Reading(1)：The Olympic Games教案3

M4U2 Sporting Events（Reading）

By Wang Ying from No. 4 High School

Teaching contents: Sporting Events, reading. Teaching objects: 1.

To enable the students to know the history of Olympics. 2.

To enable the students to have a deep understanding of the Olympic stars and their qualities. 3.

To encourage the students to be a determined, strong-willed person who can overcome difficulties with passion. Important teaching points: 1.

Summarize the achievements and qualities of Olympic stars. 2.

Emotional education. Difficult teaching points: 1.

Understand the concept of Paralympics. 2.

Emotional education. Teaching methods: Situational Approach，Cooperative Learning Teaching aids：Multimedia computer，multimedia-player

Teaching procedure：

1. Lead-in:

1) Show some pictures of Olympic games.

2) Why is sport so popular? 2. Fast-reading: 1) What is the speech about? 2) How does the speaker attract the audience’s interest? 3. Careful-reading

1) Read para 2-4 for information about the history.

2) Read para 5-8 for information about the athletes. 4. Further thinking: 1) Why does the author choose these athletes? 2) What fine qualities do you think these athletes have in common? 5. Deep thinking:

1) Introduce the Paralympics.

2) See a video about Lauren.

3) What can we learn from Lauren’s story? 6. Homework

1) Finish the reading part on Exercise Book.

2) Write a short essay to introduce your favorite sport star.