S1: One is that a soldier ran from the scene of the battle, Marathon, to Athens, to ring the news of a Greek victory against the Persians. The other is that in 1908 the King of England wanted the runners to leave from his castle in Windsor and arrive in a new stadium in central London. The distance is about 42 kilometers. T: Good! Who knows why the marathon is the last Olympic event? S2: Because it is thought to be the hardest. T: OK! The last one.
S3: The toughest course is the Great Wall Marathon. 3. Main idea
Play the tape for the students to listen and ask them to try to get the main idea of the text after listening.
T: Now we are going to listen to the whole passage. After listening, try to get the main idea of the passage. You can discuss your main idea with your partner.
Play the tape for the students to listen and give the students two minutes to prepare after listening. Then ask one of them to give the main idea.
T: Well, who wants to tell us the main idea of the passage? Volunteer!
S4: In this passage, the writer mainly tells us that the marathon, the final Olympic event, is the most exciting event. T: Excellent! Thank you! Step Ⅲ Reading 1. Skimming
Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and answer the questions.
T: Everybody knows Olympics, who can tell me something about Olympics? S5: Olympics are held every four years. Many athletes from more than one hundred countries take part in the Olympics.
S6: The first modern Olympic Games was held in 1896. T: OK! You know a lot about the Olympics, but do you know the Paralympics? Ss: Sorry, I don’t know.
T: Well, in this lesson we are going to learn a passage about the Paralympics. Please
look at the questions on the screen.
Show the following questions on the screen. 1. What are the Paralympics? 2. When did they start?
3. How many schoolchildren watched them in Sydney? A moment later, check the answers by asking three students to answer the questions. Sample answers:
1. The paralympics are the games for sportsmen and women with a disability. 2. They started in 1948.
3. Fifty thousand Australian schoolchildren watched the Paralympics. 2. Passage Analyzing
Ask the students to read the passage again and get the main idea of each paragraph. T: There are three paragraphs in this passage. Read the passage again and try to summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Give the students enough time to prepare. Sample answers:
Para 1: What the Paralympics are. Para 2: The history of the Paralympics. Para 3: The games of the Paralympics. Step Ⅳ Homework
T: In this lesson we learned the marathon and the Paralympics. After class, please preview the writing part.
The Sixth Period Writing
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语
noticeboard, regional, championship, contact, ban, revive, essential b. 重点句子
Any problems, please contact me at 6078512-123 before Thursday. P48 It is more important to compete than to succeed. P47
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Learn to write a notice about a sports event. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to write a notice about a sports event. Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点
Teach the students the steps to write a notice about a sports event. Teaching methods 教学方法 Task-based learning. Teaching aids 教具准备 A projector and a blackboard.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式 StepⅠGreetings
T: Good morning / afternoon, everyone! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. Chen. StepⅡ Reading and Writing 1. Reading
Ask the students to read the notice and answer the three questions. T: Read the notice and then try to choose the best answers. A few minutes later, check the answer in class. T: Time is up. Now the first one, who is it for? S1: It is for athletics teams members. T: OK! The second one, who is it from? S2: It is from a team trainer.
T: The last one, where can you find notices like this? S3: On a school noticeboard. T: Good! You are right. 2. Writing
Show the following on the screen. ﹡Choose a different sport.
﹡You are the trainer for your school team.
T: Now, suppose you are the trainer for your school team. Write a similar notice for
the team giving information about the next event. I think the notice above can give you ideas. You will have eight minutes to do this job. After that, I?ll ask two of you to read your notices to us.
Give the students enough time to prepare. Sample notice: Athletics Next event Place Date
Football Match Semi-finals
Anhui Provincial Gym Centre
Sunday
October 15th
Bus leaves at Back at Notes
8:30a.m, outside school gate 6:00p.m
Remember to bring tracksuit, trainers and kneenaps. Lunch is free.
Any problems, please contact me at 0551-6670116 before Friday.
Cheng Taihe Step Ⅲ Task ( P50 )
1. Making a list of names of Chinese personalities. Show the four pictures on the screen.
T: Please look at the four pictures. Do you know who the four people are in the pictures?
Ss: They are Wang Nan, Wang Yifu, Wu Peng and Liu Xiang. T: Why do you know them?
Ss: Because they are famous sports personalities in our country.
T: Can you give more examples? Now bring out a piece of paper and make a list of names of Chinese sports personalities.
Go around the classroom and collect some good ones and read them in class. Samples:
Xu Haifeng, Guo Jingjing, Liu Xuan, Kong Linghui, Tian Liang, Li Ning, Li Xiaopeng, Deng Yaping ... 2. Discussion.
T: OK! You know many Chinese sports personalities. Who do you think are the greatest ones? Vote for the three greatest and discuss your choices with your partner. A few minutes later, ask several students to tell their answers. Sample:
Yao Ming, Wang Nan, Guo Jingjing
T: Please write a short fact file for one of the three greatest. If possible, complete the file with a photo and draw a medal-gold, silver or bronze. Sample:
Yao Ming Age: 23 Height: 2.26 m Born: Sept. 12, 1980 Weight: 134 kg Position: Center Club: the Houston Rockets
Achievement: one of the most exciting rookie years in NBA history
In the NBA, scored an average of 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 1.74 blocks per game, earning him unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team honors reached three blocks 26 times, as Houston held a 22-4 record in these contests started at center for the Western Conference in the 2003 NBA All-Star Game
after ranking fourth overall in All-Star balloting with 1,286,324 votes and was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month for December and February Wang Nan
Birthplace: Fushun, Liao ning Province Birthday: Oct. 23rd, 1978
Height: 1.62 meters