The Third

The Third –Fourth Period ReadingTeaching targets:1. Target language a. words and expressions: BC, AD, continent, well-known, athlete, gold, medal, torch, badminton, speed, skating, track and field, tie, final, dive, shooting, Greece, competitor, motto, further, rank, gymnastics, prepare, preparation, effect, flame, compete,b. Comunications: 2. Ability goals Enable the students to talk about the history of the Olympic Games based on the text and make a bries summary about the history of the development of the Olympic Games.3. Learning ability goals Help the students learn how to describe the Olympic Games. Teaching important points Let Ss learn to use the structures of expressing and supporting or opposing an opinion.Teaching difficult points How to sum up the main idea and talk about how the Olympic Games changed over time. Teaching methods : Discussing or cooperative learning.Teaching Aids : a multi-media roomTeaching procedures & ways Step I Revision To review the sports wordsStep II Warming up※ Talk about the pictures on the screen. About Olympic Games.Step III Step 3. Reading Task1.Skimming to find out what is the reading material going to talk about. Task2. Scanning to find the topic words Task3. Careful reading to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Purpose: to train Ss how to find out the main idea of a paragraph. Step4.Consolidation Task1. Play the passage through once and ask Ss to underline some words and phrases they think useful. Task2.Match the new words and their meanings(See WB Ex) Task3.Fill in a form about the passage Purpose: to have a better understanding of the passage and note some useful words and phrases. Step5.Discussion Topic1. What is the spirit of the Olympic Ga...