Teaching contents | Procedures | Purposes |
Teacher’s activity | Students’ activity |
Activity 1 | - Teacher asks students to read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry individually and answer the two questions.
- Teacher invites some students to share the answers.
| - Students read the introduction to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry individually and answer the two questions.
- Some students share the answers with the class.
| To offer students the background information about the novel. |
Activity 2 | - Teacher asks students to look at the three drawings in the passage, describe the contents of them and predict what the story is about.
- Teacher invites some students to share their prediction and asks others to make comments.
- Teacher asks students to read the passage quickly and check their prediction.
| - Students look at the three drawings in the passage, describe the content of them and predict what the story is about.
- Some students share their prediction and others make some comments.
- Students read the passage quickly and check their prediction.
| To strengthen students’ ability to observe and predict. |
Activity 3 | - Teacher asks students to go through the three sentences in this activity and make sure of their meanings.
- Teacher asks students to read the passage again and choose the correct sentence expressing the author’s attitude. Meanwhile, the teacher encourages students to find evidence to support their choice.
- Teacher invites some students to share the answers and give their reasons. Then the teacher asks other students to make some comments.
- Teacher asks students to work in groups and discuss how to find evidence to indicate the author’s attitude.
- Teacher chooses one or two groups to share their results with the class.
| - Students go through the three sentences in this activity and make sure of their meanings.
- Students read the passage again and choose the correct sentence expressing the author’s attitude and find evidence to support their choice.
- Some students share the answers and give their reasons. Other students make some comments.
- Students work in groups and discuss how to find evidence to indicate the author’s attitude.
- One or two groups share their results with the class.
| To help students understand the author’s attitude and learn to find evidence to support their choice. |
Activity 4 | - Teacher asks students to read the sentences from the passage and understand the meanings.
- Teacher divides students into groups and asks them to answer the two questions.
- Teacher invites several students to share the answers and others to make comments.
- Teacher asks students to pay attention to “Learning to learn” and helps them have a better understanding of irony.
| - Students read the sentences from the passage and understand the meanings.
- Students work in groups and answer the two questions in this activity.
- Some students share the answers with the class and others make comments.
- Students pay attention to “Learning to learn” and have a better understanding of irony with the help of the teacher.
| - To help students get the meanings of the sentences.
- To help students understand the function of irony.
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Activity 5 | - Teacher divides students into groups and asks them to discuss whether they agree with the author’s attitude towards grown-ups and give the reasons.
- Teacher invites some students to share their opinions.
- Teacher asks students to think of some examples to support their opinions, make notes and then exchange their views in groups.
- Teacher asks students to prepare for the talk.
- Teacher invites several students to give their talk to the class and others to make comments.
- Teacher asks students to think about their performance during the group discussion and how well they actively participate and contribute ideas.
| - Students work in groups and discuss whether they agree with the author’s attitude towards grown-ups and give the reasons.
- Some students share their opinions with the class.
- Students think of some examples to support their opinions, make notes and then exchange their views in groups.
- Students prepare for the talk.
- Several students give their talk to the class and others make comments.
- Students think about their performance during the group discussion and how well they actively participate and contribute ideas.
| To make students learn how to give a talk and express their attitude towards grown-ups and growth. |
Think and Share | - Teacher asks students to think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Teacher invites some students to give answers.
| - Students think about the questions and discuss them in groups.
- Some students give answers.
| - To enhance students’ understanding of growing up.
- To encourage students to show their own opinions.
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Activity 6 | - Teacher asks students to read the book review and find the information about the five elements listed on the right side of this page.
- Teacher invites some students to share the answers.
| - Students read the book review and find the information about the five elements listed on the right side of this page.
- Some students share the answers with the class.
| To help students get the basic information of the novel. |
Activity 7 | - Teacher asks students to read the book review again and think about the three questions.
- Teacher divides students into groups. Then the teacher asks them to discuss the three questions and find the answers.
- Teacher invites some students on behalf of their groups to give the answers and other students to make comments.
| - Students read the book review again and think about the three questions.
- Students work in groups, discuss the three questions and find the answers.
- Some students on behalf of their groups give the answers and others make comments.
| - To help students get the main plot of the novel.
- To help students learn the key elements included in a book review.
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Activity 8 | - Teacher asks students to work in groups and talk about one book that means a lot to them.
- Teacher asks students to plan a review of the book and make notes.
- Teacher asks students to share the notes or content with their partners and make some adjustments.
- Teacher asks students to finish the book review individually.
| - Students work in pairs and talk about one book that means a lot to them.
- Students plan a review of the book and make notes.
- Students share the notes or content with their partners and make some adjustments.
- Students finish the book review individually.
| To help students make a preparation for a book review. |
Activity 9 | - Teacher divides students into pairs and asks them to make improvements to each other’s book reviews.
- Teacher invites some pairs to share their book reviews and others to make comments.
- Teacher makes proper evaluation.
| - Students work in pairs and make improvements to each other’s book reviews.
- Some pairs share their book reviews with the whole class and others make comments.
- Students listen to the teacher’s evaluation.
| - To instruct students how to cooperate with others.
- To encourage students to learn from their partners.
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