1、Lead-inFast readingDetailed readingDiscussionHomework1.Do you believe in the existence of aliens?2.Look at the title and pictures,what information can you get from them?A boy is missing,and the police are puzzled.Note:The title of a news story is usually incomplete.Boy missing,police puzzledboy miss
2、ing+a UFO+What happened last Friday=?What can you know from them?Read the newspaper article quickly and answer the questions.1.What is the article about?2.When was Justin last seen?3.Who is in charge of the case?Last Friday.The article is about a missing boy.Detective Sam Peterson.()1.Justin Foster
3、lives in Dover,New Hampshire.()2.Justin plays football.()3.The witnesses saw Justin walking home at 11:00 p.m.FFTTrue or False.baseball10:45 p.m.()4.Justin has a sister called Kelly.()5.The aliens were yellow skinned.()6.Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliens.TFTwhite-skinnedReading strategy1.Is th
4、ere anything wrong with the title according to the grammar?2.What is the complete title?The title is incomplete.The boy is missing and the police are puzzled.3.Why did the writer use an incomplete sentence as its title?4.Can you name some other features(特征特征)of a news title?Because its brief.attract
5、ive,exact,direct How to read a newspaper article?title(to give a general idea about the news)the first paragraph(to tell readers“who”“when”“where”“what”“why”“how”)the following paragraphs(to give detailed but less important information)“Boy missing,police puzzled”the first paragraphthe following par
6、agraphsevidence given by Justins parents,sister,neighbors a boyWhoWhenWhatWhereWhy Its about a missing boy.three days agowent missingunknownin Doverpredict Read first paragraph/the leadfor detailsRead the rest paragraphsSummaryReading strategy for news articles:Read title+Look at pictures/chartsRead
7、 the news story again and answer the following questions:1.Which city does Justin Foster live in?In Dover.2.What did Justin do with friends last Friday?3.What time did Justin get back home that night?He went to play baseball with two friends.At about 11 p.m.4.What does Kelly think happened to her br
8、other?5.What colour are the aliens according to Kelly?She thinks the aliens took her brother.The aliens had white skin and large black eyes.6.What happened to Mrs.Mavis Wood?7.What do the police think about the incident?She was once taken away by aliens too.They do not yet know what happened to Just
9、in.1.According paragraph 1,_.A.Justin was killed by YetisB.people showed great interest in Justin Fosters being missingC.the police have discovered the truth of Justins being missingD.Justin went lost last nightChoose the right answer.2.Justins two friends,who played baseball with him,say that Justi
10、n _ after the game.A.went to school B.went home C.stayed in the baseball ground D.went to the library3.From the third paragraph,we know that_.A.Justin did not go home that night B.after the game Justin spent the night with a friend that night C.Justin returned home that night D.Justin was playing ba
11、seball with a friend all the night.4.According to Paragraphs 5-6,we know that _.A.the light that Kelly saw was the light of the full moon B.the spaceship was white all over C.Kelly saw the aliens take Justin away D.Kelly was quite sure that the aliens took Justin away5.In the seventh paragraph,“show
12、 up”means_.A.arrive or appear B.reach C.disappear D.reach for 6.From the last paragraph we can know that _.A.the police have given up looking into spaceB.the police didnt believe what kelly and other people said at allC.the police will also try to find out some other possibilitiesD.the people have f
13、ound out that someone made up the story of Justins missingMain PointsSupporting detailsJustin Foster went missing.Mrs.Foster thought he was spending the night with a friend.Justin Foster _A newspaper article always gives details to support the main points of the story.Write down the supporting detai
14、ls for each point below.didnt show up at the family lunch the next day.Justin Foster returned home.Justins friends said _Witnesses said _ _Kelly heard _that Justin went home after playing baseball with them.that they sawJustin walking towards his houseat 10.45 p.m.him put on hisfavourite CD after he
15、 went to his room.Justin Fosterwas taken away by aliens.Kelly saw _ _Kelly heard _Mavis Wood said _Justin shout.a large spaceshipflying outside.that the alienstook her away so that theycould do research on her.Interviewing Suppose you are a report from China Daily.You are making a face-to-face inter
16、view with Justin Foster who has just come back home.A sample interviewing Mom and Kelly were so worried that they turned to a detective for help.Mom:Please help me,Mr.Peterson.My son is missing.Peterson:Calm down,and take a seat.When do you find he is missing?.Fill in the blanks with the means.Word/
17、expressionMeaningset updisappearincrease the amount or speed of somethingbecome lost or impossible to findWord/expressionMeaningwitnessassumesomeone who has seen something happenthink that something is true without having the factsWord/expressionMeaningshow upaboardarrive or appearon or onto a ship,
18、plane,bus or trainWord/expressionMeaningpossibilitytake charge ofthe fact that something might be trueget control ofKeys for activity E.1 _ 2 _3 _ 4 _5 _ 6 _7 _ 8 _evidenceamazingcreaturesconstructiondismissedincidentspaceshipmaking up1.What do you think might have happened to Justin?2.Do you believe in aliens?If you were taken away by aliens,what would you do?3.What will be the storys ending?Suppose you are Justin and has come back.A reporter is interviewing you and asking what you did during your disappearance.Write a passage about that.Homework
