Reading(1)：The Olympic Games第二课时教学实录

Unit 2 Reading Teaching Plan

黄舒颖

Teaching Aims: 

Knowledge aim:

Understand the history and significance of the Olympic Games.

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Ability aims: 1)

To improve students’ ability of getting information by task-based reading. 2)

To discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of Olympic Games in their own words.

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To master some useful vocabularies and phrases.

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Emotional aims: 1)

Increase students’ awareness of the history and significance of the Olympic Games. 2)

Make the students proud of our Chinese Olympians. Teaching important points: Help Ss know some background knowledge about the history and the development of the Olympic Games. Teaching difficult points: Get students to participate in the class activities actively and help students present their ideas in the discussion. Teaching methods: 1. Task-based activities

2. Free discussion method

Teaching aids: Multi-media and blackboard. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead- in

1. A quiz --“How much do you know about the Olympics? ”

Present several questions related to the Olympic Games, and ask the students to guess them out. （The Olympic flag，Mascot，Motto，Emblem，Torch，Medals，Events，IOC）

Step2. Reading Strategy：

Definition

of a speech

Ways to make a good speech

1. tell an interesting story a formal talk that a person gives to an audience

2. use quotations

3. present statistics

4. ask questions

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Step 3. Fast reading Part 1(Para.1): the __________ of the speech

Part 2(Para. 2-4): the ______________ & _____________ of the Olympic Games

Part 3(Para. 5-8): some famous sports __________ and their great ____________

Part 4(Para. 9-10): the ___________ of the speech

Step 4. Careful reading

1. Read Paragraphs 2-4 and find out the similarities and differences between ancient Olympics and modern Olympics.

Time to begin place to begin Athletes Host place Athletes’ look Ancient Olympics

Modern Olympics 2. Answer the questions according to the passage. (1) Who brought the Olympics back to life?

(2) What was his dream? 3. Read Paragraphs 5-8 and find out some information about the athletes mentioned in the passage. Name Nationality Which Olympic 1960 Rome Olympics

2 Olympic achievements

Other information

Muhammad Ali Michael Jordan Haile Gebrselassie Xu Haifeng Deng Yaping Liu Xiang

Ethiopian

Step 5. Discussion

Given some background information about the present situation, the students are encouraged to express their opinions about the question “If given a chance to hold the Olympic Games again, do you agree with hosting the Olympic Games in China? Why?”

Divide the class into six groups and ask them to write down their opinions on the paper. Present the two groups of supporting details of the debate. 

1. advance the international status

and influence

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2. promote the development of tourism

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3. encourage investment in transport and infrastructure 

4. increase employment opportunities

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4. stimulate economic growth / prosperity

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5. spread Chinese traditional culture Step 6. Mini-writing You may begin like this:

On a personal note, I strongly __________________ holding the Olympic games again. My reasons are as follows. First of all, _______________________________________________________. Besides, _____________________________________________________________. What’s more,___________________________________________________________. In conclusion, I am convinced that________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________. A Reflection on Teaching The students are given tasks to talk about the Olympic Games home and abroad and express their attitudes toward holding the Olympic Games. In this way, not only will the students’ learning motivation be greatly stimulated, but also their communication skills will be effectively improved. Meanwhile, they will appreciate the Olympic spirits, and hold a positive attitude towards these famous athletes mentioned in the passage.

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