1、Module 5Newspapers and MagazinesPeriod 1Introduction; Reading and Vocabulary整体设计教材分析This period includes Introduction as well as Reading and Vocabulary. Introduction can serve as a warming up of the passage. To make students fully prepared for the study of the passage, the teacher may encourage stud
2、ents to speak out as many vocabularies in relation to newspapers and magazines as they can, which appear in Reading and Vocabulary. The reading test is a piece of news which mainly represents to us the event in which Yang Liwei, the Chinese taikonaut, travels in space. It is suggested that students
3、should first skim the reading passage and get the general idea of each paragraph and then join them into a short passage. If necessary, deal with some difficult language points. 三维目标1. 知识与技能1. Know about the vocabularies about newspapers and magazinesarticle, front page, front cover headline, photog
4、raph, business, celebrity, economy, editor, fashion, international, journalist, politics, photographer, sports2. Develop the studentsreading ability.3. Grasp the new words and phrases related to exploring the spaceWords: astronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut, spaceship, photograph, orbit, capsule, univers
5、e, navigator, telescopePhrases: make an orbit of, take off, in total2. 过程与方法1. Train students reading skills by dealing with some reading activities.2. Individual work or pair work to get every student to participate in class.3. Explanations to make students master some language points.4. Fast readi
6、ng to make students get the main idea of the passage.3. 情感与价值1. Cultivate students scientific consciousness and emotion for loving science.2. Encourage them to learn from the heroes. 教学重点1. Help students make sense of the whole passage.2. Help students to improve their reading ability.3. Help studen
7、ts learn and use the vocabularies about exploring space. 教学难点1. Help students use the vocabularies about exploring space.2. Help students grasp some reading skills. 教学过程Step 1 Lead-inBefore the class teachers may ask the students to search some English newspapers and magazines and understand the mea
8、nings of the newspapers and magazines. Whats more they should also find out their functions. Before learning this section, you may organize some warming-up activities. And the activities are as follows.1. Option 1: 1)Four or six students form a group and introduce the newspapers and magazines they b
9、ring in class. Then they may pick out a most funny one.2)Collect the answers from the whole class. Each group should ask a reporter in their group to introduce the most funny newspapers or magazines or one of their columns.Option 2: 1)Brainstormingbring as many words about newspapers and magazines a
10、s possible.2)Divide the whole class into 2 groups. The two groups compete with each other and each group tries to speak out as many words about newspapers and magazines as possible. Then you can write the words on the blackboard. Teach them to pronounce the words they dont know. (Write the following
11、 words on the blackboard. )article, front page, front cover, headline, photograph, business, celebrity, economy, editor, fashion, international, journalist, politics, photographer, sport2. Option 1: 1)Teachers or advanced students lead students to read the new words in the table.2)Match these words
12、with the numbered items in the illustrations of the newspaper and magazines in pairs.3)Teachers show the pictures to let students speak out the names of each part. (The picture may be material objects or shown on the screen. )Option 2: 1)Teachers or advanced students lead students to read the new wo
13、rds in the table.2)Teachers show the pictures and ask students to speak out the names of each part. During the procedure, if students can speak them out. Teachers may repeat them and ask students to follow. If students cant do that, teachers can speak them out by themselves and ask students to repea
14、t twice and at the same time, teachers may present the words by using the blackboard or multimedia so as to emphasize them.Option 3: Teachers may show the pictures and ask students to speak out the names of the each part. During this procedure, no matter whether students can speak out the new words,
15、 teachers should repeat the new words and present them after students follow teachers so that these words can be impressed by them.(Option 2 and Option 3 can be used by the advanced students. ) Suggested answers:articlefront coverfront pageheadlinephotograph3. Option 1: 1)Students read the new words
16、 in the table by themselves and circle the unfamiliar words to them.2)Teachers lead students to read the words unfamiliar to them. And explain to them.3)Students classify the words and teachers check in the end.Option 2: 1)Pair work. One help the other and make clear of the meaning in the table by u
17、sing the dictionary or other learning tools. Then classify the words. If there are some points that they cant understand, they may turn to teachers.2)Based on classifying work, think of more words related to the two kinds of vocabulary mentioned by the textbook.3)Collect the answers.People who work
18、on newspapers and magazinesEditor, photographer, journalistTypes of news you can find in newspapers and magazinesBusiness, celebrity, economy, fashion, international, politics, sport4. Think of a recent example of one of the types of news. Tell other students about it. Add details to other studentsn
19、ews items.1)Ask the students to think of something that has happened in three different types of news items (e. g. business, international, sport). They should do this individually.2)Group the students in fours, and have them take it in turns to tell a news item, and the type. The other three should
20、 then add information about that news item.3)Collect an example for each of the 7 types in a whole-class setting. Step 3 Pre-reading1. Lead in the new words taikonaut, cosmonautTeachers lead in the new words by saying: what is an astronaut? An astronaut is a person trained to pilot a spaceship or tr
21、avel in space for some scientific purpose. Is Yang Liwei an astronaut? Yes. But we can also call him taikonaut, as he is Chinese. An astronaut from Russia can be called a cosmonaut.2. Ask students to finish the exercise and teachers check it. Step 4 While-Reading1. SkimmingFirst ask students to read
22、 out the subheadings and predict what the article is about. They may discuss their answers in pairs.Suggested answer:Chinas first man in spaceThen read the article quickly and match the subheadings with the paragraphs. Suggested answers: A2B1C32. Scanning: read this article part by part and make sur
23、e students can understand the details in this text.Part 1: 1)Read the example and ensure that the students know what to do.2)Ask them to read the first part carefully and then make questions individually, then check with a partner.3)Collect the answers from the whole classSuggested answers:1)What wa
24、s the name of the capsule?2)Where did Yang take off from?3)How many people had traveled in space before Yang?4)How many days have astronauts spent in space in total? Part 2: 1)Show the true or false questions for the students on the screen and make sure they can understand all of them.（1）Yang spoke
25、to 2 astronauts and both of them are Americans.(2)Edward Lu, whose parents were born in China, spoke to Yang in English during his flight.(3)International Space Station is orbiting the earth.2)Read the second part and find the answers individually.3)Collect the answers from the whole class, having s
26、tudents read out the statements before answering.Suggested answers:1)F2)F3)TPart 3: 1)Show the students a passage with blanks on the screen.Many countries around the world sent messages of_ . Sean OKeefe from NASA said that Yangs space _ was “an important historical _ and NASA wishes China _ success
27、 with its space flight_”. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the flight “a _ forward for the whole world”.2)Students read the third part of this article and fill in the blanks.3)Collect the answers from the whole class, having students read out the passage.Suggested answers:congratul
28、ations, flight, achievement, continuing, programme, step3. Careful readingOption 1Before reading the passage one more time, ask the students to read the questions on the screen. Work in pairs to ask and answer them. One reads the listed questions, and the other gives his/her answers. Then exchange t
29、heir roles and repeat this once again. Finally, check their answers according to what is shown on the screen.(Show the following questions on the screen. )1. How long was the taikonaut in space? 2. Which astronaut aboard the International Space Station was related to China? 3. Where is the other cos
30、monaut aboard the Space Station from? 4. Who congratulated China on the success of sending off the satellite? 5. What did United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan call the flight? Suggested answers:1. The taikonaut was in space for twenty-one hours.2. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. Lu, whose
31、 parents were born in China.3. The other man aboard the Space Station is a Russian cosmonaut.4. China received messages of congratulations from all over the world.5. “Step forward for the whole world. ”Option 2(Show the following on the screen. )1. The taikonaut was in space for twenty-one hours.2.
32、One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station was born in China.3. The other man aboard the Space Station is a Russian cosmonaut.4. China received messages of congratulations from all over the world.5. Sean OKeefe works for the United Nations.First, ask the students to read through th
33、e sentences above quickly and try to understand them.Then have the students read the passage again and decide if these sentences are true (T)or false (F). Next, put the students into pairs and compare their answers. Finally, call back the answers from the class.Suggested answers:1. F2. F3. T4. T5. F
34、4. ConsolidationOption 1Discussion1. Divide the students into groups of four to discuss questions 3, 4and 5. Each group should have a reporter and keep notes of the points the group makes.2. Collect the conclusions and each reporter in groups answer questions 3, 4 and 5. And the answers should be ex
35、tended.3. Extracurricular tasks. Choose any one from questions 3 and 4. And write a report with no less than 50 words.Option 2Retelling the passage First ask the students to go through this passage again. And then put the students into groups of four and discuss how to retell the passage using relat
36、ive information in it. Give them some time to make full preparations. When the time is up, let some group representatives retell the whole passage. (You can also lead the whole class to do this together as a sample. )Option 3InterviewThe teacher invites three students, respectively playing the roles
37、 of the taikonauts. Other students can ask them questions about their life and they need to answer the questions which must be based on the passage. Step 6 Language Points Focus1. Yang was in space for twenty-one and a half hours and made 14 orbits of the earth.杨利伟在太空待了21. 5小时，飞船绕地球飞了14圈。make an orb
38、it of. . . 围绕转圈orbit n. 轨道，势力范围vt. 绕轨道而行vi. 进入轨道，沿轨道飞行，盘旋The moon orbits the earth.月球绕地球转。When he was orbiting in the capsule, he took photographs of planet earth.当他在太空舱内环绕地球的时候，他拍了很多地球的照片。2. When Yang took off from Jiuquan in northwest China at 9 am yesterday, China became the third nation to send
39、a man into space.昨天9点当杨利伟从中国西北部的酒泉起飞时，中国成为世界上第三个把人送入太空的国家。take off (航行器)起飞The plane is to take off in twenty minutes. All passengers, on board.飞机十分钟后起飞，各位乘客请登机。take off 的其他含义及用法take off ones coat 脱大衣take off the brake 开闸，松闸take off the gloves 不饶恕take off an embargo 解除禁运，开放贸易take off airspeed 起飞空速to
40、send a man into space 为动词不定式作定语。修饰被序数词限定的名词时，用动词不定式而不用分词作定语。如: He is usually the first person to arrive at the school every day.每天他通常是第一个到学校的人。I will be the last person to play cards if someone asks us to.如果有人请我们去打牌，我非常不愿意参加。3. Yang is the 438th person to travel in space, including astronauts from 3
41、2 countries.在来自32个国家的宇航员中，杨是第438位太空旅行者。1)including “包括， 包含”，可以认为是分词，也可以认为是介词。The house has five rooms, including the kitchen.这幢房子包括厨房在内有五个房间。辨析: include, comprise, comprehend, embrace, involve都含“包括”“包含”的意思。include 强调“包括作为整体的一部分”。The list included his name.这个名单上包括他的名字。comprise 指“有许多部分组成”或“有许多部分构成一个整体
42、”。Our curriculum comprises politics, Chinese, English and history.我们的课程共有四门: 政治、语文、英语和历史。comprehend 是正式用语，只“包括在某一范围内”，一半用于陈述观念、纲要等。The word “beauty” comprehends various concepts.“美”这个词包括许多概念。embrace 侧重于“所包括、包含的种类多”。Natural science embraces many subjects. 自然科学包括许多学科。involve指“由于同主要的有联系而必须含有”。Housekeep
43、ing involves cooking, washing and cleaning.家务包括烹饪、洗衣和清扫等。4. In total, these astronauts have spent more than 26 000 days in space.这些宇航员总共在太空中度过了26 000天。in total 总共，总计There are 6800 students in total here.这里总计有6800个学生。total up to 合计It totals up to $16. 总计16美元。spend 度过，花费spend. . . on sth. /in doing st
44、h. 花费在某物/做某事She spent a lot of money on clothes. 她在穿着上花了很多钱。You shouldnt spend so much time on useless things.你不该花这么多的时间在无用的事情上。Last year, he spent much time in traveling.去年他花了很多时间在旅游上。5. While he was traveling in space, Yang spoke to two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which is o
45、rbiting the earth, American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. 当他在太空中飞行的时候，杨和两位在国际空间站的宇航员通了话，一位是美国宇航员Edward Lu, 另一位是俄罗斯宇航员Yuri Malenchenko.6. Lu, whose parents were born in China, spoke to Yang in Chinese during his flight.父母出生在中国的卢用中文与飞行中的杨利伟交谈。在这两句话中 which 和 whose 分别引导的是两个
46、定语从句。whose 用来指人或物(只用作定语, 若指物，它还可以同of which互换）。例如: They rushed over to help the man whose car had broken down.那人车坏了，大家都跑过去帮忙。Please pass me the book whose cover is green.请递给我那本绿皮的书。which, that 它们所代替的先行词是事物的名词或代词，在从句中可作主语、宾语等。A prosperity which/that had never been seen before appears in the countrysid
47、e.农村出现了前所未有的繁荣。（which/that在句中作宾语）The package (which/that)you are carrying is about to come unwrapped.你拿的包快散了。(which/that在句中作宾语）Step 7 Consolidation for the new words and phrases.After the teachers explanations, students will be able to make sense of the passage better. The following exercises are a
48、consolidation of what they have learned, which will surely shed some light upon the usages of some words and phrases.(Show the following on the screen. )amateurastronomerbusinesscelebrityeconomyspaceshiptelescopefantaikonaut1)He is an _photographer. He has taken many pictures in the past 5 years.2)M
49、any people think doing _ can bring in a lot of money.3)Yang Liwei is the first _ in China.4)An _should have a lot of knowledge about space and geography.5)Sometimes some officials of the local government will call on some _ in the area.6)The Chinese people are making great efforts to improve _of the
50、 country.7)It is said that China will send up a _ which orbits the moon.8)People can see things far away through a _.9)He is a football _and spends a lot of time playing football.Suggested answers:1)amateur2)business3)taikonaut4)astronomer5)celebrities6)economy 7)spaceship8)telescope9)fanStep 8 Summ
51、ary and HomeworkThe reading passage is a piece of news, which mainly represents to us the event in which Yang Liwei, the Chinese taikonaut, travels in space. In the text, students can learn some words relevant with newspapers and magazines as well as words related to space traveling. With these word
52、s, students can write some passages about traveling space. Then give the students homeworkWrite a short passage about Shenzhou-6. 板书设计Module 5Newspapers and MagazinesPeriod 11. Words about newspapers and magazinesarticle, front page, front cover, headline, photograph, business, celebrity, economy, e
53、ditor, fashion, international, journalist, politics, photographer, sport2. Phrases: 1)make an orbit of. . . 围绕转圈2)take off (航行器)起飞3)including 包括， 包含4)in total 总计， 总共活动与探究Reading passages are roughly graded to the level of the learner, respecting both their previously acquired knowledge, the new lexi
54、s and structures to be covered in the module, and new but receptive words. The most important discrete skill to develop at this level is reading for main ideas, which involves a series of varied activity types, such as choosing the best title, identifying true and false statements, and discussing op
55、en-ended questions. But other discrete skills are also practiced extensively, such as reading for specific information (scanning), understanding text organization and dealing with unfamiliar words, each of which generates a number of different and motivating activity types. 备课资料Background Informatio
56、n杨利伟简介杨利伟，男，汉族，辽宁绥中县人，中共党员，大学文化。1965年6月出生，1983年6月入伍，1988年9月入党，现为中国人民解放军航天员大队三级航天员，正团职，中校军衔，1992年、1994年两次荣立三等功。杨利伟1987年毕业于空军第八飞行学院，历任空军航空兵某师飞行员、中队长，曾驾驶过歼击机、强击机等机型，安全飞行1350小时，被评为一级飞行员。1996年起参加航天选拔，1998年1月正式成为我国首批航天员。 经过五年多的训练，他完成了基础理论、航天环境适应性、专业技术等八大类及始终科目的训练任务，以优异的成绩通过航天专业技术综合考核，光荣地被选拔为我国首次载人航天飞行首飞梯队成员。