《Unit 6 Touch of life》.pptVIP

Unit 6 Touch of life Learning Objectives After studying this unit, you’ll be able to: 1. apply critical thinking skills in reading 2. explain the metaphors in the texts 3. find out the value of life and cherish what we already hav Lead-in Discuss the following questions with a partner: Are you satisfied with your life at the moment?? What would you like to change most if possible? Have you ever experienced that no matter how much you care about something, but people around you just don’t care? Have you learned about it’s not what you have in your life, but what attitude you adopt towards your life that counts? Passage A ----Everyday is a gift What happened to the author’s sisiter? In what way has the author changed, and why? Passage B --- ?Letting Go of Yesterday Who is Charles Schultz? What happened on her sister’s wedding day? Why is the author a little sad? Passage B --- ?Letting Go of Yesterday Reading SkillsGetting Ideas Sorted out by Critical Thinking Critical thinking is a good way for us to put forward proper questions about what we are reading, usually in the way of analyzing, hypothesizing, or evaluating. Reading SkillsGetting Ideas Sorted out by Critical Thinking Critical thinking in reading is like critical thinking elsewhere. Its purpose is to get us involved in reading activity so that we can summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate the ideas we encounter Reading SkillsGetting Ideas Sorted out by Critical Thinking Fundamental Questions What is (are)...? Who...? When...? How much...? How many...? What is an example of...? Reading SkillsGetting Ideas Sorted out by Critical Thinking Part-Whole-Connection Questions How...? Why...? What are the reasons for...? What the types of...? What are the functions of...? Reading SkillsGetting Ideas Sorted out by Critical Thinking Hypothesis Questions If...occurs, then what happens...? If ...had happened, then what would be different...? What does theory x predict will happen...?