Pre-reading |
Ask Ss “do you know more about resolution? What else do you want to know?” then do a predict. |
1. Brainstorm some facts they’ve known about resolution and share. 2. Guess the content of the passage by doing prediction. |
These aim to arouse students’ interest to explore what they want to know. |
While-reading |
1. Ask Ss to read passage in one minute, give tip of doing predict and ask Ss to give support details. Tell them what is topic sentences. 2. Give 3 minutes to Ss read carefully and finish 2c, check the answers, give tip3. 3. Teach each paragraph, pay attention to the phrases and questions, give tip 4. |
1. Fast reading – find the key sentences, know the meaning of top sentences. 2. Finish the task, and realize the importance of predict and topic sentences. 3. Scanning – ①read carefully, choose suitable sentences for each blank in each paragraph. ②read each paragraph, pay attention to the new phrases and answer questions. |
These help Ss to have a clear mind of the main idea. Ss can get more details to support the key sentence, and practice reading skills. Mind map |
Post-reading |
1. An in-depth study of this passage, an debate about whether they should have a resolution. 2. Conclude the debate and give moral education. |
1. Ss debating: should people have resolutions? Why or why not? Have group discussion and do a report to share their opinion. 2. to know they need to act now instead of just planning. |
This helps to cultivate Ss' dialectical thinking and good moral character. |
Summary |
Present 4 tips for reading and all phrases. |
Students review reading skills and phrases. |
This let student rethink what they have learnt. |
Homework |
Choose one of them 1. Finish 3a and make sentences with the phrases in 2e. 2. Make a list of your New Year’s Resolutions. (requirements: including physical health, relationship with your friends and parents and schoolwork, using at least 3 phrases we have learnt today.) |
This based on the extension and expansion of what Ss have learned. |