Unit4GrowingupReading(I)I.TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1.haveabetterunderstandingofthearticleandlearnabouthowsmallSpudWebbcouldsucceedingettingintotheNBA;2.haveaclearpictureofthetextframeworkandlearnabouthowtoorganizeanarticleinorderoftimeandexpresstheideasindifferentways;3.learnfromSpudthatweshouldnotgiveupeasily.II.Teachingcontents1.Guessthemeaningofsomenewwordsbycontext:score,leader,succeed,force,achievement2.Getthemainideaofthepassagebyskimmingandsomeimportantinformationbyscanning,detailedreading.III.FocusofthelessonandpredictedareaofdifficultyHowtogetthemainideaofthearticlewithoutreadingitwordbyword.IV.TeachingproceduresStep1Pre-readingT:OK,boysandgirls.Doyoulikeplayingbasketball?Lookatthepictures.Doyouknowwhotheplayeris?S:YaoMing.T:WhyisYaoMingsofamousaroundtheworld?S:Heplaysbasketballverywell.T:HesucceededingettingintotheNBA.Hehadgreatachievements.Hescored41pointsinonegame.Peopleinthestandswereexcitedandcheeredforhim.HehasprovedthatweChinesecanalsoplaybasketballverywell.WhatisspecialaboutYaoMing?S:Heisverytall.T:CanthisshortmansucceedingettingintotheNBA?S:Yes/No.T:Lookatthispicture.Guesswhatthearticleisabout.【设计意图：Freetalk导入新课，快速引出生词。设计问题“CanthisshortmansucceedingettingintotheNBA?”和看图画预测环节，旨在激起学生的阅读兴趣。】Step2While-reading1.Matchthewordsontheleftwiththeirmeaningsontheright【设计意图：引导学生阅读时根据上下文猜测生词词义。】2.SkimmingT:Let’sreadthearticle.Readquicklyandanswerquestions.Youdon’tneedtoreadallofit.Youcanreadthetitle,thefirstandlastparagraphstogetthemainidea.T:Whoisthisarticleabout?S:SpudWebb.T:Whatwashisbigdreamwhenhewasyoung?S:HewantedtoplayintheNBA.T:Howtallishe?S:Heisonly170cmtall.T:DidhesucceedingettingintotheNBA?S:Yes.T:Howdoyouknow?S1:Thetitlesays:TheshortestplayerintheNBA.S2:Thelastparagraphsays:Spudprovedthatsizeandbodytypedoesnotmatter——Youcandoalmostanythingifyoutryyourbest.S3:Paragraph5says:HejoinedtheAtlantaHawksandbecametheshortestplayerintheNBAatthattime.T:IsiteasyforsuchashortmantogetintotheNBA?S:No.【设计意图：引导学生阅读时先阅读标题、首段和尾段获取文章大意。渗透阅读策略指导。】3.ReadforfurtherinformationT:It’snoteasyforSpudtogetintotheNBAsinceheissoshort.Thewriterkeptwritingaboutthisinthepassage.CanyoufindoutthesentencesthatshowSpudwasveryshort?S:Hewasmuchsmallerthantheotherkidsatschool.Hewasrefusedbecausehewastoosmall.Heoftenhadtositinthestandsbecauseofhisheight.Nouniversitywouldinvitehimbecausehewasonly170cmtall.TheNBAwasnotinterestedinhimbecauseheallitsplayersweremorethan20cmtallerthanhewas.T:ThewriteruseddifferentwaystodescribethatSpudwasshort.【设计意图：让学生找出文章中多次出现的描写Spud矮的语句，引导学生关注作者的写作方法，变换表达方式。】4.Readthroughthelines(1)Findtheimportantinformation.T:Thoughhewasveryshort,SpudsucceededingettingintotheNBA.Readthepassagequickly.Inwhichparagraphcanyoufindtheinformation?T:Spudscored20pointsinhisfirstgame.Inwhichparagraph?Whendidithappen?S:Paragraph2.Whenhewasattendingjuniorhigh.T:AndSpudwasnamedPlayeroftheYear.Inwhichparagraph?Whendidithappen?S:Paragraph3.Inseniorhigh.T:Spudgotascholarshipfromauniversity.Inwhichparagraph?Whendidithappen?S:Paragraph4.Inajuniorcollege.T:SpudbecameanNBAplayerin1985.Inwhichparagraph?Whendidithappen?T:Paragraph5.Aboutayearafterhegraduatedfromuniversity.(2)Howisthearti...
