高中Unit4 Making the news教案

Unit 4    Making the news

Period 1&2 warming up and reading

Teaching Aims:

1.Enable the students to talk about the qualities needed to be a good reporter and how to conduct a good interview

2. Enable the students to learn some reading strategies

3. Enable the students to learn the necessary qualities in their future job

Important Points and difficult points

 Learn about how to be a good reporter

Teaching methods

Strategic reading method; Task-based method

Teaching procedures:

I. Elaboration (warming up): Help the students to relate their known knowledge to the topic that will be learned

Task 1 :( group discussion) Talk about jobs in China Daily?  

Task2:   Predict what is going to be learned by looking at the title of the text. Which type of job will be talked about in the text?

II. Prediction (pre-reading):

Task 3:  Predict the main idea of the text by discussing the following questions:

1. What are the qualities a good news reporter needs to have?  

 (Have group discussion first and then finish Part 1 individually)

2. What your first day at school was like? How would you feel on your first day at work?   (Group discussion)

III. Skimming, scanning, analyzing (Reading & Comprehending)

Task 4:  Read the text quickly to get a general idea of the text.

Task 5:  Divide the passage into three sections and match the following main ideas to the three sections：

How to get an accurate story

How to protect a story from accusations

Work in a team

Task 6   Read quickly to find out the information to fill in the form below

Task 7: Tell what is required for a reporter and a photographer    

patient; imaginative ; well-organized;  technically good;  polite;  concise;  thorough;  creative;  curious; careful;  gifted;  professional

IV. Summarizing

Task 8: Write a summary of the text

V. Assignment

Read an English newspaper and retell the main idea of one article in it.

          Period 3&4  Words & Expressions

Teaching Aims:

Get the students to know how to use some words and expressions correctly and appropriately

Important Points and difficult points

 Use some words and expressions correctly and appropriately

Teaching methods

Demonstrating and summarizing; practicing

Teaching procedures:

1. occupation  n.

1). Teaching is my occupation. 职业

2). Swimming is my occupation. 使…忙碌的事情;消遣

occupy  v.

occupied=busy

occupy oneself in/with sth.

employment; occupation; job; profession; vocation; work; trade

He is looking around for            .

                : artist

He is out of                   .

She chose teaching as her                 .

She’s a lawyer by                     .

He’s a carpenter by                  .

2.  assign  v.

assignment n.

She gladly accepted the assignment.  (分派的任务;工作)

The English assignment is a book report. (课外作业，功课)

3.  on one’s own

of one’s own

for one’s own

We should complete the test _________

4.  experienced  adj.

be experienced in/at  sth/doing sth.

Who is experienced in cooking in your home?

5.  The first/last time + 时间状语从句

The first time I came here, I was not used to the climate here.

Cover  n.  封面,掩盖(物) ；

  v.

1). Tom will covered the outbreak of the disease.   

2). The road was covered with snow.                                        

3). She laughed to cover her worry.

4). The red army covered about 30 miles a day.

5). Is the money enough to cover the cost of a new shirt?

7.  Be eager    for sth. (sucess)

              to do sth.

              that clause

He is eager to see his daughter.

We are eager that the project should be started early

be anxious about =be worried about

8.  Concentrate on  sth./doing sth.

We should concentrate on our study.

Tom is concentrating on fishing.

9.  of +抽象名词(importance; value; use; help; benefit)

of special interest=                

of no use=                 

The meeting is of great importance.

=                                                                      

Each minute is _____ for us.

of greatly valuable

great valuable

of great value

for much value

10.  acquire; get; gain

1). I sat in the front of the bus to ___  _  a good view of the countryside.

2). Gradually we _______ experience in how to do the work.

3). They _____the victory after a bloody battle.

11.  have a nose for 嗅觉灵敏

She has an ear for music. 有鉴赏能力

She has an eye for color and style in clothes. 有眼光

12.  Meanwhile=in the meanwhile

                =in the meantime

                =at the same time

Mother went shopping; meanwhile, I cleaned the house

13.  trade   n.  v.

1). Japan does lots of trade with the United States.

2). He is a shoemaker by trade.

3). She trades 3 apples for some bananas.

14. Trick

1). 窍门，手法

2). play a trick(joke)on sb.

=make fun of sb. (玩笑,恶作剧)

3). He got into the building by a trick (诡计,花招)

15. Challenge

1).He challenge my view on that matter.

2).To finish the job in 2 days was a real challenge.

16. Support  

 n.  1).I need your support.

 v.  1)为…提供证据,证实

2)The old man entered the room supported by his grandson.

3). He has always supported the weaker party.

4). He has a large family to support.

17. Case

1).He thought he had solved the problem , but that was not the case.

2).Here is a case of being careless.

3).We will look into that case.

in case of sth. 如果,万一…

in that/this case 在那样/这样情况下

in no case 决不

in case + 从句     以防;可能；倘若

Take an umbrella in case it rains.  

(in case 从句常用一般现在时表将来, 或should+do)

17. accuse sb. of sth.  

=charge sb. with sth.

Tom ____  his boss of having broken his word.

 blamed

 accused

 charged

 scolded

18.  so as to do sth. 只能在句末

= in order to do sth.

=so that + 从句  

= in order that + 从句

I got up at five so as to catch the train

=                      

19. admit

admit doing /having done

admit sb. Into/to (the university)

Lily finally admitted___ my umbrella by mistake.

 to take

 to have taken

 having taken

 have taken

20. n.      adj.

profession     professional   具有….特点

Finish Ex 3 on Page 29

Assignment

Finish Ex1 and Ex 2 on Page 28 and Ex 3 on Page 29 (Discovering useful words and expressions)

Finish Ex 2 , Ex3 on Page 63 and Ex4 on Page 64 (Using words and expressions) in Workbook.

Period 5  Grammar

Teaching Aims:

Get the students to use “Inversion” correctly and appropriately

Important Points and difficult points

 Use “Inversion” correctly and appropriately

Teaching methods

Task-based method; Demonstrating; discussion; summarizing; practicing

Teaching procedures:

I. Presentation

Task 1: Comprehend the following sentences

Only then did I begin my work on designing a new bridge.

=I began my work on designing a new bridge only then.

2. Not only was there a Christmas tree, but also exciting presents under it.

=There was not only a Christmas tree, but also exciting presents under it.

Inversion: 起强调作用

II. Analyzing & summarizing

Task 2: Find 4 examples of inversion in the reading passage

1. Never will Zhou Yang forget his first assignment at the office of China Daily.

2. Only when you have seen what he or she does, can you cover a story by yourself.

3. Not only am I interested in photography, but I took a course at university.

4. Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know

Task 3: Analyze the sentences above and summarize the rules

1. Why can these sentences use inversion ?

2. How are these inverted sentences made?

※ 否定副词no;not;hardly, little, seldom, never, no sooner…than, no more, not only, only 等开头的句子要部分倒装。

※ 部分倒装:只把谓语的一部分(如助动词情态动词)等放到主语前，或把句子的强调部分提前。

Task 4: Analyze more sentences below and summarize the rules

1) Only after he had spoken out the word did he realize he had made a big mistake.

※ 如含有从句,只要求主句倒装

2) ______,there was no hope of her being able to sleep.

As she was exhausted

If she was exhausted

Exhausted as she was