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Unit Six Problems and solutions
Unique and unconventional
Teaching Material: Oxford Shanghai Edition (Senior II), Unit 6, Reading
Teaching Objectives:
1. Students will be able to understand the text in a logical way.
2. Students will be able to practise reading skills.
3. Students will do the oral exercise while reviewing what they have learnt.
Teaching Procedures:
Steps Teacher’s activity Purposes
Pre-reading Asking the students to define the new
word ‘unique and unconventional’ in
their own words through guessing the
meaning of the model sentence.
To help students understand
the key word in the title.
Asking the students to two groups of
images and find out the same feature
they have.
To arouse students’ interest
and pave the way for the main
topic of the lesson.
While-reading Asking the students to read the 1st and
2nd paragraph and finish the chart.
To help students get to know
the main idea and analyze the
paragraphs in a logical way.
Asking the students to scan the 3rd
paragraph and find out the key words
or the sentence to answer the
questions.
To help students to link the
main idea of paragraph 3 to
the definition of the key word
‘unconventional’.
Asking the students to read the 4th –
6th paragraph and finish the chart.
To help the students get to
know the main idea of these
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While reading, ask them to do the
little guesswork which can help them
understand the content better.
three paragraphs and make the
comparison between this chart
and the chart of the 1st and 2nd
paragraph.
Asking the students to read the last
paragraph and answer the questions
in their own words without looking
the book.
To help the students
understand the last paragraph
and show their own opinion.
Post-reading Asking the students to appreciate the
advertisement of The Body Shop and
think about three questions.
To help students further
understand the text and show
their own opinions.
Asking the students to do the
summary by Q &A and answered the
questions above.
To help students review the
text and encourage them to dig
out more things behind the
article.