Unit 4 Making the news 2nd period reading (I) 郑 璐 1.教材分析(The analysis of teaching materials) This reading passage titled My First Work Assignment introduces Ss to the first day at work of a new journalist called ZhouYang. It will help Ss to recognize the varieties of jobs in the newspaper and get a realistic idea of what is needed to work in a newspaper office. 2.学情分析(The analysis of the students) Our Ss may don’t know what they will do in the future, they may still feel confused. This class will help them to know the varieties of jobs in the newspaper and get a realistic idea of what is needed to work in a newspaper office, which can do a great favor for our Ss to think about their own occupations. 3.教学目标(Teaching aims) *知识目标(Knowledge aims) 1. Get Ss to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part. 2. Let Ss learn about jobs in newspaper and what is needed to work in a newspaper office. 3. Have Ss read the passage and know about ZhouYang’s first work assignment. *能力目标(Ability aims) 1. Develop Ss’ reading ability and let them learn different reading skills. 2. Enable Ss to talk about jobs in newspapers and what is needed to work in a newspaper office. *情感目标(Emotional aims) 1. Stimulate Ss’ interest in Newspapers and the basic procedure of making the news. 2. Develop Ss’ sense of cooperative learning. 4.教学重点(Teaching important points) 1. Let Ss talk about jobs in newspaper and what is needed to work in a newspaper office. 2. Get Ss to read the passage and understand it. 3. Have Ss learn different reading skills. 5. 教学难点 (Teaching difficult points) 1. Develop Ss’reading ability 2. Enable Ss to talk about what is needed to work in a newspaper office. 6. 教学方法 (Teaching methods):Task-based method)、Communicative approach、Discussion 7. 教学辅助: Blackboard 8.教学过程(Teaching procedures) Step I: Lead-in & Warming up (5m) 1. A free talk about students’ future plans and their ideal occupations. Tip: Whatever you want to be, you need to know a lot about the occupations and prepare yourselves for them from now on. T: Is there anyone who wants to be a journalist for a newspaper? What qualities do you think you need to have if you want to be a good new journalist? Suggested answers: Higher level of education, work experience, good communication skills, curious, active personality, hard working, enthusiasm for the job, prepared to work long hours, ability to work in a team. 2. How would you feel if you were offered a job on a famous newspaper? Step II: Fast reading (8m) 1. Skimming: Skim the passage to find out how does Zhou Yang feel. [Whole-class] 2. Listening and Scanning: Listen to the passage to find out whether the statements are true or false. ①.Zhou Yang is eager to go out on a story immediately. ②. A journalist needs to take notes while listening. ③. A journalist always asks the same questions while conducting an interview. ④. A journalist needs to take a camera with him. ⑤. In fact, the footballer didn’t accept the money. 3. Scanning:Find out the questions that Zhou Yang asks. Suggested answers: Unforgettable. T T F F F Seven question in the passage. Step Ⅲ: Detailed reading (20m) 1. Read and find the answers to the first two questions and find out his first duty as a journalist. Q1 Can he go out on a story immediately? Why not? Q2 Need he take a camera with him? Why not? What is his first duty as a journalist? Suggested answers: Q1: He is not experienced. (a green/new/fresh hand) An experienced journalist will go with him. Q2. No. A professional photographer will go with him. First duty: He should learn to work in a team. 2. Read and find the answers to Questions 3-6 and find out his second duty as a journalist. Q3 What does he need to remember? What are the stages in researching a story? Q4 What should he keep in mind? Q5 Why is listening so important? Q6 How can he listen carefully while taking notes? What is his second duty as a journalist? Suggested answers: Q3: To be curious. Ask questions, check facts, do research Q4: Dos and don’ts. Q5: Listen for detailed facts and prepare the next question. Q6: Use a recorder to get the facts straight Second duty:He should learn to get an accurate story. 3.Read and find the answer to Question 7 and find out his third duty as a journalist. Q7 Has the boss ever had a case where someone accused the journalist of getting the wrong end of the stick? How to deal with accusations of printing lies? What is his third duty as a journalist? Suggested answers: Q7: A footballer was accused of taking money from the other team. Use a tape recorder for the interview. His third duty: He should learn to protect a story from being accused. 4. Understanding difficult points. [Pair work] How do you understand the expression “have a good nose for” (L19.), “a trick of the trade” (L28.), and “get the wrong end of the stick”(L30.)? Suggested answers: “have a good nose for ” means “You must be able to assess when people are not telling the whole truth and then try to discover it. “a trick of the trade” means clever ways known to experts. In the passage, the clever way of a journalist is to use a recorder to get the facts straight. “get the wrong end of the stick” means you don’t understand a situation correctly, make a mistake or misunderstand. 5. Decide if each of the statements about Zhou Yang is true or false. If it is true, please find out a sentence or a question from the reading passage to prove it. 1. Zhou Yang is very enthusiastic. 2. Zhou Yang is eager to learn. 3. Zhou Yang is modest. Suggested answers: Can I go out on a story immediately? What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story? What should I keep in mind? StepⅣ: Group discussion (6m) Which adjectives best describe what is required for a journalist? Try to use the adjectives in Ex. 3 on page 27 to help you. A journalist needs to be _____________ I think I would make a good journalist because_________ XX said at the beginning of the class that he wants to be a journalist in the future. So can you make any suggestions to him if he really begins his work as a journalist? StepⅤ:Summary(5m) To the journalists, it’s unnecessary for them to take a camera because they have professional photographers with them. The journalists should be curious and they must have a nose for a story. They know how to acquire the information they need. While interviewing, they won’t be rude, they won’t talk too much, and they listen to the interviewee carefully. They will listen to the detailed facts and ask new questions. There is a trick of the trade, that is ,with the permission of the interviewer, they would use small recorders which could keep the evidence to help support their story. Step Ⅵ:Homework:(1m) 单词拼写:A/ B/C 层 1.it is our _________ (要求) that we should go there. 2.He can be ___________(依赖)on to finish the task. 3. I’ll try my best to _________(帮助) you if you need any help. 4. The boy is __________(指责) of being late for work. 5. I’m rather _____________(怀疑) about their sympathy for the poor. Key : demand depended assist accused skeptical 完成句子 A/B 层 1. Go in quietly ________ (以便于) wake the baby up. 2. She _______ (指责) her husband _______having broken his words. 3. Stop talking and ___________ (全神贯注于) your work. Key : so as not to accused of concentrate on 单选 A/B/C 层 1. For all these years I have been to working for others. I’m hoping I’ll _________my own business someday. A. turn up B. fix up C. set up D. make up 2. I can’t concentrate ________ my lessons unless I’m free ________noise. A. on; with B. at: from C. with; of D. on; of Key:CD 9.知识结构(板书设计) 7.问题研讨(课堂提问,练习和作业设计) 1.课堂提问(questions) 1. Is there anyone who wants to be a journalist for a newspaper? 2. What qualities do you think you need to have if you want to be a good new journalist? 2.练习(practice) Read the new words 3作业(homework) 单词拼写:A/ B/C 层 1.it is our _________ (要求) that we should go there. 2.He can be ___________(依赖)on to finish the task. 3. I’ll try my best to _________(帮助) you if you need any help. 4. The boy is __________(指责) of being late for work. 5. I’m rather _____________(怀疑) about their sympathy for the poor. Key : demand depended assist accused skeptical 完成句子 A/B 层 1. Go in quietly ________ (以便于) wake the baby up. 2. She _______ (指责) her husband _______having broken his words. 3. Stop talking and ___________ (全神贯注于) your work. Key : so as not to accused of concentrate on 单选 A/B/C 层 1. For all these years I have been to working for others. I’m hoping I’ll _________my own business someday. A. turn up B. fix up C. set up D. make up 2. I can’t concentrate ________ my lessons unless I’m free ________noise. A. on; with B. at: from C. with; of D. on; of Key:CD

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