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?
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?