Unit5TheValueofMoneyReadingforWriting教學目標e.g.ledge:Masterkeyvocabulary(e.g.,"loan","owe")andsentencepatternsaboutfinancialinteractions;understandthethemeofmoney'svalueinthetext.Skills:Developabilitiestoanalyzecharacters'attitudestowardsmoneyviadetails;learntowriteanarrativeaboutamoneyrelatedexperiencewithlogicalplot.Culture:Exploreculturalperspectivesonmoneyandinterpersonalrelationshipsreflectedinthetext.Affect:Reflectonthetruevalueofmoneybeyondmaterialaspectsandcherishsincereconnections.重點難點Key:Graspinglanguagefeaturesofthenarrative;writingacoherentstorywithclearviewpointsonmoney.Difficult:Analyzingimplicitmeaningsincharacters'dialogues;expressingpersonalinsightsonmoney'svaluenaturallyinwriting.教學內容備注Teacher:Goodmorning,class!Today,wearegoingtoexploreUnit5TheValueofMoneyfromtheperspectiveofReadingforWriting.Thispartwillnotonlyhelpusunderstanddifferenttextsrelatedtothevalueofmoneymoredeeplybutalsoenhanceourwritingskills.So,let'sgetstarted.Firstofall,let'srecallwhatwehavelearnedintheprevioussectionsofthisunit.Whatkindofdiscussionshavewehadaboutthevalueofmoney?Student1:Wetalkedaboutwhethermoneycanbuyhappinessandhowpeopleshouldtreatmoney.Wealsolistenedtoanewsreportaboutanhonestcleanerwhoreturnedalargeamountofmoneyshefound.Teacher:Exactly.That'sagreatsummary.Now,beforewestartourreading,let'sthinkabouttheformsoftextsthatmightberelatedtothevalueofmoney.Whattypesofarticlesorstoriesdoyouthinkwemighteacross?Forexample,coulditbeanewsstory,anopinionessay,orafictionalnarrative?Student2:Maybeanopinionessay.Peopleoftenwriteabouttheirviewsonwhethermoneyisthemostimportantthinginlife.Student3:AfictionalstorylikeTheMillionPoundNotecouldalsobepossible.Itshowshowpeople'sattitudeschangewhenmoneyisinvolved.Teacher:Bothofyouareveryimaginative.Now,let'sturntoourreadingmaterial.Here,wehaveatext.Beforewestartreadingindetail,let'shaveaquickskim.Lookatthetitle,headings,andthefirstandlastparagraphs.Trytogetageneralideaofwhatthetextisabout.Whatcanyoutellfromthisinitiallook?Student4:Thetitleis"TheTrueValueofMoney".Fromthefirstparagraph,itseemsliketheauthorisgoingtotalkaboutdifferentwayspeoplevaluemoneyandwhatmoneycanandcan'tdo.Teacher:Goodobservation.Now,let'sreadthetextcarefully.Whilereading,payattentiontothemainideas,supportingdetails,andthestructureofthetext.Also,markanynewwordsorexpressionsthatyoueacross.(Studentsreadthetextsilently)Teacher:Okay,time'sup.Let'sstartwiththemainideas.Whocantellmewhattheauthor'smainpointisinthistext?Student5:Theauthorbelievesthatmoneyhasdifferentvaluesfordifferentpeople.Itcanbeatooltomeetbasicneeds,butitcan'tbuytruehappinessorthingslikeloveandfriendship.Also,thewaypeopleearnandspendmoneyreflectstheirvalues.Teacher:Excellent.You'vegraspedthecoreidea.Now,let'slookatthesupportingdetails.Whatexamplesdoestheauthorgivetosupporttheseideas?Student6:Theauthormentionsarichbusinessmanwhohasalotofmoneybutislonelybecausehehasnorealfriends.Thisshowsthatmoneycan'tbuyfriendship.Andthereisanexampleofapoorfamilywhoareveryhappybecausetheyloveandsupporteachother,whichmeanshappinessdoesn'tdependonmoney.Student7:Also,theauthortalksabouthowsomepeopleworkhardtoearnmoneythroughhonestmeans,likeasmallbusinessownerwhobuildshisbusinessstepbystep.Thisreflectsthatthewayofearningmoneymatters.Teacher:Verygood.Thesedetailsreallystrengthentheauthor'sargument.Now,let'sanalyzethestructureofthetext.Howdoestheauthororganizetheideas?Student8:Atfirst,theauthorstatesthegeneralideaaboutthevalueofmoney.Then,inthemiddlepart,theauthorgivesdifferentexamplestosupporttheidea.Andintheend,theauthorsumsupandemphasizesthatweshouldhaveacorrectattitudetowardsmoney.Teacher:Right.Itfollowsatypicalstructureofstatingthemainidea,providingexamples,andthenconcluding.Now,let'sfocusonthenewwordsandexpressions.Whatnewwordsdidyoumark?Student9:"pursuit",asin"thepursuitofmoney".Itmeanstryingtogetorachievesomething.Teacher:Correct.Canyouuseitinasentence?Student9:Manypeopleareinthepursuitofabetterlife,whichofteninvolvesmakingmoremoney.Teacher:Great.Whatotherwords?Student10:"contentment".Thetextsays"truecontentmentesfromwithin,notfrommoney".Itmeansafeelingofbeingsatisfied.Teacher:Good.Now,let'smoveontothewritingpart.Basedonwhatwehaveread,wearegoingtowriteanopinionessayaboutthevalueofmoney.First,let'sbrainstormsomeideas.Whataspectsdoyouthinkweshouldincludeinouressay?Student11:Wecantalkaboutourownviewsonwhethermoneyisimportantornot.Student12:Andgivesomereallifeexamples,justlikeinthereadingtext.Forexample,wecantalkaboutsomeoneweknowwhovaluesmoneytoomuchandhowitaffectstheirlife.Teacher:Thosearewonderfulideas.Now,let'sthinkaboutthestructureofouropinionessay.Justlikethetextweread,weshouldhaveanintroduction,amainbody,andaconclusion.Intheintroduction,howcanwestart?Student13:Wecanstartwithaquestion,like"Ismoneythemostimportantthinginlife?"orafamousquoteaboutmoney.Teacher:That'sagreatwaytograbthereader'sattention.Inthemainbody,weneedtopresentouropinionsandsupportthemwithexamples.Howmanyopinionsdoyouthinkweshouldpresent?Student14:Maybetwoorthree.Onecouldbeaboutthepositivesideofmoney,likeitcanhelpusmeetourbasicneedsandprovideacertainleveloffort.Anothercouldbeaboutthenegativeside,likehowitcan'tbuytruehappiness.Teacher:Right.Andremembertousetransitionalwordsandphrasestomaketheessayflowsmoothly.Forexample,whenmovingfromoneopiniontoanother,wecanuse"however","ontheotherhand".Intheconclusion,whatshouldwedo?Student15:Weshouldsumupourmainpointsandgiveafinalthoughtoracalltoaction,likesuggestinghowpeopleshouldviewmoneycorrectly.Teacher:Excellent.Now,let'sstartwriting.Youcanwritearoughdraftfirst.Takeyourtimeandtrytoexpressyourideasclearly.(Studentsstartwritingtheirroughdrafts)Teacher:Okay,afteryouhavefinishedyourroughdrafts,let'sexchangepaperswithyourpartner.Readyourpartner'sessayandgivesomefeedback.Youcanfocusonthefollowingaspects:Isthemainideaclear?Aretheexamplesrelevantandwellpresented?Isthestructurelogical?Andarethereanygrammarorspellingmistakes?(Studentsexchangeandrevieweachother'sessays)Teacher:Now,let'sebacktogether.Whowantstosharethefeedbacktheygaveorreceived?Student16:Itoldmypartnerthatthemainideainhisessaywasclear,buthecouldusemorespecificexamples.Forinstance,whenhetalkedaboutmoneynotbeingabletobuyhappiness,hejustsaid"somepeople",buthecouldhavenamedareallifepersonorastory.Teacher:That'sveryhelpfulfeedback.Whataboutgrammarandspelling?Student17:Mypartnerhadafewspellingmistakes,like"definitely"wasmisspelledas"definately".Andthereweresomeproblemswithsubjectverbagreement.Forexample,"Moneyarenoteverything"shouldbe"Moneyisnoteverything".Teacher:Good.Now,basedonthefeedbackyoureceived,reviseyouressays.Makesuretocorrectthemistakesandimprovethecontent.(Studentsrevisetheiressays)Teacher:Let'slookatsomemodelessaystogether.Hereisanexampleofanopinionessayaboutthevalueofmoney.Let'sreaditaloudandanalyzewhatmakesitagoodessay.(Teacherandstudentsreadthemodelessayaloud)Teacher:Whatdoyouthinkarethestrongpointsofthisessay?Student18:Theintroductionisveryinteresting.Itstartswithaquotefromaphilosopheraboutmoney,whichmakesmewanttoreadmore.Student19:Inthemainbody,theexamplesareveryvivid.Theauthortalksaboutalotterywinnerwhobecameunhappyaftergettingalotofmoney,whichreallyshowsthatmoneydoesn'talwaysbringhappiness.Student20:Theconclusionisalsogood.Itnotonlysumsupthemainpointsbutalsogivesapositivemessageabouthowweshouldbalanceourpursuitofmoneywithotherimportantthingsinlife.Teacher:Right.Now,let'spareyouressayswiththismodelessay.Whatcanyoulearnfromitandapplytoyourownwriting?Student21:Icanlearntousemorevividlanguagetodescribetheexamplesinmyessay.Student22:AndIshouldmakemyconclusionmorepowerful,notjustasimplesummary.Teacher:Excellent.Now,makethefinaltouchestoyouressays.Youcanaddsomemoredetails,adjustthelanguage,ormakesuretheformatiscorrect.(Studentsfinalizetheiressays)Teacher:Let'shavesomestudentssharetheirfinalessayswiththeclass.Thiswillgiveusachancetolearnfromeachother.Whowantstobethefirstone?Student23:[Studentreadstheiressayaloud]Teacher:Greatjob,[Student23].Youressayiswellstructuredandyouhavesomeveryuniqueinsights.Whatdoyouthink,class?Anymentsorsuggestions?Student24:Ithink[Student23]couldaddabitm