1、Unit 4 Making the news 教案1(MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT“Unforgettable”, says new reporter )IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to go over expressions for news making. Then they shall be reading MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,”says new reporter. They s
2、hall go through the following procedures while reading: reading aloud to the recording, reading and underlining, reading to underline the questions, reading and transforming information (open-ended question), reading and understanding difficult sentences, reading to decide on the type of writing and
3、 summary of the text and retelling the text in your own words. The period will be closed down by students taking a quiz. ObjectivesTo help students learn to make appointmentsTo help students learn to read a dialogue about being a news reporter To help students better understand “making news”To help
4、students learn use some important words and expressionsTo help students identify examples of “Inversion” in the textFocusWords: photograph, concentrate, require, accuse, bribe, deny, defend, employ, polish, approveExpressions: concentrate on, accuseof, so as to, defend againstPatterns: Only when you
5、 have seen what he or she does, can you cover a story by yourself.So its actually of special interest to me. Here comes my list of “dos” and “donts”This is a trick of the trade.This is how the story goes.Later we were proved right. AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams Procedure
6、s1. Warming up Warming up by discussingThink like a reporterHi, everyone. Today we will learn something about making the news. Suppose you work for China Daily, what types of jobs do you choose? What does it involve? Now in pairs discuss them. Give reasons for your choice. Types of jobs: What it inv
7、olvesReporterInterviews people or finds out about events from onlookersPhotographerTakes photographs of important people or eventsEditor Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate; checks factsDesignerLays out the article and photographsPrinter Prints the newspaperWell done! By the way, h
8、ave you ever heard “journalist”? Is there any difference between journalist and reporter? Ordinarily speaking, a reporter is a person whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or television. And a journalist is a person who writ
9、es news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on radio or television. Maybe in Chinese we can understand it better: reporter; journalistreporternews reporter“新闻记者”，特指外出采访的记者。 journalist“记者”泛指新闻工作者，如报纸的编辑、采访记者、摄影记者都可以叫journalist。Now lets do with the pre-reading questions.
10、 Warming up by taking about working for a newspaperCommon sense: Yes? No? Your opinions1. Reporter and journalist mean the same.2. Only the chief editor decides on the content of the newspapers.3. A good reporter is usually well educated.4. Only the content of the newspaper is decided on the day, it
11、 wont be changed. 5. In covering an event, sped is playing an important role in making the news. Warming up by talking about the term news itselfThese days weve got so much topical news: American Election, Yasser Arafats death. You know, theres an old saying in English-No news is good news. Does tha
12、t mean if we do hear the news its supposed to be bad? Everybody has his or her own opinion. However, I dont want to comment on any news here. Id like to talk about the term news itself. So far how many expressions have you known about the news? You might mention breaking news, Daily news . Not enoug
13、h!) Come on. 2. Pre-reading by going over expressions for news makingbreaking news 突发的消息wonderful news 极好的消息welcome news 可喜的消息topical news 时事新闻thrilling news 令人兴奋的消息television news 电视新闻tearful news 悲痛的消息surprising news 惊人的消息spread news 传播消息sore news 使人痛心的消息news agency 通讯社news analyst 评论员news bulleti
14、n 公告news communication 新闻广播news conference 记者招待会news editing 新闻编辑news film 新闻片news flash 最后新闻 简短的新闻报道news hen （美）女新闻记者news network 新闻网news report 新闻报道news stall (newsstand) 报亭news window 新闻图片栏 newsboy 报童，送报人newscaster 新闻播报员news letter时事通讯newspaper 报纸newspaper campaign新闻战newsreader 新闻广播员newsreel新闻影片n
15、ewswire 新闻专线newsworthy 有新闻价值的 3. Reading Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “Unforgettable,” says news reporter. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape
16、 twice and you shall read aloud twice, too. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class and write a short passage, making use of them as homework.Collocations from MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT
17、cover a story, no need for, be eager to do, concentrate onbe of special, have a nose for, find out, too much, a trick of the trade, get all your facts straight, accuse sb. of sth, get the wrong end of the stick Reading to underline the questions Skim the text and underline the questions that Zhou Ya
18、ng asks. Notice the way the questions develop.Can I go out on a story immediately?What do I need to take with me?What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?What mistakes must I avoid?Why is listening so important?How can I listen to answers if I have to write down what he or she is sa
19、ying?Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick? Reading and transforming information (open-ended question)Discussion：Do you think Zhou Yangs discussion with Hu Xin will strongly influence his life as a reporter? In what way? Reading and unde
20、rstanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me. Reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the textThis is a conversation between Zhou Yang and hi
21、s boss Hu Xin. Hu Xin gives Zhou Yang some advice on what to do at the beginning as a reporter, on when to cover a story, on what mistakes he must avoid, on the importance of listening and so on. This conversation leads Zhou Yang to know about the qualities a journalists should have, the basic proce
22、dure and the thing they should pay attention to.4. Retelling the text in your own words A retold passage of the textThis story happens on the first day when Zhou Yang goes to work for China Daily. Zhou Yang asks his boss some questions such as when to cover a story, what mistakes he must avoid, why it is important to listen, how he can write down the answers and so on. Hu Xin influenced his life as a reporter.5. HomeworkFinish the paper in material file.
