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Unit 14 My First Class
Teaching Objectives
Topic: education/school matters
2. Grammar Point: Collocation of some
frequently used verbs with nouns for action, such
as give somebody an answer, vs. answer
somebody
3. Vocabulary: remote, dramatic, co-operation,
betray, suggest, amuse, assure, be left stranded,
take over, at the sight of, take an interest in,
leave… to somebody, keep…down, amount to,
establish…rapport with
4. Writing: Reviewing describing events/people
Unit 14 My First Class
Extended Activities
Fun time
Listening and Speaking Activities
1. Warming-up
2. Brainstorming
3. Listening
4. Speaking
Warming up
What, do you think, makes a good or
bad teacher?
Characteristics
1. Pre-reading activity
2. Questions for general
comprehension
3. Summaries
4.Questions for discussion
Pre-reading activities
corporal punishment
Punishment by brutal forces, such
as beating, whipping, smacking,
or any other ways of inflicting
pain.
Spare the rod, spoil
the child.
玉不琢不成器, 人不打不成才
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Pre-reading Task
(1) What kind of student do you
think is a “difficult student” in the
teachers’ eyes?
(2) How can society educate a
difficult student?
(3) Should we make “corporal
punishment” illegal?
Generally speaking, a “difficult
student” is a student with a
problem of some sort, such as a
lack of discipline, inability to
study, or anti-social, violent, or
rude behavior.
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The story is set in a boys’ high
school. The narrator is going to
teach a “problem class” which
means that the boys in this class
have serious discipline problems
and perform badly.
thudding with activity…schoolboys
streaming out of the assembly hall:
noisy with all the commotion as the
boys moved out of the assembly hall in
a continuous flow. Thudding indicating
a dull sound which could be heard
even inside the teachers’ office.
Streaming: originally meaning moving
together in the same direction like
flowing water.
Punishment is swift and painful: what Mr.
Martin means by punishment is corporal
punishment as will be told later in the
story. This remark reflects Martin’s
philosophy on education. He believes that
corporal punishment, administered
immediately and inflicting pain on the
trouble-maker is effective in correcting a
boy’s misbehavior although it is painful.
wing of the school: part of the
school building which sticks out
from the main part or which
was built later than the main
part
Language Points and
vocabulary
remote
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quiver: to shake
with a slight,
rapid, tremulous
movement.
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keep…down
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betray:
To make known
unintentionally:
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amount to :
To add up in
number or
quantity
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