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M8 U1  The written world
Project  （Period 1: Reading）
Learning aims(学习目标): 1. Read the poetry of Robert Burns
                       2. Enable students to learn the report on Robert Burn’s famous poem.
3.Students use what they have learnt to finish a project by working together.
Important points (学习重点):1.Learn how to improve the ability of reading by using the two
reading techniques:1.浏览式2.扫描式阅读
Difficult points (学习难点):1.Let students know how to finish the project well
Learning guide(方法引导):1.Listening,reading and thinking to get students to understand
 the text.
Language connection (知识链接):
1.______________ (a.城市的):_________________ (a.乡村的/有乡村特色的)
2.______________ (vi.趋向/照料): _______________(n.倾向(to/towards)/(to do))
3.______________(a.典型的):______________(n.类型/v.打字):__________________(n.打字机)
4. __________________(v.缩短): ________________(a.短的)
5._______________ (n.情绪): ___________________(a.情绪的)
6._______________ (n.梦想/v.做梦): _________________(a.如梦的)
7. _______________(n.拼写): __________________(v.拼写)
8. __________________(n.比较): __________________(v.比较)
Learning procedures(学习过程)：
Step 1: Lead-in
Introduce the poet Robert Burns to students.
 

Step2: Listen to the report on the poetry of Robert Burns for the main idea of this article and tell how it is organized.
Part 1 (1-4):________________ to Robert Burns
Part 2 (5-7):Some information about a ____________of poets called the ___________Movement
Part 3 (8-9): The poem ____________________________ with its introduction and explanation.
Sep 3: Fast reading
Read the report and unswer the questions.
1.Who is Nelly Kirkpatrick?
________________________________________________________________________.
2.Why did so many people attend the first exhibition of the monument to Robert Burns?
________________________________________________________________________.
3.Can you name some representative poets of the Romantic Movement? And who are they?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
4. what are the main works of Robert Burns?
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Step 4:Pair work
Rearrange the events in the order of time.
Time Event
1750 ___________________________________________
1759 ___________________________________________
1794 ___________________________________________
1870 ___________________________________________
1877 ___________________________________________
Step4 : Careful reading
Fill in the following table about Robert Burns.
Time of the Romantic Movement Started ⑴______________________and lasted
⑵_______________________

Poets of the Romantic Movement ⑶___________________
⑷____________________
Samuel Coleridge
⑸____________________

Poems of Romantic movement ⑹________________________
⑺________________________

⑻ ________________________
_________________________ ⑼_________________
⑽____________________
Love and courage Changes
Step 5: Learn more about ‘A Red, Red Rose’.
A Red, Red Rose
                 by Robert Burns
A ballad: four sections,
four lines,             →be intended to be sung
four stressed syllables
Theme of ballads: love and courage
Time: In 1794
Language: in the Scots dialect
Step 6:Reciting a poem
Choose a poem and recite it for your classmates.
1.Discuss in pairs or groups and discuss questions in Part B.
2. Assign different jobs to each group member.
3. Present the poem to the class. Other groups can give their comments
Step 7:Homework
1. Read the passage in Project and recite the poem.
2. Do Parts B1 and B2 on page 101 of the Workbook.

M8 u1 The written world
Project  （Period 2: Language）
Learning aims(学习目标):1.Learn to improve the ability of reading.
                      2.Master the usages of important words.
Important points (学习重点): Learn how to improve reading ability of students
Difficult points (学习难点):Learn how to use important words well
Learning procedures(学习过程)：
考点探究：
1. overnight : adj./adv. (通宵的/一夜之间/突然的,出乎意料的)
e.g.:1)an overnight stop in Paris___________________________
2)You can stay overnight if you want to.
    3）She became a star overnight.
4）_______________________________________________(我们整个晚上都和妈妈在一起)
2.shorten:v.(使变短)
e.g.:As you grow older, your spine shortens by about an inch.
3. tend:v.(倾向)
相关短语：tend to do sth(倾向于做..)    tend towards/ to sth.(朝..方向/走向/趋向)
e.g.:1)Prices _______________________________________recently.(最近,物价有上涨的趋势. )
2)We _____________________________ persons like goods.(我们往往待人如物)  
Tendency: n.   a tendency to sth/ to do sth.
e.g.:I have a tendency to fatness _____________________________________
4. constitution : n. (宪法,/构造,/体质/体格/国体,/章程,/惯例)
翻译: by constitution__________________   have a good / poor constitution ________________     Suit/ agree with sb. 's constitution _____________________________
be of strong constitution______________________________
the constitution of one's mind and character_____________________________
e.g.:1) _________________________________________________________________________
     ____________________________________________________________.
(按照美国宪法,总统每四年选举一次。)
2)He has a weak constitution. (他体质弱。)
3)_____________________________________________________________. (这是一个不成文的法规。)
5. mourn: v.(哀悼, 忧伤, 服丧)
   mourn for /over  the dead (哀悼/死者)
   e.g.:___________________________________________________.(她哀悼她那死去的孩子) 
6.monument : n.(纪念碑)
 e.g.:This pillar is a monument to all those who died in the civil war.
(这座纪念碑是献给所有在国内战争中牺牲的人的)
7. Involve :vt .(包括/牵涉/涉及)
相关短语：be involved in sth (使牵扯进去/使陷入)    be involved with (与…有密切的联系/关系)
e.g .:1)______________________________________________________. (他卷入了激烈的争论之中)
2)_______________________________________________________ (马丁热衷于集邮)
8. exhibition : n. (表现, 展览会, 展览品, 显示)
相关短语: an exhibition of paintings (画展)      an automobile exhibition (汽车展览会)
          on exhibition (展出)                  place/put sth. on exhibition(展出某物)
e.g.:______________________________________________________________________________. (他们作为我邀请的客人来参观展览会。)

练习：
一． 单词拼写：
1. She has a rather ____________ (浅薄)personality.
2. Try not to have a ______________ (偏见) in your judgments.
3. This has been a timely ____________ (提醒) of the need for constant care.
4. In some parts of the city, teachers have to deal with ____________ (暴行)in the classroom.
5. I am fond of appreciating the a______________ of the plays written by Shakespeare.
6. It is also believed that setting off fireworks will bring good f____________ in the coming year.
7. She is b__________ on becoming a film star when she grows up.
8. ___________ (sigh)deeply, she began her routine of getting ready for bed.
9. Plans ____________ (reform) the health care system have failed more
10. At last we succeeded in ____________ (settle) all the problems.

二.填空
earn one’s living   nationwide   transform    dreamlike  donate   reputation   overnight    statue   urban  debt

1.Mother Teresa, who won the Nobel Prize, has earned her___________ for kind help to the poor people in India.
2.The population in____________ areas is getting larger, with more people trying to move to the city.
3.By planting many trees, we ______________the desert into an area where people could live.
4.Jack was not allowed to leave the city until he paid off his ____________.
5.After finding some success in Beijing, the group went on a _______________tour.
6. That painting has a wonderful ______________quality, which attracts every passer-by in the museum.
7. After she lost her job at the factory, Lydia ___________________________as a taxi driver.
8. The old man ____________all his art collection to the city museum.
9. The government put up a large __________ in front of the new library.
10. Few people in the world find success easily or _______________ .