Unit 10 Gender Differences

Teaching Focus

Text A Why Do Boys and Girls Learn Differently? Text B Different Ways of Talking Theme Vocabulary average, score, solve, scientist, brain, advantage, independent, produce, force, difference, perform, require, obey, limit gift, bear, enter, reflect, compete, attention, command, continue, position, depend, prove, earn, adult, concern, discussion, topic Phrases and on (the/an) average; on the other take care of; compete with... for...; Expressions (hand); by the time; (all) on one’sown; be limited to Grammar take turns (doing something); depend on; be concerned with 1) How to use “an emphatic sentence” and “it” for a subject clause (“Focusing on Sentence Structure”) 2) Revision of punctuation and capitalization (“Basic Writing Skills”) Writing Understanding and writing signs (“Practical Writing”) Teaching Plan

单元 主题 Gender Differences 课时8 安 排 欢迎共阅

To read some articles about learning styles and see which one is yours. To read some articles about gender differences to find out what roles are men and women expected to play in societies under different cultural background. To be familiar with the context meaning and the use of those vocabulary of the two texts listed in the above table. 教育 教学 目标 (学生) To be familiar with the collocation of those phrases and expressions listed in the above table. To be able to make sentences with by the time, be limited to, importance, and on one’s own. To be able to rewrite sentences after models, using a cleft sentence or “it” for a subject clause. To review some rules of using punctuation and capitalization. To be able to understand signs and guiding directions often appeared in public places. Section A 教 学 设 计 Text A: Why Do Girls and Boys Learn Differently 教 学 Section B 内 容 Text B: Different Ways of Talking Section C Practical Writing: Understanding and Writing Signs 欢迎共阅

Leading In and Exploring the Topic ? Prepare a PPT with the two charts provided on P326 of TB. You may add more on the columns of objects and activities. ? Ask the Ss to check the choices in the appropriate blanks and/or write out their likes and dislikes. Then pair them up to share theirs with each other. Section A Reading Through ? Divide the class into two groups by sex. Then ask the two groups to debate about the topic: Who is stronger, male or female? ? Prepare a PPT with all the new words and expressions on it and familiarize the Ss with them. ? Read through the text together with the Ss paragraph by paragraph by asking some students to read aloud and some to translate. Give them helps where necessary. ? Show the structure of the text provided on P329 of TB and review the whole text with the class. Basic Writing Skills ? Prepare a PPT with paragraphs of the exercise on P170 of SB. 教学活动? Ask some students to tell their answers to the class and 安排建议 explain why. ? Review some rules of using punctuation and capitalization learned in former units. Section B Reading More ? Ask the Ss to work in pairs to discuss the following questions: 1) What gifts did you usually get when you were a little girl (or a little boy)? 2) Who gave you these gifts? 欢迎共阅 3) Why did they give you these gifts? 4) Did you like them or not? And why?