Lesson Ten Before and After September 11 1.Teaching Objectives To familiarize the students with the American current affairs. 2.To make students better understand the background situation in the world anti-terrorism campaign. 3.To study the author's writing paragraph in achieving emphasis hor's sarcastic tone in his des ription of the whole event To study the writer's way in organizing the whole article II.Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure About 4 sessions (8 class hours)are needed for this unit The Ist session Students presentations 2.The teacher's comment on the presentations and brief,additional introduction to the text. 3.The stock of vocabulary related to the similar topic. 4.The students answer some pre-reading questions to get a brief idea of the main theme of the The 2nd session: 1.Study of the text The teacher's interpretation of the meaning of some difficult sentences,language points,and rhetorical devices 2.Assignment (1)Review the part of the text having (2)Preview the left part of the text (3)Consider over some questions on the contents on page 161 The 3rd session 1.Continuation of the study of the text The teaher co tointerpret the meaning of language pointsof the left part of the text 2.Assignment *Review the whole text *Do the exercises after the text from P161 to P163. The th session 1.Allow the students some time to ask questions on the text 2.The students answer some questions after the text 3.Explain some useful words and expressions picked out from the text 4 Do om explanation on the xeris s afte r the text 5.Assignme *Supplementary exercises. A.Cloze B.Translation III.Topics For Presentations(based on pre-class group discussion.) Lesson Ten Before and After September 11 I. Teaching Objectives: 1. To familiarize the students with the American current affairs. 2. To make students better understand the background situation in the world anti-terrorism campaign. 3. To study the author’s writing technique- one sentence paragraph in achieving emphasis. 4. To study the author’s sarcastic tone in his description of the whole event. 5. To study the writer’s way in organizing the whole article. II. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. The 1st session: 1. Students presentations 2. The teacher’s comment on the presentations and brief, additional introduction to the text. 3. The stock of vocabulary related to the similar topic. 4. The students answer some pre-reading questions to get a brief idea of the main theme of the story. The 2nd session: 1. Study of the text The teacher’s interpretation of the meaning of some difficult sentences, language points, and rhetorical devices 2.Assignment (1) Review the part of the text having already discussed (2) Preview the left part of the text (3) Consider over some questions on the contents on page 161 The 3rd session: 1. Continuation of the study of the text The teacher continues to interpret the meaning of some difficult sentences and language points of the left part of the text. 2. Assignment *Review the whole text *Do the exercises after the text from P161 to P163. The 4th session: 1. Allow the students some time to ask questions on the text 2. The students answer some questions after the text 3. Explain some useful words and expressions picked out from the text. 4. Do some explanation on the exercises after the text 5. Assignment *Supplementary exercises: A. Cloze B. Translation III. Topics For Presentations ( based on pre-class group discussion.)