Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案范文

Book9 unit 1 breaking records Ｉ．Teaching aims 1 Talk about records, adventures and hobbies

2 help students improve reading abilities 3. help students master some useful words and expressions.

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I

Leading in Look at the pictures and tell something about them. Can you imagine what it feels like to

break a record. Step II. Pre-reading Look at the pictures and go through the new words of different activities. New words

approximately adv.

laughter

n.

in reality

adjustment

n.

tough

adj.

gymnastically

adv.

extreme

adj. conventional adj.

unfit

adj.

spiritual

adj. marathon

n.

urge

v.

accomplish

v.

motivation

n. devotion

n.

soul

Ask Ss to match the pictures and answer questions on Page 1 Step III. Reading 1). Fast reading Quickly glance through the text and tick the topics about Ashrita the author does not cover

□

physical skills needed for events □

number of records broken □

his family life □

kinds of records broken□

why he became a sportsman □

countries he likes best□

place and date of birth□

his occupation □

his education □

his first Guinness record 2). Second reading Now read the story more carefully and answer the following questions in groups. Questions:

1. What’s the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it. 2. What did Ashrita achieve recently?

3. What does Sri Chinmoy believes?

A. it is not so important for people to develop their bodies as it is to develop their minds.

B. there is physical limitation.

C. there is no physical limitation.

D. people just need to develop their hearts and spiritual selves. 4. Which is true according to the passage?

A. Ashrita was asked by his spiritual leader to enter the marathon after doing some training.

B. Ashrita moviation to keep trying to break records comes through his devotion to his teacher.

C. Ashrita broke his first Guinness record in New York’s Central Park in 1978.

D. Before the bicycle marathon Ashrita believed that he seemed to be able to accomplish anything. 5. From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. the events Ashrita participates in are childish.

B. the events Ashrita participates in only cause laughter.

C. people show no respect to Ashrita though he has broken many Guinness records.

D. the events Ashrita participates in reality require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination. 3) post-reading

Read carefully again and complete the following blanks: 1. As a child Ashrita was very _________ and was not at all interested in _________. However, he was _________ by the Guinness Book of World records.

2. As a teenager Ashrita began _________ _________ a deeper meaning in life. He studied _________

__________and aged 16, discovered an Indian _________ teacher called Sri Chinmoy.

3. Since the early 1970s Ashrita has been one of Sri Chinmoy’s students. Sri Chinmoy says it is just as important for people to develop their _________ as it is to develop their _________, _________ and _________ selves. He believes that there is no _________ to people’s physical abilities.

4. In 1978 Ashrita came _________ in 24-hour bicycle marathon in New York’s Central Park. He came to understanding that his body was just an _________ of the _________ and that he seemed to be able to use his spirit to _________ anything.

5. In 1979 Ashrita broke his ______ Guinness record with 27,000 jumping jacks.

6. Over the last 25 years Ashrita has broken _____________ 93 Guinness records. More than twenty of these he still _________, including the record for having the ______ records.

Step 4

Discussion

Here are some of Ashrita’s beliefs. In groups, discuss

whether you agree with

them or not. 1. There is no limit to people’s

physical abilities. 2. The body is just an instrument of the spirit. 3. You can use your spirit to accomplish anything. 4. There is only one perfect road. It is ahead of you, always ahead of you. Step 5 homework Finish the exercises on workbook.