Teaching Plan for Unit 2
The Olympic Games
Famg Qingliang from Wenzhou Middle School
教学内容分析(The analysis of the teaching materials)
A.课文知识背景
本单元围绕Sports(体育运动) 这一主题开展听、说、读、写多种教学活动。在当今社会，体育运动受到越来越多人的青睐，已成为人们主要休闲、娱乐方式之一。原因有二：其一，有些人由于工作繁忙，无暇锻炼，使体育运动成为健康体魄的必须；其二，有许多人不满足平淡的生活，他们喜欢寻求刺激，使体育运动成为一种时尚。本单元是关于 The Olympic Games。这篇课文主要讲解了奥运的基本知识、发展史及几次奥运的情况。2008奥运在北京举行，201将在巴西举行奥运会，所以学习这篇课文有很强的现实意义。
B.教学重点难点：
(1).Know about the Olympics and talk about 2008 Olympic Games.
(2) Grammar (The future passive voice)
*Only athlete who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.
二、教学目标(Teaching aims and demands)
（一）。知识技能
A. Basic knowledge
(1)Words and phrases
compete, unusual, swift, athlete, motto, medal, prize, take part in, every four years, in modern times, all over the world, join in(some activity),
(2)Sentence structures:
*Many of the sports were the same as they are now.
(3) Grammar (The future passive voice)
*Only athlete who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors.
B. Basic skills
(1)Using different reading techniques(such as ,Skimming and Scanning)to get the general idea of the whole text and that of each paragraph; Careful reading to find some specific information.
(2)Having a clear picture of the passage structure according to the key words and the clue .
(3)Talk about the topic Sports ,which the students are interested in; Develop the students’ ability of speaking English.
（二）. 情感态度
(1)通过对本单元内容的学习，引导学生在体育运动中不仅锻炼身体而且培养自己
勇敢顽强的性格。
(2)学习奥运精神，并在今后的学习生活中具有竞争意识，树立强烈的爱国主义情感立志为祖国的利益而拼搏。
(3)通过开展小组活动，指导学生积极与人合作，相互学习，相互帮助，培养其团队精神。
（三）.学习策略
(1)认知策略 在学习中能根据上下文猜测词义和推测段落大意；学会分析和归纳文章内容。
(2)调控策略 拓宽学英语的渠道，参与课堂上的活动积极思考，主动与老师同学交流体会，解决学习中遇到的困难。
(3)交际策略 充分利用采访、表演等真实交际活动提高用英语交际的能力，在其过程中能借助手势、表情等非语言手段提高交际效果，能克服语言障碍，维持交际。(4) 资源策略 通过计算机网络，图书馆广播和电视等资源获得广泛的英语信息，拓宽知识面。
（四）.文化意识
体育是没有国界的。全世界爱好体育的人们，不分种族，民族，语言，肤色，宗教信仰聚集在一起，共享体育运动带给人们的快乐和幸福。通过学习这篇课文，增进同学们跨文化理解和跨文化交际的能力，培养学生的世界意识。
三、教学方法（Methods）
1.Teaching methods:
(1)Real-task-use-oriented Teaching Method as a teaching guideline applied to the design of this lesson.
(2)Communicative Approach adopted during the interactions between T and Ss
(3)Paraphrasing and words guessing
2.Learning strategies
(1)Cooperative method Train Ss to think in English ,to strengthen the cooperation between Ss
(2)Language imitation
四、教学辅助（Teaching aids）
Blackboard， tape recorder，mutilmedia
五、教学步骤（Teaching procedures）
Step 1.Revsion
Talk about their favourite sports, favourite sports stars, and the reason why they like them. (pair work)
Talk about the sports meeting .Q: Have you ever join the sports meeting ?Do you know sth about sports meeting ?
Sports meeting (school sports ,the National Games, the Asian Games, the Olympic Games, the World Cup etc)
It is a good chance to present new words. At the same time, I will present them as many pictures about sports as possible.
Purpose: This activity is designed to encourage students to think about sports and learn relevant vocabulary.
Step 2. Presentation
Introduce the Games.(See Slide 2~6)
Task 1. General knowledge How many kinds of the Olympics are there?
How often are the Games held? When and where were the first Games held ?
Task 2. The Olympic symbol
Task3. The sports
Collect the information Ss have found At the same time I will display some relevant pictures.
Five rings
Aisa Europe Africa America Oceania
IOC
International Olympic committee
Headquater
Lausanne Switzerland
Motto
swifter higher stronger
Present President
Jac ques Rogge
Official language
English French Spanish Russian German
Host city of 2000 Olympics
Sydney Australia
Host city of 2004 Olympics
Athens Greece
Host city of 2008 Olympics
Beijing China
Host city of the first Olympics
Athens Greece
Sort
Winter Olympics Summer Olympics
Purpose: to help Ss get as much background knowledge about the Olympics as possible
Step3. Reading (See Slide6~11)
Task 1.Listening
Skimming to find out what is the reading material going to talk about.
Scanning to find information about the Olympic Games. True or False
Purpose: to train Ss to glance through the passage quickly to get a general idea.
Task2.Reading
Read the passage carefully and say sth about the numbers. Answer the Questions
Divide the passage into some parts
Intensive reading, get the Ss to know the language points.
Make a further study on the key words and expressions. (the same as, in modern times, take part in)
Purpose: to have a better understanding of the passage and note some useful words and phrases.
Task3.Retelling
Say sth about the passage according to a passage with some words out.
Purpose: Know more about the passage, and practise their spoken English.
Step4.Consolidation
Task1. Play the passage through once and ask Ss to underline some words and phrases they think useful.
Task2. Explain ----of which 12 were won by women.(See Slide 12~13)
Task3. Fill in a form about the passage
Olympics
Year
Location
China’s gold medals
competitors
old
Greece
no female competitors
1st in modern times
23rd
2000
2004
2008
?
?
Purpose: consolidate what we have learned in class
Step5.Discussion
Task1. Discussion
Hosting the Olympic games is a great honour and a great responsibility. Since china has won the bidding of hosting the 2008 Olympics, what will the Olympics bring to China, good effects or bad effects.
Purpose: to have a further understanding about the Olympics.
Step6.Homework assignment
Finish WB Exx.
Write a report based on the discussion carried out in class. And encourage Ss to express their own idea in the report.
Purpose: to cultivate them how to write key points
课后总结：通过这一课的学习让我认识到除了教会学生学会课本知识，分析课文内容和结构外，还应在思想上给学生教育。针对现在学生怕苦怕累，意志力不坚强这一特点，在教这篇阅读课时我联系了2000年悉尼奥运会。在此次奥运会中国运动健儿奋力拼搏为国争光取得了辉煌的成绩。这些成功的背后包含着多少的艰辛和汗水，经历了多少失败和创伤，正如歌中唱得那样“不经历风雨怎么见彩虹？没有人能随随便便就成功。” 因此在学习语言知识的同时，同学们克服困难的信心和争取胜利的决心也增强了。
课件30张PPT。Unit 2The Olympic GamesFireworks light up the stadium The?London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place at 9pm on 27 July. The image and the song make you think of ______________. the?London 2012 Olympic GamesSomething Related …The Olympics GamesFive Rings FlagAsiaEurope AfricaOceania AmericaThe interlocking of five rings stands for _______________________
The white background stands for _______________________friendship of five continents.peace throughout the games.Olympic Motto SwifterHigherStrongerWhat do you think is the most important thing in the Olympic competition?“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
---Pierre de Coubertin,
founder of the Modern Olympic Movement皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦 born on January 1, 1863 in France （“奥运会最重要的不是胜利，而是参与；正如在生活中最重要的事情不是成功，而是奋斗；但最本质的事情并不是征服，而是奋力拼搏。”）Olympic TorchThe torch was first used in the 1936 Olympics.The torch is taken from Greece to the country where the Games are to be held.
It makes a link between the ancient and modern Olympics. Olympic emblem/ badge Olympic theme songs Liu Huan & Sarah Brightman
You & Me (Beijing 2008)The British rock Muse
frontman Matt Bellamy
Survival (London 2012) Wenlock and Mandeville are the mascots for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.Olympic Mascot 文洛克 曼德维尔 Olympic medalswreathBird’s Nest
(the National Stadium)Water CubeOlympic stadiums gymnasiums 2012 London Olympic Games village Olympic village The Olympic Village is the place where athletes and officials are staying during the Games.
…is located in the Olympic Park.·When and where did the ancient Olympic Games start?
· How many countries competeed in the ancient Olympics?
· Who could not take part in the ancient Olympics?
· When and where did the modern Olympic Games start?
· What does IOC stand for?What else do you know about The Olympics Olympia, Ancient Greece 776 BC Only one women & salves Athens 1896 International Olympic Committee --- 339 BC241 (0 women, 241 men) athletes from 14 nations.When did New China first take part in the Olympic Games?
Who was China’s first gold medal winner and for what event?
What is the official slogan for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing?
What are the official mascots for the Beijing Olympics?
How many Olympic games have been held？
When and where will the next Olympic Games be held?What else do you know about The Olympics 1980 for winter 1984 summerXu Haifeng shooting One world、One dream the Five-Fuwas 30 Brazil 2016 2012 London- Inspire a generationSomething Related …mottoflagtorchsongStadiums/gymsmedalThe Olympics Games…eventsemblem /badgemascotHow many events do you know?Let’s have a group competition!Each group work together to write down as many events (in English) as you can within 30 seconds .
The group which has the largest number is the winner.softballtable tennis tennisbadmintonbaseballvolleyballbasketballfootballsoftballbaseballhorse-ridingWrestling (men)weight-liftingtaekwondoboxinggymnasticsJudo (men and women)shootingsailingswimmingcyclingracedivingboatingfencingrelay racehigh jumptrack and field
long jumppole vaultdiscus javelin shot put The MarathonListening P48 The longest running race?Why is the event called the Marathon?in honor of an ancient Greek, Phidippides 42.195 km Who was Phidippides?
What was he asked to do ? and how?
Did he do what he was asked to ?
What happened to him at last?Listen and answer Phidippides and The MarathonGreco-Persian WarsAthens
a city-state of ancient GreeceHomework
Preview Reading A marathon is a race in which people run a distance of 26 miles, which is about 42 kmWHERE WAS ANCIENT GREECE?
Greece?is?a?mountainous peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean Sea. It includes hundreds of rocky islands off the coast. But the people of ancient Greece settled over a much wider area, from southern France to Asia Minor (now Turkey). Everywhere they went, they brought their language and traditions with them.What kind of place was Marathon?
Why did the Greek army go to Marathon?
What’s the main idea of the listening part?
Why did the Marathon become an event in the modern Olympic Games?Listen again and answer ice hockeyskiingskatingThe Chinese martial arts 武术What kind of sport do you often take part in? Why?
