Teaching Plan for Unit 3: A Good Heart to Lean On, The Right Son at the Right Time

Teaching Plan for Unit 3

Section A
A Good Heart to Lean On
Section B
The Right Son at the Right Time

Objectives:

To memorize new words and phrases in this unit

To master the grammatical structure — “even though” structure and adverbial clause

To improve students’ reading skill of reading for the key ideas in sentences

To learn to write a paragraph of a general point supported by examples

To get to know that caring has a positive influence on people and the act of caring can change

To improve the listening skills for identifying times and dates

To learn to express congratulations and sympathy 

Time Arrangement

Contents

I. Key words and useful expressions: 

1.       Section A: lean, balance, coordinate, adjust, despite, cling, subject, stress, complain, envious, occasion, urge, reluctance, let on, make it to, cling to, now that, engage in, break out, on leave, see to

2.       Section B: collapse, locate, emergency, marine, apparent, sole, personnel, extend, squeeze, staff, inform, startle, come to, call for, set out, pay attention to, turn out

3.       Section C: limp, inch, imagined, dream of, be unwilling to, to the end,

II. Sentence Patterns  

1.       More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.

2.       He was severely crippled and very short, and when we walked together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare.

3.       Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still don’t know precisely what a “good heart” is.

4.       On one occasion a fight broke out at a beach party, with everyone punching and shoving.

5.       And when I came home on leave, he saw to it that I visited his office.

III. Text study

1. Summary

2. Discourse analysis