,bald,empty, response,argue for/against,dispute,argumentation,width,muscular,likelihood,impulsive,confusion,riot, authoritative,Pakistan,imagine,imagination,imaginative,imaginary,unimaginable,emergency,faint v., creep2.The features of narrative writing and flashbacks 3.Writing:Coordinating Conjunctions Conjunctive Adverbs CC:for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so CA:accordingly,however,consequently,finally,also,besides,furthermore,again,incidentally,moreover,namely, otherwise,then,therefore,thus,etc. Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson(8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1.Get to know Jefferson and learn his ideas.Try to understand the history of the Declaration of Independence. Learn about the other American presidents:Washington and Lincoln. 2.About the text,Ss should grasp the text content,text structure,the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 3.About the writing,Ss should grasp one skill-developing a paragraph from the topic sentence (P.49). II.Teaching Contents and Requirements: Teaching Emphasis: 1.Text:Listening comprehension:Language study: 2.a brief comment on Jefferson 3.share the text with the class and stimulate student interest 4.Writing Skills:Guided writing,Developing a paragraph from the topic sentence Teaching Difficulties: 1.The text is mainly an exposition of Jefferson's insightful ideas. 2.Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text When still a young man,he was appointed to a committee Were it left to me to decide,I should not hesitate a moment... 3.Language study and practice;Writing skills:Reading and listening skills. Key words and phrases:declaration independence obtain personal investigation appoint canoe Papers on the spot humble origin dissatisfy threaten reject error false judgment prefer the latter the latter conflict unquestioning agreement criticism philosophy effect Resent the present chain perpetual remark evil agriculture archaeology conservation Superior existence influence architecture constantly perform talent device central volume Thrill self-evident equal anniversary leave behind legacy Unit3 y First Job(8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1.Get to know the basic process of job application and job interview,and have a taste of the bi-choice of interview 2.Grasp the main idea and understand the organization of the text. 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4.Conduct a series of reading,listening,speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Il.Teaching Contents and Requirements: Teaching Emphasis: 1.Main idea This text tells us about a high school graduate's first experience of looking for a job. 2.share the story with the class and encourage the students to expand on their ideas 3.new language items in the text,language-related tasks and vocabulary skills to build up their word power. 4.Reading skill Making inferences while reading is a very important reading skill.It helps you not only to understand better but also to appreciate more fully what you read. 5.Guided writing Combining sentences with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns Like coordination,proper subordination will also help you to expand your sentence so as to achieve emphasis and variation. Teaching Difficulties: 1.Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Applied,applicant,appliance,application,applicant,re-pre-over-interview,advertising,global,native, downtown,urban,slender,slight,bony,embarrassing,depressing,bush,perfume,beard,approve of,groan,murmur, rotten tomatoes,addled eggs,rancid butter,sour milk,attachment,evident,composed of,made up of,vary, disqualified,casual,minus,divided by,constitution,etc. 2.Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text2. New words and phrases. 3. Reading skill--- read the story and inspire students to find questions to guide their understanding and appreciation. 4. a group discussion abut the art of telling a story. Teaching Difficulties： 1. Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Heat, unexpectedly, expectation, nature, (un) natural, shortage, colony, colonist, space, spatial, bald, empty, response, argue for/against, dispute, argumentation, width, muscular, likelihood, impulsive, confusion, riot, authoritative, Pakistan, imagine, imagination, imaginative, imaginary, unimaginable, emergency, faint v., creep2. The features of narrative writing and flashbacks 3. Writing: Coordinating Conjunctions / Conjunctive Adverbs CC: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so CA: accordingly, however, consequently, finally, also, besides, furthermore, again, incidentally, moreover, namely, otherwise, then, therefore, thus, etc. Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson （8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Get to know Jefferson and learn his ideas. Try to understand the history of the Declaration of Independence. Learn about the other American presidents: Washington and Lincoln. 2. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 3. About the writing, Ss should grasp one skill—developing a paragraph from the topic sentence (P.49). II. Teaching Contents and Requirements： Teaching Emphasis： 1. Text; Listening comprehension; Language study; 2. a brief comment on Jefferson 3. share the text with the class and stimulate student interest 4. Writing Skills: Guided writing , Developing a paragraph from the topic sentence Teaching Difficulties： 1. The text is mainly an exposition of Jefferson’s insightful ideas. 2. Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text When still a young man, he was appointed to a committee … Were it left to me to decide…, I should not hesitate a moment… 3. Language study and practice; Writing skills; Reading and listening skills. Key words and phrases: declaration independence obtain personal investigation appoint canoe Papers on the spot humble origin dissatisfy threaten reject error false judgment prefer the latter the latter conflict unquestioning agreement criticism philosophy effect Resent the present chain perpetual remark evil agriculture archaeology conservation Superior existence influence architecture constantly perform talent device central volume Thrill self-evident equal anniversary leave behind legacy Unit 3 My First Job （8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Get to know the basic process of job application and job interview, and have a taste of the bi-choice of interview. 2. Grasp the main idea and understand the organization of the text. 3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II. Teaching Contents and Requirements： Teaching Emphasis： 1. Main idea This text tells us about a high school graduate’s first experience of looking for a job. 2. share the story with the class and encourage the students to expand on their ideas 3. new language items in the text, language-related tasks and vocabulary skills to build up their word power. 4. Reading skill Making inferences while reading is a very important reading skill. It helps you not only to understand better but also to appreciate more fully what you read. 5. Guided writing Combining sentences with subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns Like coordination, proper subordination will also help you to expand your sentence so as to achieve emphasis and variation. Teaching Difficulties： 1. Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Applied, applicant, appliance, application, applicant, re-pre-over-interview, advertising, global, native, downtown, urban, slender, slight, bony, embarrassing, depressing, bush, perfume, beard, approve of, groan, murmur, rotten tomatoes, addled eggs, rancid butter, sour milk, attachment, evident, composed of, made up of, vary, disqualified, casual, minus, divided by, constitution, etc. 2. Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text