UNIT11大学英语教案

UNIT11大学英语教案UNIT11大学英语教案UNIT11大学英语教案V:1.0精细整理，仅供参考UNIT11大学英语教案日期：20xx年X月Unit11LettertoaBstudentI.Lead-in(Groupwork）：1.Whatdoyouusuallydoonweekend(Shopping/watchingTV/surfingtheinternet)2.HowmanyscoresdoyoumostlygetfortheEnglishcoursesyouhavebeentaking

IfweusegradeA,B,CandDtomarkyourscores,whichgradedoyouget?

（A：≥70B：≥60C：≥50D:≥40F:Failed）3.AreyoufeelhappyorareyoudisappointedwhenyougetaBWhy(Disappointed—loseconfidence—acquiredknowledge—learnnewwaysofthinking—putinpractice)4.Imagineyourselftobeateacherandthatyouaretowritealettertoastudentwhoisdisappointedwiththegradeshegets.Whatwouldyousaytohimintheletter?

(Judgmentofknowledge–notrepresentqualities)II.CulturalbackgroundAmericanEducationSystemversusAsianEducationSystem(ppt)III.Structuralanalysis(Groupwork）KeywordsKeysentencesMainideaofthetext(ppt)IV.Textanalysis1).PartI:Paragraph1--The1stparagraphservesasanintroduction.Languagework:1.farsuperiorto→betterinqualitythan.Theboyisfarsuperiortothatgirlinstudy.2.Gentleman’sC→adecentgrade.The

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3.eligibility→thequalificationorabilitiesrequiredfordoingsth.eligible(adj).:tobeabletodosth..Citizensabovetheageof18areeligibletovoteandbevoted.[Problems]Questions:(Pairwork）(ppt)1.Whatchangeaboutgradeshasthewritermentionedbriefly?

(Thewriterhasmentionedbrieflythechangeinthewaygradesareregarded,I.ethenormhasshiftedupward.)2.What,accordingtothewriter,hascausedthechange?

(Thechangehastodowiththegeneralsocialclimatewheregradesdetermineeligibilityforgraduateschoolandspecialprograms.Thisiswhythewritersaysthereisnothinghecandotoremovethefeelingofdisappointment.)Mainidea:The1stparagraphservesasanintroduction.2).PartII:Paragraphs2-5constitutethefirstmainpartoftheletter.Languagework:1.offset→tocounterbalance2.You’vegrownupinasocietywherewinningisnotthemostimportantthing----it’stheonlything.→P1543.“sins”…”salvation”→AccordingtotheBible,peoplearebornwithsins,ifyouwanttogetsalvation/berescued;youhavetobelieveinGodandobeyit,anddomanygoods.Butinmodernsociety,beingfailureisasin,andonlysuccesscanrescueyou.[Problems]4WheredoestheauthorstatehispurposeofwritingtheletterWhatisthatpurpose(Para3,toputyourdisappointmentinperspective)→putsth.inperspective→tojudgetheimportanceofsomethingcorrectly.Sowhattheauthorwantstodoistoshowthestudentshowtheyshouldregard/viewdisappointmentcorrectly.5Thenhowtoputyourdisappointinperspective?

→Byconsideringexactlywhatyourgrademeansanddoesn’tmean.Dopeoplecorrectlyconsiderthisproblem→No.People’sunderstandingofgradeismisled.6Payattentiontothephrase“takenatfacevalue”,→whichmeanstoacceptssomethingforwhatitappearstobe(nomatteritistrueornot).[Problems]7Then,inpara4,theauthorstateswhatagrademeans.(1stsentence)8Inwhatwayisthelevelofproficiencydetermi9Doyouthinkthesetestingwaysreallycorrespondtotheknowledgeyouhaveacquiredandwillretain?(No.)10HowtointerpretyourBcorrectly

→(Asaratherfuzzysymbolatbest.)↓Onthemostoptimisticview充其量不过是11Whatdoesagradenotmean(Notrepresentajudgmentofyourbasicabilityofyourcharacter.)12Whataretheimportantcharacteristicsofhumanbeing13Whyaretheysoimportant14→Explainthelast3sentences.1)Peoplemeasuredbythecharacteristicslikecourage,kindness,wisdom,goodhumor,etc.peoplemeasuredbylittlemarksonapieceofpaper,theformeraremorevalued.2)“B”justreflectstheappearancebutnottheinnerqualities.[Problems]Questionsforpara2-5:(Pairwork）(ppt)1.Howdoesthewriterexplainthenotionofdisappointment?

(Refertoisanegativefeeling.Itisthestuffbaddreamsaremadeof.Whatdeservesourattentionhereisthatthewriterexplainsdisappointmentinrelationtosuccess.)2.Whatistherelationshipbetweendisappointmentandsuccessinmodernsocietyaccordingtotheauthor?

(Theredoesnotexistthesituationinwhichallthoseareinvolvedwillturnoutsuccessfulandnoonefeelsdisappointment.Wherevertherearewinners,therearelosers.Whensomeonefeelshighlycompetitivesocietywheretheimportanceofwinningisemphasizesomuch,itisinevitablethatthosewhofailinthecompetitionwillfeeldisappointment.)Mainidea：purposeofwriting:toputyourdisappointmentinperspectivebyconsideringexactlywhatyourgrademeansanddoesn’tmean3).PartIII:Paragraphs6-8Afterstatingwhatagrademeansandnotmeans,theauthoraimstoshowusthereifadistinctionbetweenthestudentasaperformerintheclassroomandthestudentasahumanbeing.Thecontentscoverfrompara6topara8.Theauthoruseshispersonalexperiencetoillustratethisdistinction.Languageworkmakeapointofdoingsomething→totakeparticularcaretodosomething/insistondoingsth.handle→todealwithsthorsomeone;tocontrolwithhands;tobeinchargeof(3examples)resent→tofeelbitterorindignantat[Problems]Questionsforpara6-8:(Pairwork）(ppt)1.Studentsworkingrouptorelatethewriter’sexperience,anddiscusstherevelation.Mainidea：distinctionbetweenthestudentasaperformerintheclassroomandthestudentasahumanbeing4).PartIV:Paragraphs9-10Thelasttwoparagraphsconstitutethelastpart.Languagework:Makesdistinction→tosaywhatthedifferenceisbetweentwoormoresimilarpersonsorthingshamper→tocausedifficultyinactivityQuestionsforpara9-10:(Pairwork）1.Whatisthewriter’sviewconcerningsociallabels?

Sociallabelsare,ontheonehand,irrelevant,and,ontheotherhand,necessaryinacomplexsociety.2.Howdoyouinterpretthesentence“Torecognizethemistorecognizethatsociallabelsarebasicallyirrelevantandmisleading”Thepronoun“them”doesnotrefertoasinglepluralnouninthecontextsuchas“coordinates”,butitreferstowhathasbeensaidinthefirstfewlinesinthisparagraph.Ifweareawarethathumanbeings,despitetheirapparentdifferences,