1. Unit 4 Section A Five Famous Symbols of American Culture 西北师范大学外国语学院 郭亚文

2. Objectives Lead-in Presentation & Practice : Input Activities Presentation & Practice : Input Activities Presentation & Practice : Input Activities Presentation & Practice : Input Activities Production: Output Activities Production: Output Activities Production: Output Activities Production: Output Activities Assignment Five Famous Symbols of American Culture

3. The learners should time markersevents 1. Identify time markers within events and get students familiar with different ways of beginning a paragraph (Input-Skimming & Scanning ) 2. Develop speaking (Output 1-Values) 3. Improve writing skills (Output 2-Critical Thinking) Objectives

4. Lead-in Look for some symbols of Chinese culture

5. Lead-in Look for some symbols of Chinese culture

6. Input Activity 2-Text Exploration Input Activity 1-Text Organization Output Activity - Text Evaluation Five Famous Symbols of American Culture

7. Five Famous Symbols Text Organization Skim the text for the subtitles 1 23 4 5 The Statue of Liberty Barbie American Gothic The Buffalo Nickel Uncle Sam

8. Text Organization Narration: telling a story “first thing first” Time sequence Time markers words or phrases indicating time

9. The Statue of Liberty (Paragraphs 1-3) The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World. Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. That same year Bartholdi has assembled the statue’s right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. Time Markers In the mid-1870s in 1876 That same year in 1886 time sequence order of events

10. Barbie (Paragraphs 4-7) Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie. Since her Introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, was introduced in 1961 and named after Barbara’s brother.

11. Ways to begin a paragraph Quotation Question Fact Personal opinion Example Writing Strategies

12. 1 1 2 2 3 3 Essential Information of a Symbol Creator / Designer Who created / designed the symbol? Original Model ( 原型 ) Who / What is the symbol based on? Text Exploration Date When was the symbol created / designed?

13. Text Exploration American Gothic Paragraphs 9-11Paragraphs 12-14 The Buffalo Nickel Original Models ( 原型 ) Original Models ( 原型 ) Woman James Earle Fraser Grant Wood Man Head Animal Creator his sister his dentist three American Indians three American Indians an aging buffalo an aging buffalo Date in 1930 from 1913-1938 Paragraph 9 Paragraph 10 Paragraph 13 Paragraphs 13 and 14 Paragraph 9Paragraph 12

14. Text Exploration Uncle Sam Paragraphs 15-17

15. Text Evaluation In paragraph 2 ： “He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, …” What does the artist want us to remember by using a suffering face? his mother’s painful life the cost Americans paid for freedom In paragraph 12: The writer said the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians are two “tragedies”. To avoid such tragedies, we should treat animals _____. treat a different culture _____. What does the artist want us to remember by using a suffering face? his mother’s painful life the cost Americans paid for freedom In paragraph 2 ： “He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, …” In paragraph 12: The writer said the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians are two “tragedies”. To avoid such tragedies, we should treat animals _____. treat a different culture _____.

16. Summary The text is a _________, telling stories of five famous symbols of American culture. The writer uses ____________ to connect all events. He tells us the _______, the _____ and the ____ of each symbol. However, knowing stories of the symbols is not the only end. We should critically think of the _________________ from these symbols. The text is a _________, telling stories of five famous symbols of American culture. The writer uses ____________ to connect all events. He tells us the _______, the _____ and the ____ of each symbol. However, knowing stories of the symbols is not the only end. We should critically think of the _________________ from these symbols. meanings / lessons datemodelcreator narration time markers

17. Assignment 1 Mini-Project What does the symbol mean to you? 1. Give a brief introduction to the symbol 2. Reflect on meaning of the symbol  Work in team  Choose one symbol as your subject

18. Assignment 2 Write a story: Sculpture of Yellow River Mother [ 黄河母亲雕塑 ]. Use different ways to begin your paragraphs Time Markers & Events Creator: He E [ 何鄂 ] Date: carved in 1986 Original Model: He E & her daughter Other events: Finished in Beijing; Located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; Carved out of a huge piece of granite; Experienced lawsuits; Attracts thousands of visitors annually.