Reading Skill,Recognizing the Pattern of Details,What are details? What is the pattern of details? How many patterns of details are listed here? Find out the function of each pattern and the signal words to show the pattern of details.,Details are proof or explanation of the main idea of a reading passage. The pattern of details means the way to organize or arrange the details. Understanding organizational patterns helps you remember important details.,The Most Common Organizational Patterns,1) Space Relationship 2) Time Sequence 3) Example or Illustration 4) Comparison and Contrast 5) Cause and Effect 6) Addition / Enumeration,Space relationship show location or position Time sequence describe the steps in a process or reporting historical events Example or illustration move from the general to the particular Comparison and Contrast emphasize the similarities and differences between two or more items Cause and effect explain how and why something happened Addition / Enumeration organize the supporting details into a list of points,Unit 6,The African-Americans,Teaching Objectives,1. Practice the reading skill by reading some passages. 2. Enable students to know something about Martin Luther King. 3. Do some reading and vocabulary exercises.,Teaching Procedures,Lead-in activity: Group Discussion 1. In your comprehension, what is the African-Americans? 2. Can you enumerate some famous people who are African-Americans?,African Americans,(also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes) are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. 非裔美国人,Famous African-Americans,Presentation of African-Americans,Will Smith (American actor) Barack Obama (American President) Michael Jordan Michael Jackson Oprah Winfrey (American television host ) ,Word Pretest 1. Do Word Pretest (P77) within 3 mins. 2. Check the answers. 3. Underline the italicized words in the Text I while you read it.,Section A,Text I: Martin Luther King,* General Reading: Read the text, time it and record the time it takes. Do the Reading Comprehension (P80) as quickly as possible.,* Further Reading: Read the text again and answer the following questions: What do you know about Martin Luther King? Can you find some information from the text?,He was an American civil rights leader; He preached “nonviolent resistance”; On Aug. 28, 1963, he led the march of more than 200,000 persons from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial for the civil rights of black Americans, and delivered the famous speech “I Have a Dream”. He won the Nobel peace prize in 1964; He was assassinated on April 4, 1968.,在演说中，他说出了著名的平等口号： I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” (L45) 我梦想有一天，这个国家将会奋起，实现其立国信条的真谛：“我们认为这些真理不证自明：人人生而平等。”,I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. 我梦想有一天，在佐治亚州的红色山岗上，昔日奴隶的儿子能够同昔日奴隶主的儿子同席而坐，亲如手足。,I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将生活在一个不是以肤色的深浅，而是以品格的优劣作为评判标准的国家里。,Cultural Notes,Baptist bptist (L4) n., adj. (member) of a Protestant Church that believes in baptism by immersion at an age when a person is old enough to understand what the ceremony means 浸礼会的; 浸礼会教徒 (反对婴儿的洗礼和洒水洗礼,而主张只对长大成人并经过信仰声明的信教者施以全身浸水洗礼的一个新教派会),Infant baptism 婴儿洗礼,Nobel Prizes (L5) The founder of Nobel prizes was Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896), a Swedish scientist. Nobel discovered the explosive called dynamite (炸药). This was much safer to use than earlier explosives. He made a large fortune from this and other discoveries and inventions. However, it saddened him that his explosives were so widely used for warfare. Nobel left most of his money to establish five prizes. They are awarded for services to physics, chemistry, physiology (生理学) or medicine, literature, and peace. It is considered a very great honor to win one of these prizes.,Great Depression (L14),the severe economic problems that followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929. In the early 1930s, many banks and businesses failed, and millions of people lost their jobs in the US and in the UK and the rest of Europe.,Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) L19,an Indian lawyer and politician who successfully led the fight for Indias independence from the British. Gandhi is famous especially for developing the idea of non-violent protest, and his methods have been copied in many other places. His real name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but he was given the name “Mahatma” (meaning “great soul”) by his followers. He was assassinated (=killed) soon after India gained independence.,Reading Skill Practice,Reading Skill: Recognizing the P