Freedom Fighters

Tasks which should be achieved in this unit:

a. Talk about civil rights and freedom fighters;

b. practise talking about causes and effects;

c. Review the Passive Voice;

d. Practise argumentative writing.

Teaching procedure:

Period 1.

Contents: Warming up & reading comprehension

Task: Get to know something about the two freedom fighters

Step 1.Warming up

Aim: Make students familiar with some words and expressions on the topic.

Discussing the questions:

How much do you know about Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela?

Step 2. Pre-reading

1. Show some photos of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.

2. group work:

Read the notes and write two short passages about the two freedom fighters?

3. Activities:

Ask some of the students to read their passages aloud.

Step 3. While-reading

1. Scanning: Ss read quickly and answer the following question:

What’s King’s work in all his life?

(Fighting for the civil rights and against the racial discrimination.)

2. Intensive reading to know some details.

True or False:

1)Martin Luther King, jr. was born in 1865.

2)Black people refused to take buses for more than 18 months.

3)Black girls could not marry white boys.

4)Martin Luther King died of cancer in Washington.

Step 4. After-reading

Finish the post-reading Ex on P29.

Step 5. Assignment

1. surf the internet and get more information about Martin Luther King using search engines like yahoo or baidu. ( or just input the key words into the address column of IE)

2. Discussion: Why do you think that Martin Luther King was a great man?

Period 2.

Contents: difficulties in the passage.

Task: Learn some language points:

Step 1. Warming up

Ask some Ss to present their homework.

Step 2. Learning about the language:

Play the tape for students to follow.

Teacher explain some language points in the text on page 28.

The following may be of a little help .

1. At that time in the southern states, blacks were not treated as equal citizen.

Treat

She treated the children to some ice creams.

I treated his remark as a joke.

2. By doing this he set an example to the rest of the world.

Set an example to..

Follow / copy the example of

For example. Take …. For example

Eg: He worked hard and set a good example to his classmates.

Take my sister for example, she is a good singer.

3. There was a time when women had no rights to vote, could not got to universities or choose their jobs.

There was a time when we had to get here at 7:00.

There was a time when people lived a simple life in this city.

Step 3. Practice

Ss finish Ex on page 29 by themselves and then check the answers.

Step 4. Assignment

1. Learn the useful expressions by heart.

2. Finish Ex1 –5 on page 104--105 on WB

3. read the whole passage aloud.

Period 3.

Contents: Grammar; talking and speaking

Task: Learn to use Passive Voice.

Step 1. Revision

Check the answers of Ex 1 -- 5 on page 104-105.

Step 2. questions and answers:

1. Do Ex 1 on p30 orally, translating the answers into Chinese if necessary.

2. Ex 2 on the same page is good for improving fluency in using the Passive Voice.

Step 3. Talking

1. Ss four in one group and have a discussion about the topics on page 26.

What happened first was that…..

You could expect… because….

That led to ….

One of the reasons why …. Is……

2. Ss make notes during the discussion, and try to report the topic to the whole class.

Step 4. Speaking

Guide the Ss to talk according to the direction on p 103

Step5. Assignment

Writing on page 107.

Period 4.

Contents: Integrating skills:

Task: To improve reading skills

Step 1. Warming up

Ask Ss to scan the passage on P30-31 and raise some questions:

Explain some difficulties if necessary:

Step 2. Reading

1. Ss read the passage :

2. Help Ss to understand the passage entirely.

Step 3. Writing

Finish the writing task on p 31.

You can give Ss some strategies for writing a short essay, or give them an outline if necessary.

Step 4. Assignment:

Read the passage on P106

The First Republic of Free Black People.

Period 5.

(Listening)

Task: Improve listening skills and got familiar with the topic.

Step 1. Listening

1. Ss finish the listening task on page 25.

2. Ss listen to the tape again and check the answers.

Step 2. dealing with the Ex 1-3 on p 102 of Workbook.

Step 3. Listening skills

Give the students some tips on how to improve listening while checking the Ex.

a. make notes while listening;

b. grasp the most important information

Step 4. listen and reading:

First listen and then read the passage on p106.

Period 6.

Revision:

Go over the important points in this unit once again, and give Ss some additional reading materials if possible.

Period 7.

Teachers can use this period freely.

Suggestion : Teachers can use this period to let Ss sum up what they have learned and explain what Ss couldn’t understand very well in this unit. Teachers can also add more practice in this period to consolidate what the Ss have learned. Finally, ask the Ss to finish Assessing on page 108. It is very important to improve their learning and let them have a sense of achieving gradually.