Unit 3 Generation Teaching Objectives 1. To help students to understand some basic reading terms such as: topic, main idea, supporting details etc. 2. To teach students how to find the main idea in different reading materials. 3. To help students learn to use some useful expressions in this unit.

Focal Points     Text A The Law vs. the Piano  

Difficult Points Reading Skill: Finding the Main Idea p 33.    Reading Skill: Finding the Main Idea p 33. 1.      The topic being discussed in the short passage above is --- 2.      The writer’s main idea is--- 3.      The specific details are----

Reading Skill---Finding the Main Idea (Unit 1-5)   Some Reading Terms: 1.The Topic---is the subject the passage is about. 2.The Main Idea---is the writer’s opinion, judgment, or idea about the topic. 3.The Details---are the proof or explanation that support the general concept. The main idea is a generalization, whereas the supporting details are more specific. It is clear that the details are an expansion of the main idea, that is , in turn, an expansion of the topic. 4.The Topic Sentence---is the sentence that states the main idea.

Useful Expressions pay compliments to follow his career and take his business work on sb. pave all the roads for sb. Some legal terms became fixed in her mind. show off be accustomed to extend… to…

throw… into disorder make attempts to make peace between them thunder like an echoing drum stick to shake hands with sing praise to fulfill one’s dream a visiting lecturer For him, earning the money that paid for my entrance into a good university was satisfaction enough.

Related by blood, my father and I are separated by class. Despite the myth of mobility in America, the true rule, experts say, is rags to rags, riches to riches. have a hard time doing sth. a dying field polished clean by money They pay you nothing, and they push you around too much in that business. put sb. through school the same old stuff

Homework 1. Topics for Discussion and Reflection in this unit. 2.  Finishing Section B out of class. 3.  Finishing reading a book in every two weeks. 4. Handing in four reading reports the whole term.