Unit 1 What’s the matter
Section B Reading (Period 1)
Teaching Aims
1. Train the students’ reading skill on finding the elements of the events,they include when,where,who,what,how .
2. Improve the spirit of keeping on doing things. Educate students to make a good decision when something happened.
Teaching Points
Find the elements of the event to read and understand the article and grasp the key points of the article.
Teaching Difficulty
Write an article according the elements the events.
Teaching Steps
Step I Lead-in
1. Show some pictures about great persons.
Talk about them.
2. Introduce Aron by listening to paragraph 1.
Answer the two questions:
1) Where is he from 2) What is he interested in
3. Guess Aron’s story by the key words.
4. Watch a video.
Students watch the video, then answer the question :What’s the matter with Aron
Step II Reading
Show the reading guide.
Get the students to know how to read a passage.
Task 1 Fast Reading
Read the passage and answer the questions
1. What does Aron do
2. What happen to him when climbing in Utah
3. When did the accident happen
4. How did he free his arm
5. What do you think of Aron
Task 2 Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.
When On April 26, 2003
Where In Utah.
What Situation 1: He couldn’t _____ his arm.Decision 1: He ______ there for _____ days and hoped someone would _____ him.Situation 2: His water _____ ____.Decision 2: He would do something to ______ his life.
How First, he used his knife to ____ ___ half his right arm. Then, he ___________ himself with his left hand. After that, he _________ down the mountain to find help.
Task 3 Listen to Paragraph 3&4.
Answer the question: What can we learn from Aron
Task 4 Retell the story.
(1) Complete the passage.
Aron Ralston is an _________ man. Aron loves mountain climbing. ___ April 26, 2003, he had a serious accident. Aron’s arm was caught under a big ____. He can’t free his arm, so he cut off half his right _____. After losing his right arm, he____ a book about his experience. After that, he did not give up and kept on _________ mountains.
(2) Retell the story according to the pictures.
Step III Make an interview.
Ask the students to interview Aron.
Suppose one student is Aron, the others are reporters. Ask Aron some questions.