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lop the theme of the unit, that is, Getting a job. After analyzing it carefully, I find the article has two unique characteristics. First, it’s a long passage with 688 words, much more than the usual texts. Second, it deals with a new topic, that is, a gap year. The topic is unfamiliar to most students. Section 2 Indentifying the teaching aims Based on the analysis of the teaching material, I have chosen the following as the teaching aims of my lesson: The 1st aim: Students learn the skills and strategies to read a prolonged text. The 2nd aim: Students get a better understanding of what a gap year is. The 3rd aim: Students are encouraged to figure out the implied meaning. The 4th aim: Students are familiar with various expressi or approaches to express the same thing or idea. Section 3 Teaching procedures In order to achieve the teaching aims mentioned above, I decide to choose guided reading and TaskBased Teaching as the main teaching approach. With the teaching methods, I can guide students to use effective reading strategies to prehend the text, solve problems and plete different tasks. The teaching procedures include four parts. They’re getting ready, focusing on main facts, reading between the lines and responding the text. Part 1. Getting ready Reading begins before a book is opened. It’s important to activate students’ existing background knowledge and draw their attention to the topic of the text. In this part, I will use the prereading activities to increase students’ concentration, arouse their curiosities, fire their imagination and give them a purpose for reading. The part cists of two tasks: Task 1: A time machine. I start my lesson by asking senior 3 students what the date is. Then, I go on to show a picture of a time machine. I tell students that the machine with a magic power will bring them to their graduation from high school, which is 1 year away. At that point, I get them to imagine where they are and what they are doing. After it, I give a summary of their presentati as follows: After leaving high school, most of Chinese students go straight to , at this time next year, most of you will be studying in a university. (With the task, I inspire students’ former knowledge and imagination about graduating from high school and going to college, which can draw their attention to the theme of the reading material and get them ready for the following reading.) Task 2: Brainstorming. After the summary, I go on to show some more pictures of British students fresh from high sc