1、Unit 14 I remember meeting all of you in Grade 7.Section B（2a-2e）Teaching Aims Language goals To learn to cherish the life in junior high school and look ahead to senior high school and future. Key words and phrasesgentleman, graduation, ceremony, first of all, congratulate, thirsty, be thirsty for,
2、 thankful, be thankful to, lastly, task, ahead, ahead of, along with, responsible, be responsible for, separate, set out, separate from, wing Key sentences1. The key is to learn from mistakes and never give up. 2. As you set out on your new journey, you shouldnt forget where you came from.Teaching D
3、ifficultiesLet Ss learn to cherish the life in junior high school and look ahead to senior high school and future.Teaching AidsCAI, multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching Teaching ProceduresTipsStep 1 Warming up Free TalkT can encourage Ss to share what they have learned
4、 in junior high school in the past three years to the class voluntarily.T can also ask Ss to think about the most important thing they have learned / experienced in junior high school.Step 2 Reading &Presentation Pre-reading2a Ask Ss to think about the most important lesson they learned over the las
5、t three years. Remind them that this need not be a lesson in class but could be a lesson they learned from a friend when they were in lunch hall or from the principal in one of his/her assembly speech. Get Ss to share this lesson with a partner and explain why it was important.Answers will vary. Tru
6、e or FalseShow Ss facts about graduation ceremonies in different countries. Ask them to guess which one is true and which one is false. Ss can get some knowledge about graduation ceremonies in different countries through this activity.While-reading Get Ss to read the passage. T can explain the text
7、type and the structure of the passage to Ss.2b Ask Ss to read the passage and answer the questions.In addition of the three questions in the textbook, ask Ss to discuss with a partner how they know what type of text the passage is. They should be able to point out the opening salutation, the parting
8、 wish, and the content of the speech. Randomly ask pairs to share their discussions. Remind Ss that the clues that tell them the text type are also the same ingredients they will have to include if the have to write something for that particular text type.Answers: 1. It is a speech. 2. The principal
9、 of the school is probably the person who wrote it. 3. Its for the graduating students of the school. Let Ss read the passage sentence by sentence. T explains the key words and phrases to them. Task 1 Skimming and matchingAsk Ss to read the passage quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea
10、.Answers: paragraph 1: changes in the studentsparagraph 2: learn to be thankful paragraph 3: hopes for the students Task 2 Scanning and answerAsk Ss to read the first two paragraphs and answer the questions:1. Do you think the headmaster likes the students?2. How do you know that?3. Who should the s
11、tudents thank and why? Ask Ss to read the third paragraph and fill in the blanks.Answers: harder, many difficult tasks ahead of them, Learn from, never give up, Choose wisely, be responsible, set out, shouldnt forget where they come from2c In their pairs, ask one S to answer all the odd-numbered que
12、stions and the other to answer all the even-numbered questions. Did they agree on the answers?Answers:1. They were all so full of energy and thirsty for knowledge.2. They have become talented young adults who are full of hope for the future.3. They should thank the important people in their lives th
13、eir parents, teachers and friends, because these are the people who have helped and supported them.4. Life in senior high will be harder and they will have many difficult tasks ahead of them.5. They should learn from their mistakes and never give up, choose wisely and be responsible for their decisi
14、ons and actions, and not forget where they came from.6. Answers will vary.2d Get Ss to share their answers with a partner and then explain to each other why they chose that form of the word. This is to ensure that they did not just guess which form they should use but truly understand the different
15、tenses.Answers: 1. none 2. set out 3. are thirsty for 4. attend 5. be proud ofPost-reading Ask each S to write a passage about what he/she has gotten in junior high school and his/her plan for senior high school. (Tip: If necessary, T can ask Ss complete the sample passage on PPT P32.)Step 3 Languag
16、e points learningbe thirsty for 渴望；渴求be thirsty for为固定短语,其后可跟名词、代词或动词-ing形式作宾语。其中thirsty作形容词,意为“渴望的，渴求的”。never fail to do sth. 从来不会忘记做某事fail to do sth. 未能做某事separate在此处作动词，意为“分开；分离”。separate from意为“分离；隔开”，separate A from B意为“把A和B分开”。Step 4 Exercises,Summary& Homework Exercises Complete the exercises
17、 from PPT P36-P38.Homework Read and recite the passage in 2b. Do the exercises in students book.Teaching ReflectionIn the reading period, students learn something about the speech at the graduation ceremony. Well learn some new words and phrases and useful structures about the speech. We will get th
18、e students to collect the sentences they like in the speech. They will learn what they can say in the speech. It is a good time to train the students ability of reading quickly and efficiently. While reading, students learn to find the main ideas and the most important ideas in each paragraph as quickly as they can. They should learn the oral language as well as pronunciation and intonation about a speech.
