英语：Module 1《Basketball》英文教案（3）（外研版选修7）
Period 4 Reading Practice
Teaching Goals:
1. To let Ss master how to read a passage.
2. To help Ss know the risk of sports.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to Grammar exercises in the Workbook.
Step 2. Leading-in
Ask Ss to discuss the questions on Activity 1 on page 11 to arouse their interest in the topic this period.
Step 3. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and finish Activity 2 on page 11.
Step 4. Intensive reading
1. Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and finish Activity 3 and 4 on page 12.
2. Ask Ss to read the passage again and answer the following questions.
Why is it said that basketball is a safe sport
Suggested Answers:
The players’ energy is partly directed upwards, at a 90-degree angle to the ground, and over the heads of the others. So this is less risk of a collision between two players.
Step 5. Language Points
Ask Ss to fill in the blanks to learn the important language points in the passage..
(1) In baseball and American football, the players’ energy moves ___________ to the ground and towards their _____________, so they wear _______ which give _________________ to their heads.
(2) Basketball players wear ______________ which are _________ designed to _________ energy when they ________ into the air , they wear no other protection, just ________________.
(3) If there is ________________ of direction in their energy, from ___________ to ___________, such as when they _________ across the court, _________ the ball, there is a real danger of personal injury.
Suggested Answers:
(1) parallel, opponents, helmets, adequate protection
(2) socks and sneakers, specially, absorb, bound, a vest and shorts
(3) an abrupt change, vertical, horizontal, accelerate, bouncing
Step 6. Homework
Ask Ss to prepare a “dream team ” of the star players and give the reasons that they are so good.英语：Module 1《Basketball》英文教案（4）（外研版选修7）
Period 5 Reading and Writing
Teaching Goals:
1. To develop Ss’ reading ability.
2. To enable Ss to write a reply and learn to express personal opinions.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Leading-in
1. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions to arouse their interest of Chinese basketball players.
(1) Do you like watching basketball or playing yourself
(2) Do you like watching the NBA
(3) Who do you like best among the NBA players
(4) Are there any Chinese players in the NBA If so, who are they
(5) Which Chinese player do you think is now going on well in the NBA
(6) Do you like him Why Which team is he in now
2. Ask Ss if they know something about Yao Ming. Then let them fill in the following table.
Suggested Answers:
(1) September, 1980.
(2) Shanghai.
(3) 2.26m.
(4) Center.
(5) Both of his parents are basketball players.
Step 3. Reading
1. Ask Ss to read the passage about Yao Ming and answer the questions.
(1) Is the Houston Rockets coach disappointed with Yao Ming
(2) Do Chinese basketball players play in the same way as US player
(3) Does Yao Ming understand what the coach wants him to do
(4) Who is the coach of the Houston Rockets
(5) What is Yao’s nature What is not his nature
Suggested Answers:
(1) Yes, because he is not aggressive enough.
(2) No, they don’t. they are more polite and not as selfish.
(3) Yes, he does, but it will take him some time to get used to playing like that.
(4) Jeff Van Gundy
(5) Yao is a selfless and kind person. It is not in his nature to be “selfish” and “rude”.
Step 4. Discussion
Ask Ss to talk something about “aggressive behavior”, and then share their opinions about the following questions.
(1) Can you think of some examples of aggressive behaviors
(2) To compete with players from other countries, what must Chinese athletes do What do they lack And what are they good at
Step 5. Writing
Ask Ss to write a reply after reading the passage about Yao Ming’s attitude and behavior in NBA, and provide a model for them.
Step 5. Homework
Ask Ss to finish the writing task and hand it in the next period.
What do you know about Yao Ming
Born: (1)
From: (2)
Height: (3)
Position: (4)
Family background: (5)英语：Module 1《Basketball》英文教案（6）（外研版选修7）
Period 3 Function, Grammar (1), Grammar (2)
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to know about the kinds of conversion.
2. To enable Ss to know about suffixes.
3. To help Ss learn how to use conversion.
4. To help Ss learn how to express feelings and emotions.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to the Reading exercises in the Workbook.
Step 2. Function
Ask Ss to finish Activities 1 and 3 on page 8 to know about how to express feelings and emotions. Then ask them to say something about their favourite sport or pastime.
Step 3. Grammar (1)
1. Ask Ss to find out the usage of “average”
(1) The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
(2) The average age of the women’s volleyball team is 19.
(3) The hotel averages 50 to 100 foreign guests daily.
Suggested Answers:
(1) In the 1st sentence, “average” is a noun.
(2) In the 2nd sentence, “average” is an adjective.
(3) In the 3rd sentence, “average” is a verb.
2. Ask Ss to finish Activity 2~4 on pages 4~5 and make sure they master the conversion of words.
3. Ask Ss to fill in the blanks and make sentences with them.
Eg Have you booked your ticket
He bought a history book.
n v n v
(1) chair 椅子 担任 (8) land
(2) hand (9) cook
(3) wound (10) step
(4) picture (11) sort
(5) taste (12) name
(6) back (13) heat
(7) guard (14) seat
Suggested Answers:
(2) 手；上交 (3) 伤；受伤 (4) 画；绘画 (5) 味道；品尝 (6) 背部；支持
(7) 卫兵；看守 (8) 土地；着陆 (9) 厨师；煮 (10) 步伐；行走 (11) 种类；分类
(12) 名字；命名 (13) 热；加热 (14) 座位；坐
Step 4. Grammar (2)
1. Ask Ss to deal with all the exercises in Activities 1~4 on page 10 to let them know the grammatical points of suffixes..
2. Ask Ss to work in pairs and summarize the usages of suffixes. Then give them the following
summary.
(1) 名词后加-ful
power—powerful wonder—wonderful
(2) 名词后加-less构成与名词词义相反的形容词
end—endless home—homeless
(3) 名词后加-ic
history—historic artist—artistic
(4) 名词后加-al
environment—environmental nation—national
(5) 名词后加-ive
act—active expense—expensive
(6) 名词后加-ous
courage—courageous danger—dangerous
(7) 名词后加-able
comfort—comfortable reason—reasonable
(8) 名词后加-y
rain—rainy cloud—cloudy
(9) 名词后加-ist表示……人；主义者
art—artist piano—pianist
(10) 名词后加-ism表示……主义，行为，特征
social—socialism Marx—Marxism
(11) 名词后加-ese表示(…地方的)人；语言
China—Chinese Japan—Japanese
(12) 名词后加-ness表示……性质；状态
ill—illness willing—willingness
(13) 名词后加-hood表示……的状态；状况
boy—boyhood child—childhood
(14) 动词后加-er, -or构成表示人或物的名词
lead—leader visit—visitor
(15) 动词后加-(t)ion, (ation)表示动作；状态
discuss—discussion graduate—graduation
(16) 动词后加-ment表示……行为
agree—agreement move—movement
Step 5. Homework
1. Ask Ss to review Grammar (1) and Grammar (2).
2. Ask Ss to finish Grammar exercises in the Workbook on pages 91~92.
