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Unit 4, Book Three Section A: Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Teaching Aims and Requirements Students will be able 1. To be familiar with the five symbols of America and the related American culture 2. To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns 3. To grasp the writing skills of “time sequence” and make use of it in writing 4. To improve students’ reading skills of appreciating figurative language by studying section B 5. To read sentences and texts with proper intonation 6. To grasp the usage of suffix “-ant”, “ent”, the prefix “co-” and the “absolute structure” 7. To develop Ss’ online learning ability by asking them to retrieve the relevant information II. Teaching Focus 1. Useful words, phrases and sentence structures; 2. Reading skills: making predictions; 3. Writing skill: a general statement supported by an example. III. Teaching Methods and Techniques Use the CAI (PPT software) and group work; use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach and audio-visual method. IV. Class Hours Allotment 1st period 2nd period 3rd period 4th period Warming up activities and structure study of Text A Text A Language points analysis Language points Sentence structures Analysis; Post-reading (Exercises) Writing skill and practice (a general statement supported by an example) 5th period 6th period 7th period 8th period Reading skill (making predictions) Reading Comprehension of Text B Unit 4 Telecommunications (Dinner Parties) Unit 4 Telecommunications (Dinner Parties) V. Teaching Procedures Section A: Five Famous Symbols of American Culture (Five Periods) Step 1 Revision: 1. Asking students some questions to review the last lesson; 2. Checking the homework; Methods: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach, and audiolingual method. Step 2. Leading-in and preparation for reading Showing some pictures of American symbols to the students and let them talk to each other about the t