Period 2 Reading "Anne's Best Friend"

1. Teaching objectives:

1) To develop the students' reading ability, learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming and so on;

2). To get the students to realize the importance of friends and friendship, and to tell true friends from false friends;

3). To grasp some useful words and expressions in this passage, such as on purpose, be crazy about etc.;

4). To learn the writing style of this passage.

2. Teaching method: Task-based teaching

3). Teaching procedures:

Step 1.Pre-reading

1. Please enjoy three pieces of music and find out what they are about.

2. Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend?

3. What do you know about the World War II?

4. Background introduction

Step 2 fast reading

1. Who is Anne?

Who/What was Anne's best friend?

When and where did the story happen?

2. fill in the form below.

The time of the story The place of the story The heroine of the story Anne's best friend The length of time they hid away The date of the diary Step 3. Careful Reading

1. Answer the following questions:

　Why did Anne made her diary her best friend?

　What is an ordinary diary like according to Anne? What about her diary?

　Why was she so crazy about things to do with nature?

Why did she stay awake on purpose until very late one evening?