1、The Fifth Period Extensive ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语marathon, final, champion, quality, ultimate, rise to ones feet, pick . upb. 重点句子P49The marathon has been an Olympic event since the modern games started in 1896. Officials picked him up and helped him to the finis
2、hing line. Perhaps one of the most beautiful and extraordinary marathons ever is the Great Wall Marathon, which most competitors find is the toughest course to run. 2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to talk about marathon and the Paralympics. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students le
3、arn how to talk about sports with the target language in this unit. Teaching important points 教学重点Talk about marathon. Teaching difficult points 教学难点How to talk about sports using the words learnt in this module.Teaching methods 教学方法Fast reading.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a blackb
4、oard.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step Greetings and Lead-in T: Good morning / afternoon everyone!Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. Chen. T: Everyone knows a lot about Olympics. Who knows which is the final event in the Olympics? Ss: The final event in the Olympics is the marathon. T: Yes, you
5、are right. In this lesson, we are going to learn something about the marathon. Step Cultural Corner1. Scanning Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately. Give students several minutes to look through the whole passage and try to remember some information. Tell the students to
6、 read silently and then choose the right answers according to the passage. T: Now please go through the passage quickly and choose the best answers according to the text.Show the following on the screen.1. At first the distance of the marathon was _ kilometers. A. 26 B. 40 C. 42 D. 50 2. The maratho
7、n became an Olympic event _. A. in 776 BC B. in 1896 C. in 1908 D. in 19923. There are marathons in over 60 countries and _ cities around the world today. A. hundreds of B. thousands ofC. two million D. more than one hundred Several minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.Key: BBA2. Sk
8、immingAsk the students to read the text again and then work together with their partners to get some detailed information. T: Now we are going to read the passage again and answer a few detailed questions. Please look at the questions on the screen.Show the following questions on the screen.1. What
9、are the origins of the marathon? 2. Why is the marathon the last Olympic event? 3. Which is the toughest marathon course to run for the competitors? A few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.T: Time is up! Who would like to answer the first question? S1: One is that a soldier ran f
10、rom the scene of the battle, Marathon, to Athens, to ring the news of a Greek victory against the Persians. The other is that in 1908 the King of England wanted the runners to leave from his castle in Windsor and arrive in a new stadium in central London. The distance is about 42 kilometers. T: Good
11、! Who knows why the marathon is the last Olympic event?S2: Because it is thought to be the hardest. T: OK! The last one. S3: The toughest course is the Great Wall Marathon.3. Main ideaPlay the tape for the students to listen and ask them to try to get the main idea of the text after listening. T: No
12、w we are going to listen to the whole passage. After listening, try to get the main idea of the passage. You can discuss your main idea with your partner. Play the tape for the students to listen and give the students two minutes to prepare after listening. Then ask one of them to give the main idea
13、.T: Well, who wants to tell us the main idea of the passage? Volunteer! S4: In this passage, the writer mainly tells us that the marathon, the final Olympic event, is the most exciting event. T: Excellent! Thank you! Step Reading1. SkimmingGet the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accur
14、ately and answer the questions. T: Everybody knows Olympics, who can tell me something about Olympics? S5: Olympics are held every four years. Many athletes from more than one hundred countries take part in the Olympics. S6: The first modern Olympic Games was held in 1896. T: OK! You know a lot abou
15、t the Olympics, but do you know the Paralympics? Ss: Sorry, I dont know. T: Well, in this lesson we are going to learn a passage about the Paralympics. Please look at the questions on the screen.Show the following questions on the screen.1. What are the Paralympics?2. When did they start?3. How many
16、 schoolchildren watched them in Sydney? A moment later, check the answers by asking three students to answer the questions. Sample answers: 1. The paralympics are the games for sportsmen and women with a disability. 2. They started in 1948. 3. Fifty thousand Australian schoolchildren watched the Par
17、alympics. 2. Passage AnalyzingAsk the students to read the passage again and get the main idea of each paragraph. T: There are three paragraphs in this passage. Read the passage again and try to summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Give the students enough time to prepare. Sample answers: Para 1: What the Paralympics are. Para 2: The history of the Paralympics. Para 3: The games of the Paralympics. Step Homework T: In this lesson we learned the marathon and the Paralympics. After class, please preview the writing part.