Teaching contents | Procedures | Purposes |
Teacher’s activity | Students’ activity |
Presenting ideas |
Activity 1 | - Teacher divides students in groups and asks students to discuss how to make a one-year self-improvement plan based on the four aspects in this activity.
- Teacher invites one or two groups to share their answers with the class and others to make comments.
| - Students work in groups and discuss how to make a one-year self-improvement plan based on the four aspects in this activity.
- One or two groups share their answers with the class and others make comments.
| To help students understand the way of making a self-improvement plan. |
Activity 2 | - Teacher asks students to brainstorm their specific goals and action in the plan together.
- Teacher asks students to complete the table by themselves to draft their plan.
| - Students brainstorm their specific goals and action in the plan together.
- Students complete the table by themselves to draft their plan.
| To make students think deeply about how to make a one-year self-improvement plan. |
Activity 3 | - Teacher divides students in groups and asks them to share their own draft.
- Teacher asks students to suggest ways to make improvements to each other’s plan.
- Teacher gives students some time to modify their draft.
| - Students work in groups and share their own draft.
- Students suggest ways to make improvements to each other’s plan.
- Students take some time to modify their draft.
| To instruct students how to give suggestions and help each other to make improvements. |
Activity 4 | - Teacher asks students to prepare a short presentation considering the structure and useful words, expressions and structures.
- Teacher asks students to share their presentation with the other group members.
- Teacher asks students to give suggestions and make improvements to their presentation.
| - Students prepare a short presentation considering the structure and useful words, expressions and structures.
- Students share their presentation with the other group members.
- Students give suggestions and make improvements to their presentation.
| To help students prepare for the presentation more effectively. |
Activity 5 | - Teacher asks each group to choose one student to give the presentation.
- Teacher and other students make comments, and the teacher gives an evaluation.
- Teacher encourages students to check their self-improvement plan one year from now to see if they have achieved their goals.
| - Each group chooses one student to give the presentation.
- Other students make comments and the teacher makes an evaluation.
- Students check their self-improvement plan one year from now to see if they have achieved their goals.
| - To encourage students to express their opinions.
- To help students correctly understand the unit theme.
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Reflection |
| - Teacher asks students to rate their performances in this unit, summarise what they have learnt and think about what they need to improve.
- Teacher asks students to write a reflection.
| - Students rate their performances in this unit, summarise what they have learnt and think about what they need to improve.
- Students write a reflection.
| To help students evaluate their performances, review the unit, and think about ways to improve. |