Unit2TheOlympicGamesTeachingmaterialandstudentsTeachingaimsKeypointsanddifficultpointsTeachingprocedure

Analysisoftheteachingmaterials：STATUSANDFUNCTION1.Suchatopicisrelatedtodailylife,soitishelpfultoraiselearninginterestsofstudents.2.ThislessonisthefirstoneofUnit2.SoiftheSscanlearnitwell,itwillbehelpfultomaketheSslearntherestofthisunit.3.Thisisanimportantlessonforattainingreadingability.

Analysisofthestudents:TheSshavelearnedEnglishforseveralyearsandhavemasteredsomereadingskills,thoughnotsostrong.

SomeSsstillhaveproblemsinreadinglongpassages.

Abilityobjectives:

(1)Developreadingability(2)LearnmorebasicknowledgeabouttheOlympicGamesMoralobjectives:(1)ShowthespiritoftheOlympicGames(2)Showthechangeoftime

TeachingkeyPointsanddifficultPointsKeypoints:1.LearnthedifferencesbetweenancientandmodernOlympicGames.2.Graspthemainideaofthetext.Difficultpoints:1.Howtogetusefulinformationfromalongpassage.2.Getoversomedifficultwords.Teachingaids：PPT,textbook

Lead-inWarmingupPre-reading

Extensivereading

IntensivereadingGroupworkHomeworkStep1Lead-in(5mins)1.Atthebeginningofclass,Iwillasktwoorthreestudentstosharetheirexperiencewithus.2.Showtwopictures,oneabouttheancientRomearenaandmodernOlympicstadium.LetSstosaythedifferencesbetweenthem.Aims:ArouseSs'sinterestinsportsandintroducethetopic.AncientRomeArena

ModernOlympicstadiumStep1Lead-in(5mins)1.Atthebeginningofclass,Iwillasktwoorthreestudentstosharetheirexperiencewithus.2.Showtwopictures,oneabouttheancientRomearenaandmodernOlympicstadium.LetSstosaythedifferencesbetweenthem.Aims:ArouseSs'sinterestinsportsandintroducethetopic.Step2Pre-reading(4mins)LetSstoreadthefirsttwoparagraphstogetthebasicideaandpredictwhatthepassagewilltalkaboutnext.Aims:Formageneralideaofthewholepassageandfosteracapabilityofgeneralization.

Step3Extensivereading(8mins)Beforereading,askseveralstudentstoguesswhatquestionsmayexistinthepassageandthenletthemtofindthetruequestionsinit.Aims:MaketheSsmoreconcentrateonthepassage.HelpSsgettheknowledgeofthelargebodyofthepassage.

Step4Intensivereading(10mins)

ListthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweentheancientOlympicgamesandthemodernones.

Aims:HelpSstoClassifythemajorpartofthepassageandknowmoreaboutOlympicgames.

ancientOlympicmodernOlympicsimilaritiesStep4Intensivereading(10mins)

ListthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweentheancientOlympicgamesandthemodernones.

Aims:HelpSstoClassifythemajorpartofthepassageandknowmoreaboutOlympicgames.

Step5Groupwork(10mins)

DivideSsintoseveralgroupswith4studentsineach.LetthemimagewhatdifferencesoffutureOlympicgameswouldsetitapartfromOlympicstoday.Writedowntheirhypothesis.Asktwogroupstoshow.

Aims:DevelopSs'simaginationabilityandwritingskills.Makethepassagemoreimpressthem.Step6Homework(2mins)

1.SurftheInternetorreadbookstogetmoreinformationabouttheancientOlympicsandmodernones.2.Imageifyouhav