Unit 3 Tales of the unexplained

Task Conducting a survey In order to conduct a survey, what kinds of things should we take into consideration? How do we collect information, by surfing the net or by making a questionnaire? Can you tell me how to construct a questionnaire? Are there any rules for us to follow? When a questionnaire is completed, what should we do with it? Do you know how to conduct an interview? Do you think it important to interview persons in appropriate ways?

Task Conducting a survey The rules to conduct a survey: 1. Ask one piece of information at a time. 2. Use short and simple sentences. 3. Avoid negative sentences. 4. Use precise language. 5. Give specific references. 6. Make sure people have the necessary knowledge to answer.

Skills building 2: greeting others and making introductions …… Greeting someone formally. Greeting a friend or classmate. Greeting a stranger.

Skills building 3: analysing statistics What’s the purpose of analyzing statistics? 1.Analysing statistics to draw conclusions. 2. Analysing statistics to make recommendations.

project 1 to provide students with some other information related to the main theme of the unit and train students to identify the relationships between the title and the paragraphs, the cohesions between paragraphs. 2 to familiarize students with the outline of the article 3 to make every student realize the importance of his/ her responsibility after they are assigned with different tasks 4 to encourage students to find and collect information, discuss it with their team members, analyze and solve their common task 5 to teach students how to co-operate with each other 6 to instruct students the basic rules of how to write a story, a report or etc.

Read the article and answer: 1Where have people reported seeing a wild man-like creature? 2When and where did an American mountain climber see a Yeti? All over the world. In 1998 and on the Chinese side of the Himalayas.

3 What does a Yeti look like? 4 What do scientists think of Yetis? It looks like a human but it has thick black fur and is about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands. They convince that Yetis exist while studying the footprints.

Find main idea of each paragraph: Para 1: Yetis are reported to have been seen all over the world. Para 2-4: Descriptions of Yetis in different places. Para 5-6: Scientists’ different opinions abort Yetis. Para 7: Scientists hope to find the truth.

True or False 1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the report. 2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once. 3. Yetis ran with an amazing speed. 4. Footprints of Yetis are similar to human. 5. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 3,000,000 years ago. 6. Scientists have solved the mystery. F T T F T F

reported sightings of yeti evidences about yeti’s appearances provided by witnesses discoveries about yeti’s footprints different viewpoints foragainst Yeti: myth or reality? Representing the story:

Discussion: Do you believe that such a creature exists? Why or why not?

Part B Write a story about one of the mysteries.

Preparing 1.Find information from various sources on the mystery. 2.Decide what to include in the story and what to leave out. 3.Organize the information you decide to use and write an outline for the story.

Producing 1.Follow the outline and write the story. 2.Proofread the story, correct any mistakes and add any new ideas you can think of. 3.Revise the story based on the suggestions. 4.Draw pictures that represent places, characters or events in the story.

Presenting Tell the story to the class.

reported sightings of yeti evidences about yeti’s appearances provided by witnesses discoveries about yeti’s footprints different viewpoints foragainst Yeti: myth or reality?  Project

conclusions drawn by the students themselves on how to write a story: tips given by the teacher on how to write a story:

specific things you’ve done in the course of learning Unit 3 specific skills you’ve mastered while doing these things surf the net, locate and collect some information practise spoken English read a newspaper article know how to read a newspaper article read part of a speech and finish the relevant exercises guess meanings of some news words from the context and the pictures strengthen the usages of the two grammars by reviewing, exercising and comparing identify the differences between the two grammars  Self-assessment

task things to do in Step 1 skills to learn in Step 1 things to do in Step 2skills to learn in Step 2 things to do in Step 3 skills to learn in Step 3