News media（The Second Period）

the second period
teaching aims:
1. learn and master the following words and phrases :
headline, editor, informed, relate, talented, swith, for once, present, reflect, unique, spiritual, seldom, addict, be addicted to, social, ignore, even if, draw attention to, on all sides, tolerate; change one's mind, affair, current affairs
2. train the students' reading ability.
teaching important points:
1. words and phrases:
  more than, experienced, relate to, for once, be addicted to, even if, draw attention to, on all sides, change one's mind
2. understand the passage exactly.
teaching difficult point:
how to help the students learn more about reporters and newspapers.
teaching methods:
1. fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2. careful reading to further understand the text.
3. individual, pair or group work to make every student take an active part in the activities in class.
teaching aids:
1. a recorder      2. a projector　　　　3. the blackboard
teaching procedures:
step i greetings
greet the whole class as usual.
stepⅱ revision and lead-in
t: yesterday, we talked a lot about news media. all the news media can help us learn about the world around us. can you tell me which kind of news media do you think is more convenient and    cheaper for us to read?
ss: newspaper.
t: yes. i agree with you. which kinds of newspapers do you often read?
ss: the people's daily, the chinese youth daily, the guangming daily, china daily…
t: tell me who write the new we read in these newspapers?
ss: reporters.
t: how is the news made and written?
ss: we're not quite clear about that.
t: it doesn't matter. today, we're going to read a passage about reporters and newspapers. two of china's many talented journalists were asked to help us know about their work and how the news we read is made and written. first, let's learn the new words in this period. look at the screen.
 
   (teacher first asks some students to read them out and corrects their mistakes in pronunciation. then explain them briefly. at the end, let the students read them for a while. )
step ⅲ reading
t: ok. now, please open your books at page 11. look at the title of the text and the pictures. try to guess which of the top questions the text will answer. i give you one minute to read each question and make a guess. if necessary, you can discuss with your partner.
 ( a minute later.)
t: are you ready?
ss: yes.
 t: who'd like to tell us your guess?
 ss:…
 (their guess may be right or wrong.)