9AUnit2ReadingIITeachinganalysisAnalysisofteachingmaterialThisreadingmaterialcanbeagoodwritingexample,sotheteachercanencouragethestudentstoimitatethestructureorusesomephrasesorsentencesintheirwriting.Somesentencesinthereadingmaterialaredifficulttounderstand,sotheteachershouldhelpstudentstoparaphrasethelongsentences.Besides,thisarticleiswrittentohelpstudentstolearnaboutthefunctionsandcharacteristicsofcolorssothatthestudentscanusethecolortomakesomechangesintheirdailylife.AnalysisofstudentsStudentshavegotthemainideaandsomedetailedinformationaboutthisarticle,buttheymayfinditdifficulttounderstandsomelongsentences.Besides,studentsalwaystrytheirbesttorememberthesentencesandphrasesinthereadingmaterial,buttheydon’tknowhowtousewhattheyhavelearnt.Itisnecessaryfortheteachertocreatesomesituationsandencouragestudentstousethemintheirwriting.Teachingobjectives●Studentscanusethefollowingexpressionscorrectly:remindsbofsth,makesbdo,bringpeaceto,havedifficultydoingsth,makeadecision,hopeforsuccessandetc.●Studentscangetmoreknowledgeaboutcolours.●Studentscanusecolourstomakesomechangesintheirdailylives.Important/DifficultpointsStudentscanusethefollowingexpressionscorrectly:remindsbofsth,makesbdo,bringpeaceto,havedifficultydoingsth,makeadecision,hopeforsuccessandetc.TeachingmethodsTask-basedlanguageteachingLearningstrategiesautonomiclearningstrategy,cooperativelearningstrategyTeachingaidsmulti-mediaTeachingprocedureStepsTeachers’activitiesStudents’activitiesPurpose1.Revision●Askstudentssomequestions:1)WhatkindsofcoloursdidwelearnintheReadingpart?2)Whatdoeseachcolourrepresent?●Answerthequestions●Tohelpstudentsreviewthearticle2.Furtherreading●Askstudentstoreadthefirstparagraphandthink:Howdidthewriterintroducethearticle?●Encouragestudentstoimitate:writeagoodintroductionforthearticle“l(fā)ivingonMars”●Askstudentstoreadtherestpartsofthearticleanddiscussthefollowingquestionswiththeirclassmates:Bluecanmakeusfeel______,_______,_____.Manywomenliketowear________ontheirweddingday,butChinesepeopleliketowear__________.Why?WhydoEmperorsinancientChinaliketowearyellow?Howdoyoufeelwhenyouseethepicture?(showaroomthatispaintedorange)Bluethecolourof______,_____,______and_______.FastfoodrestaurantslikeKFCarealwayspaintedred,doyouknowthereason?Whatdoes“this”refertointhelastparagraph?●Thinkaboutthequestionandgivetheiranswers●Presenttheiranswerorally.(possibleanswer:SomepeoplebelievewecanliveonMars.Youmaywonderwhetheritistrue.ThisarticlewilltellyouwhatlifewouldbelikeonMarsandhowpeoplewillliveonMars.)●Readthearticle,thendiscusswiththeirclassmatesandfindouttheanswers●Tomakethestudentshaveabetterunderstandingofthisarticleandgetthestudentspreparedforthewritingimitation●Toencouragethestudentstoimitatethewritingstyleandusewhattheylearntintheirwriting●Tohelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingofthearticleandencouragethemtolinkwhattheyhavelearntinthisarticlewiththeirdailylife3.Usefulexpressions●Askstudentstolistsomeusefulexpressionstheyhavelearntinthisarticle,thentheteachermakesomeexplanationandaddsomeimportantpointsifnecessary.●Listsomeusefulexpressionsbythemselves●Toencouragestudentstofindoutsomeusefulexpressionsbythemselves4.Extension●Askstudents:OrangeisthenationalcolourofNetherlands.Doyouknowwhy?●Listsomeproverbsoridiomsaboutcoloursandencouragestudentstoguessthemeaning:greenfingers園藝能手greenhand新blacksheep敗家子blackhorse黑馬awhitelie善意的謊言blueday憂郁的日子Whitewar沒有硝煙的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)whiteelephant昂貴卻沒有用處的物體●AskstudentstoreadtwoarticlesontheInternetandsharewhattheyknowwithotherswiththepartnersandgursstheanswer●Guessthemeaningoftheproverbsandindioms●Readandshare●Tohelpstudentsgetmoreknowledgeaboutcoloursandmakethem