1、2020-2021学年度北师大版必修一学年度北师大版必修一 Unit 2 Sports and Fitness Lesson 1 The underdog Leading -in Can you think of the words about basketball? Do you know any basketball players? What makes a great basketball player? 1 court , shot , do jump shorts, season, lose/win the game by 2 points, coach, the quarter
2、2 being tall and strong , love ,hard work, teamwork ,real skills keeping on practice, inspiration, support 学 科 网 创原家独 Part 1 Guess What is an underdog? Make a guess. A. a dog that is defeated by other dogs B. an athlete who seems to have little chance to win C. a company that has little chance to wi
3、n the competition with others 学 科 网 创原家独 Read for General Understanding How tall was he? And how tall was his favourite player? What team was he on? What kind of player was he on the team? How was he treated by the coach? Who was his favourite player? 学 科 网 创原家独 Discussion What were Pauls advantages
4、 and disadvantages as a basketball player? the only disadvantage: being short the advantages: love for basketball , inspiration ,more practice, persistence ,real skills , hardwork, a strong desire to play for the team ,teammates support List Pauls advantages and disadvantages as a basketball player
5、学 科 网 创原家独 Prediction. Read the last paragraph and the last sentence of the paragraph. What do you think would happen next? 学 科 网 创原家独 Part 2 Read for General Understanding What happened to Rric during the game? What was the result of the game? Was the coach satisfied with Pauls performance on the c
6、ourt ? Why? 学 科 网 创原家独 Put the events in order of time. a Eric got hurt and could not play. b Paul jumped and rushed onto the court. c “Give him a shot.” d The team had won by 2 points. e “Let me try! I wont disappoint you!” 学 科 网 创原家独 Group work: the change of the Coachs attitude to Paul with evide
7、nce on the right. Events The Coachs Attitude and Evidence Worried(we have no more players) Eric got hurt and couldnt play 学 科 网 创原家独 the Structure Information Diagram on the blackboard. underdogBig guy respectfulsceptical Paul coach Pair work: 1) Do you love basketball? How do you love it ? 2)What w
8、as your disadvantage as a basketball player? 3)What did you do to earn your place on the team? 4)Is the teammates support for you important for your success? Discussion : What kind of player was Paul? How do you know? Complete the mind map hard-working: doing jump shots on his own for long hours _ _
9、 _ _ _ Paul 学 科 网 创原家独 Critical thinking： 1 How did Paul change from the underdog into big guy? 2 What is the most important for Pauls earning his place in the team? 3 What is the sportsmanship? 4 If you were short as Paul, would you make the basketball team? Why or why not ? Would you earn your pla
10、ce on the team? Why or why not? Interview Ss work in groups to prepare an interview where an interviewer asks Paul, Eric, his coach and his teammates some questions about Paul. The interviewer may prepare the questions like this: Pauls disadvantage as a basketball player, what kind of player was Paul, the coachs attitude to Paul, teammates support.
