Unit4Whatwouldyoudo?Reading:Whatwouldyoudoif…?TheSeventhPeriodⅠ．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjectsKeyvocabularychallenge,non-contactsport,hoopbalcony,divide,blackboardandsoforth.2．AbilityObjectsTrainstudents'abilityofreadingforspecialinformation.Trainstudents'abilityofunderstandingwordsincontext.Trainstudents,writingskill.3．MoralObjectBasketballispopularamongpeopleallovertheworld.Notonlydoesitbuildourbody,butitalsobringsusentertainment.Thanktheinventor,JamesNaismith.Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPointsKeyvocabularyReadthetextforspecialinformation.Readthetexttounderstandwordsincontext.Makealistofgoodthingsanddifficultthingsaboutbeingabasketballplayer.Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPoint：Trainstudents'readingskill.Ⅳ．TeachingMethodsUp-downreadingmethodPairworkGroupworkⅤ．TeachingAid：AprojectorⅥ．TeachingProceduresStepⅠKeyVocabularyThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabularywords.Havestudentsrepeatagainandagainuntiltheycanpronouncethemfluentlyandaccurately.StepⅡPart1Thisactivityisdesignedtoactivatestudents'backgroundknowledgebeforeattemptingthereading.ReadthetitleThehistoryofbasketballtotheclass.Ask,Whatdoyouthinkthearticleisabout?Readtheinstructionstotheclass.Pointtothefourquestionsinthebox.Say,Pleasediscussthequestionswithyourpartnertoseehowmuchyouknowaboutbasketball.Butdon'tlookatthereading.Instead,useyourbackgroundknowledge.Getstudentstocompletethetaskinpairs.Asthepairsworktogether,walkaroundtheroom.EnsurethattheyarediscussingthequestionsinEnglish.Whenmoststudentsarefinished,invitepairsofstudentstoreporttheirresults,Don'tsayyesornototheiranswers.StepⅢPart2Thisactivityprovidespracticeinscanningforspecificinformation.Lookatthepicture.Askstudentstodescribewhatishappeninginthepicture.Readtheinstructionsanddrawstudents'attentiontothechart.Getastudenttosaythesampleanswerusingacompletesentence,e.g.Basketball'sinventorwasbornin1861.Say,Pleasereadthroughthearticlesilently.Findinformationfortheyearsinthechart.Remembertoskimforthekeyideasratherthanreadslowly.Getstudentstoworkontheirown.Astheyaredoingthis,movearoundtheclassroomansweringquestionstheymayhaveandofferinglanguagesupportasneeded.Checktheanswers.StepⅣPart3Thisactivityencouragesstudentstousethestrategyofreadingincontext.Askstudentstoreadthearticleonce.Say,Payattentiontotheboldwordsandexpressions.Andnoteanyotherwordorsentenceyoudon'tunderstand.Readincontext,guessingtheirmeaningsfromtheotherwordsaroundthem.Afewminuteslater,askdifferentstudentstosaythemeaningsofthewordsandexpressionsindicatedinboldbyguess.Don'tgivethemthecorrectanswers.Letstudentslookatthewordsandexpressionsandtheirmeaningsinthebox.Pointoutthesampleanswers.Thenaskstudentstomatchthecorrectmeaningswiththecorrectwordsandexpressions.Allowthemoneortwominutestodothis.Getstudentstomakesentenceswiththewordsandexpressions.Remindthemtolookatthearticleagainforextrahelp.Answerstothisactivitywillvary.Askastudenttowritehis/heranswersontheblackboard.StepⅤPart4Thisactivityhelpsstudentsreadforspecificinformation.Askstudentstoreadthefivequestionsontheirown.Trytorememberorguesstheanswersbeforelookingatthereading.Say,Pleasereadthearticleagainandfindtheanswerstothesequestions.Getstudentstodotheactivityindividuallyorinpairs.Walkaroundtheclassroomcheckingtheirprogressandofferinglanguagesupportasneeded.StepⅥPart5Thisactivityhelpsstudentsworkinagroupandthinkcriticallyaboutwhattheyhaveread.Readtheinstructionstotheclass.Focusattentiononthechart.Invitedifferentstudentstoreadthesampleanswers.Askanotheroneortwostudentsforgoodanddifficultthingsaboutbeingabasketballplayer.S1:Youcanwinhonorforyourmotherland.S2:Youhavetospendlesstimewithyourfamily.Say,Youaretomakealistofgoodthingsanddifficultthingsinthechart.Getstudentstoworkingroupsoffour.Asthegroupsworktogether,walkaroundtheroomcheckingtheirwork.Checktheanswersandaskstudentstovoteonbestandworstpartsofbeingabasketballplayer.OptionalactivityGetstudentstothinkofasmanyrulesofbasketballastheycanandexplaintherulesaswellasthereasonforeachrule.CulturenoteEveryonewantstosupporthis/herteam,butitshouldnotbeattheexpenseoftheotherteam.Someso-calledfansoftenbehavebadlybybooingoreventhrowinggarbageatthem.Thisisnotsportsmanlikebehaviorandit'sfarbettertocheermoreloudlyforyourteamthancriticizetheteamtheyplaywith.Agameisnotonlya“game”.StepⅦSummarySay,Thisclassprovidesusalotofreadingaswellaswritingpractice.Ittrainsstudents'abilityofscanningforspecificinformationandusingwhatyouknow.StepStepIXBlackboardDesignReading:ThehistoryofbasketballTheSeventhPeriodSampleanswerstoActivity31．Hechallengedmetotryagain.2．Anon-contactsportwilldoyoulessinjury.3．Basketballhoopsaremadeofmetal.4．Theaudienceinthebalconyarecheeringthevictory.5．Dividedintotwoteams,webegantoplaythegame.6．Backboardscanmoreorlesspreventballsfromhittingagainsttheaudience.
