The General Idea of This Period

In this period, teacher will help to train the students’ integrating skills, including readingªª, listening and speaking and writing skills.ª¥

Almost all the activities in this period are based on the story of Guy Fawkes’ planning to replace the then government.In the Reading part, the students should first learn about the story and the origin of the celebration.Then they will talk about the three main characters in the story.The students will finish this task in groups of four, with the fourth student acting as a witness.In this part, the students are asked to fully understand the main characteristics of the person that they choose to act.

In Listening part, the students can get more related background.They will do some true-or- false exercises, answer some questions and fill in the chart.Then the students will have a discussion in groups about the reasons for King James’ and Guy Fawkes’ actions.They should also choose one of them to feel sympathy for and find out the reasons.This step doesn’t only provide the students a chance to train their listening ability but also provide them knowledge about a particular celebration in the UK.Above all, the students are given the chance and topics to practice speaking and cooperating with others.ª¥

Then the students will choose one of the serious things in their lives.They should analyze the problems and put forward some suggestions to deal with the problems.They should write a letter to someone to ask for help.This part is just to train the students’ writing ability.