综合英语 教学大纲

1、综合英语 课程大纲教学对象2012级1年级学生Lesson 1 Part 1 Generation GapDistinguish differences between father and daughter Talk about the characters of the father/daughterWrite about the differences in viewpoints between themLesson 1 Part 2 Informal EnglishUnderstand the words/phrases featuring the informal use of En

2、glish in the two storiesBe able to identify the colloquial features in a variety of situations (such as phrasal verbs, conversational fillers, omission, versatile words, exaggeration, colloquial phrases or sayings)Be able to be guard against the inconsistency in writing resulting from inappropriate

3、use of stylistic features of EnglishLesson 2 Part 1 Why My Great Uncle Gave Up the MinistryGive a general comment on the plot of the story.Share your understanding of the story with the class. Give an account of the three funny incidents with the great uncle. Participate in group work to retell the

4、story in details.Retell the story to the class in pair work. Demonstrate your understanding of the major character and explain why he gave up the ministry. Make judgment on whether it was good for him to become a teacher of philosophy. Lesson 2 Part 2 A City of ChurchesUnderstand the irony in the sh

5、ort story A City of ChurchesComments on the summary, features of the two main characters in the story in appropriate languageKnow how to write Character Analysis in a literary reviewLesson 3 Part 1 AnimalsRetell the first story “Save by His Mistakes” correctly, and at least three two stories from th

6、e essay “Those Revolting Animals” independently in correct English.Discern the differences in tones in which the two texts are written. The first story is told in directly, straightforwardly positive tone, and the second essay is written in ironical tone. Lesson 3 Part 2 AnimalsIdentify the use of s

7、ignpost language used in the second article Those Revolting AnimalsIdentify the sequence of the paragraphs by using the clues in the signpost languageUnderstand the essay with greater depth about the relationship between human beings and animalsAcquire clear distinction in some language knowledge: s

8、ingular vs. plural form of animal nouns, adj./v-ed forms of drink/drank/drunk and drunkenCountry names/ adjectives/ language / people, such as Sweden, Swedish, Swedes etc. Lesson 4 Part 1 Learning StrategiesDistinguish a good grammar book from a poor one written by unqualified writers.Locate the rel

9、evant information quickly in the grammar book to solve your problems in learning.Distinguish a good dictionary from a poor one.Be able to locate the explanation of the entry word according to the context in which the word is used. Use writing mechanics and editing tools appropriately to improve the

10、quality of your written work. Distinguish the punctuation marks between English and Chinese and know how to avoid mix them in an English text. Lesson 4 Part 2 The Two RoadsRead the text The Two Roads critically.Acquire the knowledge of specific usages of v-ed/v-ing as modifiers (such as falling/fall

11、en, travelling/travelled, misleading / misguided etc. ); of nouns in count noun form / non count noun form; functions of describing happy/unhappy aspects of lifeAcquire cultural differences between western (Christian) and Chinese (Buddhist) views of life (such as heaven vs. hell and reincarnation in

12、to a second life in a cycle)Lesson 5 Part 1 My Middle School LifeTell a story about your life at the middle school, and report a story about your partner in the class.Understand that ideas are more important than language in writing. And be able to recognize and distinguish good writing from poor on

13、e. Understand the symbolic style of writing about teenagers life in the two articles The Two Roads and A Glimpse of the Future. Understand the characteristics of behaviors of young children, teenagers and their differences from that of adults. Lesson 5 Part 2 Rhetorical DevicesUnderstand the rhetori

14、cal devices of metaphor, simile, personification and their extension for enhancing communicative effects.Use these devices in individual writing, and clarify the meaning through teacher/student negotiation.Read critically the rhetorical devices created by classmates, and select a best one based on t

15、he group consensus. Understand and know how to correct the problems found in the writing assignments. Lesson 6 Part 1 Festival CelebrationTalk about the ways of celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival in appropriate English vocabulary and pronunciation. Talk about the American thanksgiving day in it

16、s major characteristics of celebration and its cultural tradition.Extend the learning from the textbook to the creation of a cultural post about Chinese and western festivals in posters. Lesson 6 Part 2 Grammar and ConversationAcquire the ability to use modal verbs for suggesting speakers attitudes

17、to the information of the statement.Acquire the ability to use the tense (past and present) consistently in a single paragraph. Acquire the ability to mix the tenses in a single paragraph in order to suggest a transition, digression, additional comments. Make a conversation based on a movie by creat

18、ing a dialogue for the silent movie Dads iPad. Lesson 7 Part 1 Festival PostersHands-on presentation of a western festival with the aid of slides, videos and posters. Understand the important skills and points for an effective presentation. Hands-on skills to convert a story into a drama script. Les

19、son 7 Part 2 Schoolmaster PoemRead and interpret the poem Schoolmaster critically with good knowledge of teachers life, grand, ordinary, but a bit lonely. Create a poem MTV by making use of media technology such as Video Studio Pro X4 in which the sound dubbing of the poem reading is made. Lesson 8

20、Part 1 Genius Sacrificed for FailureUnderstand the brief historical information about Charlotte Bronte, her brother, two sisters and her father. Give a brief summary of the story about Brontes family situation and their literary genius. Identify the problems and correct most of them in the use of vo

21、cabulary, and the pronunciation. Understand the verb patters with regard to single object or double object structures. Lesson 8 Part 2 Gender and EqualityTalk about genders and social roles in class discussion. Recognize the importance of gender differences in social life, and avoid the extremist so

22、cial cultural view that would wipe out the differences resulting from gender differences.Use pronunciation symbols in the computer.Correct the mistakes in misuse of the count noun, and non count noun distinctions in the nouns that students used in their midterm exam.Establish the concepts of essay s

23、tructures in introduction development - conclusionLesson 9 Part 1 Human Language and CommunicationAcquire the usage of the verb land when it is used as a double-object verb with a negative connotation. Understand the story A Horse and Two Goats appropriately.Summarize the story in their own words. A

24、cquire the usage of the words/phrases critical to the understanding of the story. Create comic dialogues of cross-talking based on the story. Lesson 9 Part 2 Body Language and CultureRead the passage Gesture and pick out culturally-loaded body language. Express and explain the body language in appro

25、priately English.Write an essay in which they will describe body language accurately. Lesson 10 Part 1 Learning EnglishUnderstand the lecture on the word language in count-noun, and non-count noun usage.Read the article critically Learning a Language.Talk independently about the three misconceptions

26、 about learning English, and the arguments developed by the writer against them. Read critically the cultural information How English Began, and be able to create a timeline for old English. Summarize the development of the short history of English based on BBC program The History of English in Ten

27、Minutes. Understand the 19th century Irish history through jigsaw listening and speaking activity and work out the complete lyrics of the song. Lesson 10 Part 2 Roman and Greek MythologyUnderstand how myths come about in human civilization.Interpret the text Myths of Greece and Rome. Understand how

28、a dictionary entry is composed of, and what information it contains. Write their own dictionary entries (9 words, Titan, Jupiter, Apollo, Vulcan, Neptune, Pluto, Atlas, Cere, and Tantalus) based on the mythological vocabulary discussion in the reading passage. Lesson 11 Part 1 BargainsRead the text

29、Bargains critically and interpret the writers humor correctly.Summarize the major points of the text, and comment succinctly on the rhetorical devices of analogies and exaggerations used in the writing. Correct the inappropriate analogies written by some high school students. Lesson 11 Part 2 Analog

30、y WritingReview and recall the concept of analogy and the related cases in the text Bargains. Identify the problems with the work of the high school students and correct the inappropriate analogies by group discussion and cooperative writing. Comment critically and correct the problems in their own

31、analogies in content, culture, and language. Lesson 12 Part 1 Travails with CharlesUnderstand their problems in the written work of analogies.Read the story Travails with Charlie critically.Understand the writing technique of foreshadowing in story plot development. Identify correctly the foreshadow

32、ing clues and hints from the story, and report them to the class. Lesson 12 Part 2 Out of the MistsRead the story Out of the Mists critically, and retell the episodes of the authors childhood memories in their own language. Use appropriate English to talk and write about the prohibitions of their ow

33、n childhood. Enrich the textuality of the writing by incorporating teachers feedback in writing the new version of their prohibition writing. Lesson 13 Part 1 Beware of the Dog (1)Read the story Beware of the Dog critically. Understand the plot development of the story. Talk about the main developme

34、nts of the story. Recognize the settings, and narrative perspectives.Discuss the ideas in the story in correct English. Lesson 13 Part 2 Beware of the Dog(2)Understanding the importance of selected details in creating a good story in literature.Reading critically to identify details for developing a

35、 good story. Analyzing the main character based on the discussion, and selected details. Preliminary practice of writing character analysis for literary criticism. Lesson 14 Part 1 Where the Sun Always RisesRead the introductory essay Parks in My Life critically. Talk about the differences between C

36、hinese culture and American culture in terms of the beauty of nature.Understand the contrast of two episodes in the article Where the Sun Always Rises. Draw a meaningful conclusion from what has changed and what remains unchanged in the two episodes. Draw a meaningful conclusion from the differences

37、 between Chinese and Western parents in educating their children appreciate the beauty of nature. Lesson 14 Part 2 The Common StreamUnderstand the relationship among function (expressing a causal relationship), meaning of the sentence (a meaningful sentence), and vocabulary/structures (appropriate v

38、ocabulary/structure) for communicative ability to express a causal relationship with clarity, accuracy, and appropriacy in formality. Read the passage critically. Identify the changes discussed in the essay. Rewrite these changes in appropriate sentences, vocabulary, the degree of formality, with clear, precise, and meaningful ideas. Lesson 15 Part 1 GlueRead the essay Glue critically, and be able to distinguish jokes, humors, matter-of-fact discussion in Rooneys writing. Give reasons for the distinctions of humors, jokes from the matter-of-fact discussion