【同步课堂-视频】主讲：王会群 英语人教课标版九年级--Unit9 When was it invented Reading

Unit 9 When was it invented? Period 4 Reading Step 1 Warming Up （Section 1：P74） Ask the students to talk about popular sports in China. T: Do you like sports? Which sport do you like best? Which sport is the most popular in China? S: I like sports. I like playing ball sports, especially football. I think the most popular sport in China is pingpong. T: Now list 8 sports played in China. Rank them [1-8] in order of popularity. Write your answers in the table on P74. I’ll ask 2 students to come to the front to write down their answers on the blackboard. Ask two students who may like playing basketball. T: OK. Thank you. Go back to your seats. Oh, look, both of them think basketball is the most popular. Do you think so? Ss: Yes. T: But have you ever thought when it was invented and who it was invented by? And how did it become popular? Step 2 While-reading（Section 2：P74） Ask the students to read the passage about basketball to know the history of basketball. T: Now let’s read the passage on P74. It will tell you a lot about the history of basketball. You can use mind-mapping to help you remember information. That is, change the information you read into a colorful “picture of words”. Because the brain recalls pictures more easily than written words. Let the students read the passage. Several minutes later. T: Now close your eyes. After reading this passage, do you have pictures in your mind? Think of a person named James, a ball, a basket, players, the first basketball game in history, Olympic Games, Chinese team, popular around the world, NBA ... Let the students close their eyes and try to do mind-mapping. Step 3 Post-reading（Section 3：P75） Ask the students to complete the mind-map without referring to the text to check how much they have remembered about the passage. T: OK, stop here. I believe all of you have a clear picture in your mind. Now please turn to page 75, complete the mind map with information from the reading. Ask one student to come to the fr