学习实践Unit1 Tales of the unexplainedReading教案文档格式.docx
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canyoucompletethetitle?
Fromthetitlewhatinformationcanyouget?
Andwhatelsedoyouwanttoknow?
Forexample:
‘boymissing’‘policepuzzled’Areyoucuriousaboutwhythewriterusesanon-completesentenceasatitle?
Doyouknowit’safeatureofanewstitle?
whataretheotherfeaturesofanewstitle?
canyouguesswhatdetailsmaybecoveredinthefollowingnewsstory?
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Readingcomprehension1Beforeaskingstudentstoskimthepassage,letthemlookatthenewsphotographsfirstanddescribeasmuchaspossiblewhatishappeninginthephotograph.AndthenletthemfindanswerstothequestionsinA.
Answers
Thearticleisaboutamissingboy/UFosandaliens.2justinFosterismissing.
3No.2AskstudentstorecallthequestioninLead-inandaskthemiftheyhavegotspecificanswersto“How/when/wherewastheboymissing?
”Theteachercanguidestudentstopayattentiontothefirstparagraph,asalltherelevantinformationisinthefirstparagraph.Tellthemthefirstparagraphgivesthemaintopicandmostimportantfacts.Thefollowingsareallcovered.whenandwherewastheboymissing?
whatcausedtheboy’ssuddendisappearance?
Howoldwastheboy?
whydopeopleshowinterestinhisdisappearance?
3Askstudentstoscanthearticleagainandlocatespecificinformationaccordingtoc1andc2.Thefirstthreequestionsinc1checksomebackgroundinformationaboutjustinwhileQuestions4
and5checkstudents’comprehensionaboutaliens.c2requiresstudentstoidentifysomedetailstosupportthemainpointsofthestory.Askstudentstocompletetheexercisesindividuallyandcheckthemasaclass.Iftherearedisagreements,welcomethem.TheteachercanaskstudentstodistinguishbetweenfactsandopinionsaboutjustinFoster.Answers
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HelivesinDover,NewHampshire.2Heplaysbasketballandbaseball.3Hehasasister.4Theywerewhite.5maviswoodhasbeentaken.6SamPetersonwasinchargeofthecase.c2mainpointsSupportingdetailsjustinFosterwentmissing.mrsFosterthoughtthatjustinhadstayedthenightatafriend'
shouse.mrFosterwassurprisedthathissondidnottellanyonethathewasstayingoutlate.justinFosterdidnotshowupatthefamilylunchthenextday.Thepolicefoundthatjustinreturnedhome.justin’sfriendssaidthatjustinheadedhomeafterplayingbasketballwiththem.witnessessaidthattheysawjustinwalkingtowardshishomeat10.45p.m..kellyheardhimputonhisfavouritecD.Theboywastakenawaybyaliens.kellysawalargespaceshipflyingoutside.kellyheardjustinshout.maviswoodsaidthatthealienstookherawaysothattheycoulddoscientificresearchonher.4Askstudentstoself-evaluatehowwelltheyunderstandandcomprehendthearticlewiththefollowingexercise.Thisstepisoptionalandtheteachercanconductitflexibly.At8p.m.______________________________.
At10.45p.m.___________________________At11p.m.,______________________________.
justinFosterAfter11p.m.,hewasheard____________________.Thenextmorning,hewasfound___________________.connectionshape_____shape____________itsappearancecolour
________________size______________itsinside___________________strangeobject5Havestudentspayattentiontothedifferentfeaturesofeachparagraphwiththefollowingactivities.aAskstudentstoconductadiscussionabouthowtheyusuallychoosewhetherthenewsarticleisworthreadingornotandwhatmethodstheyuseintheirreading.Thefollowing
questioncanbeusedtobeginwiththeactivityfirst.Asisknowntoall,newspapersplayanimportantpartinourdailylife.wheneverorwhereveryouare,youcanbeinformedofthelatestnewsbyreadinganewspaper.Fromyourownexperience,howdoyouusuallyselectthenewsyou’dliketoread,bytakingalookatitstitleorbybeingattractedbyitscolourfulpictures?
Encouragestudentstoexpresstheirownopinionsandtheirreasons.bAskstudentstotellthedifferencesbetweenthefirstparagraphofthearticleandthefollowingparagraphs.Theteachercanbeginlikethis:
comparedwiththefollowingparagraphs,doesthefirstparagraphserveasthemostimportantoneinthearticle?
cAskstudentstoreadtheReadingstrategyofhowtoreadanewspaperarticle.TellstudentsboththetitleandthefirstparagraphthatiscalledtheLeadplayakeyroleintheirunderstandingofanewsarticle.6AskstudentstocompleteDandEindividually.ThemeaningsofthewordsinDarenotdifficultforthemtoidentifyafterstudentshavereadthroughthepassagetwice.Eisadiary
writtenbykelly.Itrequiresstudentstounderstandtheletterfirstandthenwritedownthemissingwordstomakeitmeaningful.AnswersD
a
2d
3h
4b
5f
6g
7e
8cEbadfavouritealienscreaturesnightmarejustinnotpuzzledwitnessesmurderedl
Post-readingactivities1AskstudentstoretellthestoryaccordingtothediagramonPage8.Theteachercanwritedownsomekeywordsorphrasesontheblackboardortheoverheadprojectorforstudentstorefertoiftheyareintrouble.2Askstudentstogiveanendingtothestory.Thoughthepolicehavemadeeffortstoinvestigatethecase,howjustinwasmissingremainedamystery.washereallyseizedbyaliensorwerethereanyotherreasons?
Iftimedoesn’tpermit,theteachercanassignthisactivityashomework.Theteachercanbeginlikethis:
Allthepeopleareconcernedaboutjustin’sdisappearance.whatdoyouthinkmighthavehappenedtohim?
washeindanger?
Ifheweretakenawaybyaliens,howwouldtheytreathim?
Alltheendingsareacceptable.3AskstudentstoturntheirattentiontothequestionsinF.Letstudentsdosomespeakingpracticeaccordingtothesample.Resources1Newspaperarticlesareoftenseenasshortenedformsofnewsreportthatgivesfullinformation.Thelead-----thefirstparagraphofanewsstoryplaysthemostimportantpartintheunderstandingofthewholestory.Itisusuallyaone-ortwo-sentencesummaryoftheparticulareventbeingreported,becausesomuchinformationareusuallyputintoasmallspace,andsomecomplexsentencesaregenerallyusedinthefirstparagraph.Theheadlineandfirstparagrapheffectivelysummarizethestory’scontent.
TheteachercanencouragestudentstoreadEnglishnewspapers.ThereareseveraladvantagesofusinganewspapertoimproveourEnglish.Anewspaperisinexpensive,easilyobtainedandthematerialsareauthentic.Besides,understandingthenewsstoriesrelyonthestudents’knowledgeofsocialandculturalexperience.Newspapersmirrorournationalvalues,habitsandpreferences.Newspaperreadingismoreliketheoverallimprovementofstudents’abilitiesthanbeingsimplyinformedofnewinformation.Studentswillfindtimeandeffortsdevotedtounderstandingthesocialandculturalmaterialsrewarding.2Followingaresomenewspaperactivitiestheteachercanutilizeintheirteaching:
a
Encouragestudentstoreadthenewspaperdaily.Askthemwhatarticlestheyfindinterestingandreadanddiscussthosearticleswiththem.b
Readnewspapercoverageofamajornewsstoryandwatchthesamestorypresentedontelevision.Talkaboutthedifferencesbetweenreadingnewspapersandwatchingtelevisionnews.c
Readthenewspaperforissuesthathavesomedirecteffectonstudents’families.Locatenewsstoriesandopinionsineditorials,letterstotheeditorandeditorialcolumns.Askstudentswhichfactsaremostimportantandwhichopinionsareclosesttotheirs.d
ReviewTVandmovieschedules,parereviewswiththosewrittenbymediacritics.e
Askstudentstofindpersuasiveletterstotheeditor.Identifyanddiscusstheauthor’sstyleandtone.Encouragestudentstorespondwiththeirownletterstotheeditorwhentheyencounterideaswithwhichtheydisagree.www.5y