Text B-- Should I Have a Gun?(2 class periods) Teaching procedures Activities Stages Focuses Purposes Stage 1: Reading Skill---Reading Between the Lines(40 min T to Ss Step 1: Lead-in of the skill (8 min) Input and make the skill easier Interaction Three examples extracted from Text A will direct Ss to get familiar with the skill to understand Step 2: Ts mini lecture on the skill(5 min. Ss'attention is drawn to the importance of the skill in reading comprehension as well as how to put the reading skill into actual reading Step 3: Practice of the learnt skill(25 min. 1. Review information from Discussion Ss in groups of 4 or 5 first discuss their difficulties they meet when previewing and hen try to answer the 8 questions between the paragraphs. T moves around and 2. Evaluate information in finds out where the help can offer. In the latter half, T may instruct the Ss using the text context clues, common sense as well as their world knowledge to work out the 3. Monitor comprehension answers they think the most difficult of the text 4. Encourage cooperative Stage 2: Paragraph Writing(30 min 1. To reinforce the learnt Writing Based on the understanding of the text, Ss in groups of 4 or 5 are asked to develop a skill mini story from the 4 situations that are adapted from the text In the last few 2. To practise narrative minutes, representatives of each group will read out their stories, which are to be scored. And the best ones will be given wall publishing1-7 10 Text B --- Should I Have a Gun? (2 class periods) Teaching Procedures Activities Stages Focuses Purposes T to Ss Interaction Group Discussion Stage 1: Reading Skill --- Reading Between the Lines (40 min.) Step 1: Lead-in of the skill (8 min.) Three examples extracted from Text A will direct Ss to get familiar with the skill. Step 2: T’s mini lecture on the skill (5 min.) Ss’ attention is drawn to the importance of the skill in reading comprehension as well as how to put the reading skill into actual reading. Step 3: Practice of the learnt skill (25 min.) Ss in groups of 4 or 5 first discuss their difficulties they meet when previewing and then try to answer the 8 questions between the paragraphs. T moves around and finds out where the help can offer. In the latter half, T may instruct the Ss using context clues, common sense as well as their world knowledge to work out the answers they think the most difficult. Reading & Speaking Input and make the skill easier to understand 1. Review information from the text 2. Evaluate information in the text 3. Monitor comprehension of the text 4. Encourage cooperative learning Group Writing Stage 2: Paragraph Writing (30 min.) Based on the understanding of the text, Ss in groups of 4 or 5 are asked to develop a mini story from the 4 situations that are adapted from the text. In the last few minutes, representatives of each group will read out their stories, which are to be scored. And the best ones will be given wall publishing. Writing 1. To reinforce the learnt skill 2. To practise narrative writing