Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
课 题
Period 1 Welcome to the unit &Reading
3D Objectives
Knowledge and Skills
1.To help Ss know the way of writing a newspaper article
2.To develop students’ ability of reading a newspaper article
Process and Methods
1)Discussion 2) Skimming and scanning
3) careful reading
4) Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
2)Practice.
Emotion and Values
Encourage the students to make full use of resources and share their imaginative ideas with each other.
Teaching Highlights
The way of writing a newspaper article and the way of reading it
Teaching Difficulties
Teaching aids
1. the blackboard 2. Multimedia
Teaching Procedures:
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in:
Guessing game
It is half-man and half-beast.
You may run into it in Himalayas.
He walks like a human but it has thick black fur.
It looks like Kingkong(金刚) in a famous film. (Yeti)
It is in the lake.
It looks like a dinosaur(恐龙).
This lake is located in the northern part of Scotland.
The name of the lake is Loch Ness. (Loch Ness Monster)
It lies in the north of China.
It is said to be more than 3,000 ㎞ long .
If someone goes to Beijing, he must go to see this great building.
As the saying goes, “He who has never been to ……is not a true man. ”
(The Great Wall in China)
Many people say they have seen it.
It looks like a hat or a disk.
There are some lights around it .
When we talk bout it ,we often think of aliens or E.T.
(UFO)
Step 2 Discussion
If you have been invited into a UFO without telling your family, what will they do ?
Step3 Reading strategy for news articles:
Do you often read newspapers?
How do you select the news you like to read, by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful pictures?
How to write and read a news article?
Read title + Look at pictures/ charts
Read first paragraph/ the lead
Read the rest paragraphs
Analyze the title
Feature(特征):The title of a news story is usually incomplete.
Step 4 Prediction & scanning
1. What is the article about?
It is about a missing boy or UFOs and aliens.
2. Who is missing?
Justin Foster.
3.Do the police know what happened to Justin?
No, they don’t know.
Step 5 Careful reading
1. Read paragraph 1 and find the following:
1).When? two days ago
2).Where? Dover, New Hampshire
3).Who? (Justin Foster,) a 15-year-old boy
4).What happened to the boy? He went missing
5).How do people think about it? People show great interest in it.
6).Why? sightings of puzzling lights & reports of alien visits
2. Reading for supporting details:
Read paragraph 2 and find:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1)Mrs. Foster thought_____________________________.
2)Mr. Foster was surprised___________________________.
3)The next day Justin Foster______________________________.
3. Read paragraph 3&4:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1) Justin’s friends said__________________
2) Witnesses said_______________________
3) Kelly heard__________________________
4. Listen to paragraph5-7:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1) Kelly saw ________________________ outside.
2) Kelly heard______________.
3)Mavis Wood said ______________took her away so that they could do
____________ on her.
Step 6 Listen to the story and decide which is true and which is false
( )1. Justin Foster lives in Dover, New Hampshire.
( )2. Justin Foster’s father went to bed early because of a headache
( )3. Justin plays football.
( )4.The witnesses saw Justin walking home at 11:00p.m
( )5. Justin has a sister called Kelly .
( )6.The aliens were yellow –skinned .
( )7. Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliens
Step7 Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1.Justin’s two friends ,who played baseball with him, say that Justin _____after the game.
A. went to school B. went home
C. stayed in the baseball ground
D. went to the library
2.In Kelly’s opinion , who makes her brother Justin missing?
A. Strange-looking wild animals
B. Some yellow –skinned,strange –looking creatures with large blue eyes.
C. Some white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
D. A human being who hates him
3.____said that he /she had ever been taken away by the aliens to do research on him /her.
Justin Foster B. Sam Peterson
C. Mavis Wood D. Kelly
4. According to the text ,which one is NOT true?
A. Kelly was sure the aliens took Justin, but her parents didn’t believe it .
B. That evening at 8 pm, Justin left home to play baseball with two friends
C. Police have ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens.
D. Police have been looking for other possibility of Justin’s disappearance
5.The passage mainly tells us______
A. what happened to a fifteen-year-old boy
B. different opinions on Justin’s disappearance
C. introduction of a UFO and its aliens
D. puzzlement of the police caused by the way of Justin’s disappearance
Step 8 Interview
Suppose you are Justin Foster who has just come back home ,please tell your story.
Homework:
Read the news article again to make sure that you can use your own words to retell the story
[Explanation]
俗话说“好的开端是成功的一半”，新课的引入是保证课堂教学成败的重要环节，因此，根据话题的内容用谜语引入新课，充分调动学生的学习热情和兴趣，寓教于乐。
[Explanation]
从UFO入手，引起学生的兴趣，然后再讨论，鼓励学生发挥想象力，激发学生对要学内容的兴趣。在这个过程中引入课题，很容易引起学生的好奇，为下一步的阅读做好铺垫。
[Explanation]
在学习课文内容之前先教阅读策略与技巧，然后鼓励学生运用刚才学习的技巧去阅读，方便教师了解学生对该技巧的掌握情况，也有利于培养学生的阅读技巧和促进学生阅读理解能力的提高。
[Explanation]
希望以此练习来帮助巩固前面所学的阅读技巧之一，即让学生明白如何捕捉新闻类文章的大意，那就是抓住文章开头，尤其是第一节。另外，要向学生强调新闻类文章标题的特点。
[Explanation]
希望通过此环节让学生了解一下与此故事相关的一些细节，并学会如何根据细节来进行归纳、推断，培养学生的阅读理解能力。
[Explanation]
这一环节是本节课的高潮部分，既对课文内容进行了回顾，又培养了学生的表演才能，学生兴致很高。
教学反思
（一）在整个课堂中，我注重培养学生的学习态度，尊重学生，尊重学生的个性，保护他们的自尊心，通过丰富的、符合学生认知特点和水平的、与学生生活贴近的课堂活动设计，营造良好的学习氛围，不断培养学生的内在动机。例如，我在整个教学活动中的构思，根据本节课的教学内容进行了整合，采用了任务型教学，设计了不同层面的活动，也显示出活动的难易程度，旨在激发学生积极主动地参与学习活动，在活动中学习。
（二）我很了解这个班的学生，就使用小组活动、头脑风暴式的方式启发他们更多的观点，而且可以发挥学生各自的长处，学生在合作中各尽其能，体验成功和增强信心，在快乐中提高自己。引用竞争策略，譬如在课堂中采用Discussion的形式，既可以完成教学任务，又可以活跃整个课堂的气氛，让学生组员之间的合作更紧密，气氛更热烈，更积极地投入活动。
（三）在本次尝试中，我也注意到一个问题，在探究活动中如何照顾到学生的个体差异，使那些对学习不敢兴趣的、注意力不集中的学生也积极参加探究活动是我感到较困难的。
我会在将来的教学工作中不断尝试、总结、提升，培养学生的创新意识和创造能力，为学生的可持续发展奠定基础。
课件27张PPT。＆Welcome to the unitReadingUnit 1, Module 21.It is half-man and half-beast.2.You may run into it in Himalayas.4.It looks like Kingkong(金刚) in
a famous film.3.He walks like a human but it
has thick black fur.Guessing gameYeti or
snowman1.It is in the lake.2.It looks like a dinosaur(恐龙).3.This lake is located in the
northern part of Scotland.4.The name of the lake is
Loch Ness. Loch Ness Monster1.It lies in the north of China.2. It is said to be more than
3,000 ㎞ long . 3.If someone goes to Beijing, he must
go to see this great building.4.As the saying goes, “He who has
never been to ……is not a true man. ”The Great Wall in China1.Many people say they have seen it.2.It looks like a hat or a disk.3.There are some lights around it .4.When we talk bout it ,we often
think of aliens or E.T. UFOUFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. E.TIf you are invited into a UFO to meet aliens some day, what would you do?If you have been invited into a UFO without telling your family, what will they do ?DiscussionReading Boy missing, police puzzledBoy missing, police puzzledA boy is missing,
and the police are puzzled.Title: The title of a news story is
usually incomplete.
Feature(特征)（不完整的）Prediction＆ scanningBoy missing,
police puzzledWhat has happened to the boy?1. What is the article about?
It is about a missing boy
or UFOs and aliens.
2. Who is missing?
Justin Foster.
3.Do the police know what happened
to Justin?
No, they don’t know.
Read paragraph 1 and find the following:When?
Where?
Who?
What happened to the boy?
How do people think about it?
Why?two days agoDover, New Hampshire(Justin Foster,) a 15-year-old boyHe went missingPeople show great interest in it.sightings of puzzling lights & reports of alien visitsMain Idea SkimmingReading for supporting details:
I. Read paragraph 2 and find:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1)Mrs. Foster thought_____________________________
_________.
2)Mr. Foster was surprised___________________________
___________________________.
3)The next day Justin Foster______________________________.
Justin Foster went missinghe was spending the night with a friendthat his son did not tell anyone that he was staying out late.didn’t show up at the family lunchRead paragraph 3&4:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1) Justin’s friends said__________________
__________________
_________
2) Witnesses said_______________________
_________________.
3)Kelly heard__________________________
________________________The police found that Justin returned home.Justin went home after playing baseball with them.they saw Justin walking towards his home him put on his favorite CD after he went to his room.
Listen to paragraph5-7:
Main Idea:
Supporting details:
1)Kelly saw________________________outside.
2)Kelly heard______________.
3)Mavis Wood said ______________took her away
so that they could do
____________ on her.The boy may be taken away by the aliens.a large spaceship flying Justin shoutthe aliensresearch( ) 1. Justin Foster lives in Dover, New Hampshire.( ) 2. Justin Foster’s father went to bed early because of a headache( ) 3. Justin plays football.( ) 4. The witnesses saw Justin walking home at 11:00p.m( ) 5. Justin has a sister called Kelly .( ) 6. The aliens were yellow –skinned .( ) 7. Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliensFFTFTTFListen to the story and decide which is true and which is falsemotherbaseball10:45p.mWhite-skinnedRead the passage and choose the best answer.1.Justin’s two friends ,who played baseball with him, say that Justin _____after the game.
A. went to school B. went home
C. stayed in the baseball ground
D. went to the library2.In Kelly’s opinion , who makes her brother Justin missing?
A. Strange-looking wild animals
B. Some yellow –skinned ,strange –looking creatures with large blue eyes.
C. Some white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
D. A human being who hates him3.____said that he /she had ever been taken away by the aliens to do research on him /her.
Justin Foster B. Sam Peterson
C. Mavis Wood D. Kelly4.According to the text ,which one is NOT true?
Kelly was sure the aliens took Justin, but her parents didn’t believe it .
B. That evening at 8 pm, Justin left home to play baseball with two friends
C. Police have ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens.
D. Police have been looking for other possibility of Justin’s disappearance5.The passage mainly tells us______
A. what happened to a fifteen-year-old boy
B. different opinions on Justin’s disappearance
C. introduction of a UFO and its aliens
D. puzzlement of the police caused by the way of Justin’s disappearanceReading strategy for news articles: Read title + Look at pictures/ chartspredict(预测) Read first paragraph/ the leadfor detailsRead the rest paragraphsMain ideaInterview Suppose you are Justin Foster who has just come back home ,please tell your story. HomeworkRead the news article again to make sure that you can use your own words to retell the story Thank you!Practice
Ⅰ.Listen to the story and decide which is true and which is false.
( ) 1. Justin Foster lives in Dover, New Hampshire.
( ) 2. Justin Foster’s father went to bed early because
of a headache.
( ) 3. Justin plays football.
( ) 4. The witnesses saw Justin walking home at 11:00p.m.
( ) 5. Justin has a sister called Kelly .
( ) 6. The aliens were yellow –skinned .
( ) 7. Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliens.
Ⅱ.Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. Justin’s two friends, who played baseball with him, say that Justin _____after the game.
A. went to school B. went home
C. stayed in the baseball ground D. went to the library
2. In Kelly’s opinion , who makes her brother Justin missing?
A. Strange-looking wild animals
B. Some yellow –skinned, strange –looking creatures with large blue eyes.
C. Some white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
D. A human being who hates him
3. ____said that he /she had ever been taken away by the aliens to do research on him /her.
Justin Foster B. Sam Peterson
C. Mavis Wood D. Kelly
4. According to the text , which one is NOT true?
Kelly was sure the aliens took Justin, but her parents didn’t believe it .
B. That evening at 8 pm, Justin left home to play baseball with two friends
C. Police have ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens.
D. Police have been looking for other possibility of Justin’s disappearance
5. The passage mainly tells us______
A. what happened to a fifteen-year-old boy
B. different opinions on Justin’s disappearance
C. introduction of a UFO and its aliens
D. puzzlement of the police caused by the way of Justin’s disappearance
