The most important affective object is to let students know what kind of qualities a great person should possess. The discussion can be illuminating. In a society that is becoming more and more fame and fortune oriented, it is very important to have our young students realize that great people are not necessarily rich people or celebrities. But they must be spiritually fulfilled and be beneficial to the people and society. And the teacher should seize the chance to lead students to take these great people as examples and to set up their own ideals for life. This would be beneficial for the formation of their values, which would be more than teaching English.

Besides that, in this unit particularly the problem of equality between men and women is brought up. Through the study of this unit, students should be able to understand that a person's achievement should not depend on his/her sex.

Period one Warming up and reading I

The material in Warming up is a brief introduction to six great women home and abroad. Before we introduce them and have students discuss what qualities should a great woman possess. It is necessary to activate students' previous knowledge as well as to provide them with necessary relative vocabulary in the form of a brainstorm.

Step 1 lead-in

Show students some pictures of great women home and abroad throughout history. Have them tell what they know about these women as much as possible.

a Discussion about the qualities needed to be a great woman. Elicit possible answers from students after a brainstorm.

Personally, I think the discussion is very meaningful for it activate and should be reserved in the teaching design. (If students, due to proficiency levels, are unable to produce meaningful idea in English within short period of time, it is suggested that they organize their idea before class.)

(optional activity/project)The standard for assessing great people

The best way to do this is to check. the index to their books (books written by historians). If the book spends twice as many pages discussing Winston Churchill as it does discussing Margaret Thatcher, then it's safe to say that