1、0 1 Unit 6 Section BReading （1）TeachingAims KnowledgeAims 1. Students know the spelling and usage of new words and phrases: Canadian, in history, look up to, it is believed, hero, basket, divide into, not only but also, the number of and a number of. 2. Students learn something about the invention o
2、f basketball 3. Students can use passive voice in past tense AbilityAims 4. Students can use mind maps to memorize useful information. 5. Students can scan for the specific information. EmotionAims 6. Students are encouraged to be creators in the future. 7. Students adopt good manners during communi
3、cation and presentation. 8. Students develop spirit of cooperation through teamwork. 【Design Purpose】Knowledge aims, ability aims and emotion aims are equally important. With Knowledge aims, students can understand the invention of basketball. With ability aims, students know how to read articles of
4、 the same genre. With emotion aims, students understand the importance of innovation and good manners during communication. (2)Important and Difficult Learning Points 1. Teaching Important Points New words and phrases 2 Main idea of the text 【 Design Purpose 】 The foundation of article comprehension
5、 is understanding new words, new phrases and new grammar structures. Therefore I will focus on them. After clearing the obstacles, students will understand the invention of basketball. In order to achieve this goal, we can use mind maps as a useful tool. 2. Teaching Difficult Points How to draw and
6、use mind map. 【Design Purpose】Mind map is a very useful tool. Yet it can be too abstract and difficult for middle school students. Thats why I would like to draw mind maps with students and ask them to memorize the invention of basketball with the help of mind maps. In this way, students can see wit
7、h their own eyes how effective mind map is. 3. Teaching procedures Step 1Prereading It takes about four minutes. Activity1. Check preview Teacher presents new words. Students say the meanings out loud together. Teacher: Lets check the preview together.Are you ready? 【Design Purpose】Preview enables s
8、tudents to read the text before class so as to get a vague idea of the article and difficulties in advance. By checking preview, teachers know how much students have mastered. Activity 2 Present a wonderful video Teacher presents a wonderful video about NBA. When the video finishes, 3 teacher asks s
9、ome questions about basketball. Teacher: Do you know when basketball was invented? Who invented it? 【Design Purpose】The video can arouse studentsinterests in basketball. The questions can boost students curiosity. They will be more eager to read the text. Step2Listening and Fast Reading This step wi
10、ll take about 5 minutes. Activity 3 I will let the students listen to the tape and then let them match the main idea to each paragraph. Step3Whilereading This step will take about 15 minutes Activity 4 Scan for specific information The class is divided into five groups to find out answers to teacher
11、s questions. The students who get the right answers will get a present. Teacher: First, When was basketball invented? It was invented on. Teacher: How do you know it? Where did you find it? Can you read the sentence for us? 【Design Purpose】Group competition makes searching for information more inter
12、esting. Reading sentences from the article is like presenting evidence. It can help students get more familiar with the content. Step4Drawing and using mind map Activity 5 Draw a mind map and fill in blanks First, when students find out all the answers to the questions, teacher guides them to look a
13、t the blackboard. 4 Teacher: Boys and girls, please look at the blackboard. What is it? Teacher: This is a mind map, a great tool to help us memorize useful information. Lets complete the mind map together. 【Design Purpose】Mind map is very useful yet too abstract for students. By finishing mind maps
14、 together, students can see for themselves how it is drawn. Then students fill in the blanks with the help of a mind map. They will realize how effective a mind map is. This is what we called “learning by doing, learning by using.” Step5Phrases and grammar Activity 6 Find the useful expressions and
15、learn the language Points First, teacher presents the useful expressions and let the students find the right answers with their partners. 【Design Purpose】 As seniors in middle school, students has known quite well how to learn grammar. The instructions are also very clear. There is no need for teach
16、ers to read them. This embodies class plan based on studentsstatus Then, Teacher presents the right answers and let the students read them. 【Design Purpose】Teaching a person how to fish is much better than giving him a lot of fish. I care about both results and methods. This is the reason why I alwa
17、ys ask why. I would love to encourage my students to think. Test is also a good way to get studentsfeedback. Step6Pairwork Five students in one group. Student 1：Talk about the history of basketball. Student 2：How to play it? 5 Student 3：Talk about some great games you know. Student 4：Talk about the
18、popularity of basketball. Student 5：What can you learn from these basketball heroes. 【Design Purpose】Pair work is the first step of language output in this class. Students can be nervous and dont know what to do. Its necessary to set an example for them. Step7Emotional education. Show some pictures
19、about famous basketball plays and let the students say something they know. We can never imagine how difficult the road to success is. I hope these stars can encourage them study hard and get good grades in the exams. Step8Homework 1.Exercises (请用这些有用的短语来复述文章吧) Basketball _ by James Naismith, a _ do
20、ctor. It is _ that the first basketball game _ (play) on December 21, 1891. And then in 1936, basketball became an Olympic event at the Berlin _. How to play basketball? Players _ (divide) into two teams. Players on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other teams _. At the same t
21、ime, they need to _ the competing team from _ (get) the ball into their own basket. Today, basketball is played by _ 100 million people in over 200 countries. Young people look _ the basketball _. They _ becoming famous players, too. And the stars encourage them to work hard to _ their dreams.1. Complete your own mind map about it. 2. Write a passage about basketball. 6 Blackboard design Unit 6Reading Do you know when basketball was invented? Whenon Dec.21.1891/in 1936 Berlin WhoJames Nasimith WhereInside, floorMind-Mapping Howtwo teams; ballbasket Popularityrisen; look up toheroes
