Unit 2 Campus Life Lesson 1 Our School Newspaper 教案

Lesson 1 Our School Newspaper
【教学目标】
1. Performance Objectives：
Students can pronounce and get the meanings of the new words. Students’ abilities of guessing and understanding the meanings of some words, phrases and sentences according to the context will be developed.
2. Get the features of an exposition：
1) Get the general idea and structure of the text and get more knowledge about front pages news.
2) Students can simply retell the experience the author with the words and expressions they have learnt.
3. Competence Objective:
1) To practice speaking/ reading and listening abilities.
2) Ss’ ability of reading front page news will be developed.
3. Emotional Objective:
1) Students will enjoy the great pleasure that reading front page stories can bring to them.
2) S-Criterion Level: Students will perform as specified at least 80% of the time
【学情分析】
1．学生在课前已经基本了解了说明文的文本特征，因此对于如何阅读说明文体裁的课文学生不会感到陌生。
2．学生已经基本了解了国内主要报纸的功能和作用，并根据个人喜好选择阅读报纸和报纸版面。但在实际生活中，学生却往往只注意标题，或之阅读一些感兴趣的版面，而不太注意报纸版面的排版和内容安排。学生对于体会和理解新闻报道所用的词汇、表达方式和句型特点会有一定的困难，这样就会对把握整篇文章的中心思想形成障碍。
阅读策略
教师引导学生运用skimming和scanning的阅读技能，理解课文的框架结构和主旨大意，通过文章的阅读和分析，引导学生理解出课文的脉络。
【教学重难点】
教师帮助学生学会阅读和理解课文的长句和复合句。
帮助学生初步学习课文中出现并影响学生对句子理解的生词。在教学中培养学生了解报纸的头版内容以及阅读报纸头版内容的“读报”能力。
【教学过程】
教学活动导入pre－reading
Aims
1．Get Students involved
2．Arouse Students’ interest in this topic
3．Introduce the topic
4．Make connection between the Ss’ original knowledge & new knowledge.
5．Prediction
Skim the sections of the front pages of newspapers, classify the different sections and write them down in the boxes.
教师将事先准备好的英文报纸发给学生，让学生就头版内容进行分类。教师应提醒学生注意有些小报或专业报纸的头条不一定包括这里所罗列的内容，他们的头条可能只包含了其中的部分内容。
以下问题可以作为鼓励学生积极思考、讨论的提示：
What section of the newspaper catches your eye (attracts you) on a newsstand (a place for newspaper selling)? Which article takes the prime (most important) position (location, place) of the front page? Where is the lead (the most important news) located? Is there anything special about the headlines (titles)? What are they? What are the contents carried in the front page?
此活动用于学生英语程度较好的班级。目的在于帮助学生扫除课文中的部分生词和短语障碍（catch one’s eye, newsstand, prime, position, lead, headline）并且使得学生将有关报纸的部分知识与内容建立联系。以上问题中出现了一些生词和短语，可以通过学生回答这些问题，自然地理解这些生词。另外，在问题中出现的生词也用学生熟悉的单词做出了解释，可以帮助学生进行理解。教师也可以把这些生词板书下来，并适当地引导学生朗读这些词汇，以解决词汇的问题。此活动的优势，在于教师易于调动课堂气氛，并较快地切入主题。
设计2
Picture talk：Look at the pictures in the text and answer the following questions.
The pictures show different sections of a newspaper. What section does each picture show? Can you name some other sections of a newspaper? What are they? What is the most important section of a newspaper? Why?
Front page news：
News report
local/national/world）
About entertainment
Weather report
About arts
About comics (games)
News story
讲授活动1
Aims
1．Sketch out the frame work of the passage. (With the help of skimming)
2．Present the final frame work of the passage.
3．Identify the meanings of the new words & pronounce them correctly.
4．Vocabulary input: Pronunciation Spelling Meaning
5．Enrichtheframeworkofthepassagetogettheoutlinesofeachintroduction.
6．Vocabulary input & output
7．Dig out the connotation or implication
AskSstoSkimthetextandmatchtheheadingsincolumnIwiththeparagraphsinColumnII.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.
Column I Column II
1．A lead-in section（Para．A）Para A
2．Attracting people with big news events Para B
3．The layout of the front page contents Para C
4．Varying views on the front page contents Para D
5．The most eye-catching section of a newspaper Para E
6．The meaning and value of newspaper headlines Para F
互动目的是为了帮助学生了解文章大意和脉络，通过完成配对练习使学生对front page news这篇说明文的框架结构和内容概要。为下一步的阅读做好铺垫，打好基础
讲授活动2
Ask students to read the first 2 paragraphs and understand the main idea.
1．What role does the first paragraph plays in the context?
2．How many aspects of contents does a front page carry? What are they?
3．The index is carried in the front page to________.
4．What is “common practice”?
此活动的设计旨在帮助学生理解课文AB段的大意，扫除阅读的词汇和理解障碍，并进行详细的理解。
讲授活动3
Ask Students to read paragraph C and find out the features of the headlines.
Questions:
1．How many important features does a headline have? What are they?
2．Why are the features important for a headline?
3．What does the sentence “People think it important that headlines should aim at being both informative and eye-catching” in this paragraph mean?
旨在帮助学生细读课文，理解文本大意，找出新闻标题的特点，同时理解和学习本段中的生词和难句。
讲授活动4
Ask Students to read Para D and figure out different views on the front page contents.
Questions
1．How many different views on the front page contents does this paragraph mention?
2．What does the phrase “a sense of unity” mean?
3．What do the words “goods”, “shop window” and “window-dressing” stand for in this paragraph?
4．What does “school” mean in this paragraph?
旨在帮助学生细读课文，理解课文中的生词和难句，以及一些常用词的引申含义，并找出对头版内容的不同观点。
讲授活动5
Ask Students to read Paragraph E and understand how to compose the front page.
Questions:
1．How is the front page composed?
2．What is the meaning of “A strong picture occupies the top center of the page”?
3．What does “in size-graded headings” mean in the last sentence of the paragraph?
4．Do front pages of all newspapers have the same style? Why?
此活动的目的是通过问答帮助学生细读课文，理解本段主旨大意，同时理解课文中的生词难句
讲授活动6
Ask Students to read paragraph F and find out what “shock methods” are.
1．Answer the questions:
a．What are “shock methods”?
b．Why does a newspaper use “shock methods”
2．Have Students read the paragraph again and think about what the sentence “However, a newspaper has to draw a line between being eye-catching and being sensational” mean？
旨在帮助学生细读课文，理解本段内容，对headline的处理方法。
活动Exercise
Read the text again and decide whether each of the following statements is T, F or NG (not given).
1．The front page usually carries an index to help readers to locate the specific sections of the paper quickly.
2．Like a title, a newspaper headline is a phrase rather than a sentence.
3．Front page headlines are as important as other headlines.
4．The second school of thought differs from the first because it believes that all sections of a newspaper should be given equal attention.
5．The lead story is usually seen in the top center of the front page.
6．A front page has at least one headline that runs the full width of the page.
7．Many newspapers use shock methods to attract readers.
(1T 2NG 3F 4T 5F 6F 7NG)
此前的活动学生已经对课文内容有了充分的了解，也能理解一些新词语的意思以及一些引申含义。但这些活动都是对文本整体性和大意性的理解。本活动的目的旨在大意理解的基础上，让学生在对本文进行一次细节的理解并检查学生对文本是否完全理解和掌握。（如果时间不够，可以省略）
活动Post－reading
Aims
1．Check Ss’ general understanding of the text’s structure & meaning
2．Vocabulary consolidation & output
3．Prepare for the 2nd period
活动1
Fill in the blanks with the proper words to summarize the story
Sections
In brief
Without doubt
An index
Informative
Tempted
Headlines
Lead
Eye-catching
Bold-type
Prime position
Headings
Strong picture
Sensational
Events
Among the many different ___________of a newspaper, the front page is without doubt the most important. The front page is really ___________ such as the most outstanding events of the day. ___________helps the reader locate specific sections and a weather forecast. To attract readers, newspaper front-page ___________ must be both informative and ___________. In most cases, a reader is simply ___________ by the headlines to buy a newspaper. On a front page, the lead is often occupied by a ___________. If the lead is about something outstanding or ___________, its headline runs the full width of the page and is set in a bold type. The remaining part of the page is filled up by other stories in size-graded ___________.
KEY
1 section 2 informative 3 an index 4headlines 5eye-catching 6 tempted 7prime position 8 strong picture 9 sensational 10 headings
Discussion:（有难度）
What do you think of the layout and features of the front page news of the newspaper? Why?
准备一份报纸，让学生根据所学内容发表一下对其的看法，可先进行小组活动，然后再全班范围进行汇报讨论。此活动的目的，是希望学生可以把课文中的信息进行表达，此活动也为回家作业买下了伏笔。
【作业布置】
1．Listen to the tape and read the text after the tape for at least 3 times.
2．Write a short paragraph (<100 words) to summarize the advantages and the disadvantages of the layout and features of the front page news of the newspaper discussed in the group work, using the words or sentences in the text.