Reading(1)：The Olympic Games国家获奖教案

Lesson plan M4U2 Reading The Olympic Games

Background information: Students: 48 high school students, Grade 1 Lesson duration: 45mins Teaching aims：

By the end of this class, students will be able 1.

to have a better understanding of the history and significance of the Olympics. 2.

to know some famous Olympic athletes and learn some fine qualities from them. 3.

to learn the common elements of a speech and how to make a good speech. Teaching procedures

Task 1: A quiz for the Olympics a). Ask students “What do you know about the Olympic Games?”. b).Do a quiz for the Olympics. (Divide students into three groups and encourage students to race to be the first to answer the question. If his/her answer is right, the group he/she belongs to will get a point.) c)The questions are as follows: 

How often are the Olympic Games held? 

What is the Olympic motto? 

What is the slogan of the Beijing Olympic Games? 

Who is the father of the modern Olympic Games? 

In 2020, the ______ Olympic Games will be held in ________. 

What do the Olympic five rings stand for? Task 2: Read the speech quickly to get the answers a). Who is the speaker?

b). What’s the speech about?

c). What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech?

Task 3: Get the main idea of each part a). Divide the speech into different parts and complete the main idea of each part. Part 1(Para.1) The ____________ of the speech Part 2(Para.2-4) The _________ and __________ of the Olympic Games Part 3(Para.5-8) Some famous sports stars and their great _____________ Part 4(Para.9-10) The __________ of the speech b). Which of the following show the right structure of the passage?

Task 4: The history of the Olympic Games

a). Listen and complete 

The ancient Olympics:

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The ancient Olympic Games began in the year___________. They were held at _________ in Greece every _________ years. By tradition, the athletes were all _________ and they had to compete wearing ________ clothes. 

The contemporary Olympics: The contemporary Olympics were first held in the year ________. in _________. ____________ brought the Olympics back to life. Today, both _______ and ________ athletes from around the world can take part, no matter what ________ they come from.

b). Retell (According to the information in the following table, retell the history of the Olympics.)

the ancient Olympics

the modern Olympics

first in 1896 (every four years) Time first in 776BC (every four years) at Olympia in Greece first in Athens (at the same place)

(in different places)

only Greek men

athletes from around the world Athletes

Task 5: The significance of the Olympics

a). In Pierre de Coubertin’s opinion, what significance the Olympics would be of?

b). In your view, what’s the significance of the Olympics?

Task 6: Introduce six athletes

a). Ask students to choose one of the athletes to introduce. When he/she is introducing, he/she should mention the athlete’s name, nationality and great achievements.

b). Ask students to consider a question “Why does the speaker mention so many famous athletes in his speech?”.

c). Ask students to discuss about a question “What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common?”

d). Ask students to choose a proverb that best suits the athletes mentioned in the speech. Task 7: Present a talk show

a). It’s students’ show time. It challenges students to put what they have learnt into practice. The example is as follows: 

Host：Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honour to have three group students from Binhai High School. We’ll talk about the Olympics. Group A,when was the ancient Olympic Games held?

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Group A:It was in the year 776BC. 

Host: Group B…

Place

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Group B: …

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Host: Group C…

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Group C:…

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Host：

Thank you for telling us so much information about the Olympics! Task 8: reading strategy

a). Read and answer. Read the reading strategy on Page 23 and answer the following three questions. 

What is a speech? 

What do you think of the speech we just learnt? Is it good or not? 

How can we make a good speech?

b). Choose the best answer. The writer actually wants to ____________ by asking the question “Do you know when the ancient games began?”. 

get the right answer 

get the audience interested in his topic 

give you a chance to speak 

show what he knows about the games

c). Recommend and encourage. Show students a poster of the film The King’s Speech and encourage students to be a good speaker just like the king in their future. Homework: Writing The 66th sports meeting of Binhai High school is approaching. Our headmaster invites you representing all of the students to deliver a speech about the history and significance of the sports meeting. (about 120 words)

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