Unit 2 The Olympic Games,Book 2
unit 2 the olympic games,book 2
period 1: warming up and reading
★learning aims:
1.knowledge aims:
to learn about some basic knowledge of the ancient and modern olympic games
to master the new words and expressions in this passage
2.ability aims:
to understand the general idea of the new text to train the reading ability of the students
to be more familiar with some reading skills ,such as scanning ,summarizing etc.
3.emotional aims:
to arouse the students’ interest in the olympic games and get them to understand the olympic spirit better.
★key points:
to understand the general idea of the text
to improve the students’ reading ability further
★difficult points:
to retell the text
to use words and expressions learnd in this text to communicate freely.
★teaching methods:
task- based teaching and the integral teaching method
★learning methods:
to use some reading skills to understand the text better
to be more active in group activities
★teaching aids: multimedia a tape recorder
★teaching and learning procedures:
stepi. warming up
lead in the lesson by showing the students a short movie about the beijing
olympic games.
warming up by checking the preview plans
today we are going to learn about the olympic games. but first, i’d like to know how well you have prepared for the class…now, take out your preview plans.
check the answers to the exercises on the prewiew plans with the whole class.
get the students to raise the difficulties or problems they met with in their previewing.
stepii. listening
look at the title and the pictures and predict the content. then listen to the tape carefully and see if you were right. then try to get the general idea of the passage.
after listening,ask:have you got the main idea?①
step iii.fast reading
now read the text quickly and silently. the boys shall try to finish the task: what was the ancient olympics like? the girls shall try to finish the task: what is the modern olympics like?
then talk about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern olympics.②
stepⅳ.careful reading
read the text more carefully and finish two tasks
task 1 decide which are true and which are false:③
1.there are two sets of games- the summer and the winter olympics and both are held every four years.( )
2. the winter olympics are usually held two years after the summer olympics.( )
3. slaves and women were allowed to take part in the games.( )
4. the olympics were held in greece.( )