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Unit 5 Do you want to watch a game show?
Section B 2a-2e
Teaching objectives:
Knowledge objective: Ss can master the new words and phrases such as“culture, appear, successful, come out, such as, be ready to, try his best, face any danger…” and sentences like “One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man. ”“However, he was always ready to try his best.”
Ability objective: Ss can master the skills of reading and improve the skills in reading for specific information.
Emotional objective: Ss are able to understand Western culture better and know the importance of being brave to face any difficulties. Also, they will learn English better to help spread Chinese culture to the world.
Key and difficult points:
Key points: How to master the new words, phrases and sentences about Mickey’s story.
Difficult points: How to improve students’ reading skills and read about reasons why Mickey was popular.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warm up and lead in:
1. The teacher will dress up as Minnie and greet students.
2. Introduce Mickey and phrases“ a cartoon character”,“a symbol of American culture”: What does he look like? Where can we see Mickey? Where is it from?
Step 2 Pre-reading:
1. Prediction.
Let Ss look at the picture on the book and guess what the passage is about.
Step 3 While-reading:
1. Fast reading:
Task 1: Skimming.
Ss should read the passage quickly and silently to match each paragraph with the main idea.
Task 2: Scanning.
Ss will read again and find the time words to complete the events.
2. Careful reading
Task 1: Read paragraph 1.
Let Ss underline the facts about Mickey and complete Mickey’s ID card.
Task 2: Read paragraph 2.
Ss will answer 3 questions:
What are Mickey’s problems?
Who is Mickey’s girlfriend?
Why was Mickey popular?
Task 3: Read paragraph 3.
Ss will choose a number and finish the exercise:
True or False: Today’s cartoons are as simple as little Mickey Mouse.
True or False: Mickey is still famous today, and everyo