Half a Day By Naguib Mahfous

Proudly brought to you by Class 3! Presenters: Deng Xiaowen, He Jing, Yuan Hui, Dou Wei

Course Description  Course: Intensive reading  Time: 4 Class hours  Students: 20 freshmen, 1 st Term English Majors  Presumptions: Students have sound preview; finished pre-class work, 2 ss have prepared their presentation for the class

Objectives of Study  Understand the main story  Appreciate the seemingly simple language  Recognize the techniques of narration:  Perspective of narrating  Symbolic meaning  Implicit foreshadowing  Figures of speech

Teaching Plan 1.Check on Preview (10 mins) T’s task: ask questions S’s task: answer questions strategic goals: global understanding, prediction

Teaching Plan 2. Introduce the author and social background (20 mins) T’s task: introduce ss’ presentation S’s task: presentation (2 ss, 15 mins) strategic goals: activate ss’world knowledge, the ability to search for relevant information,

Teaching Plan 3. Work out the general story (10 mins) T’s task: organize and explain pair work, provide 3 pictures S’s task: pair work strategic goals: skimming, gap-filling, inferencing, visual strategy

Teaching Plan 4. Work out the general structure and main idea of each part (10 mins) T’s task: ask questions S’s task: answer questions strategic goals: read for the gist, skimming, summarizing

Teaching Plan 5. Detailed study---Part I.(30 mins) T’s task: ask general question; distribute the task sheet (fill in blanks with verbs and collocations); drive home key words, phrases, and sentences S’s task: answer questions; fulfill the task; check answers with peers first Linguistic goals: key words, phrase, and sentences strategic goals: skimming, scanning, consolidating key phrases and verbs

Teaching Plan 6. Detailed Study---Part II (40 mins) T’s task: ask general questions; distribute the task sheet (paraphrase); explain some key words, phrases, and sentences S’s task: answer questions; paraphrase; check answers with peers; Linguistic goals: key words, phrases, and sentences strategic goals: skimming, contextualization (work out the implied meaning in paraphrase)

Teaching Plan 7. Detailed study---Part III (40 mins) T’s task: ask general questions; distribute the task sheet (chart) and organize the group work; S’s task: answer questions, group work, group report Linguistic goals: key words, phrase and sentences strategic goals: skimming, scanning, comparison and contrast

Teaching Plan 8. Symbolic meaning (20 mins)---Prize!!! T’s task: organize ss’ group work (figure out the hints in the text relating to the boy’s experience at school to real life experience in the world, and discuss their symbolic meanings) S’s task: group work, group report Linguistic goals: use the words, phrases and sentences learned in the text strategic goals: scanning, summarizing, communicative strategies, analyzing, search reading

Teaching Plan 9. Homework (10 mins) T’s task: ask ss to write an essay; ask them how they would write (summarize the metal experiences of the boy) S’s task: write an essay after class; finish exercises on the textbook strategic goals: summarizing, self-reflecting, writing

Recapture! (10 mins) We have:  Understood the story  Appreciated the language style  Reinforced the theme  Recognized the narrating techniques  Reflected the strategies used  …

Demo Time! By Class Three

Warm-up and Lead-in (10 mins)  Check on preview  Prediction of the title  Ss’ reflection of the reading processes  Introduce ss’ presentation By 和静

Jigsaw! (10 mins)  Organize the pair work  Explain the pair-work (2 tasks!)  Students feedback  Summarize  Introduce the strategies used By 袁慧

Comparison and Contrast! (20 mins)  Reflect what we have learned before  Introduce and organize the group work  Group work (10 mins)  Feedback and comments  Introduce the strategies used  By 窦薇

Comparison and Contrast (Part III) ElementsPart IIIPart I Implication of the change(s) time His age His mentality parents Things on the street General atmosphere Person with him

Thank You! Questions and comments are welcome!