Unit2TheOlympicGamesPeriod1教学设计张权文TheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod：ThisperiodincludesWarmingup,ReadingandComprehendingofUnit2.ItintroducesthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenancientandmodernOlympicGamesintheformofainterestinginterviewbetweenPausanias，aGreekwriter2000yearsagoandLily,aChinesegirllivingatthepresenttime.Readingthepassage,thestudentscanlearnsomereadingstrategiessuchasskimmingandcomparing.TeachingAims：1.EnablethestudentstocomparetheancientOlympicswiththemodernonesandtrytoanswerthequestionsquicklyandcorrectlysothattheylearnhowtogeneralizeandcomparethesimilaritiesanddifferences.2.Learnsomeusefulwordsandexpressions：medal，gymnasium，stadium，admit，takepartin，replace，prize，asetof，interview，aswellas，competewith/against/for，replace，etc.3.Learnsomesentencepatterns：（1）Ilivedwhatyoucalled“AncientGreece”.(2)IhavecometoyourtimetofindoutaboutthepresentdayOlympicGamesbecauseIknowtheyaretobeheldinmyhometownofAthens.TeachingImportantPoints：1.HelphestudentstocomparetheancientOlympicswiththemodernonesandhaveaclearideaoftheirsimilaritiesanddifferences.2.Learnandmastersomeimportantwords,phrasesandsentencepatternsinthisperiod.TeachingDifficultPoints：1.Howtofindtheimpliedsimilaritiesanddifferencesbyunderstandingthespeaker’swordsandintonation.2.Tomastertheimportantlanguagepointsandsentencepatternsinthispassage.TeachingMethods：1.Skimmingtogetthegeneralideaofthetext.2.Scanningtogetdetailedinformationandgettounderstandthepassagebetter.3.Task-basedmethodstogetthestudentstocomprehendthepassageandbeabletoproducedialoguesandtalkabouttheirpreparationsforthe2008OlympicGames.TeachingAids：Ataperecorder.Amultimedia.TeachingProcedures：1.Presentation1).LookatthepicturesofBeijing2008OlympicGamestoleadinthetopic:theOlympicGames2).Differentactivitiessuchasquiz,guessinggame,knowledgeabouttheOlympics,etc.toarousetheSs’interestofreading.2.While-reading1).Fastreading:Askstudentstotellwhichofthestatementsaretrueorfalseaccordingtothereadingpassage..2).Carefulreading:Fillintheform,tellthedifferencebetweenancientandmodernOlympicsaccordingtothereadingpassage.3.IntensivereadingPlaythetapefortheSstofollow,thengetthemtodoreadingcomprehension.4.PracticeQuestions:Encouragestudentstodiscussthequestionstogetherbeforetheyreachaconclusion.5.TalkingtaskGetthestudentstotalkaboutthepicture,andthendothetwotasksaccordingtotheinstruction.Aftersomepractice,theteachercanasksomepairstoacttheirplayoutinfrontofthewholeclass.6.DiscussionWhatcanwedoforthe2008Olympics?7.Homework1.Findouttheimportantlanguagepoints.2.Preparetoretellthetext.
