Teaching plan of project “Making a happiness handbook”

Teaching plan of project “Making a happiness handbook”Teaching objectives:

Ss will learn what happiness is like and how to make a happiness handbook.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 lead-in

Present some pictures about happiness and tell the students that different people have different ideas of happiness.

Brainstorming

What do you think these pictures are about?

What is your opinion of happiness?

Step 2 reading

(1)Skimming

1. What are these two essays about?

2. Are both of the writers old or young?

(2)Scanning

For the first essay.

1. Is the writer an old man? How do you know that?

2. Why does the writer think those days were happy?

3. What does the writer think young people can do while old people can’t?

For the second essay.

1.Is the writer a teenager or an adult ? How do you know that?

2. Why does the writer think that his or her happiest days will be in the future?

3. What does the writer think an adult can do while a teenager can’t ?

4. Why does the writer think it is nice to think the happiest days are still ahead of them?

Step 3 Group Work(finish project)

1.Planning

In the groups of four, choose a topic for their group’s happiness handbook.(e.g. Happiness in the past)

2.Preparing

Take notes of the story :

1.Is it a specific happy event or a general feeling of happiness?

2.How long will the essay be?

3.Should it be typed or to be handwritten?

4.Are illustrations needed in your handbook?

3.Producing

Each group member should write an essay.

One should check the essay.

Another should make the cover

Another will put all the essays together.

Another will make the table of contents.

4.Presenting

Put their handbook up on the display wall of their classroom for everyone to see and let the class vote for their favorite.

Step 4 Homework

1.Finish the WB exercises

2.Revise some language points of this period.

3.Finish the Group’s work-----making a happiness handbook.