Lesson 3. A fork in the Road of Life
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1. Incredibly Moving Stories about Adoption
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FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
Before Reading
Q1. What's your opinion about "adoption"? Q2. Think of three reasons why parents put their babies up for adoptation.
After Reading
Q1. Where was Rachel born?
Q2. What did Susan's father do?
Q3. How does Susan think of adoption?
Q3. Read Jill Smith's story and anwer the question. Did his mother know if Jill was a boy or girl when she gave birth?
Q1. Where was Rachel born?
Q2. What did Susan's father do?
Q3. How does Susan think of adoption?
Q3. Read Jill Smith's story and anwer the question. Did his mother know if Jill was a boy or girl when she gave birth?
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2. The old Fisherman
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FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
Before reading
Q1. Is your appearance(Face, body, and fasion style) really important in your life?
Q2. What do you usually judge other friends based on?
Q1. Is your appearance(Face, body, and fasion style) really important in your life?
Q2. What do you usually judge other friends based on?
After readimg
Q1. Why didn't the fisherman get a room?
Q2. What were his presents for my family?
Q3. Guess the meaning of the sentence at the end of the story. "He won't mind starting in this small body."
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3. The Road not Taken
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FOCUS: GENRE(Poem)
FOCUS: GENRE(Poem)
"The Road not Taken" is a poem written by Robert Frost. I don't expect you to translate word-by-word.
Instead,
1) do some "before reading" activities.
2) just read through the poem
3) think of the general meaning
4) comparing your guess to following description of the poem
5) answer "after reading" questions.
2) just read through the poem
3) think of the general meaning
4) comparing your guess to following description of the poem
5) answer "after reading" questions.
Before reading
Q1. Look at the picture which is related to peom. Can you guess the meaning of the title "The Road not Taken"?
Q2. What do you usually think when you have to choose one thing between other options?
Q3. Have you felt that your little choice totally changed your life?
After reading
Q1. In second stanza, why the writer is confused between two road in front of him?
Q2. Find more than two words make a gloomy tone of poem.
Q3. Is the sentence true or false? "The writer thinks that he will take another road another day."
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4. You've got to Find What You Love
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
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FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
After Reading
Click Here and Watch the Video Clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
Q1. What’s the big reason he quit his first college, Reed College?
Q2. Which class he took in Reed College was helpful for him to design the Mac?
Q3. Do you agree with Jobs’ idea, “the only way to do great work is to love what you do?”
Q4. How did doctors diagnose Jobs?
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5. American Idol; James Durbin
http://tv-shows-one.blogspot.com/2011/02/touching-story-of-james-durbin-in.html
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FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
Before Reading
Q1. Have you ever heard a touching story on TV audition show?
Q2. Do you believe that difficulty of life makes musicians’ music mature?
Now, start reading and watch a video clip to answer the rest of the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64yxa3lJc8
After Reading
Q1. What did you feel when you watched the video clip after read his story?
Q2. What did James’s father do?
Q3. Why is his life story touching for American people?
Q1. In second stanza, why the writer is confused between two road in front of him?
Q2. Find more than two words make a gloomy tone of poem.
Q3. Is the sentence true or false? "The writer thinks that he will take another road another day."
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4. You've got to Find What You Love
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
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FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
Before Reading
Q1. What’s your favorite successful story of famous people and what made him/her achieve it?
Q2. Do you have something that you really love to do?
Q3. What do you want to be and what’s the big reason for it?
Q1. What’s your favorite successful story of famous people and what made him/her achieve it?
Q2. Do you have something that you really love to do?
Q3. What do you want to be and what’s the big reason for it?
After Reading
Click Here and Watch the Video Clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
Q1. What’s the big reason he quit his first college, Reed College?
Q2. Which class he took in Reed College was helpful for him to design the Mac?
Q3. Do you agree with Jobs’ idea, “the only way to do great work is to love what you do?”
Q4. How did doctors diagnose Jobs?
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5. American Idol; James Durbin
http://tv-shows-one.blogspot.com/2011/02/touching-story-of-james-durbin-in.html
Difficulty Level ■■□□□
Text Length ■■□□□
FOCUS: CHAPTER-related genre(touching story)
Before Reading
Q1. Have you ever heard a touching story on TV audition show?
Q2. Do you believe that difficulty of life makes musicians’ music mature?
Now, start reading and watch a video clip to answer the rest of the questions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64yxa3lJc8
After Reading
Q1. What did you feel when you watched the video clip after read his story?
Q2. What did James’s father do?
Q3. Why is his life story touching for American people?
