内容正文:
英语(九年级上册)
Unit 4 Growing up
Reading (I)
如皋市外国语学校冒晓飞
I.Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson,students should be able to:
1.have a better understanding of the article;
2.learn to use some of the important words and phrases in contexts,
3.learn how the writer uses contrast and different ways to talk about Spud's stages.problems.
hard work and achievements:
4.learn to retell the article in the students'own words.
II.Teaching contents
1.New words and phrases:matter,remain,score,leader,achievement,try out for sth.,lose heart,
although,change one's mind,simply because,succeed in doing sth..
force sb.to do sth.;
2.New structures:No university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only
170 cm tall
He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him
Spud Webb proved that size and body type do not matter.
III.Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To use some of the important words and phrases in contexts and retell the article in students'own
words.
IV.Teaching procedures
Step I Leam more about Spud Webb
1.Small Spud had a big dream.
T:OK,boys and girls.Who did we learn about yesterday?
S:Spud Webb
T:What do you know about Spud?
S
T:Read the first paragraph loudly.Try to find two important adjectives
T:Yes.Small and big.Small Spud had a big dream-he wanted to play in the NBA.
The writer uses contrast here to catch the readers'attention.The readers will wonder if such
a small man can achieve his big dream
【设计意图:引导学生找出文章首段的两个形容词:smal和bg,引导学生关注对比这一写
作手法。small和bg形成鲜明的对比:这样一个身材矮小的人有一个很大的梦想一一进入
NBA。作者以此成功吸引了读者的注意力。】
2.Spud's problems,hard work and achievements at different stages
T:It's very hard for Spud,such a small man to join the NBA and have many great
achievements.The writer also uses "contrast"to write about Spud's four different stages.
First.what are the four stages?
S:.…
T:Yes.While attending junior high,in senior high,after finishing high school,after he
graduated.
How does the writer use"contra