週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
9.16 |
1. Explain syllabus and goals.
2. Course schedule, requirements & assessment.
2. Divide class into groups.
3. Choose presentation dates.
4. Submit a sample of writing in class. |
Week 2 |
9.23 |
TEST DAY GEPT Test
Class 1A Sports
1. Reading skill: locating information in charts and statistics.
2. Short reading comprehension: Soccer
3. Vocabulary practice - dealing with unknown vocabulary. 4. Long reading comprehension: Olympic champions.
5. Listening comprehension: High altitude peoples [DVD] |
Week 3 |
9.30 |
Class 1B Teenagers health
1. Group 1 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups
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Week 4 |
10.07 |
Class 2A Beauty
1. Reading skill: scanning
2. Oral skill: making a survey
3. Short reading: Defining beauty
4. Comprehension and vocabulary work
5. Long reading: Our skin
6. Vocabulary and comprehension
7. Writing skills: essay planning; essay structure; idea brainstorming; grouping ideas by theme into paragraphs; introductory paragraphs; concluding paragraphs.
8. Listening DVD: Make up |
Week 5 |
10.14 |
Class 2B Plastic surgery
1. Group 2 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups
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Week 6 |
10.21 |
Class 3A Animals in danger
1. Reading skills: activating schemata.
2. Short reading: The Panda
3. Comprehension & vocabulary.
4. Reading skill: predicting content
5. Long reading: Tracking the snow leopard
6. Comprehension and vocabulary work.
7. Listening DVD: The leopard under threat.
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Week 7 |
10.28 |
Class 3B Animals and humans
1. Group 3 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups
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Week 8 |
11.04 |
Class 4A Biodiversity
1. Reading skill: skimming
2. Writing skills: the paragraph; topic sentences; detail sentences; supporting sentences.
3. Writing practice in class.
4. Vocabulary skills: word building
5. Vocabulary practice using crosswords |
Week 9 |
11.11 |
Class 4B Lost worlds and monsters
1. Group 4 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups |
Week 10 |
11.18 |
Class 5A Dangerous Planet
1. Reading skill: predicting
2. Short reading: Volcanoes
3. Comprehension and vocabulary
4. Critical thinking about the text
5. Long reading: Earthquakes
6. Comprehension
7. Vocabulary: collocations
7. Listening DVD: Tsunami |
Week 11 |
11.25 |
Class 5B Natural disasters in Taiwan
1. Group 5 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups |
Week 12 |
12.02 |
Class 6A Islands and beaches
1. Reading skill: skimming
2. Short reading: The perfect beach
3. Comprehension and vocabulary
4. Long reading: Hot springs
5. Comprehension and vocabulary
6. Writing skills: coherence & cohesion; unity; verb tense consistency; pronoun reference.
7. Listening DVD: Pacific islands
8. Vocabulary practice |
Week 13 |
12.09 |
Class 6B Travel
1. Group 6 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups
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Week 14 |
12.16 |
Class 7A Mysteries and ancient peoples
1. Reading skill: using global knowledge
2. Short reading: Stonehenge
3. Comprehension and vocabulary
4. Long reading: People that time forgot
5. Comprehension
6. Vocabulary skill: Guessing in context
7. Listening DVD: Ancient peoples on Palau island |
Week 15 |
12.23 |
Class 7B Aliens
1. Group 7 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups |
Week 16 |
12.30 |
TEST DAY - GEPT Test
Class 8A Natural resources
1. Short reading: Nature reserves - Serengeti
2. Vocabulary practice: crossword
3. Short reading: thermal energy
4. Vocabulary skills: collocation
5. Writing skills: using connectors; discourse markers
6. Writing practice in class |
Week 17 |
1.06 |
Class 8B Africa
1. Group 8 Powerpoint presentation
2. Role play
3. Video clip
4. Introduce discussion questions
5. Class discussion in groups |