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Unit 4 Section A

Unit 4 Section A. Five Famous Symbols of American Culture. 西北师范大学外国语学院 郭亚文. Five Famous Symbols of American Culture. Objectives. Lead-in. Presentation & Practice : Input Activities. Production: Output Activities. Assignment. The learners should

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Unit 4 Section A

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  1. Unit 4 Section A Five Famous Symbols of American Culture 西北师范大学外国语学院 郭亚文

  2. Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Objectives Lead-in Presentation & Practice : Input Activities Production: Output Activities Assignment

  3. The learners should 1. Identify time markers within events and get students familiar with different ways of beginning a paragraph (Input-Skimming & Scanning ) 2. Develop speaking (Output 1-Values) 3. Improve writing skills (Output2-Critical Thinking) Objectives

  4. Lead-in Look for some symbols of Chinese culture

  5. Lead-in Look for some symbols of Chinese culture

  6. Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Input Activity 1-Text Organization Input Activity 2-Text Exploration Output Activity-Text Evaluation

  7. Uncle Sam The Buffalo Nickel Barbie American Gothic The Statue of Liberty Text Organization Skim the text for the subtitles 2 3 Five Famous Symbols 4 1 5

  8. Text Organization Narration: telling a story Time sequence “first thing first” Time markers words or phrases indicating time

  9. The Statue of Liberty (Paragraphs 1-3) Time Markers In the mid-1870s,French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World. In the mid-1870s time sequence order of events Bartholdi went ahead and married his lovein 1876. in 1876 That same yearBartholdi has assembled the statue’s right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. That same year The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bayin 1886. in 1886

  10. Barbie (Paragraphs 4-7) Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie. Since her Introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, was introduced in 1961 and named after Barbara’s brother.

  11. Writing Strategies Quotation Question Example Ways to begin a paragraph Personal opinion Fact

  12. Text Exploration Creator / Designer Who created / designed the symbol? 1 Essential Information of a Symbol 2 Original Model (原型) Who / What is the symbol based on? 3 Date When was the symbol created / designed?

  13. Paragraphs 9-11 American Gothic Paragraphs 12-14 The Buffalo Nickel Text Exploration Date in 1930 Paragraph 9 from 1913-1938 Paragraph 12 Creator Grant Wood Paragraph 9 Paragraph 13 James Earle Fraser Original Models (原型) Woman Man Head Animal three American Indians an aging buffalo his sister his dentist Paragraph 10 Paragraphs 13 and 14

  14. Text Exploration Uncle Sam Paragraphs 15-17

  15. In paragraph 12: The writer said the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians are two “tragedies”. • To avoid such tragedies, we should • treat animals _____. • treat a different culture _____. In paragraph 2： “He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, …” What does the artist want us to remember by using a suffering face? • his mother’s painful life • the cost Americans paid for freedom Text Evaluation In paragraph 2： “He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, …” What does the artist want us to remember by using a suffering face? • his mother’s painful life • the cost Americans paid for freedom In paragraph 12: The writer said the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians are two “tragedies”. • To avoid such tragedies, we should • treat animals _____. • treat a different culture _____.

  16. Summary narration The text is a _________, telling stories of five famous symbols of American culture. The writer uses ____________ to connect all events. He tells us the _______, the _____ and the ____ of each symbol. However, knowing stories of the symbols is not the only end. We should critically think of the _________________ from these symbols. time markers creator model date meanings / lessons

  17. What does the symbol mean to you? • Work in team • Choose one symbol as your subject 1. Give a brief introduction to the symbol 2. Reflect on meaning of the symbol Assignment 1 Mini-Project

  18. Assignment 2 Write a story: Sculpture of Yellow River Mother [黄河母亲雕塑]. Use different ways to begin your paragraphs • Time Markers & Events • Creator: He E [何鄂] • Date: carved in 1986 • Original Model: He E & her daughter • Other events: • Finished in Beijing; • Located in Lanzhou, Gansu Province; • Carved out of a huge piece of granite; • Experienced lawsuits; • Attracts thousands of visitors annually.

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