Reading(1)：The Olympic Games课堂实录

M4U2 Reading The Olympic Games 陈康

Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: 1. To learn the definition and structure of a speech. 2. To know history and significance of the Olympic Games. 3. To know world-famous athletes and their contributions. Skill aims: 1.

Students will be able to read a speech in an effective way. 2.

Students will be able to deliver a speech on the Olympic Games. 3.

Students will be prepared for rewriting the speech in next lesson. Emotional aim: 1.

Students will be more interested in sports. 2.

Students will be inspired by famous athletes.

3.

Students will able to more confident when making speeches in English.

Important and difficult points: 1. To get the main idea of each paragraph and the passage. 2. To remember important facts about the Olympic Games and athletes.

3.To make a speech on a topic.

Teaching procedure: Step 1: Lead-in Hand in hand （Theme song of the Olympic Games in Seoul ）[Listen to song and sing together] See the fire in the sky We feel the beating of our hearts together This our time to rise above We know the chance is here to live forever For all time ....

Step 2:Reading strategy 1.

Definition of a speech 2.

Ways to make a good speech 3.

The function of the first paragraph of a speech

Step 3: Reading and answering questions （Skimming）

1. What is the speech about? The history and significance of the Olympics . 2.What kinds of Olympic Games are talked about? The ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics. 4.

How many athletes are mentioned in the speech?

Six. Step 4: Getting main idea of each part （Reading for structure）

Part 1（1）: the topic of the speech Part 2（2-4）:the history & significance of the speech Part 3（5-8）:some famous sports stars and their great contributions Part 4（9）

:the closure of the speech Step 5：Blank filling （Reading for details）

Step 6：Videos watching and blank filling （Reading for details）

Students watch videos of well-known athletes and share background information of athletes.

Step 7：Blank filling (Consolidation)

Step 8: Speech making (Consolidation) Talk about Olympic games and introduce an athlete to your classmates. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honour to deliver a speech about the Olympic games... (The beginning is given ) Step 9: Homework 1.Try to rewrite the speech in 150 words. 2. Read more articles about sports on page102-103.