Module 1 Basketball

module 1 basketball
period 4 listening and function
module 1 basketball

listening
function
everyday english
i.listening
listening---1. warming-up
answer the questions about basketball.
keys:
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. b
listening---2.while-listening
listen to part 1 and decide which two people are speaking and when.
keys:
b---two commentators speaking at the beginning of a game.
listen to part 2 and check the words you hear.
listen to part 2 and get the answers to activity 3
keys to activity 3
amazing  disappointed disappointing
exciting  exhausted
listen to part 1 and part 2 again and check the true statements:
1, 2, 5    t
3, 4, 6    f
listening---3. post-listening
keys to activity 4
1.  yao ming has played extremely well.
2. the chicago bulls team used jordan too much, and when he didn’t play or played badly the whole team wasn’t good.
3. both teams played very hard for the whole match and they used their playing abilities(passing, shooting, etc) very well.
4. at the start of the last quarter of the match the rockets were 2 points ahead.
5. it was a very exciting match with both teams playing hard all the time.
listening ---4. language focus  (part 1)
1. i’m your commentator for tonight’s game. i’m here with dan watson, a local journalist who’s been following…
2. i’m really looking forward to it.
3. … are really hot at the moment.
4. …rely too much on …
5. …expect too much from…
6. he’s a terrific player.
listening ---4. language focus  (part 2)
1. …they had a lot of stamina---they all ran and ran and ran!
2. …leading scorer with a magnificent 32 points…
3. the rockets led by two points going into the fourth quarter, and were 69-61 in the lead with just under 9 minutes to play.
4. … scored a three-pointer to tie the game at 83-83, which meant overtime.
5. there were only two timeouts in the entire game.
ii.function
function ---1.practice
keys to activity 1
a b a b a b
function---2. sentence making  (ask students to do activity 3   work in pairs and complete the sentences )
example:
i’m looking forward to going on holiday next summer.
i was delighted to see my uncle and aunt when they visited last weekend.
i feel nervous about the end-of-year exam.
i think the outstanding person is yao ming.
i think venus williams is a fantastic tennis player.
iii.everyday english-(4m). paraphrase the following expressions
looking forward to it.
really hot
showed a lot of character
fast and furious
baba
iv.homework
go to the library or surf the internet to collect more information about the rules about basketball.
find more listening material to practise.