Time： Feb.12, 2006 No. 02

Topic: Unit 1 Reading

Teaching aims:

1.Words, expressions and sentences: truth, deserted, reach out, watch out for

2. Enable the Ss tolearn to analyze the story.

3. Help the Ss learn reading strategy..

Teaching important & difficult points:

Learn about the plot of the story.

Teaching methods: Discussion and task－based activities

Teaching aids: A computer and a projector

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Lead-in

Talk about the climate or the weather:

What’s the weather usually like in spring / summer … here?

Which season do you think is the best? Why?

Do we sometimes have foggy days here? When?

How do you feel on a foggy day?

What would you do if you got lost in the fog?

Step II Practice

1. Go through the passage and try to answer the questions in Part A.

2. Read the passage again and complete Parts C1 and C2.

3. Fill in the chart.

Part Place Time & weather Person(s) What happened Polly’s thought or feeling

Part 1 Outside Polly’s work place At 4 p.m. foggy Polly She left work early. She wondered if the bus would still be running.

Part 2 At the bus stop in the street Later Polly; the bus conductor The fog was too thick for the bus to run to King Street, where Polly lived.

Part 3 In the underground train; at Green Park station Later Polly; a tall man A tall man in the dark coat is on the train. She sensed she was being watched.

Part 4 In Park Street;

At th ecorner of the street When Polly got to the station, the fog lay like a thik, grey cloud. Polly; a man A rough hand brushed her face. Her heart was beating with fear.

Part 5 In the street It was dark. Polly; an old man The old man took her hand and helped her find the way. She wished for someone to come along. Fear held her still. She began to feel frightened again.

Part 6 Outside Polly’s house at King Street Late that day Polly; the old blind man The old man left to help more people in need. Polly was thankful.

4. Reading strategy.

The elements of a story

Focus on what happened, when it happened, where it happened, why

it happened and who was involved in the event

5. Retell the story in their own words acording to the route that Polly took home.

Outside Polly’s working place → at the bus stop on the street → in the

Underground train → at Green Park station → in Park Street

→ at the corner of the street → in the street near King Street

→ at 86 King Street

Step III Homework

List all the language problems.

Read the article in Part B in Reading in the Wb.