北师大高二英语教学（必修5）Unit 15教案4 Understanding.docVIP

4 Understanding Objectives ■ To practise using linking and reference words to help understand a text. ■ To practise using adverbs. Possible problem ■ Some students may still feel they need to understand every word in a reading text in order to do the exercises. Background Sophie’s World, by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaader, was published in 1994 and has become an international best-selling book. Bob Dylan (1941- ) is an American singer and songwriter. Routes through the material If you are short of time, set Exercise 4 for homework and omit Exercise 5. If you have time, do the Option activity. If you have two periods for this lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 3. Language Power: pages 84?C85. Reading Before you start Exercise 1 ■ In pairs, students discuss which of the six things help them to understand better. ■ The pairs then report back to the class. The class can find out which of the six things is the most useful and if there are any things they have never used. Read to learn Exercise 2 ■ Give students time to read through the extracts and find out which strategy the philosopher uses to help Sophie understand what philosophy is about. ■ When checking students’ answers, have them refer to the parts of the text which show the use of the strategy. Answer Strategy 6: having a clear visual explanation. (He uses the image of a rabbit coming out of a magician’s hat). Exercise 3 ■ Read the strategies with the class and check comprehension of linking and reference words by asking students to give specific examples of each, e.g. “and” (linking word), “it” (reference word). ■ In pairs, students read through the given words and then find underlined words in the text which mean the same. ■ Check answers to this stage of the exercise before moving on. Answers afterward /later however/but in fact / actually since/because so they can/in order to therefore/so to start with/at first when/as while/as ■ Students continue working in pairs, finding t