1、Unit 4 Making the news reportersLook at the following pictures,and guess what they are?Warming up I(4m)editorsPhotographer designers printerCan you guess what all the people should do?types of jobsWhat they should do?journalisteditorinterviews people or finds out about events from onlookersmake sure
2、 the writing is clear,concise and accurate;checks factsWarming up II(5m)photographerdesignerprintertakes photographs of important people or eventslays out the article and photographs prints the newspaperDo you want to work for a newspaper?If yes,what do you want to do?Why?Pre-reading I(2m)Pre-readin
3、g II(4m)If you want to be a reporter,what are the qualities a good journalist needs to have?Students give their own answers according to Ex 1 on Page 25.Reading I Skimming(3m)Read the text in 1 minute,and find out all the questions Zhou Yang asked.Students underline all the questions.Reading II Pair
4、 work(2m)Discuss in pairs:Are these questions good questions?What are they about?All these questions are finding out more about the qualities and skills needed for the job to be a reporter.Reading III Group work(5m)Read the text carefully,and finish the following chart about how to become a reporter
5、.(work in groups)Questions aboutZhou Yangs answersThe skills needed1.be able to _ _.2.be _ 3.do _4.ask _The importance of listeningget the _ prepare the _tell if someone is telling the truthaccurateresearchquestionsdetailed factsnext questionQuestions aboutZhou Yangs answersStages in researching a s
6、tory1._ 2.note _ 3._ facts4.do _How to check factsuse _ and ask _How to deal with accusations of printing liesuse _ for the _ask questionsreactionscheckresearchresearchwitnessesa tape recorderinterviewReading IV main idea (5m)Read the passage again and divide it into three sections,each of which loo
7、ks at one duty of a reporter.Then write down the main idea of the whole passage.Duties:1.to work in a team 2.how to get an accurate story 3.how to protect a story from accusationsMain idea:the passage tells us about the qualities needed to be a good reporter,how to get an accurate story and how to p
8、rotect a story from accusation.Practice interviewing(10m)Divide the students into two groups to do an interview,one interviewer is Zhang Ziyi,another one is Yao Ming.After the interview,ask the students to answer the questions:What is your biggest problem to become a reporter?How can you change it?Assignment Surf the Internet to find more information about how to become a reporter and you are expected to present it to your classmates in the next class.
