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LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

WangDan,HangzhouForeignLanguageSchool

LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

ByWangDan,HangzhouForeignLanguageSchool

Keyquestions:

lbirthorderaffectparents’treatmenttothechildren?How

willparents’treatmentaffectchildren’spersonalities?

nyousaytoyourparentstochangetheirtreatment?

Teachingobjectives

Instructionobjectives:

ge:

Thestudentswillbeexpod

tothefollowingvocabulary:

a)adj:responsible,

independent,dependent,

adventurous,fun-loving,

jealous,creative,humorous,

calm

b)n.:personality

(personalities),attention,

responsibility,freedom,

pressure

c)v./phras:tendtodo,

allowtodo,dependon,

competewith,develop,treat

Studentswillbepracticingthe

usageofthewordsand

expressions.

gstrategy:

Studentswillbeabletosuggest

hypothesaccordingtothe

illustrationofthearticle.

Studentswillbeabletoscanfor

specificinformation.

ion:

Studentswillbeabletomake

adjustmentoftheirprent

personalityandgetthetreatment

tswill

communicatewiththeparentsto

improvetheirpersonality.

Procedures:

Teachingprocedures

Learner’soutcomes(evidence):

dentswillbeabletodrafta

lettertotheirparents

onhowtheywouldliketobetreated

bytheirparents.

dentswillbeableto

describetheirpersonalitieswiththe

targetadjectives.

dentswillbeabletowrite

aboutthetreatmentthey

getathomewiththetarget

expressions.

Learningprocedures

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LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

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Warming-up:Thestudentsgetinvolvedinthetopic.

dentsgetfamiliarwith

rap–SheepandWolvesandtheadjectiveswhilechanting.

encouragesthestudentstosing.

T:Howarethesheepinthechant?S:Sheeparegood,fun-loving,

Andhowarethewolves?humorousandresponsible.

WecanutheadjectivestoWolvesarebad,fight-lovingand

s.

Pre-reading:Thestudentssuggesthypothes.

dentssuggesta

theillustrationfromthebookhypothesisofthechildren’s

andhasthestudentssuggestpersonalities.

hypothesofthechildren’s

personalitiesbadontheir

facialexpressions.

T:Lookatthechildren’sfacesin

youthinktheir

personalitiesare?

etthe

resultfromthepicture.

dentssuggesta

cherasksthereasonswhyhypothesisofthereasonsthat

thechildrenhavedifferentformdifferentpersonalities.

personalities.

T:Whydoyouthinkchildren

havedifferentpersonalities?

While-reading:Thestudentsunderstandthepassage.

1sttimereading:skimforgeneralidea

dentsskimthepassagefor

thepassageandfindoutthethereasonswhychildrenhave

reasonwhythechildrenhavedifferentpersonalities.

differentpersonalities.

T:WhydodifferentchildrenhaveS:Theyhavedifferent

differentpersonalities?personalitiesbecautheways

theirparentstreatthemare

T:Whydotheirparentstreatthemdifferent.

differently?S:Theywerebornindifferent

orders.

cherasksthestudentsto

giveatitletothepassage.

dentsgeneralizethemain

idea.

S:BirthOrderandPersonality

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LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

WangDan,HangzhouForeignLanguageSchool

2nd/3rdtimereading:checkthehypothes

dentsreadthepassagefor

readthepassageforthecondthecondtime,matchthe

time,andmatchthepersonalitieswiththebirth

personalitieswiththebirthorderandchecktheirfirst

es.

cherasksthestudentsto

readthepassageforthethirdtime,

andfilluptheblanksin

thechart.

cherasksthestudentsto

identifytherelationshipbetween

thepersonalityandthetreatment.

T:

showsthereasonandwhichshowsthe

result?Why?

T:Isitthesameasthecond

andtheyoungestchildren?

Whatistherelationshipbetween

thetwocolumns?

dentsreadthepassagefor

thethirdtime,andfillupthe

chart.

dentsanalyzethe

reason-resultrelationship

betweenthepersonalityand

thetreatment.

S:Reasonandresult.

Post-reading:Thestudentsapplythereadingintheirreallife.

dentsingroupswritea

writeabouttheirpersonalitiesreportabouttheirpersonalities

andthewaytheirparentstreatandthetreatmenttheygetfrom

arentsusingthetarget

T:What’syourpersonality?

Howdolanguage.

yourparentstreatyou?TellyourS:Wehave4/3membersinourgroup.

groupmemberswhatyourpersonalityA(Student

’sname)is

,and.

ents

,andthey.B

’s

Workingroupsandwriteareportparents

ult,

aboutit.

YoumustuatleastthreeOurparentstreatusindifferent

adjectivesinBoxAandatleastways,butweknowtheyloveusand

themtoo.

dentsmakesuppositionon

makesuppositionaboutwhichwhichchildtheywouldbeifthey

childtheywouldbeiftheycouldcouldchoo.

choo.S:Iwouldlike

tobe,

becau.

T:Wecan’tchangeourbirth

order,

butifyoucouldchoo,whichchild

wouldyouliketobe?Why?dentswriteafew

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LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

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cherasksthestudentstontencestotheirparentsonthe

writeafewntencestotheirpossiblechangeswhichwill

parentsonthepossiblechangesaffectthedevelopmentoftheir

whichwillaffectthepersonalities.

developmentoftheir

personalities.

T:Sinceparents’treatmentcan

influencechildren’s

personalities,doyouwanttosay

somethingtoyourparents?

Sum-up:wecan’tchangeourbirth

order,butwecanchangethewayour

parentstreatusbycommunicating

withthem.I’msurethenyouwill

improveyourpersonalityandhavea

happierlife.

Homework:dentswritealetterto

theirparents.

tershouldincludethe

followingparts:

yourprentpersonality?Howdoyourparentstreatyou

atprent?Howdotheyaffecteachother?

ssiblechangesdoyouthinkyouandyourparentscanmake

toimproveyourpersonality?

wouldyouliketosaytoyourparents?

【附录1】阅读文章

BirthOrderandPersonality

Ifyouhaveabrotherorsister,you

alreadyknowyouaredifferentfromeach

etogetherinthesamehou

andhavethesameparents,butyouhave

his?One

possiblereasonisthewayyourparents

treatyou.

First-bornchildrenreceiveallthe

familieshavetwiceasmanyphotosofafirst-bornthananyotherchild.

Parentstendtogivefirst-bornsmoreresponsibilityanddependonthem

ult,first-borns

areoftenresponsible,hard-working,tenwanttodo

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LessonPlanforBirthOrderandPersonality

WangDan,HangzhouForeignLanguageSchool

remorefirst-bornAmericanPresidents

--,GeorgeWashington,andLyndon

BainesJohnson--thancondorlast-bornchildren.

Whenacondchildarrives,ondchild

isallowedtobemoreindependent,butalsohastocompetewiththe

first-bornfortheparents

’hildrenoften

choodifferentsportsandhobbiestoshowindependenceandtheydevelop

eoftenadventurous,fun-loving,and

outgoing,butcanbejealousandgetangryeasily.

Theyoungestchildtendstobethehappiest,andhasfewer

hildrendonotfeelpressure

todowellatschoolandwork,buthavetobecreativetogettheir

family

’eoftenfriendly,humorous,

famoustalk-showhostsandcomedianswerebornlast.

【附录2】课前预惯用文章

aysaskedhermagicmirrorwhothemost

beautifulwomanintheworldwas,,becaushetendedtoreceiveattentionfrom

r,onedaythe

mirroransweredthatSnowWhitewasthemostbeautiful

ult,

believedintheresponsiblehunterbecauhealwaysfinishedthework

r,thehunterwasakind-heartedmanandhelet

t,SnowWhitedidn’tknowwhattodoinsuchadark

ieved

nadventurousjourney,butshefinally

sotiredthatshefellasleepinoneof

ewokeup,

spendingveraldayswiththedwarfs,shefounditinterestingtolivewiththem.

Oneofthemwasout-going,becauhewasthefirstto

hemwasveryhumorousandfun-loving,becau

hemwasalittlejealous,becauheliked

r

omsmiledandwasrious,

buthewasresponsible,becauheneverforgottoaskeveryonetostart

workingontime.

【附录3】课前热身小诗

Sheeparegood,

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Wolvesarebad.

WithsheepIamglad,

WithwolvesIamsad.

Sheeparehumorous,

Wolvesarejealous.

WithsheepI’mfabulous,

WithwolvesI’mnervous.

Sheeparefun-loving,

Wolvesarefight-loving.

WithsheepI’mlaughing,

WithwolvesI’mcrying.

Sheepareresponsible,

Happinesswilldouble.

Wolvesaretrouble,

Sadnesswilltriple.

Sheeparemyfriends,

Whoarealwaysnice.

Wolvesareenemies,

WhothinkIamdelicious.

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