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Exploring Values Through "The Richest Man in America: Down Home"

This text offers an insightful exploration of values such as honesty, success, and wealth through the life of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart. It delves into the significance of indirect description in portraying his character, analyzing techniques like anecdotes and comparisons. Students engage in discussions about Walton's qualities, his path to success, and his relatable nature despite immense wealth. Activities include group rankings of values in Chinese culture and individual presentations on what success means. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of societal values and personal perspectives.

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Exploring Values Through "The Richest Man in America: Down Home"

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  1. Unit 2 Values Text A The Richest Man in America, Down Home

  2. Procedures • Key Points • Text Review • Words and Sentences • Further Development (Listening and Speaking) • After-class Tasks

  3. Key Points • Text Study: to understand the main idea and structure of the text • Language: to grasp the key words and grammatical structures in the text • Topic: to think about and discuss topics on values such as honesty, success, wealth, etc. • Writing: to appreciate the use of indirect description in portraying a person

  4. About the Text : Main Idea Discuss with your group members: • How do you understand the title “The Richest Man In America, Down Home”? • How many parts would you classify the text into and why? • What words can you use to describe Sam Walton and why? • What are Sam’s secret of success? • How do you understand success?

  5. About the Text: Writing • What kind of writing does this text belong to? (description) • How is Sam Walton portrayed? (through the use of indirect description) • What effect is achieved? • Methods of indirect description: (anecdotes, examples, quotes, comparison and contrast, etc. ) For more, refer to summary of writing techniques on CD-rom.

  6. Language Points: Sentences • (L2)He imagined what surely awaited… • (L5)Then he was off to the house, wheeling past the sleepy town square in Bentonville, a remote Arkansas town of 9,920, where Sam Walton started with a little dime store that grew into a $6 billion discount chain called Wal-Mart. • (L10)It was nice, but no palace. • (L14) Only in America can a billionaire carry on like plain folks and get away with it.

  7. Language Points: Sentences • (L20) … who struggles to call the boss by his first name as a recent corporate memo commands. • (L36) It buried the Forbes list at the bottom of page 2. • (L45) But just how long Walton can hold firm to his folksy habits with celebrity hunters keeping following him wherever he goes is anyone’s guess.

  8. Language Points: Sentences • (L53) But the real story in his mind is … • (L59) No one admits to feeling the least bit silly. • (L75) …, who was stunned at such generosity after the stingy employer he left to join Wal-Mart • (L79) the way they’re treated

  9. Language Points: Words • synonyms or synonymous phrases for “down-home” (simple, informal) • Para 5(L14) carry on like plain folks • Para 6(L22) folksy ways • Para 7 (L25) friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight around Para 11(L38) not a front-page person

  10. Language Points: Words Scan the text and find out the following words: • Words to describe a person • Words related to business • Words related to success

  11. Further Development • Listening and Dictation (CD-Rom). Then discuss: What do you know from this song? • Group Work: Rank Orders • Step 1: Each thinks of a value that is important in Chinese culture and explain why it is important. • Step 2: Work in groups to rank these values from 1 to 5. Give 1 to the most important and 5 the least important. • Step 3: Report to the class your conclusion.

  12. After-class Tasks • Individual work: Integrated Course (review U2 and preview U3); Speaking and Listening (U3+4); Reading (U3); Fast Reading (U3) • Pair Work: Presentation • Most Important Value in Chinese Culture • What Success Means to Me • Group Work: Each search for information on a successful person before the group work. Bring their stories to tell your group members and discuss: • What values these people hold dear.

  13. The End See You Good Luck

  14. What to Practice: • To give your opinion • To justify your opinion • To negotiate • To persuade • To show agreement and disagreement • To come to a conclusion

  15. Acknowledgements • Feng Pengpeng • Zheng Yanfang

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