U2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern Heroes

in order to consolidate these words to show pictures and ask student to use these words to describe them.
ⅲ  further reading
do the exercise 3and the exercise 4
read the article and you describe the course of shenzhouⅴ
picture1. the spaceship was lifting off, i could really feel the high gravity.
picture2 the spaceship separated from the rocket i suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky
picture3 the shenzhou v circled the earth.
picture 4 yang liwei was speaking with his wife and 8-year-old son
picture 5 yang liwei showed the flags of china and the united nations.
picture6  shenzhou v released its parachute.
picture7  millions of people all over china were watching tv when the spaceship touched down safely.
do the exercise 5
read through the questions with the class so that students know what information to look out when reading the text.
students then read the text and answer the questions.
ⅳ  free talk:
why do you think yang liwei is a hero? what can we learn from him?
ⅴ vocabulary
do the exercise 5 and 6.
ⅵ  grammar
guide student to study grammar summary 3, on page 92
do the exercise excise 8
students look at the sentences and work out the differences( past continuous , past simple)
do the exercise 9and 10
ⅶ  language in use
students prepare the questions for the interview in pairs. they may need to go back to the text and get more information. they may also use other information which they can collect from newspapers and the internet
students roleplay an interview between yang liwei and a reporter with the reporter asking what happened, what yang liwei did and how he felt.
ⅷ  homework
read the article space heroes on page 32