Teaching Plan
Teacher:
Problems and advice—What should I do?
Learning objectives:
At the end of the class, students will be able to
1. find out facts and causes of the problems
2. get the meanings of some key words and phrases in the context
(smash, narrowly missing, tease, bully, bark)
3. tell a problem completely
4. develop a positive attitude towards problems during their growth
Learning procedures:
Steps Students’Activities Purposes
Pre-reading Have a small talk with the teacher. To lead in the topic
Read the introduction and answer questions. To help students get the basic
information of the text
To help students figure out
facts and causes of the
problems
To help students understand
the meanings of some key
words and phrases in the
1. Read letter 1 and complete the table with
the help of the teacher.
2. Figure out the writer’s inner conflict and
complete the letter through discussion.
1. Read letter 2 and complete the table
individually.
2. Retell the story individually.
3. Figure out the writers’ inner conflict and
complete the letter in pair.
While-reading context
To enable students to tell a
problem completely
1. Read letter 3 and answer questions.
2. Figure out the writers’ inner conflict and
complete the letter individually.
Post-reading Make a dialogue between the student of
letter 1 and the counselor.
To encourage students to ask
for advice clearly
To help students develop a
positive attitude towards
problems during their growth
Assignments
1. Read the vocabulary and the text aloud
and finish Exercise D on Page 66.
2. Prepare a dialogue between the writer of
letter 2 or letter 3, and the counselor.
To consolidate what students
have learned
Worksheet
1. Read Letter 2 and complete the table.
When/Where/Who
What happened
How the writer felt
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