Unit 2 What is happiness to you?
african american couples were not allowed to legally marry so instead they had a ceremony where the bride and groom jumped over a broom “into marriage”.
then on saturday, there is a religious ceremony in a church, followed by another party when the bride and groom celebrate the wedding with friends and relatives again.
jane is still not completely happy because she realizes that women do not have the freedom to choose what they want to do — she has become a teacher because she has no other choice.
2. ability goals 能力目標
enable the students to talk about different wedding customs in different countries and learn the brief introduction of jane eyre’s life.
3. learning ability goals 學能目標
help the students learn how to talk more about happiness.
teaching important and difficult points 教學重難點
get the main idea of the texts and answer the questions about each text.
teaching methods 教學方法
skimmi ng and scanning, asking-answering activity.
teaching aids 教具準備
a recorder, a projector, and some slides.
teaching procedure && ways 教學過程與方式
step ⅰrevision
t: in the last period, we learned about two attitudes towards happiness. do you still remember the two texts? what do they tell about? who can briefly tell us the summaries of them?
s: the first one is about an old man’s opinion about happiness. he thinks the golden days at school were the happiest of his life. because at that time, he didn’t have any worries in life. he may play freely with his friends and spend a few hours studying. he needn’t think about problems at work, or worry about income or how to take care of a family. when he was young, he also had good health. that is an important part of happiness. so that was the happiest time in his life.
t: well done. and the next one?
s: the second text is about a girl’s opinion about happiness. she thinks her happiness is in the future. because in the future, new technology will allow people to live longer and be healthier. she also will be successful in her job. people will have learned to fix many of the problems that affect us now. robots and computers will assist us with the things that are boring. that is why she thinks her happiest days will be in the future.
t: very good! you have done a very good revision. today we’ll read another two texts. please open your books to page 112.
step ⅱ lead-in and fast-reading (text a)
t: we have learned that different people have different opinions about happiness. but i think whether the happiness lies in the past or in the future, there is a time that is th e happiest for all. can you guess when it is?