Unit 7 Teaching plan Time Allotment Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Detailed reading Detailed read ing Section B Global read ing Post-read ins Section aa rose is a rose Teaching objectives elp Ss 1. grasp the main idea and the organization of the text 2. learn to effective strategies(especially the problem-solution pattern) for developing a passage, 3. learn many useful expressions and sentence patterns 4. learn some basic knowled ge about rose business Pre-reading: discussion 1. What does a rose stand for in your opinion? 2. Have you ever sent or received flowers for a special occasion? What are the occasions when flowers in general or roses in particular are presented as gift? 3. Do you know about Valentine's Day? Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time, Claudius Il, ordered the roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claud ius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor's decree put to death. Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman hollIe and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned Lupercalia(t*ppi). After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14… Valentine's day Global reading 1. Text structure analysis(PP. 194-7) Theme: the rose business must adapt to changing conditions in the marketplace in order to succeed Part 1(Para. 1)deals with the general situation: As long as the rose remains the most popular flower as a symbol of love, any chang ing conditions in the nation's rose industry mean much to rose growers, and to those who distribute roses and those whoUnit 7 Teaching Plan Time Allotment Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Pre-reading Global reading Detailed reading Detailed reading Post-reading Section B Section A A rose is a rose Teaching objectives: Help Ss to 1. grasp the main idea and the organization of the text; 2. learn to use effective strategies(especially the problem-solution pattern) for developing a passage; 3. learn many useful expressions and sentence patterns; 4. learn some basic knowledge about rose business Pre-reading: discussion: 1. What does a rose stand for in your opinion? 2. Have you ever sent or received flowers for a special occasion? What are the occasions when flowers in general or roses in particular are presented as gift? 3. Do you know about Valentine’s Day? Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor at that time, Claudius II, ordered the Roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine defied the Emperor’s decree and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death. Valentine was beheaded on February 14th, the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia (牧神节). After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th --- Valentine’s Day. Global reading 1. Text structure analysis (PP. 194-7) Theme: the rose business must adapt to changing conditions in the marketplace in order to succeed. Part 1 (Para. 1) deals with the general situation: As long as the rose remains the most popular flower as a symbol of love, any changing conditions in the nation’s rose industry mean much to rose growers, and to those who distribute roses and those who sell