Reading(1)：The Olympic Games公开课教案（教学设计）

M4 U2 Sports Events- Reading(1)

资兴一中

钟权香

Teaching Aims: 1.

Enhance students’ reading abilities.

2.

Enable Ss to adopt the strategy reading a speech and catch the main idea of the speech.. Teaching important points: 1.

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

Develop Ss’ abilities of reading comprehension. Teaching methods: 1. Improve the students’ reading comprehension.

1.

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

2.

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

Multimedia, Blackboard, Chalk

Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead- in 1. Show pictures about Olympic Games to motivate the Ss’ enthusiasm. 2.Talk about the Olympics and encourage the students to share their information and express their opinions. Step 2. Fast reading Ask Ss to scan the speech and answer the three questions in Part A in four minutes. (Divide the class into two groups and make a game to motivate their enthusiasm to find the answers) 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. Step 3 Careful reading 1.

Listen to the speech carefully and check the errors in each sentence. .(Give Ss five minutes to read the article, then invite some of them to share their answers with us.) 1) According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete.

an

LOC member

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

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

Athens

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

gymnastics

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

early

2. Ask Ss read the para2-4 carefully, then finish the exercise in five minutes.

(Make a competition to attract Ss’ interests to learn the article.)

in 2.776BC

_

__

3.Greence

at Olympia

The ancient games

Only Greek men(unmarried women)

The history of Olympic

The

1.contemporary

games

in4.1986 _______ in Athens athletes from around the 5.world

3.

Watch the video of para6-8carefully, then choose the best answers . (Ask Ss to watch the video of the para6-8 to attract their attentions and master the para6-8 well.)

(1).Which athletes was from America ?

(

B

)

A.

Pierre de Coubertin

B. Michael Jordan

B.

C. Liu Xiang

D. Deng Yaping (2).When did the People’s Republic of China return to the Olympics after the 32 years’ absence? (

B

) A. At the 1960 Ro man Olympica

B. At the 1986 Athens Olympics C. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

D. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics

(3). Who was the first Asian to win the gold medal in the men’s 100-metre hurdles?

(

C

) A. Michael Jordan

B. Muhammad Ali

C Liu Xiang

D. Zhang Ning

(4). Which country was champion at the 2008 Beijing Olympics? (

A) A. China

B. America

C. Britain

D. Candan Step 4. Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner, then show your conversations. 1. Do you think Chinese athletes such as DengYaping and LiuXiang are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan? Why? 2. In our life, we often hear Sports Spirit. What kind of Sports Spirit can you learn from them? And how can you use the sports spirit in your studies? Step 5. Homework Please retell the speech with your own words.