Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计实例

Unit 1 Breaking records(reading)

Leading-in (discussion)

To show students pictures about some famous athletes to let them know something in common about these people--the key of success. Some words may be used in this activity ：

Sports champion athlete winning breaking records challenge exciting confidence physical ability speed strength

Something in common：

concentration confidence good physical abilities speed strength flexibility athletic skills strong will interest hard training

Pre-reading

Task one

to show students some pictures which occur in the text, First, lets them to know the name of the activity and the way to do it, Second, let the students experience one or more of this, such as somersaulting doing jumping jacks, Third, thinking and discussing

①

Would you consider each activity to be serious sports?

②

Which activity would you like to try?

Would you need to be fit to do any of them?

③

Do you think you could do any of them for any length of time?

（Indication：Different activity requires different physical fitness psychological personification such as coordination strength balance? concentration strong will

devotion）

Now class we will read a story about a man called Ashrita Furman who has broken Guinness records.

While reading

Task two Listening (scanning)(close your book

Listen to the tape, after listening tick the topics that the author does not cover

①physical skills needed for events ②

number of records broken ③

his family life ④

kind of records broken ⑤

why he became a sportsman

⑥

countries he likes best⑦

place and date of birth ⑧

his occupation ⑨

his education ⑩

his first Guinness record

Task three Skim the text and answer the questions

①Who is Ashrita Furman? ②When and why he entered the Guinness book of world records? ③When did Ashrita become a student Chinmoy? Explain some new words and sentences in the text

Task four Careful reading first look through the questions

①Where do you think Ashrita lives? ②How do you know

③Has he broken records in all seven continents? ④When did he first come across the Guiness book of the world records

⑤

What are some of his pgysical difficulties? A walking with a bottle of milk on his head

B standing on top of a Swiss ball

C somersaulting

D doing gymnastically correct lunges

⑥

what happens in an event that prevent Ashrita from giving up? Post reading

Task five

Discussion on Ashrita’s motivation ①Why did Ashrita challenge the Guinness

world records instead of taking part in the Olympic games? ②Why does he keep on trying to challenge different Guinness records? ③Why didn’t

he take part in a conventional sports instead of un conventional and funny one? ④Why did Ashrita took part in active sports after learned quiet mediation? Task six Summary and

homework

Activity

one

Write an article about the imagination about the outlook of Ashrita Activity

two

work in group

to find

more information about Ashria through internet as well as books about after class each group should try brief paper about ahsrita.