牛津8AUnit1教案（6课时）StudyskillsObjectives1.Tofindthemainpointsofapassageinordertounderstandandmemorizeitmoreeasily2.Toidentifykeywordsinordertodevelopgeneralunderstandingofapassage3.ToguessmeaningandgeneratementalpicturesBackgroundinformationThissectionfocusesonencouragingstudentstolookforthemainpointsandkeywordsinapassagesothattheycanunderstandandrememberitmoreeasily.Thepassagewhichstudentsarerequiredtoreadandunderstandinthissectionisaproblemletterbyateenagerin‘Teenagers’magazine.Youneedtointroducethegenreofproblemlettersinmagazinesandnewspapers.Arousestudents’interestinthetopicbybringingsomemagazinesornewspaperswithsuchlettersorrepliestothem.Teachingprocedures1.Askmoreablestudentswhattheywanttofindoutwhentheyreadapassage.Write‘Whatisitabout’ontheboardandtrytoelicittheotherquestionslistedonthepage.Underlinethe‘Wh-’words.2.Forweakerclasses,readthequestionsonthepagetogetherwiththestudentsandexplainthatansweringthesequestionswillhelpthemfindthemainpointsorideasinapassage.Tellstudentsthatnotallthewordsinapassageareimportantandthattheyshouldalwayslookforkeywords(wordsofgreatimportance)inapassage.3.Readthelettertothewholeclass.Youcanaskmoreablestudentstoclosetheirbookswhileyouread.Thenasksomeopenquestions,e.g.,‘WhoisCindyWhyisCindyunhappyWhatisCindy’sproblem’ElicitalistofthedetailswhichdescribeCindyandherproblems.Explaindifficultorunfamiliarwords.4.Brieflyexplaintostudentsthattheycanunderstandinformationmorequicklyiftheyidentifymainpointsandkeywordsfirst.Itisagoodideaifstudentsrememberthequestionslistedonpage14sothattheycanusethemwhenreadingthroughothertexts.Askstudentstostudythequestionsforoneminute,thenclosetheirbooksandsaythemtotheirpartnerstocheckiftheyhavememorizedthem.5.Askstudentstoreadthelettercarefullyandunderlinethemainpointsontheirownsuingapencilinitially.Remindthemtorefertothe‘Wh-’questionsatthetopofthepage.Dividetheclassintogroupsoffourandaskstudentstocomparethemainpointstheyhaveunderlined.Gothroughtheletteragainsentencebysentenceandcheckt...
