Reading(1)：The Olympic Games优秀教案案例

Unit 2

Sports events Reading

The Olympic Games

Teacher :Yan Bo

Class: Class 17(6)

Time:2016.6.8 Teaching Aims: 1.

Enhance students’ reading abilities.

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Enable students to adopt the strategy reading a speech and catch the main idea of the text. 3.

Enable students to catch the key phrases of the text. Students Analysis: The lesson is designed for students who are poor in English reading and speaking. Students are required to preview some key words and phrases of this text by themselves as well as some knowledge about Olympic Games. Teaching Important Points: 1.

Help Ss know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games. 2.

Help them learn some language points. Teaching difficult Points: Help students catch the main idea of this text with help of reading strategy. Teaching Methods: 1. Improve the students’ reading comprehension.

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Practice to get the students to master what they’ve learnt.

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Discussion to make every student work in class. Teaching aids: 1.

the multi-media 2.

the blackboard.

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Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-- in Appreciate a classic English song hand in hand made for the Seoul Olympic Games to motivate the Ss’ enthusiasm. and guide them to join in a test about Olympic Games whose information is related to the text the Olympic games.

Step2 preview test : knowledge competition about the Olympic Games 1.Where did the ancient Olympics begin?

A. Rome

B. India

C. Greece

D. the U.S.A 2. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? A. 1986, Sydney

B. 1896,

Athens

C. 1698, New York

3. How many kinds of Olympic

Games are there in the world? What are they?

4.What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? A. five continents

B. five oceans

C. five races 5.Who is the the father of Olympia? A.

Pierre de Coubertin

B.

Michael Jordon

C.

Liu Xiang

D.

Muhammad Ali

6.where is Muhammad Ali A . The USA

B . India C . Africa D . China

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from?

7.Who is the man ? A.Pierre de Coubertin B.Michael Jordon C.Liu Xiang D.Muhammad Ali

8.When did China first win gold medals and by who? A. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics By Xu Haifeng

B . At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics By Deng Yaping

C. At the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games by Deng Yaping

D. the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games by Xu Haifeng

9.Who won four Olympic gold medals in

table tennis competition

in 1992 and 1996? A . Zhang Ning

B . Sun Yang C . Ye Shiweng

D . Deng Yaping

10.When did Liu Xiang win the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles ? A. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics C. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul D. The 2004 Olympics in Athens D . The 2008 Olympics in Beijing

11.How many gold medals did China win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? A.51 B.52

C.53 D.54

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Step 3:Self-directed learning------- Fast reading Ask Ss to scan the article and answer the three questions in Part A. 1. What is the speech about?

The history and significance of the Olympic Games. 2. What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to

life? He hoped that the Olympic Games would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side in peace. 3. What does speaker wish for at the end of the speech? He wishes the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory. 4.Where does this text may come from? A.A book B.A magazine C.A speech

Step4: Comments-------Reading strategy Reading strategy: reading a speech1.What does a speech consist of ?标题称呼开头语主题时间顺序结语

Step 5:Cooperative-study------- Careful reading Read the passage again and check the errors in each sentence. 1) According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.

an LOC member

2). The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.

776BC

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3). Everyone was allowed to take part in the ancient Olympics. Only men were

4). The contemporary Olympic Games were first held in Rome in 1896.

Athens

5). At the 2008 Beijing Olympic, the Chinese women’s badminton team won the gold medal for the first time in history.

gymnastics

6). Zhang Ning was in her late thirties when she competed in the 2008 Olympic Games.

Early

Step 6:Summary-------

match the paragraph(s) with right idea Para1

1.The history and significance of the Olympic Games. Para2-4

2.The topic of the speech. Para5-6

3.Some famous foreign sports stars and their contributions. Para7-8

4.The ending of the speech. Para9-10

5. Some famous Chinese sports stars and their contributions

Step7:Knowledge presentation-------phrases translation 1.every four year (L7)

2.take part in (L12)

3.in honour of (L13)

4.bring sth back to life (L17)

5.side by side (L19)

6.go on to do sth (L25)

7.compete for (L32)

8.make contributions to (L35)

9.lead the way(L44)

10.hang on (L48) 11.look forward to doing sth (L52)

Step 8:expansion:Emotional education

Enjoy some inspiring pictures taken from the Olympic Games to educate students emotionally. 5

What can Olympic Games bring to us?

compete for her son!

compete for his wife!

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Fight in pain!

Encourage each other!

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Care for the competitor!

Remember :

Love always stands by your side. Neither abandon nor give up!

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Step 9: Homework Translate and analyze the complicate sentences of the speech. 1.At the ancient Olympic Games , by tradition the athletes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes. 2.It was a Frenchman , Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to life . He dreamt that the Olympic would make it possible for people of all the countries live side by side in peace.

3.He returned to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. 4.Another sports star I would like to mention is Michael Jordon. 5.I am sure the whole of China must have felt proud when Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for his country. 6.At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games , Liu Xiang excited people all over Asia when he became the first Asian to win the gold medal in the men’s 110-metre hurdles. 7.However,the athletes that some people remember most was Zhang Ning , a former badminton champion. 8.These are some of the Olympic athletes who have brought joy to people across the world with their attempts to push the boundaries of human achievement. 9.We are looking forward to seeing more of the them in future Olympic Games . 10.Join me in wishing the Olympic

Movement a successful future to match its past glory.

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