1、Teaching Design of Teaching Design of A Game for the WorldA Game for the World T Teaching aimseaching aims 1. Let students learn something about the history of football and its popularity 2. Guide students to have a better understanding of the text 3. Help students practice the reading strategies Te
2、achingTeaching important and difficult pointsimportant and difficult points Important points: 1.Guide students to understand the reasons for the popularity of football through independent reading and group cooperation. 2. Lead students to skim the text and finish the mindmap Difficult points: 1. Par
3、aphrase the sentences and retell the passage 2. Write a short poem to describe football Teaching processTeaching process Step 1. Step 1. LeadLead- -inin Let Ss enjoy the theme song of 1998 France World Cup：The Cup of Life Ask Ss their feelings when they hear this song. Step 2. ReadingStep 2. Reading
4、 Activity 1 Ask Ss to skim the reading passage and match the main idea of each part. Give Ss some tips on how to grasp the information quickly: they can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Part 1 Para. 1 Part 2 Para. 2-4
5、Part 3Para. 5 A. Football is very important in our life B. The three reasons why football is so popular. C. Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Activity 2 ： Have Ss go through the the text and then ask them to choose the authors purpose in writing the passage, then check the ans
6、wer together. A To talk about the history of football. B) To express his / her love of football. C) To explain why football is such a popular game. D) To prove that he / she is a professional football fan. Activity 3 Complete the mindmap Example Reason1Reason1：It is a 2._ It is a 2._ game to play. g
7、ame to play. e Example Opening：Football is one of the most 1._ sports in the world. Reasons for its popularity Conclusion：It is 5. _ than just a sport Reason2：It is a game with 3. _ on the field Reason3：It breaks down walls and 4. _ Example A Game for the World Activity 4 Detailed reading Para.1 Can
8、 you find out the history of football. Ancient: _ Modern: _ Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Paraphrase: Football enjoys great _ all over the world Para.2 That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the basis(基础)of its popularity. Paraphrase: The basic reason why f
9、ootball is popular is that it is very _ It is also a game that is very cheap to play. Paraphrase: It is also very _ to play such a game. Para.3 Another factor behind footballs global popularity is the creativity and excitement on the field. Paraphrase: Another factor that football is globally popula
10、r lies in the fact that playing it on the field is _. Para.5 What is your understanding of the last sentence of the passage？ History of football Activity 4 Retell the passage in your own words with the help of the mindmap. Step3Step3 Group Group W Work:ork: We can use a short poem to describe sth in
11、 a few words Example 1: Example 2: brother summer handsome, athletic sleepy, hot playing, shouting, laughing drying, drooping, dreading friend, and enemy day in,day out mine endless Write your own poem to describe football Football _ _ _ _ Step 4 Step 4 F Further thinkingurther thinking What can we learn from the sports? Step Step 5 5 Homework:Homework: Write a short passage about other sports that are as popular as football in China.
