Unit6WhenwasitinventedSectionBReadingKnowledgegoals:1.Words&expressionsinvent,notice,create,divide,shoot2.KeysentencesThesportofbasketballisalittlemorethanahundredyearsold.BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiandoctornamedJamesNaismith.Theaimofbasketballisforplayerstotrytogetaballintothe“basket”.Abilitygoals:Enablethestudentstolearnhowbasketballwasinvented.Emotiongoals:1.Learnthehistoryofbasketball.2.Enablethestudentstousemind-mappingstrategytorememberinformation.Teachingimportantpoints:Helpthestudentslearntorememberinformationbyusingmind-mapping.Teachingdifficultpoints:Mastersomereadingskills.Teachingprocedures:Step2:Pre-readingAsktwostudentswhomaylikeplayingbasketballaboutsomeinformation.1.Howmanyteamsareplayersdividedinto(被分成)?2.Howmanyplayersarethereineachteam?3.Howmanyminutesarethereinthegame?Basketballisverypopular.Doyouthinkso?Buthaveyoueverthoughtwhenitwasinventedandwhoitwasinventedby?Andhowdiditbecomepopular?Thefollowingpassagewilltellyoualotaboutthehistoryofbasketball.Youcanusemind-mappingtohelpyourememberinformation.3.Learningstrategy:Mind-mapping.Severalminuteslater.Letthestudentsclosetheireyesandtrytodomind-mapping.ThinkofapersonnamedJames,aball,abasket,players,thefirstbasketballgameinhistory,OlympicGames,Chineseteam,populararoundtheworld,NBA...4.Trytoanswerthefollowingquestionswiththehelpofthemind-mappingWhoinventedbasketball?WhyweretheBerlinOlympicsimportantforbasketball?Whatistheaimofbasketball?NameaprofessionalbasketballorganizationinAmerica.5.Askstudentstoreadthefirsttwoparagraphsandfillintheblanks,thenanswerthefollowingquestions:Whenwasthesportofbasketballinvented?Howmanypeopleplaybasketball?Wherehasbasketballbeenplayed?6.Explainsomelanguagepointsinthefirsttwoparagraphs.7.Askstudentstoreadthethirdparagraphwiththefollowingtwoquestions:Whoinventedbasketball?8.Explainsomelanguagepointsinthethirdparagraph.9.Askstudentstoreadthefourthparagraphwiththefollowingquestions:What’stheaimofbasketballforplayers?What’sthebackboardusedfor?10.Explainsomelanguagepointsinthefourparagraph.11.Readthelastparagraphwiththefollowingquestionsandfillintheblanks:Whenwasthefirstbasketballgameinhistory?WhyweretheBerlinOlympicsimportantforbasketball?Domoreandmorepeopleenjoyplayingbasketball?NameaprofessionalbasketballorganizationinAmerica.Explainsomelanguagepointsinthelastparagraph.Step4：HomeworkMaterthenewwordsandphrasesinthispassage.Askthestudentstoreadbooksorfindmoreinformationaboutinventingandinventors.
