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Two Text Study 80 minutesI. Interactive reading of the textMain ideas of the partsThis text is an argumentative essay. Western parents are ________________ Chinese parents’ success of raising kids. ()baffled aboutWhat do Westerners think of Chinese parents’ way of raising kids? (Para. 2)provocative, unimaginable and even illegalDifferences between Chinese mothers and Western parents to an obese child (Para. 2):Chinese mothersWestern parentsPart I — (Paras. 1 __)Chinese parents raise successful kids, but they use some methods which are ________________________ to Westerners.unacceptable (or different)Part II — (Paras. 310)It contains three sections and explains in detail what the three ideological differences are.Why do Western parents want to protect their children from criticism? (Para. 3)Children are tender and not strong。A indicating excellent, C indicating average and F indicating failing.2. What is the core of Confucianism?Humanism, the belief that human beings are teachable, improvable and perfectible through personal and munal endeavor especially including selfcultivation and selfcreation.3. What can children do in the sleepaway camps?Sleep under the stars with friends。 mental health. Cultural background1. What is the most popular grading system in the United States?Discrete evaluation in the form of letter grades。 more encouragement。 land a satisfactory job. Western parenting: freedom。focus on children’s IQ development。Foster patience and persistence。Be all for my good。Physically punish me.Q2: Have you ever hated your parents when they forced you to do something you disliked but which later proved to be worthy of your efforts? Yes.Force me to learn the Chinese calligraphy。Be strict with me。 municative method。4. Learnercentered approach。2. Case study. Provide case study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the case。 Study (how to make parison and contrast)。3. Master key language points and grammatical structures in the text (Develop an argumentative essay, coherence achieved by different expression of a fixed meaning).教學(xué)重點(diǎn)和難點(diǎn): Analysis (How to develop an argumentative essay)。 備 課 紙 授課題目:Unit 8 The art of parenting 授課時(shí)間:第_____周 授課類型:理論課授課時(shí)數(shù):____課時(shí)教學(xué)目的:After finishing this unit, students will be able to:1. Grasp main idea of the text (retelling of topic paragraph)。2. Appreciate various techniques employed by the writer to make parison and contrast。 No