Teaching Plan for Unit 6: The Widow,The Trashman

Teaching Plan for Unit 6

  Section A
    The Widow
Section B
    The Trashman

Objectives:

To memorize new words and phrases in this unit

To master the grammatical structure —clause introduced by “Whoever”

To improve students’ understanding some idiomatic expressions

To learn how to write the plot in time order and space order

To get to know some emotional expressions of a widow and the happy memories

To improve the listening skills of identifying health problems

To learn to express worries and reassurance

Time Arrangement

Contents

I. Key words and useful expressions: 

1.       Section/Text A: considerable, depart, convey, respond, restrain, regarding, whoever, share with, define…as, bring up, save from,  

2.       Section/Text B: continuous, image, rage, folk, original, contrary, harm, contrary to , hold water, call for

3.       Section/Text C: nomad, suppose, confirm, insure, relief, feel at home, make sure, in the end, prefer to

II. Sentence patterns

1.       Whoever she was, Aunt Esther Gubbins was right.

2.       He would insist the elderly woman did attend their wedding accidentally.

3.       The way he works, you’d think he is a master.

4.       Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

III. Text study

1. Summary

2. Discourse analysis