Period 4 Word power
整体设计
教材分析
Word power in this unit focuses on types of sports with relevant exercises designed to expand students’ vocabulary related to sports. The text intends to help the students get familiar with or even master the names of various sports by means of reading, and blank filling. The students who are expected to learn this part are all teenagers around 17 or 18 years old. There is no doubt that they really have great interest in sports and some of them even do very well in sports. In this sense, the topic of sports in the Word power must be appealing to them, which may arouse their interest in learning the names of all kinds of sports, especially for those boys who don’t like to remember English words.
三维目标
1. Enlarge students’ vocabulary related to sports and help them to develop a good habit of remembering English words in some category.
2. Enable the students to learn to talk about something they know about sports.
3. Encourage the students to learn the following new words by heart: badminton, boxing, squash, basketball, tennis, shooting, volleyball, football, weightlifting, aerobics, fencing, triathlon
4. Learn some useful expressions and sentence structures
1)I don’t know which sport to choose.
2)It may be fun. /It sounds fun.
3)build up your strength/build your strength up
重点难点
1. Help the students talk about sports and learn some new words.
2. Help the students remember some new names of sports.
3. Help the students realize the fact that doing exercise is an effective way to lose weight and keep fit.
教学方法
1. Discussion in pairs or in groups.
2. Task-based in-class activities.
3. Explanations of some language points.
教具准备
A tape recorder and a multimedia room.
课前准备
1. Ask the students to prepare for a presentation concerning the following topic for about two or three minutes.
Topic: Suppose you have an opportunity to watch a competition on the spot in the 29th Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, what kind of sports would you like to choose?
This topic is closely related to students’ daily life and they must know something about it in which they will show great interest. This will be a good warm-up at the beginning of the class, which can help the students get involved in the in-class activities. If some students really find some difficulty in expressing their opinions clearly and fluently, the teacher can help them.
2. Encourage the students to search for some information concerning the sports in the Olympic Games. For example, the students can look for the information about the names of the sports, how they are played, the rules of the sports, how Chinese players do in the sports, whether Chinese players have won any medal in the sports and so on. If time permits, the teacher can divide the whole class into several groups to carry out a discussion about which sports they like best and which sports they are good at.
教学过程
→Step 1 Lead-in
Activity 1: As is known to all, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008, which is a great concern for most Senior High school students. It is possible for students to give a successful presentation on the topic. So, the teacher should encourage the students to volunteer to make a free-talk in front the whole class about their favorite sports in the Olympic Games. After one student finishes his or her free-talk, the teacher can give some comments or raise some questions.
Possible answers:
1. Every time I watch the sports game, I would like to choose to see the figure skating. With the beautiful music, the figure skater plays elegant ice-skating. It is really an enjoyment to watch the figure skating, which is a mixture of sports and art.
2. From my point of view, I think the men’s 110-meter hurdle competition is most exciting and I want to watch the whole process of Liu Xiang winning the first for myself. I hope he could become the winner of men’s 110-meter hurdles again. All people throughout China take pride in him and I am sure he will succeed again.
Activity 2: There are many different ways to lose weight. The most important thing is that you have to burn more calories than you consume. Simply eating less is not always the best way to lose weight. A better way is to take regular exercise every day. In this unit, Word power deals with words and expressions related to types of sports. Students are expected to not only expand related vocabulary but also apply them practically. Present such questions as follows on the blackboard:
Are you interested in sports?
1. What kind of sports are you particularly fond of?
2. If you want to lose weight, which kind of sports would you like to take part in?
3. Have you ever joined one of them? If not, are you planning to join one?
Possible answers:
1. I like playing basketball. It makes me feel strong and confident. During the competition, I can fly all over the playground and I can learn how to cooperate with other players in the team.
2. I think I am a little bit overweight. And I would like to play aerobics to keep figure. It is very interesting and I feel very relaxed after sweating heavily in the gym.
3. I don’t like to do sports but I want to try some in the future.
(If the multimedia is available, this design is recommended. )
Show parts of the video of Chinese sport player competing in the Olympic games.
Or some pictures can also be used.
Triathlon running swimming
Football badminton
Tennis boxing
javelin volleyball golf
And then ask the students to describe some of the scenes in the video or some of the pictures about the game competition.
Possible answers:
1. Triathlon refers to long-distance bicycling, running and swimming.
2. Football is one of the most popular games in the world. And my favorite football player is Beckham. He is amazing and he is my idol.
3. Tennis is the sport that I like most.
4. I would like to watch the badminton competition. Sun Ting and Li Tiantian did a very good job in Athens Olympic Games in 2004. They won a gold medal in the women double.
→Step 2 Brainstorming
Encourage the students to think of as many names of sports as possible. (Let the students close their books and present all the sports names they know on the blackboard. )
The following are the suggested answers:
Archery, gymnastics, martial arts, folk dancing, skating, baseball, softball, volleyball, triathlon, fencing, weightlifting, hokey (曲棍球), squash (软式壁球), boxing (拳击), wrestling (摔跤), weightlifting (举重), sit up (仰卧起坐)
→Step 3 Activity: to guess the names of the sports
Let the students guess the names of some sports. The teacher can show the pictures of sports on the blackboard and then ask one student to describe the details of sport and after the explanation, ask another to name the sport. The teacher can ask the student to go to the front of the class and stand with his or her back facing the picture on the blackboard. Before the game starts, the teacher can give some clues and make it clear to the students that the one who is going to describe the sports can say something like: how many team members there are in the sport; how the sport is played; what its rules are; what instructions a new player has to pay attention to; whether there are some famous Chinese players who are good at the sport. (If possible, the teacher can present these questions on the blackboard, which can help the students to describe the sport. ) When the student guesses the name of the sports, the teacher can give them a present. Usually, it is the boys who are greatly interested in sports and it has been proved that boys take part in the game more actively and successfully.
Sometimes the students may have some difficulty in describing the sports. If so, the teacher can give them some help. Students may also find it hard to figure out the names of the sports. In that case, the teacher should give them more opportunities to have a try.
To make the task easier, the teacher can help the students as follows:
1. Sometimes, the students can describe the sports but do not know the names. The teacher can write the names of the sports on the blackboard which he or she anticipates that the students don’t know, such as sit-up, aerobics(健美操), shooting (射击), Triathlon(铁人三项), Men’s 110 hurdle(跨栏), fencing (击剑).
2. If the picture of the sports is too hard for the students to describe, the teacher can describe himself or herself and all the students can have a try.
For example:
1. Name of the sport: Football
Description: a game played by two teams of eleven players who try to kick a round ball into the other team’s goal.
English people like this sport very much. Also millions of people around the world are crazy for it, especially when the World Cup is held every four years. It takes a lot of energy to play it well. It makes your legs and body very strong. Beckham is a world famous player of this sport.
2. Name of the sport: Sit-up
Description: When you do such exercise, you lie on your back on the floor and raise the top part of the body and in the end you will in a sitting. By means of doing this exercise you will build up your stomach muscles. So if you have much fat on your stomach, you can try this sport.
3. Name of the sport: Aerobics
Description: It is a very active exercise, which can make your heart strong. When you do the sport, you follow the strong music with fast rhythm in a large room together with a lot of other people. Girls are usually interested in it. Sometimes there is glass around the room so that you can see your image in the glass.
4. Name of the sport: Triathlon
Description: It is a sporting event in which people compete
in three different sports, including long-distance swimming,
cycling and running.
5. Name of the sport: Basketball
Description: a game played by two teams. Each team has
five players and all the players work together to try to
throw a large ball into a basket which is very high. The
Chinese player Yao Ming is now playing the sport in America.
6. Name of the sport: Men’s 110 hurdle:
Description: It belongs to the track and field, which is performed on a running field.
Liu Xiang got the gold medal in the sport in Athens Olympic Games in 2004. He has brought Chinese people great hope this sport and other track and field sports.
7. Name of the sport: Fencing
Description: It is a sport of fighting with each of the two players holding a long distant sword and it is played indoors. Both the two players wear a mask.
8. Name of the sport: Weightlifting
Description: The players in the sport lift very heavy metal in round shape, which are connected by a long straight stick; usually the weightlifting players have very strong muscles, especially on his or her arms and upper body.
9. Name of the sport: Shooting:
Description: In this sport, the players shoot with a gun at an object and the player who gets the highest mark will get a prize. Chinese player Wang Yifu once did a very good job in the shooting competition in the Athens Olympic Games. The players of this sport are supposed to have excellent eyesight. It is the sport in which Chinese player Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China in the history.
10. Name of the sport: Table tennis
Description: It is the national sport of China and there have always been a great number of excellent players in this sport. Some players even went to teach foreign players such as European and Korean players. This sport even played a very important role in Chinese and American diplomatic relationship.
11. Name of the sport: Swimming
Description: When you are playing the sport, you should move yourself through the water by using your arms, legs and so on. The sport has different types. Sometimes you move like a frog, while sometimes you move like a butterfly. Chinese player Luo Xuejuan once won the gold medal of the sport for China in the Olympic Games.
→Step 4 Explanations of some other sports
Considering there are some types of sports that students are not familiar with or even know little about, the teacher can show the pictures of these sports and explain the detail to them so that they can understand the sports and keep their names in heart.
1. Hockey (曲棍球)
It is a game played on the grass or ice by two teams of 11 players, with a stick or a ball.
It contains ice hockey and field hockey.
2. Diving (跳水)
It is an activity of jumping into the water with your head and arm first. China has excellent players in the sport such as Tian Liang and Fu Mingxia. Chinese players always do very well in the sport because Chinese players are generally smaller in shape than those from western countries.
3. Squash (软式壁球)
It is a game played by two people who use rackets to hit a small rubber ball against the walls of a square court.
4. Equestrian (马术)
You are riding a horse when playing the sport. It has its own grace and rhythm and you should know the temper of the horse you are riding to play it well. Different horses have different personalities.
→Step 5 Reading and speaking
Activity 1:
Ask the students to read Part A—Zhou Lin’s letter on page 46 quickly in the text book and find out all the words related to sports. (archery 剑术, gymnastics体操, martial arts 武术, folk dancing 民间舞蹈, skating 滑冰, baseball棒球, softball垒球) And then try to summarize the clubs Zhou Lin has discussed in her diary. The teacher can ask the students what specific things students are required or allowed to do in each of the clubs or what kind of sports club they would like to join.
Possible answers:
1. There is a gymnastics club in our school. There are many kinds of equipment in a gym club. Students can choose whichever they like and do many types of sports to keep fit. Sometimes there are teachers or experienced students in Grade two or Grade three giving some help if you don’t know how to use the equipment.
2. Basketball is my favorite. So without doubt I will join the basketball club. Both outdoor and indoor basketball courts are very good. So I will play basketball outside when it is sunny. I think sweating in the sunshine is really a great pleasure. Also, it is always very exciting to work together with my partners to get the scores. I like the sense of achievement after my team wins. If it is rainy, I can play basketball inside, which is interesting too.
Activity 2:
Ask the students to focus on Part C on page 47, which is a letter from Zhou Lin to Amy. Ask the students to finish it individually first. And then conduct a feedback activity. Or the teacher can design the following questions to check the students’ understanding of the letter.
What does Zhou Lin suggest Amy doing after she gets out of the hospital?
Activity 3:
Ask the students to do Part D on page 105 in the workbook, so they can not only practice using some of the words in the unit but also gain knowledge of another sport, jogging, which can help people to stay healthy.
In addition, the teacher can design the following questions to check the students’ understanding.
1. What kind of sport is jogging?
2. Why is jogging so popular? In other words, what are the advantages of jogging?
3. If you decide to start jogging, what should you prepare?
Suggested answers:
1. Jogging means running slowly for a long way.
2. More and more people take up jogging because it is such a good form of exercise that it can help you to make your heart strong and control your weight. If you keep jogging regularly, you can stay slim without taking weight-loss pills or skipping meals.
3. Jogging doesn’t cost much and what you need is only a comfortable pair of shoes especially made for jogging.
→Step 6 Pair work
Activity 1
: Ask the students to discuss in pairs what good they think different sports do to their bodies and fill in the blanks of a list of sports. Ask them to write 1 (a little) to 3 (a lot) for energy level. Write one tick √(a little), two ticks√√, or three ticks (√√√)for how strong and flexible they make you.
Sports
How much energy do you need?
Does it make you: strong and flexible?
Fishing
1
√
√
Table tennis
1
√√
√√
Badminton
2
√
√√√
Walking
2
√
√
Running
2
√√√
√
Swimming
2
√√√
√√√
Basketball
3
√√√
√√√
Climbing
3
√√√
√
Rope skipping
2
√√√
√√
Sit-up
2
Activity 2:
Up till now, by means of different activities, students have known a number of sports. It is time for them to make a summary. Let students discuss with each other about the indoor and outdoor sports and complete C on page 47 putting the names of the following sports into the correct column. (boxing, beach volleyball, judo(柔道), gymnastics, skiing, baseball) Encourage the students to add some more into each category.
(The task can be made more challenging by asking the students to choose one or two indoor or outdoor sports, which are listed on the blackboard and make a description of them to let others guess. The game is similar to what they have done in guessing the names of the sports above. )
Indoors
Outdoors
Boxing
Beach volleyball
Fencing
Skiing
Gymnastics
Baseball
Squash
Rugby
Bowling (保龄球)
Football
Weightlifting
Track and field
Table tennis
Running
Aerobics
Hurdle
Diving
Tennis
Judo(柔道)
. . .
. . .
. . .
Activity 3:Suppose you are a journalist from Wuxi Daily and you want to write a report on teenagers’ problems in losing weight. So you plan to have an interview with Amy. Before the interview, you have already known Amy’s experiences of losing weight. But there is something else you want to know about Amy, for example, what was her feeling when she was told that the harmful chemicals contained in the weight-loss pills had caused her liver to fail, whether she will try to lose weight again in the future or not, if she will, what she will do, and since there are many teenagers, especially girls, who want to lose weight like Amy, what kind of advice Amy can give to them.
Ask the students to work in pairs and do an interview. One is Amy and the other one is a Wuxi Daily journalist.
→Step 7 Homework
Review the vocabulary we have learned and describe one of the sports.
板书设计
Vocabulary related to sports
Explanations of some
other sports
1. Hockey 2. Diving
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