An Integrated English Course Book 2

1. An IntegratedEnglish Course Book 2 Shi Xiuhua 84724483 Shixiuhuadalian@163.com

2. Unit 2 The Teddy Stoddard Story Cecilia Wessner

3. Teaching Points: • Pre-reading Questions • Background Information • Structural Analysis • Language Points • Assignment • Quiz on Unit 1 & 2

4. Pre-reading Questions 1. Who is your favorite teacher? What do you remember him/her for?

5. What qualities do you expect of a good or qualified teacher?

6. 3. Have you ever been in a situation where you were considered “different” from others? How did you feel?

7. Background Information

8. The Teddy Stoddard Story is a story many years ago of an elementary school teacher. The author of this story is not identified or unknown. It was edited by Cecilia Wessner, editor-in-Chief of Popular Science magazine.

9. Originally the story was longer than the text on the text book with two extra paragraphs for the ending as follows: • Paragraph 21 They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."

10. Paragraph 22 Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She then said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you."

11. Teddy Stoddard, the boy student in the story is now a doctor at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.

12. Iowa Methodist Medical Center

13. Iowa Methodist Medical Center is the state's largest private hospital. Established in 1901 in a single building, today Iowa Methodist has become an important regional medical center and teaching hospital. It employs nearly 4,000 people and has 373 staffed beds (not including beds at Blank Children's Hospital). In January 2001, Iowa Methodist marked 100 years of service to central Iowa.

14. Some of Iowa Methodist's areas of specialization include cancer treatment, cardiac care, maternity and women's services, emergency and trauma treatment, physical rehabilitation, wellness programs, behavioral medicine, surgery, orthopedics, critical care, primary care, older adult services and home health care.

15. Iowa Methodist is well known throughout the Midwest for cancer care. In 1956 it opened Des Moines' first radiation therapy department. In 1993 the John Stoddard Cancer Center became the first central Iowa facility to house all radiation, oncology and ancillary services in one location.

16. Structural Analysis of Text 1 The passage is divided into 5 parts: • Part 1(paragraph 1-5): Mrs Thompson’s general impression on Teddy from her own observation • Part 2(paragraph 6-8):What Mrs Thompson learns from Teddy’s records • Part 3(paragraph 9-12):How Teddy’s Christmas present touched Mrs Thompson—change in attitude • Part 4(paragraph 13-14):Mrs Thompson’s special care and encouragement to Teddy • Part 5(paragraph15-20):The five successive notes from Teddy about the major stages he went through his study and work.

17. Languages Points

18. 1. It got to the point that during the first few months… The phrase “to the point” means to the extent that, or up to the time when something develops or is achieved. Here it means her dislike for Teddy had developed to such an extent during the first few months…

19. 2. she would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X’s… X’s in the sentence is the plural of “X” (cross), which teachers use to indicate the errors on students’ exercises or examinations. “F” here means “failure”.

20. 3. It was all she could do, with the school play and all until the day before the holidays began and she was suddenly forced to focus on eddy Stoddard. In connection with the previous sentence, “all she could do” indicates that she could do no more than just realizing what the problem was with Teddy, because she had to organize the school play and everything for Christmas.

21. Assignment 1. Summarize the usages of the following words • assure • focus • stifle • withdraw • venture • respond • wonder • inquisitive 2. Summarize the main idea of the passage

22. Text Analysis • Two threads going on: • Mrs. Thompson’s change • Teddy’s change

23. Theme: -A good teacher makes a good student -It is the teacher who teaches with heart/care rather than instructions that makes a confident and successful student, both in study and in life.

24. Backup for Vocabulary Exercises II

25. assure-assurance-assuring-assured • inquisitive - inquisitively – inquisition • withdraw-withdrawn-withdrawal

26. encourage-encouraged-discouraged -encouraging-discouraging-encouragement • respond-response-responsive-irresponsive-respondent-respondence correspond -corresponding-corresponsive-correspondent-correspondence

27. be in for: • be going to undergo/experience/suffer from • be ready to: be prepared/willing to (do sth.) • vow: • swear/promise /declare solemnly • quit: • go away from/leave a place; stop (doing) sth.

28. take delight in: • have pleasure/fun in • focus on: concentrate on，pay close attention to • Venture (to)： • dare to go somewhere/say sth/do sth • put off: postpone/delay

29. Quiz on Unit 1 & 2

30. I. Explain the following words in English (2.5 points)： 1)gregarious 2)spell 3)unkempt 4)prodigal 5)withdrawn

31. II. Fill in the blanks in each sentence with the appropriate form of the given word in parentheses (2.5 points): 1) When the chairman asked what he thought about the proposal, He shook his head in ________ (approve). 2) You must be very ________ (attention) to the coach, otherwise you can’t follow all the body movements.

32. 3) Excessive dosage of this drug can result in _________ （injure）to the liver. 4) You mustn’t be late; he was most __________ (insist) about that. 5) She is showing signs of ___________ (withdraw) and depression.

33. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the word with the initial letter to complete the sentence according to what you have learnt from Unit 1 and 2 (2.5 points). 1) Although things have been tough since his father’s death, he had s with his college education and graduated with a bachelor’s degree of art.

34. 2) He is under great p these days because he has taken more courses than he can possibly manage. 3) Young people in China still take great d in watching sentimental Korean serial TV plays.

35. 4) You must q wearing your own shoes in the bowling alley. You will be fined if you are caught. 5) An i person is someone who is curious and fond of inquiring into other people’s affairs.

36. IV. Explain the following sentences in your own words (2.5 points): 1) Having claimed his hapa haole grandson, my father no longer defined our family by a uniform set of features. 2) But what should have been a mission of joy filled me with apprehension.

37. 3) It was then that I began to suspect that my father had wanted to mend the breach as much as I had. 4) On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and speaking. Instead, she began to teach children. 5) She got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he’d stayed in school.