Unit 5 Problems and advice (A letter from the school counsellor)
Teaching aims:
1. Help the students to have a good understanding of the text and learn some useful
expressions.
2. Help the students to understand they need different fine qualities in coping with
tough situations.
3. Help the students to understand it is quite natural for people to sometimes face
problems and need advice.
Teaching procedure:
Stages Teacher’s Activities Students’
Activities Purposes
Pre-learning Ask students about the
most impressive words in
the 3 letters in the main
reading
Share the
impression
To review what has
been learned in the
main reading
While-learning
Ask students to read the
whole passage and match
the paragraphs with
different parts
Make the match To have a general
idea of the letter
and at the same
time review the
format of a letter
Divide the letter into 3
parts of
beginning-body-conclusion
and ask students to locate
specific information in
each part
Locate the
information as
required
To get students to
locate specific
details
Ask students to find a
sentence that best
summarizes the letter
Find the
sentence
To help students
understand the text
from a macro
perspective
Ask students to read
another letter on the
screen and finish a letter
of reply with words and
phrases from the text
Read and reply
to the letter
To help students to
enhance the
learning of
vocabulary and
expressions in the
text
Ask students to think
about why the mistakes
were made
Think about the
reasons for the
mistake
To guide students
to think about the
qualities needed in
coping with difficult
situations
Post-learning
Conduct a questionnaire
on the problems students
face in a boarding school
Brainstorm the
problems in life
and study
1. To relate what
has been learnt to
students’ daily life
2. To approach the
text(and beyond)
from an emotional
perspective- to
foster the
awareness of
citizenship among
students
Focus on the questions:
a. Why did the students
make such mistakes?
b. What qualities do we
need when coping
with tough situations?
c. What qualities do we
need to be a qualified
citizen?
Share problems
and offer
solutions
assignment Suppose you are a counselor and write a letter on one of the
problems we discussed in the class
Feedback（教学反馈）
对文本理解到位，结构严谨清晰，问题设计层层深入。利用启发式的提问方式，发挥学生的
想象力。紧扣寄宿制学校的学生特点来设计教学环节。
教师注重授课的有效性，生成较精彩。学生课内表现出了大声、大胆、大气的特质。
反思和不足：学生的回答可以更开放，这样就可以更激活而生的思维。
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