1、1Teaching Plan for Friendship -All the Cabbie Had Was a Letter 班级：2 英语 13-1姓名：梁欢学号：201341908105Teaching Aims and Demands :1. Get more background information on the article. 2. Learning knowledge about the type of the writing and the structure .3. The comprehension of the text .4. The mastery of the
2、vocabulary and the language points .5. The familiarization with the language and the writing techniques .Teaching Content：1. Learning all the cabbie had was a letter .2. Keys to the meaning of friendship .3.Listening Comprehension.Important Points :1.Analysis of the structure of the text.2.Students
3、can read and understand the article, in the process of reading to consolidate and improve the students reading skills and the ability to extract important information. 3.The cultivation of students effective reading skimming and reading skills and Strategies.Difficult Points:1.The difficulties are l
4、etting the students grasp the type of writing feature article .2.Identifying figures of speech .3.Paraphrasing some complex sentences .4. Translating some sentences .5.Compound nouns and compound adjectives .6.Employing sentences variety for special effects .Teaching Period:Period 1-22I. Warm-up Que
5、stions / ActivitiesListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. Have you ever heard of Dionne Warwick? Have you happened to hear her sing?2. What does a fair weather friend mean?3. What does Dionne Warwick think friends are for?4. Does the song give you a
6、ny idea of what the stories in this unit will be about?II.Teaching Schedule.Step 1 Lead-in Listening Task 1. Listening Practice - Here is a story about two friends. Listen carefully and see what it reveals .2. After Listening - complete the following statements according to what you have heard .Step
7、 2 Reading Task Read the article and skim for the main idea of this article .Part One (1-20) From a conversation with the cab driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keep up corre-spondence with his old friends Ed .Part Two (21-35) Reading the letter by himself , the author learne
8、d more about the lifelong friendship between the driver and old Ed .Part Three (30) The drivers experience urged the author to reach for his pen .Step 3 Detailed reading 1.Pair Work-One of you ask the questions and the other answers.2.Do the exercises and then compare your answers with a partner .3.
9、Read aloud paragraphs 6 to 15 until you have learned then by heart. Then try to complete the passage from memory .4.Think of these questions .What does a cabbie do?Who wrote the letter to the cabbie?Why was all the cabbie had only a letter?5.Read the last sentence and try to guess what the story is
10、about.36.Summarize the story with three sentences?Period 3-4III Useful Expressions1be lost in / lose oneself in: be absorbed in; be fully occupied with .2or something: used when you are not very sure about what you have just said .3go ahead: continue; begin (sometimes followed by with + n.)4estimate
11、: vt. form a judgment about (a quantity or value)n. approximate calculation or judgment made about a quantity or value.5.might / may (just) as well: If you say that you might / may (just) as well do sth., you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even fee
12、l slightly reluctant about it.6.not much of: not a good 7.keep up: continue without stopping .IV SummaryFrom a conversation with the cab driver the author learned how much he regretted failing to keep up corre-spondence with his old friends Ed .Reading the letter by himself , the author learned more about the lifelong friendship between the driver and old Ed .The drivers experience urged the author to reach for his pen .V HomeworkWrite a letter to one of your friend . VI Feedback
