I. Teaching Aims:

　　i. Enable them to catch the gist of the story about Abraham Lincoln

　　ii. To learn the writing — in time order

　　iii. To learn to retell the passage with their own words

　　iv. To master the useful expressions

　　II.Teaching emphases:

　　1.Writing skill——in time order

　　2. Oral composition based on the main expressions

　　III. Aids:

　　Tape-recorder apparatus slide

　　IV. Precedures

　　Step1. Revision

　　1. Check up the HW

　　2. Get them to tell the stories according to the pictures given in the last period

　　Step2.Preparation for reading

　　1. SB L50 Part1,Give a brief introduction to the life of Abraham Lincoln:

　　T: Today we’re going to read about Abraham Lincoln. He was the Presidont of the USA from 1860~1865. He came from Kentucky, When he was young, he studied law and be came a lawyer. Later he became president .During his times over the country, there was a civil war between the Northern and Southern states. Lincoln was a great president, So he is still remembered today.

　　2.Dismiss the blocks which will hinder their understanding

　　a. as a child ——As/when he was a child

　　b. no more than——only

　　c. in all——in total ..altogether

　　d. set up——start/found

　　e. break out——(war, fire ,etc )appear,..start suddenly

　　f. break away from——go away from

　　g. consider……as ……regard …a /look on ……as.think of as

　　Step3. Reading

　　1. Skimming Try to find the general idea of the material.

　　Ask them to find the answers to the question on top of P50

　　2. Scanning

　　Try to locate specific information

　　Answer the questions on P118, write what happened in the following years according to the text.

　　Step4.Note making

　　1. Speech cassette Lesson50, play the tape and Listen.

　　2. While listening, they do part2 on P118

　　3. Check up the answers

　　Step5. Retelling

　　1. Do part3,On P118, It’s a summary of the story of Lincoln, it will help them retell the text.

　　2. Write the following clue words on the Bb for the Ss to refer to: be bornin a poor family used to work little school cducation study law be against slavery the civil war break out be shot to death consider…as

　　3. First get them to do it alone.Then divide the class into groups. Let them to tell the story one by one.

　　Step6. Summary

　　1. Go over the explanation of the words and expressions in this lesson.

　　2. Dn part2 On P119

　　Step7. Homework

　　1. Retell the story about Abrabam Lincoln.

　　2. Make sentences with the expressions on Slide3.

　　No more than, jonin up, break away from , consider as , spare time, beat…to death, sef…free, break out

　　V. Writing on the Bb

　　1809 born

　　1818 his mother dide

　　1818-1860 working in a store, then as a lawyer

　　1860 presidont

　　1864 president again

　　1865 shot dead