Unit 5
Overcoming Obstacles
I. Teaching Plan
Students will be able to:
1.grasp the main idea (dreaming and hard work helped Michael Stone on his way to success)and
the structure of the text(narration with a flashback);
2.appreciate the narrative skills (using details to bring out a character; a surprising ending; use of
3.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;
4.conduct a series of reading, listening, speeding and writing activities related to the theme of the
unit.
Time allotment
1
st
period
2
nd
period
3rd period
4
th
period
5 period
Pre-reading
While-reading
(text
organization;
language
points)
While-reading
(language
points)
While-reading
(closing line
usage of work ;
detail
Post-reading
(play on the
meaning of
words; exercises)
Check on
students' home
reading (Text B)
Theme-Related
language
Learning tasks)
Pre-reading tasks
1.T asks SS the following questions on the song Coming out Dark:(5minutes)
Consider the title of the song, what does "Dark" refer to?(near death ;loss of consciousness
after the car accident; slow and painful recovery; despair)
How
is
the
song
related
to the
theme
of
he
unit?(To
get
over
despair
after
injury
is
also a
form of overcoming obstacles.)
2.Do you know these proverbs??(13minutes)
1)T dictates the following Proverbs to SS: