Unit 10 Profits of Praise I.Teaching Aims 1.Enlarge the students'vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 2.Help the studentstoget the general ideaof thearticle. 3.Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice,phrases and expression,grammar,writing,etc. II.Key and Difficult Points 1.New Words and Phrases Exhaust,make out,only too,somehow,not much of,shrug off,pats on the back. convey,drown,previous,ignore,nothing but,pass on 2.Sentences (1)Weary and discouraged,I didn't seem able to doanything right (2)And yet,while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism,we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. (3)It's especially rewarding to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. (4)Mothers know instinctively that for children an ounce of praise is wortha pound of scolding. IIL.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:4 periods V.Teaching Procedures: Unit 10 Profits of Praise I. Teaching Aims 1. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 2. Help the students to get the general idea of the article. 3. Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice, phrases and expression, grammar, writing, etc. II. Key and Difficult Points 1. New Words and Phrases Exhaust, make out, only too, somehow, not much of, shrug off, pats on the back, convey, drown, previous, ignore, nothing but, pass on 2. Sentences (1) Weary and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything right. (2) And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. (3) It’s especially rewarding to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned. (4) Mothers know instinctively that for children an ounce of praise is worth a pound of scolding. III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 4 periods V. Teaching Procedures: