to practice until recently I was chosen as a team member by our school team. Now I spend several hours on practicing it every week. Whatever difficulties I meet, I will try my best to overcome them and improve my skill. Step Ⅱ Warning up and Lead-in
Show some pictures of sports stars home and abroad on the screen. T: Look at the screen please. Who are they?
Ss: Deng Yaping, Yao Ming, Jordan and Liu Xiang.
T: They are all sport stars. Do you know any other sports stars? Ss: Sun Jihai, Xing Luna ...
T: Then do you know what they do? Please make a chart like the one on the screen. Name Den Yaping Sports Table tennis Vocation Table tennis player Let the students work in groups of six. A few minutes later, check their answers. T: What else do you know about them?
S1: I’d like to say something about Liu Xiang. He was born on July 13th, 1983. He comes from Shanghai. He is 1.88 metres tall and 74 kilograms. In the last Olympic games, he got a gold medal in 110-metre hurdle. It was the first time that our country won a gold medal in such an event. Ss: ...
T: Great! You know so much about these sports stars. But we should know it is not easy to become a sports star. He or she must have an iron will and decent spirit. He or she must face many difficulties and challenges, including serious injury. He or she must know he or she is working for his / her motherland.
Step Ⅲ Listening
T: OK! Now let?s open the textbook. Look at the three pictures. Can you name each sport?
Ss: Yes. The sport in picture 1 is boxing. The one in picture 2 is running race and the last one is football game.
T: Who is the sportsman in each picture?
Ss: The first one is Ali, the second one is Kip Keino and the last one is Pele. T: Can you tell me more about them?
S1: I will have a try. Ali was recognized as the world’s greatest sportsperson ever when he was granted award of “Sports Personality of the Millennium” by BBC people’s choice award at the end of the millennium. T: Who can tell something about the other two people?
S2: I just know Kip Keino is famous for running and he won many medals in Olympic Games. Pele, a South American superstar, who was the world’s most famous and highest-paid athlete when he joined a North American team in 1975. He led the Brazilian national soccer team to win three World Cup victories in 1958, 1962 and 1970. In 1980, he was named athlete of the century.
T: Good! Let?s listen to part 1 first and tick what people listening to the program have to do.
Give the students several seconds to scan the requirement and make sure they know what they should do. Then play the tape for the students and finish Activity 2. After that check the answers with the whole class.
T: Just now, some students gave a brief introduction about Ali, Kip Keino and Pele. Do you want to know more about them? Ss: Yes.
T: Then let?s listen to Part 2 of the conversation.
Go through the requirement of Activity 3 with the students. Play the tape twice. For the first time, students just listen. For the second time, students should answer the questions. Pause the tape if necessary. Finally, check the answers with the whole class.
T: Let?s listen to Part 2 again and finish Activities 4 and 5.
Play the tape again and let the students discuss the questions in pairs. Then check the answers.
Step IV Listening Practice 1. Pre-listening
Ask the students to finish Activity 12 of WORKBOOK.
T: Look at Activity 12. You can use the words in the boxes to help you. For example, I don?t think girls could do boxing because they might get hurt. Now discuss with your partner and write down as many sentences as possible. Then I will ask some of you to read your sentences.
A few minutes later, ask several students to read their sentences. T: Well, who would like to read your sentence first?
S1: I don’t think boys and girls in China can play golf because it will cost them too much money.
S2: In my opinion, girls had better not go mountain climbing because it is dangerous for them.
S3: I believe boys enjoy playing football because they think playing football is exciting. ...
2. Listening
T: Now we are going to listen to a passage about sports. You will listen to it three times. When I play the tape for the first time, just listen without making notes. The second time I play the tape, try to write down the answers. The last time I play the tape, check your answers.
Then check the answers with the whole class. Step V Summary and Homework
T: Today we have reviewed some sports names and known some world stars. After class please collect some information about your favorite sports star. You can go to the library or surf the Internet. Then preview CULTURAL CORNER.
The Fifth Period Extensive Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语
marathon, final, champion, quality, ultimate, rise to one?s feet, pick ... up b. 重点句子P49
The marathon has been an Olympic event since the modern games started in 1896. Officials picked him up and helped him to the finishing line.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful and extraordinary marathons ever is the Great Wall Marathon, which most competitors find is the toughest course to run. 2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to talk about marathon and the Paralympics. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to talk about sports with the target language in this unit. Teaching important points 教学重点 Talk about marathon.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
How to talk about sports using the words learnt in this module. Teaching methods 教学方法 Fast reading.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A recorder, a projector and a blackboard. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式 Step Ⅰ Greetings and Lead-in T: Good morning / afternoon everyone! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. Chen.
T: Everyone knows a lot about Olympics. Who knows which is the final event in the Olympics?
Ss: The final event in the Olympics is the marathon.
T: Yes, you are right. In this lesson, we are going to learn something about the marathon.
Step Ⅱ Cultural Corner 1. Scanning
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately. Give students several minutes to look through the whole passage and try to remember some information. Tell the students to read silently and then choose the right answers according to the passage.
T: Now please go through the passage quickly and choose the best answers according to the text.
Show the following on the screen.
1. At first the distance of the marathon was ______ kilometers. A. 26 B. 40 C. 42 D. 50 2. The marathon became an Olympic event ______. A. in 776 BC C. in 1908
B. in 1896 D. in 1992
3. There are marathons in over 60 countries and ______ cities around the world today. A. hundreds of C. two million
B. thousands of
D. more than one hundred Several minutes later, check the
answers with the whole class. Key: BBA 2. Skimming
Ask the students to read the text again and then work together with their partners to get some detailed information.
T: Now we are going to read the passage again and answer a few detailed questions. Please look at the questions on the screen. Show the following questions on the screen. 1. What are the origins of the marathon? 2. Why is the marathon the last Olympic event?
3. Which is the toughest marathon course to run for the competitors? A few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. T: Time is up! Who would like to answer the first question?