Half a DayHalf a Day

By Naguib Mahfous

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by Class 3!by Class 3!Presenters:

Deng Xiaowen,

He Jing,

Yuan Hui,

Dou Wei

Course Description

Course: Intensive reading Time: 4 Class hours Students: 20 freshmen,

1st Term English Majors Presumptions: Students have sound

preview; finished pre-class work, 2 ss have prepared their presentation for the class

Objectives of Study

Understand the main story Appreciate the seemingly simple language Recognize the techniques of narration:

Perspective of narratingSymbolic meaning

Implicit foreshadowingFigures of speech

Teaching Plan

1. Check on Preview (10 mins)

T’s task: ask questions

S’s task: answer questions

strategic goals: global understanding, prediction

Teaching Plan

2. Introduce the author and social background (20 mins)

T’s task: introduce ss’ presentation

S’s task: presentation (2 ss, 15 mins)

strategic goals: activate ss’world knowledge, the ability to search for relevant information,

Teaching Plan

3. Work out the general story (10 mins)

T’s task: organize and explain pair work, provide 3 pictures

S’s task: pair work

strategic goals: skimming, gap-filling, inferencing, visual strategy

Teaching Plan

4. Work out the general structure and main idea of each part (10 mins)

T’s task: ask questions

S’s task: answer questions

strategic goals: read for the gist, skimming, summarizing

Teaching Plan

5. Detailed study---Part I.(30 mins) T’s task: ask general question; distribute the task

sheet (fill in blanks with verbs and collocations); drive home key words, phrases, and sentences

S’s task: answer questions; fulfill the task; check answers with peers first

Linguistic goals: key words, phrase, and sentencesstrategic goals: skimming, scanning, consolidating

key phrases and verbs

Teaching Plan

6. Detailed Study---Part II (40 mins) T’s task: ask general questions; distribute the task

sheet (paraphrase); explain some key words, phrases, and sentences

S’s task: answer questions; paraphrase; check answers with peers;

Linguistic goals: key words, phrases, and sentencesstrategic goals: skimming, contextualization (work

out the implied meaning in paraphrase)

Teaching Plan

7. Detailed study---Part III (40 mins)

T’s task: ask general questions; distribute the task sheet (chart) and organize the group work;

S’s task: answer questions, group work, group report

Linguistic goals: key words, phrase and sentences

strategic goals: skimming, scanning, comparison and contrast

Teaching Plan

8. Symbolic meaning (20 mins)---Prize!!! T’s task: organize ss’ group work (figure out the hints

in the text relating to the boy’s experience at school to real life experience in the world, and discuss their symbolic meanings)

S’s task: group work, group reportLinguistic goals: use the words, phrases and sentences

learned in the textstrategic goals: scanning, summarizing, communicative

strategies, analyzing, search reading

Teaching Plan

9. Homework (10 mins) T’s task: ask ss to write an essay; ask them

how they would write (summarize the metal experiences of the boy)

S’s task: write an essay after class; finish exercises on the textbook

strategic goals: summarizing, self-reflecting, writing

Recapture! (10 mins)

We have: Understood the story Appreciated the language style Reinforced the theme Recognized the narrating techniques Reflected the strategies used …

Demo Time!Demo Time!

By Class Three

Warm-up and Lead-in (10 mins)

Check on preview Prediction of the title Ss’ reflection of the reading processes Introduce ss’ presentation

By 和静

Jigsaw! (10 mins)

Organize the pair work Explain the pair-work (2 tasks!) Students feedback Summarize Introduce the strategies used

By 袁慧

Comparison and Contrast! (20 mins)

Reflect what we have learned before Introduce and organize the group work Group work (10 mins) Feedback and comments Introduce the strategies used

By 窦薇

Comparison and Contrast (Part III)

Elements Part III Part I Implication of the change(s)

time

His age

His mentality

parentsThings on the street

General atmosphere

Person with him

Thank You!Thank You!

Questions and comments are

welcome!