Unit 5  Loving  Family

I Content

Ø Get prepared for this unit

---Learning objectives

---Main idea of the two texts

Ø Warm-up

Ø Understanding the text- iExplore 1

Ø Share students' works

 

II Feedback about your tasks

 

III  Introduction of unit 5   

Learning objectives:

• talk about family and love using new vocabulary

• identify six basic elements in story telling

• translate attributive clauses

• narrate your unforgettable experience with your parents

• clarify the significance of spending time together with the family

• perform a play about family love  

 

The two stories in This Unit

iExplore 1 My mother’s gift

tells us how her mother's words encouraged her when she was faced with a difficult situation

 

iExplore 2  Best day of my life

— about a father who happened to find his son's journal

— it shows us how much children cherish their parents' company

IV  Warm up

Viewing and speaking

Task 1  (U校园）Text book Page100

Fill in the blanks with what you hear from the video clip.

 Task 2  (U校园）

Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

Speakers in the video clip say that family members are always there for each other. If they have problems, they solve them together. Would you talk with your family and seek help from them when you run into trouble? Why or why not?

 

Further discussion

Watch a video clip, and then answer the following questions.

 

How were Michelle and her brother raised?

What did the women in her life teach her?

What did the men in her life teach her?

 Understanding the text   iExpolre 1

 My mother’s gift

The main idea, structure
课文大意，结构

 The text talks about the mother's support and encouragement to the daughter at her saddest moment and the daughters gratitude to her mother's unconditional love.

 

VI Language Building

ambitious

intelligent

painstakingly

switch

protest

relieved

stimulating

be grateful for

 

VI Share Students Works  

Travel in Beijing

 

 VII Preview

Text Book P103 understanding the text

Task 1 Read Paras. 4-18 and rearrange the statements in the timeline. Then fill in the blanks and try to retell what happened on the lunchtime walk.

Task 2 Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the text.

 

Task 3 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

The author reveals her mother’s gift by leading us to her childhood memory. What does the gift – a dandelion – symbolize? Illustrate your points in detail.

Have you ever received any precious gift from your parents? Could you share your story with your partner?

Reading in detail  My Mother’s Gift

Vocabulary