Text Analysis As discussed in Text Organization Exercise 2, the last leaf" threads throughout the story to make the latter a coherent piece. In fact if we look closely enough, we can find some other threads For example, the doctor visited three times. It was from him that we learn how sick Johnsy was, how she had a 50-50 chance, and how she was sure to recover. His three visits sum up three stages of Johnsy's illness. Moreover, he is very convenient when Old Behrman's sickness needed to be revealed Lets look at another example. When Johnsy decided to die with the fall of the last leaf, she refused to take any soup Yet when she was shaken alive again by that undying last leaf, one of her first desires was to drink some soup Similarly, before she fell ill, she had wished to paint the Bay of Naples. Inspired by the last af, she again looked forward to painting it In Paragraphs 18-19, we learn that Old Behrman was a failure career wise. He had always talked about a masterpiece, yet he was unable to deliver it. In Paragraph 20, there went he his Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away. Finally, he painted masterpiece at the cost of his life Unit 7 Making a living Suggested Teaching Plan (5 periods) Objectives Students will be able to: 1. 1. under stand the main idea( Bill Porter the salesman will never give in) and structure of the text(4 parts, 2 flashbacks) 2. 2. appreciate the characteristics of journalistic writing: 3. 3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 4. 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Time allotment P While-reading While-reading Post-reading: Theme-Related While-reading (Parts I-II; Parts Post-reading Check on Ss'Language (structure) I1-V) (discussion) home reading Learning Tasks Text B) Pre-reading tasks 1. 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the song: (5 minutes) Why does Onetta think it worthwhile to work hard day after day?( People need her; ople care for her; she keeps her integrity by working hard. --- Would you rather have a low paid job that is interesting or a well-paid job that is boring 2. 2. Role play: Classroom salesman(25 minutes) 1)1) T lets Ss read the title of Text A, then announces that the class is to do a role-play One student will act as a sales person. All other students will act as his/her potential 2)2) T appoints a student with a relatively advanced level of English to act as the sales person. He/She will leave the classroom, think of a product to sell, and plan his/her sales talk. The product should be relevant to campus life 3)3) After the sales person leaves the classroom, T selects several Ss at random. Only they can buy from the sales person. All other Ss must come up with an excuse not to buy 4)4) T invites the sales person back into the classroom. He/she has 10 minutes to close a dealText Analysis As discussed in Text Organization Exercise 2, “the last leaf” threads throughout the story to make the latter a coherent piece. In fact, if we look closely enough, we can find some other “threads”. For example, the doctor visited three times. It was from him that we learn how sick Johnsy was, how she had a 50-50 chance, and how she was sure to recover. His three visits sum up three stages of Johnsy’s illness. Moreover, he is very convenient when Old Behrman’s sickness needed to be revealed. Let’s look at another example. When Johnsy decided to die with the fall of the last leaf, she refused to take any soup. Yet when she was shaken alive again by that undying last leaf, one of her first desires was to drink some soup. Similarly, before she fell ill, she had wished to paint the Bay of Naples. Inspired by the last leaf, she again looked forward to painting it. In Paragraphs 18-19, we learn that Old Behrman was a failure career wise. He had always talked about a masterpiece, yet he was unable to deliver it. In Paragraph 20, there went he again, “Some day I will paint a masterpiece, and we shall all go away.” Finally, he painted his masterpiece at the cost of his life. Unit 7 Making a Living Suggested Teaching Plan (5 periods) Objectives Students will be able to: 1. 1. understand the main idea ( Bill Porter the salesman will never give in) and structure of the text (4 parts, 2 flashbacks); 2. 2. appreciate the characteristics of journalistic writing; 3. 3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Time allotment 1 st period 2 nd period 3 rd period 4 th period 5 th period Pre-reading; While-reading (structure) While-reading (Parts I-II; Parts III-IV) While-reading; Post-reading (discussion) Post-reading; Check on Ss’ home reading (Text B) Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks Pre-reading tasks 1. 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the song: (5 minutes) ---- Why does Onetta think it worthwhile to work hard day after day? (People need her; some people care for her; she keeps her integrity by working hard.) ---- Would you rather have a low paid job that is interesting or a well-paid job that is boring? 2. 2. Role play: Classroom salesman (25 minutes) 1) 1) T lets Ss read the title of Text A, then announces that the class is to do a role-play. One student will act as a sales person. All other students will act as his/her potential customers. 2) 2) T appoints a student with a relatively advanced level of English to act as the sales person. He /She will leave the classroom, think of a product to sell, and plan his/her sales talk. The product should be relevant to campus life. 3) 3) After the sales person leaves the classroom, T selects several Ss at random. Only they can buy from the sales person. All other Ss must come up with an excuse not to buy. 4) 4) T invites the sales person back into the classroom. He/she has 10 minutes to close a deal