A graphic-organizer-based Lesson Plan

Far East English Reader, Book 3, Lesson 8

Going HomeGoing Home

National Tainan Girls’ Senior High School( 國立臺南女子高級中學 )

By Judy Huang (黃昭瑞 )

Far East Book Three Lesson Eight Going Home

• Level of difficulty: intermediate

• Level of the students: high-intermediate to advanced

• Time: 6-7 hours in total

Four periods

• Background

• New Information

• Practice and Personalization

• Extension Activities and Application

I. Background (main theme)

• Warm up activities

• Cause and Effect graphic organizer

• Think-Pair Share

• Making connections

Excerpts from the songWhy’d you have to go

Why’d you have to go

Why’d you have to go

Daughter to father, daughter to father

I am broken but I am hoping

Daughter to father, daughter to father

I am crying, a part of me is dying and

These are, these are

The confessions of a broken heart

Cause and Effect

Cause:

A malfunctioning family

withdrawn

cynical

Lack of confidence

destructive

brokenhearted

Think-Pair-Share

Pictures What my partner thought

Making connections

Making connections

The text said... This reminds me of...

I am broken but I am hoping When my girl friend broke up with me, I felt the world is

crumpling down.But I was still hoping shewould change her mind…

II. New Information

• Story Map

• Character Trait Chart.

Story MapSettings (When/where does the story take place?):

Characters (Who are involved in the story?):

Problem (What is bothering the main character?):

Solution (How does the main character solve it?):

Ending (What is the outcome and ending of the story?):

Complement

Character Trait ChartCharacters Traits Revealed by...

Vingo introverted gloomy

III. Practice and Personalization

1. Grammar Focus

2. Outside reading

3. Compare and Contrast

4. Only Time

5. Let Go!

6. Comparison

Grammar Focus

• S1+V…,Ving/p.p…

• Whispering

• S1+V…, S2+Ving/p.p…

• The missing piece

BOTH FRIEND AND FOE THE SAINTS ADORE

• There was a monastery in a certain place. The monks residing there went out daily to beg for their food. One day a monk, while out for his alms, saw a landlord beating a man mercilessly. The compassionate monk stepped in and asked the landlord to stop. But the landlord was filled with anger and turned his wrath against the innocent monk. He beat the monk till he fell unconscious on the ground. Someone reported the matter to the monastery. The monks ran to the spot and found their brother lying there. Four or five of them carried him back and laid him on a bed. He was still unconscious. The other monks sat around him and were sad at heart; some were fanning him. Finally someone suggested that he should be given a little milk to drink. When it was poured into his mouth he regained consciousness. He opened his eyes and looked around. One of the monks said, "Let us see whether he is fully conscious, and can recognize us." Shouting into his ear, he said, "Revered sir, who is giving you milk?" "Brother," replied the holy man in a low voice, "he who beat me is now giving me milk.“

• From “Both Friend and Foe the Saints Adore.” Sri Ramakrishna Math. Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, ©1947. pp. 201-202.

Compare and Contrast

Going Home

Same Both Friend and Foe

the Saints Adore

forgivenessVingo was waitingfor forgiveness

The monk choseto forgive

Let Go!

Write on a piece ofpaper and tear it

into pieces

Write his/her name on a basketball

and play the ball all the time

Ask Mazu to punish whoeverhurt me

ComparisonAdvantages Disadvantages

I can be happierThe person who hurt me

wouldn’t know it was very serious

IV. Extension Activities and Application

1. A twist ending

2. Sample writing

3. Letter writing

A Twist Ending

Letter writing

Sample WritingHeading 4 Privet Drive

Muggoland, England, 12345March 10, 2007

Salutation Dear Harry, While you were enjoying your vacation last week, I had to go to school! I even had to take a big test in physics. You’re so lucky. I wish my school were more like yours.

Body The funniest mistake happened on my brother Ron’s birthday. All of his friends came to our apartment to surprise him when he got home from school. Usually, Allen and I get home at the same time, but that day I got home before him. When I opened the door, everybody yelled, “Surprise!” When they realized it was me, they were the ones who were surprised.

How have you been doing in school? My classes are so much harder than last year, but I’m still doing pretty good. Math and Chinese are my favorite subjects this year. Math seems easy for me, and I can’t wait to solve some difficult problems to prove how smart I am! Chinese is a lot of fun because Ms. Huang jokes all the time.

I decided that we could write letters to each other since we’re such good friends. Actually, I had to write a friendly letter for English class, so I wrote to you.

Closing Your friend,

Signature Ginni

P.S. P.S. I hope you’ll write back. This could be fun!

Working with a partner

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