Periods 7-8 Task
整体设计
教材分析
This section deals with inviting a friend to join a gym. Integrated relevant tasks and activities about finding information about a gym and recommending one to a friend by note-taking and writing an e-mail are presented.
This section consists of a series of activities, which provide students opportunities to learn and practice their language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing.
三维目标
1. Learn some important words and expressions
gym, recommend, personal, membership, yoga, aerobics, muscles, close up, join a gym, what’s more, make the most of
2. Learn some important sentence patterns
1)What’s more, for the next two weeks we are offering 1 month free membership. 2)Write a letter to him, explaining why you think he should join the gym. 3)He is trying to find a gym membership he can afford.
3. Help students learn how to find the information they want to know quickly in a long passage and take notes.
4. Enable students to write a letter to recommend a gym to a friend. 重点难点
Help the students to find information quickly and writing a letter to recommend a gym to a friend.
Guide the students to take notes and use punctuation. Encourage the students to find information quickly. 教学方法
Learn the skill of note taking. Practice the skill of note taking. Design a poster for a gym. Put the skills into practice. 教具准备
A tape recorder; a projector and some slides.
课前准备
1. Ask the students to read a long passage given by the teacher before this period. And ask the students to find out the important information as quickly as possible.
2. Let the students review punctuation marks in the Chinese language.
3. Encourage the students to go to the library or surf the Internet to get some information
d into several groups to get some information
about how to make ads for a gym.
4. Ask the students to preview this period—task on pages 52 to 57.
教学过程
→Step 1 Revision and Lead-in
Do some grammar exercises to review what we have learned in the last period.
1. We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Guangzhou,_____________ live my
grandparents and some relatives.
A. which B. that C. who D. where
2. The hotel_____________ during our holidays stands by the seaside. A. we stayed at
B. where we stayed at C. we stayed
D. in that we stayed
3. I have bought the same dress_____________ she is wearing. A. as B. that C. which D. than
4. He is not_____________ a fool_____________ . A. such; as he is looked B. such; as he looks C. as; as he is looked D. so; as he looks
5. Is that the reason_____________ you are in favor of the proposal? A. which B. what C. why D. for that
6. Some of the roads were flooded,_____________ made our journey more difficult. A. which B. it C. what D. that
7. He must be from Africa,_____________ can be seen from his skin. A. that B. as C. who D. what
8. He has two sons,_____________ work as chemists. A. two of whom B. both of whom C. both of which D. all of whom
9. The buses,_____________ were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd. A. most of that B. which most C. most of which
D. that most
10. My glasses,_____________ I was like a blind man, fell to the ground and broke. A. which B. with which C. without which D. that
11. Mr. Wu,_____________ everybody likes, is going to give us a talk on chemistry. A. whom B. that C. which D. /
12. This is Mr. Smith,_____________ I think has something interesting to tell us. A. who B. whom C. that D. /
13._____________ , the compass was first made in China. A. It is know to all B. It is known that C. We all know D. As is known to all
14. I,_____________ your good friend, will try my best to help you out. A. who is B. who am C. that is D. what is
15. He is a man of great experience,_____________ much can be learned. A. who B. that
C. from which D. from whom
Suggested answers: 1～5 DAABC 6～10 ABBCC 11～15 AADBD
In this period, the teacher helps students learn how to find information they want to know quickly in a long passage.
Firstly, show the students many letter objects, and then let them find some of them to make some words. Or show the students two pictures, and let them find out the differences between the two pictures of the 2008 Olympic Games’ five mascot dolls by asking the students to tell the differences between the two pictures. This requires our finding ability.
Secondly, show the students a short passage about the two pictures. And ask the students to find out the most important information.
Instead of the original name of the Games’ five mascot dolls “Friendlies”, last week the COC(中国奥委会) started to use “Fuwa”, which is a pinyin translation of its Chinese name. “Firstly, friendly is somewhat an ambiguous(有歧义的) name, which could refer both to friendly
people and friendly matches,”a famous professor said on the site. “Secondly, the term “Friendlies” has a similar pronunciation to ‘friendless’ and thirdly, the spelling of Friendlies is made up of ‘friend’ and ‘lies’. ”
→Step 2 Skills building 1: Finding information
Our aim of reading is to get information. In fact, in our daily life, it often happens. Then teacher shows the students how to find information in a long passage. (Show the two points on the screen. )
Activity 1 Introduction
Two guidelines to help you find information quickly:
1. Reading the questions carefully before you begin can give you a good idea of the information you are looking for.
2. Skim the passage, and look for main points and key words. Main points are the general ideas of the passage. And Key words can tell you the important and useful information such as who, when, where, how
The teacher may tell the students to highlight main points by underlining them and key words by circling them to find them easily later.
Activity 2 Practice
Let the students practice finding the information from a long passage using the above guidelines.
Show the following on the screen.
Read the following two passages. Underline the main ideas and circle the key words. Passage 1
Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water! This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝). Hiccups are so mysterious. We really don’t know why they start and why they stop.
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups. Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well. Others eat a teaspoon of sugar. Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it. An American man named Jack O’Leary claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60 000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally he prayed to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately. It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well. He tried them all, but the hiccups continued. Finally, he drank a “secret” mixture someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure. Passage 2
President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946. But his name was not Bill Clinton. It was William Jefferson Blythe. His mother named his for his father, who had been killed in a car accident a few months before he was born. When Bill was four years old, his mother married Roger Clinton who then legally became Bill’s father. Roger Clinton and Bill’s mother had a son, Roger Jr.
Bill Clinton studies international affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. He won a Rhodes scholarship to study at Oxford University in Britain. There, he met other students with whom he has continued life-long friendships. One of them is Robert Reich, who was just nominated to be Secretary of Labor. After Oxford, Bill Clinton earned a law degree at Yale University.
In 1973, Bill Clinton became a law professor at the University of Arkansas, but he was too interested in politics to stay at the university. He campaigned for the House of Representatives but was defeated. In 1976, he was elected General for the state of Arkansas, the state government’s chief lawyer.
Two years later, Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas. He was defeated for re-election after his first two-year term. But he was elected Governor again in 1982. He has been re-elected to that office every two years since then.
Bill Clinton married lawyer Hillary Rodham Rodham in 1975. She kept Rodham as her last name until it became an issue during her husband’s 1980 campaign for governor. Since then, she has been known as Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Clintons have a daughter, Chelsea.
Sample answers: Passage 1
Main idea: Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups.
Key words: a good scare; eat a teaspoon of sugar; water with a knife; Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.
1._____________ might be the best cure for hiccups. A. Special pills
B. A spoonful of salt C. Cold water
D. What you believe in
2. The plumber spent_____________ in stopping his hiccups. A. 4 hours B. 2 days C. 8 months D. 8 years
3. A cure for hiccups will help them_____________ , according to this article. A. become worse B. last longer C. become louder D. go away
4. What is the main idea of this article? A. Different ways to stop hiccups B. What makes hiccups happen C. How to get hiccups D. Jack O’Leary’s hiccups
Suggested answers: 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A Passage 2
Main idea: Something about Bill Clinton: born; study; career; marriage; daughter
Key words: President Clinton was born in the little southern town of Hope, Arkansas, on