Book 1 Unit 4 Looking good, feeling good
Reading (I) Teen faints after skipping meals
（导学案）
Learning goals：
1. Understand the content and structure of the news report;
2. Learn the features of a news lead and write a news lead;
3. Form a positive attitude towards weight problems and beauty.
Learning procedures：
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch a video and answer the following questions:
1) What happened to this girl
2) Do you think senior high school students should pay much attention to their weight
Step 2 Pre-reading
1)What type of writing is it
A news report (新闻报道) Narration(记叙文)？
2)What are the features(特点) of a news title
Long Short
Boring Attractive(有吸引力的)
Main idea Detailed information？
Step 3 Global reading---for the main idea and structure
1)Read the news report quickly and complete the table.
Part 1 The Lead Para. 1 A teenager girl 1. _______ at school yesterday after skipping meals.
Part 2 ________ Paras. ____ The girl 2.________ meals to get slim. She is now 3.___________in hospital.
Part 3 ________ Para. _____ A survey shows many teenagers are using 4.___________methods to lose weight.
Paras._____ The expert gives 5.___________on how to lose weight properly.
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2)The structure of a news report
：
information
information
information
)
Step 4 Detailed reading
1. The lead (Para.1.)
A teenage girl fainted yesterday at Stonechester High School after skipping meals.
“5Ws”: who; _______；______； ______；_____
2. The body (Paras. 2-4)
1)Why was Jennifer rushed to hospital
________________________________________________________
2)Why did Jennifer pass out in her PE lesson ( )
A. She did too much exercise. B. She was injured.
C. She skipped her meals. D. She was ill seriously.
3. The tail (Paras. 5-7)
1)Match some of the dangerous methods with the figures(数字):
1/5 take weight-loss medicine
1/10 skip meals
4% over-exercise
2)Why are so many figures used in para.5 ( )
A. to make the news report easy and clear
B. to make the news report clear and subjective（主观的）
C. to make the news report accurate(准确的) and objective（客观的）
D. to make the news report subjective and easy
3)Advice offered by the expert (Paras.6-7)
·These so-called “quick-fix methods” is _______to teenagers. They should lose weight _________.
·It is important to have a healthy ______________diet.
·What’s more, they should keep ______________ and get plenty of _____________.
Step 5 Post reading
What do you think are healthy ways to lose weight Please give a suggestion to Jennifer.
It’s important for her to... It’s a good idea to ...
She is supposed to... She’d better...
Step 6 Summary
Step 7 Group work
“5Ws”: who what where when why
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
In order to showcase(展示) the good quality of outstanding rural teachers, a large-scale public welfare activity(公益活动) "Looking for the Most Beautiful Rural Teachers" was launched in Beijing in 2018. On September 15，thirty teachers, including Zhang Guimei, principal of Lijiang Huaping Girls’ Middle School in Yunnan province, won the title of "The Most Beautiful Rural Teacher”.(最美乡村教师)
Rooted in poor mountainous areas for more than 40 years, Zhang Guimei founded（建立） China's first all-free girls’ high school and helped more than 1,800 girls in poor mountainous areas realize their dreams. She is the "Mother Zhang" who has devoted herself to the cause of education（教育事业）. She, like a fire, a lamp, a star, burning, flashing, emitting(散发着) the light of love, sows (播种)the seeds of hope to the poor mountain children, leading them out of the mountain.
Step 8 Post-reading
Free talk: What is beauty
Beauty doesn't only come from __________.
It also comes from ___________________________________.
Step 9 Homework
Write an e-mail to Jennifer on how to lose weight properly.Book 1 Unit 4 Looking good, feeling good
Reading (I) Teen faints after skipping meals
（教学设计）
Teaching content analysis:
The Reading section is a news report about a female student's blind weight loss, which endangered her life and health. It aroused comments and pointed out the importance of teenagers to maintain physical and mental health, helping students to view and accept themselves in a correct way.
Teaching goals：
After this period, students will be able to:
1. understand the content and structure of a news report;
2. learn the features of a news lead and write a news lead.
3. form a positive attitude towards weight problems and beauty.
Teaching important and difficult points：
1. Analyze the structure and detailed aspects of a news report.
2. Learn the features of a news lead and write a news lead.
Teaching procedures：
Step 1 Lead-in
T asks students to express their opinions on weight problems
Watch a video and answer the following questions:
1) What happened to this girl
2) Do you think senior high school students should pay much attention to their weight
Step 2 Pre-reading
T asks Ss to predict what the news report will talk about according to the title and the pictures.
1)What type of writing is it A news report (新闻报道) Narration(记叙文)？
2)What are the features of a news title
Long or short Boring or attractive Main idea or detailed information
3)What does the news title mainly tell us ( )
A. A teenage girl passed out after skipping meals.
B. A teenage girl skipped meals to keep healthy.
C. A teenage girl was rushed into the hospital because of illness.
D. A teenage girl made her parents worried by fainting.
Step 3 Global reading---for the main idea and structure
T asks Ss to read the news report quickly and complete the table.
Part 1 The lead Para. 1 A teenager girl 1._______ at school yesterday after skipping meals.
Part 2 _______ Paras. ____ The girl 2.________ meals to get slim. She is now 3.___________in hospital.
Part 3 _______ Para. _____ A survey shows many teenagers are using 4.___________methods to lose weight.
Paras._____ The expert gives 5.___________on how to lose weight properly.
T asks Ss to analyse the structure of the text.
T introduces the reading strategy of a news report.
Step 4 Detailed reading
T guides Ss to find out the details of the story.
1. The lead (para.1.)
What information can you get from the lead
Most important information: who; __________； _____________；____________； ____________
2. The body (paras. 2-4)
1)Why was Jennifer rushed to hospital ___________________________________________
2)Why did Jennifer pass out in her PE lesson ( )
A. She did too much exercise. B. She was injured.
C. She skipped her meals. D. She was ill seriously.
3. The tail (paras. 5-7)
1)Match some of the dangerous methods with the figures:
1/5 take weight-loss medicine
1/10 skip meals
4% over-exercise
2)Why are so many figures used in para.5 ( )
A. to make the news report easy and clear
B. to make the news report clear and subjective（主观的）
C. to make the news report accurate(准确的) and objective（客观的）
D. to make the news report subjective and easy
3)Advice offered by the expert (paras.6-7)
·These so-called “quick-fix methods” is _________to teenagers. They should lose weight _________.
·It is important to have a healthy ______________diet.
·What’s more, they should keep ______________ and get plenty of _____________
Step 5 Post-reading
What do you think are healthy ways to lose weight Please give advice to Jennifer.
Step 6 Summary
1)A news report is made up of the title, the___________, the________ and the_________.
2)When reading a news report, we should pay much attention to the _______ and the _______ to grasp the main idea quickly.
Step 7 Group work--- writing a lead
T guides to write a lead for the news report.
“5Ws”: who what where when why
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
In order to showcase(展示) the good quality of outstanding rural teachers, a large-scale public welfare activity(公益活动) "Looking for the Most Beautiful Rural Teachers" was launched in Beijing in 2018. On September 15，thirty teachers, including Zhang Guimei, principal of Lijiang Huaping Girls’ Middle School in Yunnan province, won the title of "The Most Beautiful Rural Teacher”.(最美乡村教师)
Rooted in poor mountainous areas for more than 40 years, Zhang Guimei founded（建立） China's first all-free girls’ high school and helped more than 1,800 girls in poor mountainous areas realize their dreams. She is the "Mother Zhang" who has devoted herself to the cause of education（教育事业）. She, like a fire, a lamp, a star, burning, flashing, emitting(散发着) the light of love, sows (播种)the seeds of hope to the poor mountain children, leading them out of the mountain.
T asks students to show their lead.
Step 8 Further thinking
Discussion: What is “beauty”
Beauty doesn't only come from . It also comes from .
Step 9 Homework
Write an e-mail to Jennifer on how to lose weight properly.
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Teaching reflection
