Unit4 Teaching Plan Time allotment 4thperiod Pre-read ing Detailed read ing Detailed reading Section B Global read ing Section A Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Teaching o biectives Students will be able to (1) know the five famous symbols of American culture (2)master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text (3)appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text (4)conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit Pre-reading 1. Ask students if they know some symbols of China and put them on the blackboard Then show the photos in the courseware to check and learn more ) The Terra Cotta Warriors and 12) The Great Wall Horses of Qin dynas 13)Serial Bells 2) The Imperial Palace in Beijing 14)Silk 3)The Monument of the People's 15)Paper-cut Heroes Cheongsam 4) The Giant Stone Buddha in 17) Tang Wear Leshan 18)Two-stringed Fiddle 5)The Longmen Grottoes 19)Playing the fiddle 6) Potala Palace 20)Paper-making 7) Tang Tricolor 21)Compass 8)Lei Feng and His Spirit 22)Be」 jing Opera 9)Yuanli 23)We 24) Seismoscope 11)Confucius 25)Dunhuang Grottoes 2. Have Ss listen to the short passage carefully, then T asks Ss the following questions (1) What are the symbols that you have heard about? Answer: The symbols, by which the United States of America is known around the world are the Statue of Liberty, the Barbie doll, the great American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam (2)What more can you say about the symbols of American culture? Possible answer: Different cultures generate different symbols, which might be accepted by people in and out of the country. The specific American culture has itsUnit4 Teaching Plan Time allotment 1 st period 2 nd period 3 rd period 4 th period Pre-reading; Global reading Detailed reading Detailed reading Post-reading Section B Section A Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Teaching objectives Students will be able to (1) know the five famous symbols of American culture. (2) master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. (3) appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text. (4) conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit. Pre-reading 1. Ask students if they know some symbols of China and put them on the blackboard. Then show the photos in the courseware to check and learn more. 1) The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Dynasty 2) The Imperial Palace in Beijing 3) The Monument of the People’s Heroes 4) The Giant Stone Buddha in Leshan 5) The Longmen Grottoes 6) Potala Palace 7) Tang Tricolor 8) Lei Feng and His Spirit 9) Yuanmingyuan 10) Ancient china 11) Confucius 12) The Great Wall 13) Serial Bells 14) Silk 15) Paper-cut 16) Cheongsam 17) Tang Wear 18) Two-stringed Fiddle 19) Playing the fiddle 20) Paper-making 21) Compass 22) Beijing Opera 23) Weiqi 24) Seismoscope 25) Dunhuang Grottoes 2. Have Ss listen to the short passage carefully, then T asks Ss the following questions (1) What are the symbols that you have heard about? ( Answer: The symbols, by which the United States of America is known around the world are the Statue of Liberty, the Barbie doll, the great American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam.) (2) What more can you say about the symbols of American culture? ( Possible answer: Different cultures generate different symbols, which might be accepted by people in and out of the country. The specific American culture has its