Unit 12 A Winter to Remember Teaching objectives: To make students understand that the text is a short piece of narrative writing about an unforgetable winter. To acquaint the students with the focus of this narrative piece and understand that rative techniques are differ ent from those used in Unit 1. To help sunderstand how description is u sed in a narrative piece: To enable students to use some elementary weather terminologies To help students understand countable.uncountable and collective nouns used as subject and the agreement of subject and verb forms,provide enough exercises to help them master the basic grammatical rules To supply students with opportunities topractice their basic language skills Tim out 4 din stions Tast studen ons on p 149 and see how much they anderstand the text Ask students to read the title and anticipate what po ssible info ation the text may 2.Study of Text I: Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text. Ask students to pick out transitional sentences in the text. Analyzing the structure of the text.:involving the students in summing up the techniques of this piece of narrative writing. Ask students to compare between the narrative techniques used in this text with those used in Unit 11: 3.Assignmen Review Text ◆Preview Text II e stu s some tir questions on Text 1 expressions that portray the severe coldness of the eved Help students grasp countable,uncountable and collective nouns used as subject and the agreement of bject and verb forms; 2.Study of Text I Ask que t II to hel students understand how specific verbs are used to us on language points that might be difficult to the students 3.Assignment Review Text I and Text II. Workbook:p.182-Guided writing,p.187 Translation A. 1 Unit 12 A Winter to Remember Teaching objectives:  To make students understand that the text is a short piece of narrative writing about an unforgetable winter;  To acquaint the students with the focus of this narrative piece and understand that the narrative techniques are different from those used in Unit 11;  To help students understand how description is used in a narrative piece;  To enable students to use some elementary weather terminologies.  To help students understand countable, uncountable and collective nouns used as subject and the agreement of subject and verb forms, provide enough exercises to help them master the basic grammatical rules;  To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. 1 st session 1. Pre-reading questions: Test students on the Questions on p.149 and see how much they understand the text. Ask students to read the title and anticipate what possible information the text may cover. 2. Study of Text I: Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text. Ask students to pick out transitional sentences in the text. Analyzing the structure of the text.: involving the students in summing up the techniques of this piece of narrative writing. Ask students to compare between the narrative techniques used in this text with those used in Unit 11; 3.Assignment  Review Text I.  Preview Text II. 2 nd session 1. Continuation of the study of Text 1: Allow students some time to ask questions on Text 1. Focus on language points of the text. Ask students to pick out words and expressions that portray the severe coldness of the winter, how vividness is achieved. Help students grasp countable, uncountable and collective nouns used as subject and the agreement of subject and verb forms; 2. Study of Text II: Ask questions on Text II to help students understand how specific verbs are used to achieve vividness in describing January wind. Focus on language points that might be difficult to the students. 3.Assignment  Review Text I and Text II.  Workbook: p.182-Guided writing, p.187 Translation A