Student’s Worksheet
I. Group work. Create your own “open love letter” to your favorite sports, or other hobbies. Share it with your classmates.
l Use at least 2 verb phrases from work on, hang out, get serious, leave of,fall in love with;
l Use the parallel construction, such as
a. I was learning how to ... you, how to ... you and how to ... you.
b. You have become much more than just a ... to me. More than just a ... . More than just
a ... .
c. You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... .
l Read it aloud with emotion.
Reference pattern:
Open Love Letter to Dear , l (Introduce how you met with each other.) It’s has been almost years since the first day we met. years since I saw you in . years since introduced us. l (Explain about your first impression of it.) Create your own paragraph, using as vivid words (especially adjectives) or expressions as possible. l (Detail how you get along with each other.) Create your own paragraph, using at least 2 verb phrases from work on, hang out, get serious, leave of,fall in love with, to detail how you get along with each other. l (Express how deep your love is and assert its important role in your life.) Create your own paragraph, using at least 1 of the parallel constructions from a. I was learning how to ... you, how to ... you and how to ... you. b. You have become much more than just a ... to me. More than just a ... . More than just a ... . c. You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . Much love and respect, (Your Signature)
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plete the sentences with words or expressions in the correct form from what you just learned with the help of the context clues.
Jessica started playing tennis at the age of 8 when her mum dragged her to practice. At first, she hated
it, but she the game when her best friend joined her on the
court. Every time after practising, they with each other and have fun. However,
things do not always go smoothly. Jessica didn’t make the varsity team during her Grade 11 year. This
rejection drove her to work harder. She made up her mind never to be the team
again. She practised and practised, every aspect of the game and finally she not
only made the varsity team, but also won the title of “Miss Tennis” in her school!
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《高中英语》 (上外版)
必修 第二册
Getting Started & Reading A
Reading A & Vocabulary Focus
Grammar in Use
Listening and Viewing
Moving Forward
Reading B & Critical Thinking Further Exploration & Self-
assessment
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Period 6 Period 7
Unit 4 Sports
Period 2 Reading A & Vocabulary Focus
——朱思天
上海市七宝中学
Period No. Objectives
Contents
1
2 1. To learn the usages of some key words and expressions and have a better understanding of the text; 2. To understand the concept of polysemy and figure out the exact meaning of new words according to context clues; 3. To employ the rhetoric devices of repetition and parallel structure.
Reading A
Digging in
Vocabulary
Focus
3
4
5
6
7
Unit Organisation
Open Love Letter to
Basketball
1BU4 Sports Vocabulary (2nd Period) 上海市七宝中学 朱思天
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“ Basketball”
Actions in playing basketball
pass, dribble, shoot
Actions in basketball training
sit-up, push-up, pull-up, lifting weights,
hustle, work on, practice
“ Basketball”
Playing Basketball
dribble
shoot
pass
an exercise in which you raise the top
part of your body to a sitting position
Basketball Training
4
lift weights
2
push-up
3
pull-up
1
sit-up
to try hard to improve or achieve
sth
to act in an aggressive way or with a lot of energy
After getting outstanding marks in geography and biology,
you may work on your English a bit more.
Basketball Training
So I practiced. I hustled. I worked on my game.
work on
hustle
Open Love Letter to Basketball
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“ Love letter”
words to show what Jordan's feelings
crushed, hurt
words or phrases to show what they did together
hang out, get serious, leave off, fall in love with
“ Love Letter”
After the geography and biology
examinations, you hung out with your friends in Qibao Vanke Mall.
“ Love Letter”
serious [ s ri s] adj.
1. severe in effect; bad 严重的 ，糟糕的 e.g., There were no reports of servious injuries.
2. not joking or intended to be funny 严肃的 ，认真的 e.g., Please don 't laugh — I'm being serious.
3. determined to follow a particular plan or action 坚决的 ，认真的 e.g., Is she serious about going to live abroad
“ Polysemy”
The more I got to know you, the more liked you. ... when I was finally ready to get serious, you left me off the varsity.
Polysemy refers to one word having two or more distinct but related meanings. We sometimes have to use context clues to understand its meaning in use.
... when I was finally ready to get serious, you left me off
the varsity. You told me I wasn't good enough. I was
crushed.
After hanging out with your friends the whole evening, you did't finish your 500-word self-introduction in
Comprehensive Quality Assessment, so you were criticized severely by your class teacher. You felt completely crushed.
Context Clues
Open Love Letter to Basketball
03
“Open”
“Open”
the structure to show the fine building of sentence
parallel structure
(1) Coach Smith was teaching me how to ... you, how to ... you and how to ... you.
..., you found me in the corner and we danced.
parallel structure
(2)
You're my ...est ... and my ...est .. You're my ...est ... and my ...est .. You're my ...est ... and my ...est ..
You're my dearest friend and my strongest ally.
You're my most challenging teacher and my most endearing student.
. .
. .
. .
04
Create your own open love letter
Show time:
Confess your love!
05
Revision
Visualizing
Playing Basketball
dribble
shoot
pass
4
lift weights
3
pull-up
2
push-up
1
s -up
Compound
Words
an exercise in which you raise the top
part of your body to a sitting position
Basketball Training
serious [ s ri s] adj.
1. severe in effect; bad 严重的 ，糟糕的 e.g., There we e n reports of servious injuries.
2. not joking or intended to be funny 严肃的 ，认真的 e.g., Please don 't laugh — 'm being s i us.
3. determined t follow a part ular plan or action 坚决的 ，认真的 e.g., Is she se ious about going to live abroad
Polysemy
refers to one word having two or more distinct but
related meanings. We sometimes have to use context clues to
understand its meaning in use.
The more I got to know you, the more liked you. ... when I was finally ready to get serious, you left me off the varsity.
... when I was finally ready to get serious, you left me off
the varsity. You told me I wasn't good enough. I was
crushed
Aft r ha ging out with your friends the whole evening,
you did't finish your 500-word self-introduction in
Comprehensive Quality Assessment, so you were criticized severely by your class teacher. You felt completely crushed.
Context Clues
C.
You're my ...est . and my ...est ... . You're my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You're my ...est ... and my ...est ... .
Sentence structures
You're my dearest friend and my strongest ally.
You're my most challenging teacher and my most endearing student.
/Roots
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Assignments
Assignments
Complete the sentences with words or expressions in the correct form from what you just learned with the help of the context clues. (Student’s Worksheet II)
Finish Vocabulary Focus on page 55-56 of the textbook.
Write down your “open love letter” and polish it.
Thank you!上海高中英语（上外版）1BU4 Sports
Vocabulary Open Love Letter to Basketball（第二课时）
一、教材分析
本文是一代传奇，著名篮球明星乔丹在其退役时所作的一封信。信中回顾了他与篮球的初 识，潜移默化的兴趣，结伴途中的挫折，以及奋力拼搏后情感的升华。作者以细腻的笔触勾勒出 对篮球深沉的爱。本文生词量小，多为篮球运动，或训练相关的识记型词汇。文中穿插了大量的 动词或动词词组，生动形象地将作者与篮球之间的关系，以及萌发的情愫跃然纸上。教师将科学 设计课堂活动，带领学生咀嚼体会字面以外的丰富内涵。文章的句型结构清晰，多为简短的简单 句，理解起来无太多障碍。文中大量排比句式的使用，增强了语势，有效地传达了作者对于篮球 真挚的情感。在欣赏之余，教师将以此为抓手，深入挖掘文本内容，鼓励学生深度思考并大胆创 新，实现学生高阶思维能力的培养。
二、教学设计
【Teaching Aims】
By the end of the period, students are expected to:
. identify Chinese meanings of some passive words, such as pass, dribble, shoot, hustle, sit-up, push-up, pull-up, lift weights, ally, endearing;
. learn usages of some active words or phrases, such as work on, hang out, get serious, leave off, fall in love with, crush, and the sentence structure, parallel construction;
. understand the concept of polysemy and figure out the exact meaning of new words according to context clues;
. employ the rhetoric devices of repetition and parallel structure.
【Teaching Procedures】 Task 1
Ss ’ activities: 1. Recall the title of the passage. Find out the words or phrases related to “Basketball” . 2. Learn the Chinese meanings of the target words by viewing pictures, analyzing the combination of two words, making scientific guesses according to the context clues and making sentences. Purpose: 1. To review what has been learned in Reading part. To lead the students to the key words or phrases related to “Basketball” . 2. To learn Chinese meanings of some passive words, and foster students ’ learning awareness of visualizing, identifying compound words and analyzing context clues.
Guided questions:
1. What is the title of the text
2. What are the words or phrases related to “Basketball” in the text
Target words: the ones to show the action when someone is playing basketball (pass, dribble, shoot); the ones to show the action when someone is preparing for basketball training (hustle, work on, sit-up, push-up, pull-up, lift weights)
3. What are the Chinese meanings of these words according to the pictures (pass, dribble, shoot)
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4. Could you help me to give a definition of the compound words according to my example (sit-up, push-up, pull-up, lift weights)
5. Could you make a guess of the English meanings and match the two columns (hustle, work on)
6. Could you use the phrase “work on” to make a sentence
Task 2
Ss ’ activities: 1. Find out the words or phrases related to “Love Letter” . 2. Learn the target words by making scientific guesses according to the context clues. Purpose: 1. To review what has been learned in Reading part. To lead the students to the key words or phrases related to “Love Letter” . 2. To learn usages of some active words, and foster students ’ learning awareness of analyzing context clues and studying polysemy.
Guided questions:
1. What are the words or phrases related to “Love Letter”, showing Jordan’s affection for Basketball in the text
Target words: the ones to show what they did together (hang out, get serious, leave off, fall in love with); the ones to show Jordan’s feelings (crushed, hurt)
2. What does “hang out” mean in this situation
3. What does “serious” mean in the text
4. Could you rewrite the underlined part of the sentence, “ ... when I was finally ready to get serious, you left me off the varsity”
5. What does “crushed” mean in this situation
Task 3
Ss ’ activities: 1. Recall the sentence structure related to “Open” . 2. Learn the target words by making scientific guesses according to the context clues, analyzing the sentence structure and referring to the root. Purpose: 1. To review what has been learned in Reading part. To lead the students to the sentence structure related to “Open” . 2. To learn the meanings of some words, and foster students ’ learning awareness of analyzing context clues and studying sentence structures or roots.
Guided questions:
1. What is the structure related to “Open”, showing the fine building of sentence in the text (parallel construction)
2. What is the implied meaning of “we danced”
3. What does ally (or endearing) mean in this sentence structure
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Task 4
Ss ’ activities: Group work. Create one’s own “open love letter” to his favorite sports, or other hobbies. Share it with classmates. l Use at least 2 verb phrases from work on, hang out, get serious, leave of, fall in love with; l Use as vivid words (especially adjectives) or expressions as possible; l Use the parallel construction, such as a. I was learning how to ... you, how to ... you and how to ... you. b. You have become much more than just a ... to me. More than just a ... . More than just a ... . c. You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . l Read it aloud with emotion. Purpose:
Guided question:
Could you create your own “open love letter” to your favorite sports, or other hobbies
Reference patterns:
Open Love Letter to Dear , l (Introduce how you met with each other.) It’s has been almost years since the first day we met. years since I saw you in . years since introduced us. l (Explain about your first impression of it.) Create your own paragraph, using as vivid words (especially adjectives) or expressions as possible. l (Detail how you get along with each other.) Create your own paragraph, using at least 2 verb phrases from work on, hang out, get serious, leave of,fall in love with, to detail how you get along with each other. l (Express how deep your love is and assert its important role in your life.) Create your own paragraph, using at least 1 of the parallel constructions from a. I was learning how to ... you, how to ... you and how to ... you. b. You have become much more than just a ... to me. More than just a ... . More than just a ... . c. You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . You’re my ...est ... and my ...est ... . Much love and respect, (Your Signature)
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Task 5
Ss ’ activities: Review the approaches learned from this class to memorizing or dealing with new words. Purpose: To build confidence in vocabulary learning.
Guided question:
What are the approaches you have learned from this class to memorizing or dealing with new words
【Assignments】
1. Complete the sentences with words or expressions in the correct form from what you just learned with the help of the context clues. (Student’s Worksheet II)
2. Finish Vocabulary Focus on page 55-56 of the textbook.
3. Write down your “open love letter” and polish it.
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