1、Unit 6 TV programmesStudy skills I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. learn about the characteristics of the newspaper headlines and articles;2. learn to read a newspaper;3. learn to find out the key information from the article in a newspap
2、er.II. Teaching contentsHow to read a newspaper.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. How to get the topic of each article from the headline;2. How to find out the key information from the article.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-in1. Show the students some newspapersT: Do yo
3、u like reading newspapers? What information can you get from a newspaper?S: The up-to-date news.2. Show a newspaper to themT: When you read a newspaper, what attracts you first, the headline or the article?S: The headline.T: Why?S: We can know the topic of each newspaper article from the headline.【设
4、计意图：通过图片和 free talk 引入主题，把学生的注意力先引到 headline 上来。 】Step 2 Presentation (how to read headlines)1. Show some headlinesT: Look, here are some headlines from a newspaper. To save space, some words are left out. Try to guess the general idea of each article from the headlines. Driver killed, eight hurt in
5、 bus crashCan you complete the headline?S: The driver was killed, and eight were hurt in a bus crash. Cat show held in ShanghaiS: A Cat show was held in Shanghai. Xian travel tipsS: Here are some Xian travel tips.2. Compare the headlines with the sentences and find out the rules.T: Lets compare the
6、headlines with the sentences. What kinds of words are left out? Can you work out the rules?S: Words like a/an/the, do/does/did, the verb be and and/but/or are left out.T: What tense do these headlines use?S: The present tense. After learning about the topic of each article, we can decide which newsp
7、aper article to read.【设计意图：通过对于 headline 的分析与对比，引导学生发现其中的规律，为下一步的文章阅读做好铺垫。 】Step 3 Presentation (how to read an article)Show an article to the studentsT: Here is an article for you. Look at the headline. Can you complete it?S: A popular poet passes away.T: Can you ask questions about the headline?S:
8、 Who was the poet? / When did she die? / Where did she die? / What happened to her? / How did she die? T: Read the article quickly. Try to find out the answers to these questions.S: T: Where can we find the answers to these questions?S: In Paragraph 1.T: So you can see newspapers use a special style
9、 of writing. The words like who, what, when, where, why and how always come first. The details come next, from the most important details to the least important ones.【设计意图：鼓励学生对标题提问题，并通过阅读发现报纸文章写作的特殊形式，在潜移默化中习得本课的重点。 】Step 4 Practice1. Tips on reading a newspaperT: Many students often read English n
10、ewspaper articles in a wrong way. They pay more attention to looking up the words, which makes them read slowly. How can we read newspaper articles quickly and efficiently?How can we get as much information as possible in the shortest time? Here are some tips for you. But some of them are wrong. Let
11、s have a discussion and choose the correct ones.Tips: a. Read the headlines carefully.b. Ask questions like when, where, who, what, why and how about the headline and guess what the article may be about.c. Pay no attention to the pictures in a newspaper.d. Look at the pictures and information in any
12、 “boxes”. They also give an idea of the main topic in the article.e. Read the article carefully and dont miss every new word.f. Skim through the rest of the article.g. Look up the word in a dictionary whenever you meet one.h. Use the context to guess the meaning of any words you dont know.S: We shou
13、ld choose a, b, d, f and h. 【设计意图：通过小组讨论，选择合适的阅读策略，总结提炼之前所学的内容，为下一个任务做好准备。 】2. Choose a headline, ask questions about it and answer them. T: Here are some headlines from a newspaper. If I want to learn about the recent missing plane, which article should I read?S: Flight from Indonesia to Singapore
14、goes missingT: Can you ask questions about the headline?S: .T: Read the article quickly and try to find out the answers.S: .T: If I want to learn about the accident in the Bund in Shanghai, which article should I read? S: Shanghai copes with traumaT: Can you ask questions about it?S: .T: Read the ar
15、ticle quickly and try to find out the answers. 【设计意图：通过推荐阅读内容的任务，帮助学生将之前所学的阅读技能运用到实际的阅读情境中，进一步巩固强化之前的所学的内容。 】3. Write a headline according to the article.T: Here is a newspaper article. Its headline is missing. Can you help the reporter write a headline? Lets have a discussion.S: .T: Yes, the headli
16、ne can be 3 dead, 14 injured in NE China warehouse collapse.【设计意图：进一步引导学生以新闻记者的身份来撰写新闻标题，训练他们的总结概括能力。 】Step 5 ConclusionT: Remember that reading is a good habit. Its best to read the newspaper when everything else is finished and in its place. Most newspapers are written at a very low reading level in order to attract more readers. Dont be afraid of reading them any more. Remember that knowledge is power.【设计意图：建议学生培养良好的阅读习惯，为终身学习和终身阅读打好基础。 】V. Homework1. Read some newspaper articles.2. Recommend some articles to your parents and friends.