Unit 4 Challenge Yourself B Learning Creatively -2024-2025学年高中英语重大版（2019）必修第一册

Challenge Yourself B Learning Creatively Who to believe? At the end of this class, we (Ss) will be able to 1. sort out (梳理) the information of Wilma Rudolph's life； 2. comprehend (理解) the facts of Wilma Rudolph's life and give our opinions on the spirit of sports and life attitudes she possessed. 3. Apply the facts and opinions to a letter written to encourage a frustrated friend. 4. Develop love and respect for sports and have a better understanding about optimistic and tough life attitude. Learning objectives: Activity 1: Look at the pictures and say their connection brace sprint Olympic Games Watch the vedio and fill in a chart Pre-reading Activity 2: Fill in the chart NAME: Wilma Rudolph SEX: BIRTHDAY: BIRTH PLACE: Tennessee, America FAMILY: ORIGIN: OCCUPATION: DEATH DATE: November 12, 1994 ACHIEVEMENTS: Female June 23, 1940 22 children runner/sprinter/athlete She made history in the 17th Summer ___________ in Rome, Italy, when she became the first American woman to win ____ gold medals in the track and field competition. She earned the title of the world's fastest woman by winning gold medals for the ___________, the ____________, and for the ____________. Olympic Games three 100-metre sprint 200-metre sprint 400-metre relay Pre-reading African-American Who to Believe? My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother. Activity 3: Read the first sentence and guess what the passage is about . Pre-reading Each group raise one question beginning with a Wh-word to predict(预测) about the passage and write it down on the piece of paper you've been given, which will be put up on the blackboard later. What...? Where...? When...? How...? Why...? Activity 4: Fast-reading Read fast and answer the 3 questions. 1. What is the main idea? Wilma Rudolph's life story. 2. What is the text type of this passage? A. News report B. Argumentative writing C. narration 记叙文 (biography 传记) 3. What order did the author apply in telling the story? A. Time order While-reading B. Space order She began to enter races and later races though she came in in every race at first. She went to Tennessee State University and was well. She won three gold medals in the 17th Olympic Games. She was born to a poor African-American family. A illness made her left leg useless. She removed the leg and got the idea to be the world's greatest woman . Activity 5: Careful-reading 1940 1944 1949 1953 1957 1960 deadly ______ runner ______ brace _____ won ____ last ____ trained _______ While-reading 8 Activity 6: Fact and Opinion Fact She chose to believe her mother. She got the idea to be the greatest runner. She never gave up though she came in last. Opinion Optimistic Strong-minded Courageous She removed the leg brace. Persevering Determined Ambitous Active Persistent Tough Patient She won three gold medals in 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Never give up Socially responsible While-reading Dear Grace, How's everything going? I hope you are doing fine. I'm sorry I haven't written for so long but I was really busy with the school sports meeting. I took part in the 100-metre sprint and 400-metre relay that I had always been good at. However, I performed rather worse than I expected. Now I don't feel like running any more. Post-reading Activity 7: Please help me reply a short letter to my friend to cheer him up, using Wilma's example. (group work) Dear Jack, How's everything going? I'm sorry to hear ... Post-reading Activity 8: Group Presentation Who to Believe? Activity 9: Reflection 课堂学习反思评价表（tick √） Post-reading Items For Reflection Agree Partly Agree Disagree Have I known the text type? Have I grasped the main information about Wilma Rudolph? Have I had a better understanding about sports spirit and life? Was I active in group work? What do I still need to practice in the future? __________________________________________________________________________ Answer the questions on the blackboard and we are going to deal with them the next class. Assignment 1 What...? Where...? When...? How...? Why...? Each group prepare for a PPT presentation about one or more famous athletes in the world. Your presentation should include both their stories and your opinions. Assignment 2 Please believe you can run faster than you imagine! Thank you for listening! － By Grace $$