M3U1 The world of our senses
Period 2 Reading 1 Fog
Learning Aims :
1. Learn a story about what happened to a young lady on a thick foggy afternoon.
2. Learn how to comprehend a story better.
3. Learn to identify the elements of a story.
Important points:
1. Comprehend the story by identifying the elements of a story.
2. Finishing the task-based reading.
Learning guide :  Deep understanding of some situations.
【预习导航】
1. Have you ever lost your way in the fog? What would you do if you got lost in the fog?
2. What can you think of when the word “fog” is mentioned?
3. Which city has the name of “foggy city”?
Multiple choice:
1. The writer mentioned the two unnamed men in order to show that ______.
A. Polly was in danger.                      B. they wanted to help her.
C. they would do something bad to her.         D. Polly was too nervous.
2. Which of the following statements is true? (Analysis)
  A. Polly got to Green Park by train     B. The old man carried an umbrella in his hand.
  C. At first Polly thought the old man couldn’t see her face because he was blind.
  D. After arriving at home, Polly invited the old man to her home for a rest and he agreed.
3. The word “relief” in line 50 means ___________.（Word Guessing）
  A. something that is given to people in need        B. a feeling of being freed from worry
  C. the feeling of happiness that you have when something unhappy does not happen
  D. the act of removing pain or reducing pain
【合作探究】
Reading comprehension:
1. Complete the form according to the reading passage:
Where         Who         What happened        How Polly felt
Outside Polly’s work place        Polly       
       
        Polly and the bus conductor       
       

        Polly and a tall man       
       
        Polly and a man               
In the street        Polly and an old man       
       
        Polly and the old blind man       
       

2. Finish Parts C1, C2&D on Page 4
3. Deep Understanding
1) Lines 14-15) …she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark overcoat.
Why was a tall man mentioned here?

2) (Lines 23-24) …Polly felt a rough hand brush her face …
Why did the man brush Polly’s face?

3) (Line 31) Polly hesitated. At last she answered.
The man offered to help her, but why did Polly hesitate?

Task-based Reading     Complete the table below, with only one word in each blank:
Parts                        Main idea
Part  1        After knowing a fog1           , Polly left work 2       .
Part  2        As the fog is too thick, she found 3       was no bus to King
Street.
Part  3        4        on the train, she 5      she was being watched by a tall man in the dark coat.
Part  4        A man 6       Polly, 7      made her feel frightened. She could feel her heart beating with fear.
Part  5        The 8       stranger helped Polly 9        her way home.
Part  6        The man did it to 10       back the help that other people gave him when it is sunny.

【巩固拓展】
Discussion
1.What is the personality(性格特点) of the old man?

2. What can we do to help those disabled like the old blind man?
Homework:
1. Finish Part E:
2. Finish A1 and A2 on Page 90 of the workbook

M3U1 The world of our senses
Period 2 Reading 1 Fog
Learning Aims :
1. Learn a story about what happened to a young lady on a thick foggy afternoon.
2. Learn how to comprehend a story better.
3. Learn to identify the elements of a story.
Important points:
1. Comprehend the story by identifying the elements of a story.
2. Finishing the task-based reading.
Learning guide :  Deep understanding of some situations.
【预习导航】
1. Have you ever lost your way in the fog? What would you do if you got lost in the fog?
2. What can you think of when the word “fog” is mentioned?
3. Which city has the name of “foggy city”?
Multiple choice:
1. The writer mentioned the two unnamed men in order to show that ______.
A. Polly was in danger.                      B. they wanted to help her.
C. they would do something bad to her.         D. Polly was too nervous.
2. Which of the following statements is true? (Analysis)
  A. Polly got to Green Park by train     B. The old man carried an umbrella in his hand.
  C. At first Polly thought the old man couldn’t see her face because he was blind.
  D. After arriving at home, Polly invited the old man to her home for a rest and he agreed.
3. The word “relief” in line 50 means ___________.（Word Guessing）
  A. something that is given to people in need        B. a feeling of being freed from worry
  C. the feeling of happiness that you have when something unhappy does not happen
  D. the act of removing pain or reducing pain
【合作探究】
Reading comprehension:
1. Complete the form according to the reading passage:
Where         Who         What happened        How Polly felt
Outside Polly’s work place        Polly       
       
        Polly and the bus conductor       
       

        Polly and a tall man       
       
        Polly and a man               
In the street        Polly and an old man       
       
        Polly and the old blind man       
       

2. Finish Parts C1, C2&D on Page 4
3. Deep Understanding
1) Lines 14-15) …she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark overcoat.
Why was a tall man mentioned here?

2) (Lines 23-24) …Polly felt a rough hand brush her face …
Why did the man brush Polly’s face?

3) (Line 31) Polly hesitated. At last she answered.
The man offered to help her, but why did Polly hesitate?

Task-based Reading     Complete the table below, with only one word in each blank:
Parts                        Main idea
Part  1        After knowing a fog1           , Polly left work 2       .
Part  2        As the fog is too thick, she found 3       was no bus to King
Street.
Part  3        4        on the train, she 5      she was being watched by a tall man in the dark coat.
Part  4        A man 6       Polly, 7      made her feel frightened. She could feel her heart beating with fear.
Part  5        The 8       stranger helped Polly 9        her way home.
Part  6        The man did it to 10       back the help that other people gave him when it is sunny.

【巩固拓展】
Discussion
1.What is the personality(性格特点) of the old man?

2. What can we do to help those disabled like the old blind man?
Homework:
1. Finish Part E:
2. Finish A1 and A2 on Page 90 of the workbook