Teaching Plan School: Jing Ye High School
Teacher: Xu Hong
Date: Apr 17, 2019
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♦Teaching objective
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to write a better summary of an
argumentation by:
1. interpreting the topic correctly
2. recognizing the writer’s viewpoint
3. picking out the main points
4. summarizing the main idea and the main points in their own words
♦Teaching procedure:
Steps Students’ activities Purposes
Reread and underline
1. Reread the passage and
find out the topic
discussed
2. Find out two sides of
the debate and their
viewpoints
3. Find out the main points
for “benefits of renting
videos”
4. Find out the main points
for “seeing a movie in
a theatre is an
1. Underline the topic for
the debate
2. Underline the view points
of the two sides of the
debate
3. Underline the main points
of “benefits of renting
videos’
4. Underline the main points
of “seeing a movie in a
to better understand the
topic discussed in the
passage
to identify the two side of
the debate and their view
points
to catch the main points by
figuring out the transitional
words
experience” theatre is an experience”
Correct and rewrite
1. Rewrite the topic
sentence
2. Rewrite the writer’s
viewpoint
3. Rewrite the other
side’s viewpoint
1. Compare and choose a
better topic sentence
2. Judge and correct some
mistakes in students’
writing
3.Find out problems in
students’ writing and
correct them
to learn to include the thesis
statement in the topic
sentence
to learn to omit detailed
information in summary
to form the habit of
self-checking
to get some feedback for
further improvement
Homework：
Rewrite the summary
Students’ worksheet
A letter to the editor
1. A heated debate is currently going on in our town. Should we allow the cinema to be
constructed in the Havenswood Shopping Center? Some people are excited at the idea of
finally having our own movie theatre. Others would rather travel ten miles to the nearest
theatre to keep our quiet town the way it is. They say it is enough to have Marvin’s Movie
Video Rentals. After all, Marvin’s store keeps thousands of the latest videos.
2. There are certainly benefits of renting videos. For one thing, you can plan your own
schedule when it is convenient for you. You can relax on your sofa, and take a break
whenever you need one. You can also talk to others without bothering any strangers seated
nearby. In addition, it is a less expensive way to view a movie, especially if more than one
person is watching the video.
3. On the other hand, seeing a movie in a theatre is an experience. First, you can see the movie
on a wide screen as the filmmaker intended. To be viewed on a television screen, a film must
be changed in some way to make it smaller, which results in an incomplete image or an either
too long or too narrow one. Another problem is sound. The sound from a television cannot
compare with the sound system in a movie theatre. Your experience of a movie improves
when you can clearly hear all of the sounds. Furthermore, at home, viewing companions often
talk during a movie, which makes you miss out on what’s happening in the film. Besides,
having a movie theatre will not mean that you can’t still go to Marvin’s! You will just have a
choice that you didn’t have before. Isn’t it time for Havenswood residents like me to enjoy a
little progress?
Checklist
□ Does the summary begin with a topic sentence that states the thesis statement clearly?
□ Does the summary include all the key information?
□ Is it written in your own words?
□ Are proper transitional words used?
□ Are there any mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation?
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