I. Teaching objectives:

By the end the this lesson, students will develop their

a.    ability to understand the author’s writing purpose

b.    ability to feel the emotions of the author

c.    ability to appreciate some beautiful sentences and identify the writing skills

d.    ability to connect their own experiences to the reading topic and cultivate critical thinking

II. Key points and difficulties:

1.    Reveal the truth that the author is still young

2.    Find out the author’s writing purpose

3.    Relate to students’ own experiences and cultivate critical thinking

III. Material analysis:

       The material is a passage entitled “The two roads”. At the beginning, it seems that an aged man who recalled his past sixty years and felt regretful for what he chose to do when he was young and he desperately wished for the back of his youth. Actually, near the end of the passage, it is surprisingly only a dream, which has brought a relief to not only the narrator but also the reader. Though the passage is only about 500 words, there exist some new and difficult words as well as the difficult clauses, which may be an obstacle for the students. What’s the more difficult is to appreciate some sentences using metaphor and simile. And it’s really challenging for students to relate to their own stories.