Teaching Plan for Unit 1. Book Two Teaching obiectives The unit is intended to prepare students for cultural differences and culture shock. After learning the three passages, students are suppposed to realize the importance of understand ing cultural differences o know how to adjust to a new culture e write a paragraph of a general statement supported by specific details and master the following key words and phrases adjust, replace, budget, cope worthy, distress, convention, obtain, account for, result in, go through, due e memorize the suffixes of-ment, -ation, -tion, -sion, -ion, -ful, -less, -able and the prefix of tele- Teaching Procedures: Section A Time-Conscious Americans (4 periods) 1. Pre-teaching Activity( 8 min) Brainstorming---Ask Ss one stimulating/ lead- in question: What words, expressions or sayings can you think of when we talk about culture?(The word of time-consciousness is a lead-in point.) Ss activity: Ss volunteer to write down the words and expressions on the Bb(blackboard) tradition/custom/convention festival/special days leisure sp culture language Do as the romans do diet/food lifestyle(Eg. time-consciousness 2. While-teaching activities2-1 1 Teaching Plan for Unit 1, Book Two Teaching Objectives: The unit is intended to prepare students for cultural differences and culture shock. After learning the three passages, students are suppposed to: ⚫ realize the importance of understanding cultural differences; ⚫ know how to adjust to a new culture; ⚫ write a paragraph of a general statement supported by specific details and reasons; ⚫ master the following key words and phrases: adjust, replace, budget, cope, worthy, distress, convention, obtain, account for, result in, go through, due to; ⚫ memorize the suffixes of –ment, -ation, -tion, -sion, –ion, -ful, -less, -able and the prefix of tele￾Teaching Procedures: Section A Time-Conscious Americans (4 periods) 1. Pre-teaching Activity (8 min) Brainstorming---Ask Ss one stimulating/ lead-in question: What words, expressions or sayings can you think of when we talk about culture? (The word of time-consciousness is a lead-in point.) Ss activity: Ss volunteer to write down the words and expressions on the Bb(blackboard). tradition/custom/convention norm/practice/institution festival/special days literature leisure & sport art, music religion language dress/clothes culture shock Do as the Romans do. diet/food lifestyle (Eg. time-consciousness) 2. While-teaching Activities culture