Unit2 The Olympic Games 说课课件

Teaching Contents Analysis This lesson is the first one of the unit, consistin

g of four parts: 1. Warming up, 2. Reading and Comprehension ,3.Discussion ,4 Consolidation. The text is the most important teaching material in this lesson, which extends the main topic “The Olympic Games” and contains most of the vocabulary and grammar points that students should learn in this unit.

This is an interesting and familiar topic for Ss. By learning the similarities and differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games, they are expected to know more about the Olympics and feel more proud of being Chinese.

Teaching aims1. Train the students’ speaking and reading ability;2. Get students to learn something from the spirit of the Olympic Games and the athletes

1).Knowledge goals: a. Enable Ss to listen to, read, and use the new

words and main sentence patterns, such as, compete, competitor,

（ 1 ） I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago.

（ 2 ） It’s just as much a competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win an Olympic medal.

b. Enable Ss to express their thoughts and talk about the Olympic Games.

2).Ability goals: a To develop Ss’ abilities of listening,

speaking, reading and writing, especially their skimming and scanning ability

3).Emotion goals: a.By completing the task, Ss are to increase

their interests in sports and learn how to share the Olympic Spirit, “Swifter, Higher, Stronger”.

b.Teach Ss why Countries compete to host the Olympics to stimulate their love for China, thus encourage them to make great contributions to improving the international position of China in future.

4 ). Learning methods goals: a.the ability of self-learning and cooperative lear

ning method; and use such kind of ability to gain and deal with language information.

b.foster the students’ questioning spirit to improve their ability of analyzing and solving problems.

c."Observation—Imitation—Practice " （观察—模仿—实践三步教学法） to study language.

Teaching important points:1. Improve the students’ reading ability,

especially the ability to find the information needed as quickly as possible;

2. Talk about some Olympic athletes in groups and learn from them;

3. Get to know something about the ancient Olympics and modern Olympics;

Teaching Methods: ”Communicative” Approach( 交

际教学法 ) “Whole language teaching” me

thod( 整体语言教学法 ) Task-based method ( 任务教学

法 ).

Teaching ProceduresStep 1. Warming up and lead-in “Interest is the best teacher.” Therefor

e, at the very beginning of the class, I should SPARK the students’ mind to focus on the centre topic “The Olympic Games” (Free talk time)

Ss are familiar with the BeiJing Olympic Games, so in this part, I will invite Ss to enjoy an English song --“you and me” first to attract their attention

Show some pictures of BeiJing Olympic Games

Beijing Olympic Mascots

prosperity happiness passion health good luck

The five interlocking rings stand for friendship of five contin

ents.Blue =Europe Black =Africa Red =America Yellow =Asia Gr

een =Oceania

Events of the Olympic Games

Archery Gymnastics Athletics Badminton Baseball

Basketball Beach volleyball

Boxing Sailing Swimming

Cycling Diving Horse riding Fencing Soccer

Summer Olympic events

swimming, relay, gymnastics, weightlifting, tennis, table tennis, running, softball, diving, wrestling, volleyball, football, basketball, judo, pentathlon, javelin, high jump, long jump, marathon

Winter Olympic events

skating ,skiing, ski jumping, sledding, snowboarding( 滑雪板运动 ), ice hockey( 冰球）

higher

swifter stronger

Step 2. Reading for information: Skimming and scanning In this step, I use Task-based Language Tea

ching method, which can give students a clear and specific purpose while skimming and scanning the context.

Task 1 General idea Prediction is an important skill in grasping

the idea of a contest. Consequently, I let the students predict the general idea before they read in this task.

AN INTERVIEW

Reading

Ancient times Modern times

interviewer interviewee

According to the text, what do Pausanias and Li Yan possibly talk about?

They mainly talk about the __________and _________ between the________ and ________ Olympic Games.

ancientmodern

differencessimilarities

Prediction

2) Individual work Skimming and Scanning: read the text careful

ly and list the similarities and differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games

Purpose of my design: TBLT method is used here to help Ss to understand the text better using different reading skills. By doing this, Ss can understand the main contents in a whole and at the same time get some details.

True or False.( )1.Men and women were allowed to take part in the ancient Olympic Games.( )2.The Winter Olympic Games are held every three years.

( )3.The 28th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.

( )4. A special village is built for competitors to live in.

( )5.To hold the Olympic is a rich prize and a big honor for a country.

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Task 2: scanning: Let ss read the passage once more

and fill in the blank of the chart. Items The ancient Olympic

Games The modern Olympic Games

Frequency 1.Every ______years 2. Every ______ years

Types Only Summer Olympic Games

Summer and

3. ________ Olympic

Games Events Fewer 4.__________

Athletes Only men from 5. ________ city

From 6.________ _____________ including 7. __________

Places Greece 8.____________________

Prize 9. _______________

10. __ ___________

four four

winter

more

all over the worldGreek women

every country

is possible

an olive wreath

four

medals

The purpose of reading is to get the correct and useful information. Students should not only have a high speed of reading but also have a correct understanding of details.

Step 3. Reading for comprehension

1. Where do all the competitors live? A. A hotel. B. A special village. C. A restaurant. D. Nowhere.2. Which of the following is an event of Winter Games? A. Skiing and ice skating B. Running and races C. Horse riding D. Swimming

Task 3: Choose the best answer.

3. Why do so many countries want to

host the Olympic Games?

A. To develop the economy.

B. It is a great honor.

C. To make the country famous.

D. They want to make money.

4. Why does Pausanias think people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games? A. The winner can get medals. B. The winner can be awarded lots of money by their own countries. C. The olive wreaths have been replaced by medals. D. Medals are made of gold.

1.What upsets Pausanias about modern Winter Olympic Games?

2.What amazes Pausanias about the modern Summer Olympic Games?

3.Whe does Pausanias think Athens, Greece and Beijing, China should feel proud?

Questions :

No running races or horse riding are included.

(Many things have been changed.)

All countries/ women were admitted in the Olympics.

They both win the right to host the Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games are the biggest sports meeting in the world, which include two kinds, the ________and the ______ Olympics. Both of them are _____ every _____ ______. All countries can take part if their athletes reached the __________ to the games. Women are not only _______ to join in but also playing a very _________ role.

Summer Winterheld

four yearsstandard

allowedimportant

Step 4 Summary of the interview

A ______ _______ is built for the competitors to live in, a ________ for competitions, a large swimming pool, a ___________ as well as seats for those who watch the games. It’s a great _____ to host the Olympic Games.

The Olive wreath has been _________ by medals. But it’s still about being able to run ______, jump ______ and throw _______.

special villagestadium

gymnasium

honor

replacedfaster

higher further

Step 5 Discussion and Act-out Discuss the following questions in gro

up of four:(1).why do many Countries want to host the Oly

mpic Games while others do not?(2).What can we do for the 2012 London Olympics? Ask two groups to act out the intervie

w.

The purpose of the design Discussion or Act out is an easy way to

inspire new ideas and an excellent chance to practice English in a cooperative learning atmosphere. During the following two activities, The students will deepen their understanding of The Olympics Spirit.

Discussing reference

Reasons to host the Olympic Games

a great honour

tourism

new sports facilities

great responsibility

new investment

national pride

Reasons not to host the Olympic Games

too expensive

accidents/attacks

many stadiums

much planning

Accommodation住宿

pressure

Step6 Homework

Find out and underline the important language points in this unit.

Finish the Workbook reading exercises.

Prepare for the next period.

Thank you! Have a good day!