1、Tales of the unexplained,Zhu yan,Welcome to the journey of imagination,One requirement: be active! It doesnt matter how many mistakes I make. What matters is how much I enjoy the class.,1. To know how to read a news story. 2. To get a clear understanding of the text. 3. To work in groups to present

2、an interview before the end of the class. 4. To be more curious about something unexplained.,Learning objectives:,UFO,Lead-inAppreciate a short cartoon film,綁架課是一部只有4分鐘的動畫短片，是皮克斯獲得奧斯卡最佳動畫短片獎的又一力作，搞笑經(jīng)典，(Lifted)講述一個(gè)小外星學(xué)員學(xué)習(xí)如何綁架人類。他選擇的目標(biāo)是一個(gè)正在酣睡的農(nóng)夫，但是第一次親自實(shí)踐“綁架課程”的小外星人總是出錯(cuò)，不斷考驗(yàn)一旁的指導(dǎo)老師的耐心。“Lifted”是一個(gè)地名。,t

3、he rest,Reading strategy,A newspaper article,Can you guess whether the alien succeeded in kidnapping(綁架) the farmer?,to give a _about the news,“who” “when” “where” “what” “why” “how”,detailed but less important,to tell readers_ _,to give _ _information,general idea,the lead (1st Para),2nd Para,Boy m

4、issing, police puzzled,incomplete,A boy is missing and the police are puzzled.,What is the complete form of the title?,According to the title ,can you guess what happened to the boy ?,From the title, we can get the general idea of the passage.,left home kidnapped（綁架） murdered (謀殺) drowned （溺水） taken

5、 away by alien,Imagination:,Skimming,the first paragraph: when：_; where：_; who：_; what happened to him：_; how did people react：_ the rest paragraphs: evidence given by _ _,three days ago,Dover, New Hampshire,Justin Foster,He went missing,showed great interest,Justins friends, parents, sister, neighb

6、ors, Mrs. Marvis Wood,Para1:,What can we infer from paragraph 1? 1.The police is under great pressure to _. (2 words) 2. The boy has been missing for_days. 3. People are interested in incidents related to _. (1 word),Be a good reader!,find Justin.,aliens,3,(1 word),Scanning,went out to play baseball

7、 with 2 friends,Find out Justins activity on Friday evening and night,8:pm,time,activity,10:45pm,11pm,at midnight,walked towards home,was heard to return home,was heard to shout and then disappeared,If you were Kelly, what might be the most frightening moment for you?,Para2-6,pull backspaceship blue

8、 lightswindows strange creatures white skinlarge black eyesfrightened,I,Vs,In the aliens eyes: I stood in our spaceship facing the window of the house and I saw _ ,regretful,lucky but frightened,frightened but hopeful,1. The mother might feel _for not having believed what Kelly told her at midnight.

9、 2. Mrs. Mavis might feel _ when telling her experience of being taken away by aliens. 3. Justins family might feel _ when hearing what Mrs. Mavis said.,Figure out the feelings of these people.,Para7,8,Be a good thinker!,Which is not right about the police? A. They doubted whether the alien did visi

10、t the house B. They believed that they had enough evidence to prove Justins missing was caused by aliens C. They would continue their search for the boy D. They would consider other possibilities. As to you, what might the other possibilities?,Para 9,The story continues, days/weeks/months/years late

11、r, Justin came back. The same newspaper sent you to interview him and wrote another article about what really happened to Justin on that Friday night. 1. Discuss in groups and make the most of your imagination. 2. Finish your article (50 words) in 5 minutes and present it. 3. Include some informatio

12、n we read in the news story. 4. Pay attention to the format.,Be a good writer!,Justin came back!,Its such a joy for people in Dover that finally Justin came back home after being missing for_. He told us that_ _ _ Having experienced this incident, Justin feels that _ _.,Presentation & Evaluation,Show time!,The other half of the