teaching procedures for the 3rd period
step one warming-up
1. greeting.
2. comment on the ss’ report about the culture capsule.
3. go over the ways of giving advice or making suggestions.
step two pre-reading
1. language input:throughout the world, there're many well-known cities, and quite a few of them are particularly great. some of the cities are well received by the people, and some others have in or around them a number of famous cultural relics. now let's have a free discussion about the following questions:
① some cities, like paris and beijing, are called great cities of the world. in your opinion, what makes a city great?
② what are your favorite cities?
③ what cultural relics are there in the place where you live? how important are they?
step three reading
1. scanning ask the ss to read the passage quickly, finding out where they have the problem understanding the whole story. discuss the problems in pairs first and in groups later. deal with some common problems in class.
2. vocabulary ask the ss to complete the sentences with the right words from the passage. (workbook p. 122 )
3.true or falseask the ss to listen to the tape while looking at the sentences on the screen, making a decision about whether the following statements are true or false.
true or false
1. the city of st petersburgh was built and rebuilt by peter the great.
2. many great palaces in the city, which were large and beautiful, were built after peter's death.
3. the germans attacked st petersburgh a hundred years ago.
4. when the palaces and buildings were rebuilt, people changed their old beauty.
5. a portrait of peter the great was destroyed by the germans.
6. it was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces.
7. workers and painters used old photographs to help them rebuild the city.
8. st petersburgh will never be as beautiful as it was before.
4. skimming ask the ss to read the passage more carefully and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. meanwhile the teacher may ask the ss to answer some detailed questions.
questions:① where do people usually build a city? why?
② what were the palaces like?
③ what were the palaces used for after the czars' rule over the city ended?
④ what did the germans do as they leftthe city?
⑤ was it easy for the people of st petersburgh to rebuild the city? and why?
⑥ what did the people do to bring the city back to life?
5. reading aloud play the tape and ask the ss to read along in a loud voice.
step four post-reading
1. ask the ss to discuss the following questions in groups:
① why do people think st petersburgh is a great city?
② why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces?
③ what did people use to help them rebuild the city?
④ why are the people of st petersburgh heroes?
step five interview
ask the ss to work in pairs, playing the role of a newspaper reporter and a citizen of st petersburgh and finally invite some pairs to act out their interview in the front.
【model】r-- reporter c--citizen of st petersburgh
r: good morning, i'm from shaoxing daily. may i ask you several questions?
c: sure.
r: when was your city built and and who built the city?
c: ……
step six debate
divide the whole class into two groups, asking them to collect as much information as possible according to the following situation (topic).
step seven summary and homework
1. summarize the passage and ask the ss to retell the story.
2. finish off the exercises on p. 46 “word study”-2 and p.123 “vocabulary”-2.