1、Unit Five LITERATURE: THE DREAM KEEPER What is your dream? Teaching aims and demands: 1) To train the students ability of reading 2) To talk about ones goal, purpose, and dream. 3) Study new words and sentences of this text. Teaching focuses and difficulties: 1) To understand the passage 2) To learn
2、 how to make your dream. Teaching procedures: Step.Lead-in: Show the students a short story By Jack Canfield From Chicken Soup for the Soul . Step.Vocabulary accumulation. During this process, it is a good chance to present new words. Show the usage of the key words. Offer some good examples for the
3、 students to understand. Step.Pre-reading Students read the part in italics and answer the questions 1. What is your purpose of life? 2. What is the right path to realize your dream? Free talk with the students and enjoy some ideas from songs or poems. Step. While-reading 1. First-reading multiple c
4、hoice : 1) When the girl walks into the forest, she_. A. wants to talk and play with birds B. wants to see trees and plants in nature C. searches for the meaning of life D. wants to have a daydream 2) In this story, all the birds can talk .Grass quivers. Wind whisper gently. What figure of speech (l
5、iterary device) is the writer using here? A .Irony. B. Hyperbole C. Personification 3).How many kinds of birds are mentioned in the passage? A.5 B. 6 C.7 D.8 4). Which bird can bring color and a bright song to the world? A. the blue jay B. the eagle C. the hawk D. the swan 2. Analyse the whole story
6、 the development of the story Part1 (Paragraph 1) The girl wondered what her dream was. Part 2 (Paragraphs 27)The girl talked with birds about her dream in the woods. Part 3 (Paragraphs8-10)The girls daydream. Part 4 (Paragraph11)The girl found her real dream. 3.Further-readingTrue or false Which of
7、 these sentences are true? Write “T” in brackets for sentences that are true and “F” for sentences that are false. 1).The eagles goal is to fly high above the earth and to signal to animals in trouble.(T) 2).The girl got the purpose of her life by holding the feathers of the birds together.(F) 3).A
8、dream keeper appeared and provided the girl with her dream.(F) 4).A swan brought great beauty and a chickadee brought happiness to the world.(T) 5).Birds had their important tasks and their lifes work.(T) Step.Language points 1. It is a great pleasure to play in the woods. It + be + noun/adjective +
9、不定式，这类名词有：a fact, a pity, a shame, an honour，a question 等，如： 1) It is our duty to help the poor. 2) It is very kind of you to help me. 3)It is very important for us to learn English well. Exercises 1) _ is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language. (MET95) A. There B. This C
10、. That D. It 2) _ will do you good to do some exercise every morning. A. It B. There C. Those D. One 3) _ is our duty to pay taxes to our government. A. that B. this C. its D. it 2. After all, they did not show any hesitation in their flight. after all / in all / at all /above all 3.They did not wor
11、ry about what they were meant to do.mean: 1) (言词等)表示.的意思+(that) What does the phrase mean? 这短语是什么意思? What do you mean by saying so? 2).意欲,意图,打算 V+O1O2/ v+to-v I mean her no harm. 我无意伤害她。 Do you mean to go without money? 你想身无分文就走吗? 3). 意谓着;有.的意义+(that)/+v-ing To a certain extent, to raise wages means
12、 increasing purchasing power. 在一定程度上,提高工资意味着增加购买力。 4). 指定;预定 be meant+ for The apartment was originally meant for five. 这套房间本来是准备给五口人住的。 This film is meant for adults only. 供看/用 be meant +to-v Festivals are meant to celebrate important events. 为了 The room is meant to store rice 4.All the animals dep
13、end on me. 1). depend 作“信赖；相信”解，后接不定式的被动结构作定语。如： Jane is a person to be depended upon. 2). depend on (upon) it 意为“ 请相信；没问题” ，用于句首或句末。如： Do depend on it, and we shall succeed in time. 考点 depend on 此处意为“依靠” ，它还有“靠决定，得看”之意，通常不用于 进行时态或被动语态。 考例 Im planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can make
14、no guarantees because it _ the weather. (上海 2001) A. links with B. depends on C. connects to D. decides on 点拨 选 B。depend on 此处意为“靠决定” 。句意为“我计划举办一个露天聚会， 但我不能担保，因为这得看天气” 。link with 意为“将人或物连接或联系起来” ； connect to 意为“连接，联结，结合” ；decide on 意为“就做出决定，下决心” 。 3).depend 作“看(情况) ”解，后接从句。如： It just depends on how
15、my wife deals with the problem. 4).depend 在口语中意为“看情况” ，可以有 That depends, It depends, It all depends 等几种说 法。如： Are you going? It all depends. 考例2004 年这道高考题： How often do you eat out? _ ，but usually once a week. ( 天津) A. Have no idea B. It depends C. As usual D. Generally speaking 这道题的答案是 B，主要考查动词 dep
16、end 的用法。depend 也是高一上学期要掌握的重点词 汇. Step. Consolidation Intensive reading for language Ask students to read the text carefully again and discover the useful words and expressions (even wonderful sentences) they think. Collect the useful words and expressions they find out in the passage. (It is better
17、to present them on the screen.) 1. words vision whisper purpose within hesitation encounter gracefully signal unfold beauty happiness recall gather 2. phrases the meaning of life the right path since ancient times over time from generation to generation offer wise lessons about life in the woods aft
18、er all be meant to do look up into the sun one another in trouble 3. Sentence memorizing 1. The girl walked along a path by a stream in the woods. 2. She wondered how she would find her purpose in life. 3. From here I can signal to animals in trouble. 4. Please come and join me. Step. Summary 1) Gro
19、up work Role performance Do role-performances according to the conversation between the girl and the birds in the second part. One acts the girl and others the birds. Show the differences of the sentences in order to introduce “Direct speech and indirect speech” 2) Retell the whole story. Ask the Ss
20、 to retell it by playing the role of the girl first and then ask individual student to say it out in class. Samples: I often play in the woods and enjoy the pleasure of nature . As I grow older, I begin to think about the meaning of life. I find birds live a happy and meaningful life. They have thei
21、r important tasks and their lifes work. They do not worry about what they are meant to do. I asked birds for advice but they gave similar answers. All the birds ask me to join them, but I know I can not. I am disappointed that there is not a Dream Keeper to provide me with the answers to my question
22、s. After my dream, I realize that all the earth have lessons and gifts for me. Because things are unique . I need to observe how they fit together, how they are the same and how they are different. My purpose is to understand them. Homework Please write a short passage to talk about your dream in the future according to what you have learnt in this class.
