Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优质课教学设计

Book 9

Unit 1

Breaking records The First Period

Reading Teaching goals Target language

a. Important words and expressions

boxing, approximately, conventional, laughter, reality, adjustment, tough, extreme, gymnastics, unfit, fascinate, meditation, spiritual, urge, accomplish, motivation, devotion in reality, rather than, achieve one’s dream, imagine doing b. Important sentence patterns 1．While these activities might seem childish and cause laughter rather than respect, in reality they require an enormous amount of strength and fitness as well as determination. 2. How Ashrita came to be a sportsman is an interesting story. 3．It surprised us that Ashrita entered the marathon without any training and won third place. 4. Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct lunges is yet another event in which Ashrita is outstanding. Ability goals

Learning how to do skimming, comprehensive reading, extensive reading Learning ability goals Retelling the text after understanding the text. Learning sth. about Guinness records and the spirit which leads to success. Teaching important & difficult points Teaching methods

question and answer, discussion , debate, taks-based method Teaching aids

A computer and a projector，

tape recorder Teaching procedures & ways

Step I

Leading-in (discussion)

Do a word game to review the important words in this unit by guessing these words. Step II

Pre-reading

In groups, answer these questions about the pictures of the activities below. What is each person doing? Choose the name of each activity from the list. ●

hula hooping

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pogo stick jumping ●

doing jumping jacks

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somersaulting ●

standing on a Swiss ball

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doing lunges A. to show students some pictures which occur in the text, First, let 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,

Give some information about The Guinness Book of World Records and to show some interesting pictures about the The Guinness World Record to arouse students interest in it. Fourth ,give a brief introduction about Ashrita & Sri Chinmoy

Step III

While reading

1. Listening (scanning)

Listen to the tape, after listening tick the topics answer the question What is the passage about? Fast reading

Read the passage quickly and then find out the following information What happened in the following time? 

at the age of 16: in the early 1970s: 

in 1978:

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in 1979: 

over the last 25 years: 

Quickly glance through the text. Tick the topics about Ashrita 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

Careful reading

Read the passage carefully and find out the detail information

Profile:



Name:



Where he lives (Para. ___ ):



Number of records broken (Para. _____ ):

His first Guinness record (Para

Name

Personal profile

Ashrita Furman

Main sports

in which he has

made Guinness

records

1. Hula hooping

2 ____________________under water 3. performing __________________in a hot air balloon

4. Keeping a full bottle of milk on his head while he was walking 5. Standing ____________________________.

6. _______________along a road for 12 miles. 7. Covering a mile in the fastest time while doing gymnastically correct__________

The qualities

required these

sports

in 1. Strength 2. Fitness 3.

_____________

2. Why was it amazing that Ashrita came third in the bicycle marathon in 1978? 3. Why did Ashrita believe he could accomplish anything after the bicycle marathon? 4. Which of the following is not Ashrita’s beliefs?

A. There’s no limit to people’s physical abilities.

B. I’d like to think that I was a role model, and that people see

my sport and say “Wow, I’d like to try that”.

C. The body is just an instrument of the spirit.

D. You can use your spirit to accomplish anything Step IV Post reading

Crazy retelling

【语篇提炼

整体感知】

Challenge:

Retell the text using your own words

Ashrita Furman is a sportsman______ attempts

_______(break) records in very ____________ (imagine) events and in very interesting places, such as hula hooping in Australia. And by now, he has broken _____________ (approximate)

93 Guinness records. Though these activities may cause __________(laugh) rather than respect, they require great strength and ________(fit) as well as _____________ (determine).

However, Ashrita Furman used to be an unfit child. But later, ________ (urge) by his _____________ (spirit) leader, Sri Chimmoy, who believes that there is no limit to people’s physical _____________ (able), he stepped into the sports world and keeps trying to break records.

Step V Summary and

homework

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