the essay 5)repeated words, sentences, or ideas, which are often crucial to the understanding of the essay which are often emphasized 7)certain punctuations such as a dash, quotation marks, which are often used to distinguish b. How to Understand Characterization Characterization refers to the representation of a person as a hero or heroine by describing or imitating the actions, gestures or speeches of that person. Probing into the psychological make-up of the character is also important, for it provides what underlies the hero or heroine's actions or choices III Listening and Speaking(45 minutes) 1. Listening Task: Listening Speaking Unit 5& 6 2. Listening Strategy: Learning to making Prediction Strate How to Predict Unit 4 Turning off TV: A Quite Hour I Intensive reading Objectives: 1. Understanding the authors idea 2. Master Key words and useful expressions Teaching focus: 1. The authors viewpoint about TV 2. Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of Tv. Time allotment(This unit will be finished within 6 periods) eriod 3rd period 4th period 5th period 6thperiod Intensive While-reading While-reading readin (questions for (questions for Language Extensive Listening Pre-read ing discussion points read ing While-read ing language speaking (structure points) characteristics of lady hermits Pre-reading Tasks (45 minutes) 1. Answer the questions 1)Do you like watching TV?8 the essay 5) repeated words, sentences, or ideas, which are often crucial to the understanding of the essay 6) the noticeable changes of printing style, for instance, capitalization, italics, etc., which are often emphasized by the author 7) certain punctuations such as a dash, quotation marks, which are often used to distinguish some important ideas out b. How to Understand Characterization Characterization refers to the representation of a person as a hero or heroine by describing or imitating the actions, gestures or speeches of that person. Probing into the psychological make-up of the character is also important, for it provides what underlies the hero or heroine’s actions or choices. III Listening and Speaking (45 minutes) 1. Listening Task: Listening & Speaking Unit 5 & 6 2. Listening Strategy： Learning to making Prediction Listening Strategy: How to Predict Unit 4 Turning off TV: A Quite Hour I Intensive reading Objectives： 1. Understanding the author’s idea 2. Master Key words and useful expressions Teaching focus：1.The author’s viewpoint about TV. 2. Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of TV. Time allotment (This unit will be finished within 6 periods) 1 st period 2 nd period 3 rd period 4 th period 5 th period 6 th period Intensive reading: Pre-reading; While-reading (structure, characteristics of lady hermits While-reading (questions for discussion) While-reading (questions for discussion, language points) Language points, Post-readi ng Extensive reading Listening and speaking Pre-reading Tasks (45 minutes) 1. Answer the questions 1) Do you like watching TV?