高一年级下册英语教案Talesoftheunexplained文档格式.docx

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Boymissing,policepuzzled'

.

Doesthetitlearouseyourinterestwhenyoureadit?

Canyoucompletethetitle?

Fromthetitlewhatinformationcanyouget?

Andwhatelsedoyouwanttoknow?

Forexample:

'

boymissing'

（How/When/Wherewastheboymissing?

）

policepuzzled'

（Forwhataretheypuzzled?

/Whatarethepolicegoingtodowiththeboy'

sdisappearanceandhow?

）

Areyoucuriousaboutwhythewriterusesanon-completesentenceasatitle?

Doyouknowit'

safeatureofanewstitle?

Whataretheotherfeaturesofanewstitle?

Canyouguesswhatdetailsmaybecoveredinthefollowingnewsstory?

*Readingcomprehension

1Beforeaskingstudentstoskimthepassage,letthemlookatthenewsphotographsfirstanddescribeasmuchaspossiblewhatishappeninginthephotograph.AndthenletthemfindanswerstothequestionsinA.

Answers1Thearticleisaboutamissingboy/UFOsandaliens.

2JustinFosterismissing.3No.

2AskstudentstorecallthequestioninLead-inandaskthemiftheyhavegotspecificanswersto"

How/When/Wherewastheboymissing?

"

Theteachercanguidestudentstopayattentiontothefirstparagraph,asalltherelevantinformationisinthefirstparagraph.Tellthemthefirstparagraphgivesthemaintopicandmostimportantfacts.Thefollowingsareallcovered.

Whenandwherewastheboymissing?

Whatcausedtheboy'

ssuddendisappearance?

Howoldwastheboy?

Whydopeopleshowinterestinhisdisappearance?

3AskstudentstoscanthearticleagainandlocatespecificinformationaccordingtoC1andC2.ThefirstthreequestionsinC1checksomebackgroundinformationaboutJustinwhileQuestions4and5checkstudents'

comprehensionaboutaliens.C2requiresstudentstoidentifysomedetailstosupportthemainpointsofthestory.Askstudentstocompletetheexercisesindividuallyandcheckthemasaclass.Iftherearedisagreements,welcomethem.TheteachercanaskstudentstodistinguishbetweenfactsandopinionsaboutJustinFoster.

AnswersC11HelivesinDover,NewHampshire.

2Heplaysbasketballandbaseball.

3Hehasasister.

4Theywerewhite.

5MavisWoodhasbeentaken.

6SamPetersonwasinchargeofthecase.

C2

Mainpoints

Supportingdetails

JustinFosterwentmissing.

MrsFosterthoughtthatJustinhadstayedthenightatafriend'

shouse.

MrFosterwassurprisedthathissondidnottellanyonethathewasstayingoutlate.

JustinFosterdidnotshowupatthefamilylunchthenextday.

ThepolicefoundthatJustinreturnedhome.

Justin'

sfriendssaidthatJustinheadedhomeafterplayingbasketballwiththem.

WitnessessaidthattheysawJustinwalkingtowardshishomeat10.45p.m..

KellyheardhimputonhisfavouriteCD.

Theboywastakenawaybyaliens.

Kellysawalargespaceshipflyingoutside.

KellyheardJustinshout.

MavisWoodsaidthatthealienstookherawaysothattheycoulddoscientificresearchonher.

4Askstudentstoself-evaluatehowwelltheyunderstandandcomprehendthearticlewiththefollowingexercise.Thisstepisoptionalandtheteachercanconductitflexibly.

JustinFoster

strangeobject（UFO）

5Havestudentspayattentiontothedifferentfeaturesofeachparagraphwiththefollowingactivities.

aAskstudentstoconductadiscussionabouthowtheyusuallychoosewhetherthenewsarticleisworthreadingornotandwhatmethodstheyuseintheirreading.Thefollowingquestioncanbeusedtobeginwiththeactivityfirst.Asisknowntoall,newspapersplayanimportantpartinourdailylife.Wheneverorwhereveryouare,youcanbeinformedofthelatestnewsbyreadinganewspaper.Fromyourownexperience,howdoyouusuallyselectthenewsyou'

dliketoread,bytakingalookatitstitleorbybeingattractedbyitscolourfulpictures?

Encouragestudentstoexpresstheirownopinionsandtheirreasons.

bAskstudentstotellthedifferencesbetweenthefirstparagraphofthearticleandthefollowingparagraphs.Theteachercanbeginlikethis:

Comparedwiththefollowingparagraphs,doesthefirstparagraphserveasthemostimportantoneinthearticle?

cAskstudentstoreadtheReadingstrategyofhowtoreadanewspaperarticle.TellstudentsboththetitleandthefirstparagraphthatiscalledtheLeadplayakeyroleintheirunderstandingofanewsarticle.

6AskstudentstocompleteDandEindividually.ThemeaningsofthewordsinDarenotdifficultforthemtoidentifyafterstudentshavereadthroughthepassagetwice.EisadiarywrittenbyKelly.Itrequiresstudentstounderstandtheletterfirstandthenwritedownthemissingwordstomakeitmeaningful.

Answers

D1a2d3h4b5f6g7e8c

E

（1）bad

（2）favourite（3）aliens（4）creatures（5）nightmare（6）Justin（7）not（8）puzzled（9）witnesses（10）murdered

*Post-readingactivities

1AskstudentstoretellthestoryaccordingtothediagramonPage8.Theteachercanwritedownsomekeywordsorphrasesontheblackboardortheoverheadprojectorforstudentstorefertoiftheyareintrouble.

2Askstudentstogiveanendingtothestory.Thoughthepolicehavemadeeffortstoinvestigatethecase,howJustinwasmissingremainedamystery.Washereallyseizedbyaliensorwerethereanyotherreasons?

Iftimedoesn'

tpermit,theteachercanassignthisactivityashomework.Theteachercanbeginlikethis:

AllthepeopleareconcernedaboutJustin'

sdisappearance.Whatdoyouthinkmighthavehappenedtohim?

Washeindanger?

Ifheweretakenawaybyaliens,howwouldtheytreathim?

Alltheendingsareacceptable.

3AskstudentstoturntheirattentiontothequestionsinF.Letstudentsdosomespeakingpracticeaccordingtothesample.

Resources

1Newspaperarticlesareoftenseenasshortenedformsofnewsreportthatgivesfullinformation.Thelead-----thefirstparagraphofanewsstoryplaysthemostimportantpartintheunderstandingofthewholestory.Itisusuallyaone-ortwo-sentencesummaryoftheparticulareventbeingreported,becausesomuchinformationareusuallyputintoasmallspace,andsomecomplexsentencesaregenerallyusedinthefirstparagraph.Theheadlineandfirstparagrapheffectivelysummarizethestory'

scontent.

TheteachercanencouragestudentstoreadEnglishnewspapers.ThereareseveraladvantagesofusinganewspapertoimproveourEnglish.Anewspaperisinexpensive,easilyobtainedandthematerialsareauthentic.Besides,understandingthenewsstoriesrelyonthestudents'

knowledgeofsocialandculturalexperience.Newspapersmirrorournationalvalues,habitsandpreferences.Newspaperreadingismoreliketheoverallimprovementofstudents'

abilitiesthanbeingsimplyinformedofnewinformation.Studentswillfindtimeandeffortsdevotedtounderstandingthesocialandculturalmaterialsrewarding.

2Followingaresomenewspaperactivitiestheteachercanutilizeintheirteaching:

aEncouragestudentstoreadthenewspaperdaily.Askthemwhatarticlestheyfindinterestingandreadanddiscussthosearticleswiththem.

bReadnewspapercoverageofamajornewsstoryandwatchthesamestorypresentedontelevision.Talkaboutthedifferencesbetweenreadingnewspapersandwatchingtelevisionnews.

cReadthenewspaperforissuesthathavesomedirecteffectonstudents'

families.Locatenewsstoriesandopinionsineditorials,letterstotheeditorandeditorialcolumns.Askstudentswhichfactsaremostimportantandwhichopinionsareclosesttotheirs.

dReviewTVandmovieschedules,discussingwhichshowsandmoviesareappealingandwhy.Comparereviewswiththosewrittenbymediacritics.

eAskstudentstofindpersuasiveletterstotheeditor.Identifyanddiscusstheauthor'

sstyleandtone.Encouragestudentstorespondwiththeirownletterstotheeditorwhentheyencounterideaswithwhichtheydisagree.