Lesson Nine The Way to Rainy Mountain Teaching Objectives 1.To familiarize the students with the American Indian literature. ts better un 3.To study the author's torial des through telling simple stories. u. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure About 4 sessions (8 class hours)are needed for this unit. The Ist session: ents presentations sand the text 3.The stock of vocabulary related to the similar topic. 4.The students answer some pre-reading questions to get a briefidea of the main theme of the story. The teacher's interpretation of the meaning of some difficult sentences,language points,and rhetorical devices ()preve the o he ereaydiced 1) part ofthe (3)Consider over some questions on the contents on page 147 The 3rd session 1.Continuation of the study of the text The teach tointerpret the meaning ofme diffcutand languge pointsofthe ent *Review the whole text Do the exercises after the text from P147to P148 The 4th session 1.Allow the students some time to ask questions on the text The students answ er some questions alter the tex ed out from the text 5.Assignment Topics For Presentations(based on pre-class group discussion.) about the hor who is an American Indian writer 3.What other stories do you know about the tragic cultural of the native merican Indians? 4.How do you feel after reading the excerpts of the novel?Lesson Nine The Way to Rainy Mountain I. Teaching Objectives: 1. To familiarize the students with the American Indian literature. 2. To make students better understand and get aware of the racial eradication of the native Indians and the dominant white culture’s destructive damage on the native Indian cultural mutilation in American society. 3. To study the author’s writing technique- alliteration. 4. To study the author’s poetic language- a lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape. 5. To help students try to use the writing skill of effective exploration of complex themes through telling simple stories. 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 147 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 P147 to P148. 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.) 1.How much do you know about the author who is an American Indian writer. 2.The history of the horrible native Indian American experience. 3.What other stories do you know about the tragic cultural mutilation of the native American Indians? 4.How do you feel after reading the excerpts of the novel?