1、Unit 4 Making the news Using languageTeaching aims:Target language: edition, department, accurate, concise, chief, employ, polish, note, chief, approve, negative, process, primary source, secondary source, present, investigate Although he realized, Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly Mont
2、hs of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases. One of the reasons that is that they help us to decide what is and what isAbility goals:Enable the Ss to get some basic knowledge about the writing and printing process of an articleEnable the Ss know what is primary source and
3、what is secondary source.Teaching important points: Make Ss understand writing and printing process for an article and the primary and secondary sourceTeaching difficult points: Make Ss understand writing and printing process for an article and the primary and secondary source来源:学科网Teaching methods:
4、Fast-reading method, task-based methodTeaching aids: A computer, a blackboard, a recorderTeaching procedures: StepLead-inGreetings.“Nowadays with the development of media, lots of information can be received by people all over the world soon everyday. And people can learn about news at home and abro
5、ad by watching TV, listening to radio, surfing the Internet, reading magazines and newspapers etc. Among these media, newspaper is one of the oldest, In China there are many kinds of newspapers. I believe all of you read some of them everyday. Am I right?” Using words above to lead in todays topic a
6、nd get Ss involved in their familiar media form, newspapers.来源:Z,xx,k.ComStep ReadingAsk Ss to go over the passage (Getting the “Scoop”) quickly and find the general idea of the text. (Answer: It introduces the process of writing and printing for a newspaper article.Scanning: Ask Ss to read the pass
7、age again and try to answer the questions as listed on the screen.Questions:What is Zhou Yangs first task? (Answer: His first task was to write his story)How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negatives? Who were they? (Answer: Before it was ready to be proces
8、sed into film negative, an editor from his department, the copy-editor, the native speaker, the chief editor and the new desk editor read his article.)Then let the Ss make full use of their imagination to complete Ex2.Step Extensive Reading (P 65)来源:Z#xx#k.Com Ask Ss to turn to page65 and read the p
9、assage as quickly as they can to get the main idea of the passage. (Answer: The passage tells us what a primary source and a secondary source are and the difference between them.2. Ask Ss to read the whole text again in detail and do the True or False questions on blackboard.1. When we read about Ji
10、a Sixie in our textbook we are reading a primary source. 2. As we watch the news on TV, the person presenting the programme in the studio is the secondary source.3. Photographers sometimes are both primary and secondary sources.4. Knowing the difference of primary and secondary sources can help us d
11、ecide what is a fact and what is an opinion.5. Often facts and opinions are mixed in any report.Keys: FTFTT来源:学+科+网TipsA primary source depends on: The person who has written the news should be there at the time.Primary sources and secondary sources are very important for finding out the truth. The
12、closer a person is to the event they describe in time or geographically, the more likely they are to be accurate.3. Do Exercise3 to choose Ss understanding.The primary source is the Garlic Wars because it was written at the time. I think Plutarch Life of Julius Caesar and Shakespeares play about Jul
13、ius Caesar will have more opinion than fact because they were written long after the events happened.Step Summary and Assignment Today weve learned writing and printing process for an article and what is a primary source and what is a secondary one. These are very important for your future work if you want to be a reporter. Todays homework:1. Ask the students to interview a student of Senior Grade three and write a report about their present study and life. 2. Report a thing recently happened in your neighborhood or in the local area.来源:Z,xx,k.Com
