Unit 3 Sports and Fitness Reading and Thinking 教案-2026-2027学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

人教版必修一unit 3 Living Legends阅读教案 I. Key & Difficult Points Key Points 1.Predicting text information; sorting out achievements and fine qualities of Lang Ping and Michael Jordan 2.Grasping and applying topic-related lexical chunks to describe athletes Difficult Points 1.Distinguish and analyze different rhetorical devices in context and appreciate their writing effects 2.Organize coherent passages to introduce a personal living legend with proper target vocabulary II. Teaching Methods & Learning Strategies Teaching Methods Task-based Language Teaching, Interactive Discussion, Mind-map Visual Teaching, Cooperative Learning Learning Strategies Prediction, Skimming & Scanning, Cooperative Inquiry, Retelling, Critical Thinking III. Teaching Aids Textbook, PPT, mind-map handouts, sports pictures of Lang Ping and Michael Jordan IV. Teaching Procedures (45 mins total) Step 1 Lead-in & Pre-reading Prediction (8 mins) Activity 1 Free Talk 1.Show students the picture on Page 35 (a woman running uphill) and ask questions for interaction. What can you see in the picture? What functions do sports and exercise have in our daily life? Why do people take exercise? Invite 3–4 students to share ideas, then conclude: Sports keep us healthy, positive and bring us confidence. Activity 2 Prediction Task (Cooperative pair work) Guide students to analyze titles, pictures and subtitles to fill in blanks 1.The pictures show figures doing different sports, so it must be about sports. The title is “Living Legends”, so it must be about great sports people still alive today. The subtitles are Lang Ping and Michael Jordan, so it must be about their legendary sports stories. 2.Text genre multiple choice: Where does the text come from? A. A guidebook. B. The Internet. C. A magazine. (Answer: C) Transition Today we will read this magazine article and explore why Lang Ping and Michael Jordan are called living sports legends. Step 2 While-reading: Discourse Analysis (20 mins) Task 1 Skim to Analyze Text Structure (5 mins) Ask students to scan the whole passage and divide it into 4 parts, then fill in the blanks There are four parts. Part 1 (Lead paragraph): Introduce the two standards of sports living legends Part 2 (Body 1): Achievements and good sportsmanship of Lang Ping Part 3 (Body 2): Achievements and unique mental strength of Michael Jordan Part 4 (Closing): Invite readers to share their own living legends Task 2 Scan for Detailed Information & Rhetoric Appreciation (10 mins) Subtask A: Study Lang Ping’s paragraph 1.Comprehension questions ① What are Lang Ping’s three great achievements? As a player, she brought honour and glory to China; as a coach, she led Chinese women’s volleyball team to world championship and Olympic medals; as a person, she wins love from fans home and abroad. ② Rhetorical device question: The three “As a…” sentences use . A. Parallelism B. Rhyme C. Simile D. Metaphor (Answer: A) ③ Timeline sorting for the 2015 World Cup event Beginning: The team lost two key players before the World Cup Development: Lang Ping faced hardship bravely and trusted her young team members Climax: They won the 2015 World Cup champion Ending: They claimed Olympic champion in 2016 ④ What can we learn from Lang Ping? Her strong determination, precious team spirit and spirit of never losing heart. Subtask B: Study Michael Jordan’s paragraph 1.Core question: What makes Michael Jordan unique? His extraordinary mental strength. 2.Match sentences with rhetorical devices A. time seemed stand still. — c. personification B. The player known as “Air Jordan” — a. simile C. “I can accept failure; everyone fails at something…” — b. quotation 3.Sportsmanship summary: He never lets failure stop his dream, works hard persistently and learns to share success with teammates. Task 3 Pragmatic Analysis (5 mins) Group discussion with two questions 1.Why does the writer introduce these two legends? To show their brilliant achievements and noble qualities, and encourage readers to learn from them. 2.Who are the target readers of this article? All readers, especially sports lovers and teenagers. Step 3 Post-reading: Lexical Consolidation & Retelling (10 mins) Activity 1 Lexical Chunk Sorting Show the classification table on PPT, read key words together and memorize Category Key Words & Phrases Identity player, captain, coach, champion, basketball player Difficulty injured, fall apart, failure, give up Achievement medal, world championship, bring honour and glory, impressive, graceful Good Qualities determination, mental strength, team spirit, never lose heart, set a good example Activity 2 Retell the two legends with mind maps Show two mind maps of Lang Ping and Michael Jordan for reference, ask students to retell in pairs 1.Retell Lang Ping’s story sample Lang Ping won glory for China as a player and coach. When her team lost two core players in 2015, she held firm determination and united the whole team. Finally they won two top championships with team spirit. 2.Retell Michael Jordan’s story sample Jordan changed basketball with his graceful skills. What makes him unique is powerful mental strength. He never gave up when facing failure, learned from mistakes and shared success with partners. Activity 3 Critical Thinking & Oral Sharing Question: Who is your own living sports legend? Use the target expressions to support your ideas. Sample answer for reference My living legend is Zhu Ting. As the captain of Chinese women’s volleyball team, she won many Olympic medals and brought great glory to our country. She suffered serious injuries many times but never lost heart. Her strong determination sets a perfect example for all teenagers. Step 4 Self-reflection & Summary (3 mins) Students tick √ if they finish the learning goals 1.Predict text content and genre via titles and pictures 2.Master the life stories and sportsmanship of Lang Ping and Jordan 3.Identify and analyze rhetorical devices in the passage 4.Introduce personal sports legends with learned expressions Teacher’s summary: Real sports legends are not only top athletes in their fields, but also role models with perseverance, courage and sense of responsibility. Step 5 Homework (2 mins) 1.Review all vocabulary, phrases and rhetorical knowledge learned today 2.Write an 80-word short passage to introduce your personal living sports legend 3.Search more information about worldwide sports living legends online and prepare a short report next class V. Blackboard Design Living Legends 1.Standards of living legends Masters in sports + good role models 2.Two Heroes Lang Ping Achievements: player → glory; coach → world medals Qualities: determination, team spirit, never lose heart Rhetoric: parallelism Michael Jordan Feature: Air Jordan, unique mental strength Qualities: persist through failure, share success Rhetoric: personification, quotation 3.Key chunks bring honour and glory; lose heart; give up; set a good example 4.Sports Spirit: Perseverance, Teamwork, Persistence VI. Teaching Reflection (After-class) 1.Check whether most students can independently finish prediction and detail-scanning tasks; adjust task difficulty for slow learners next time if needed. 2.Observe students’ performance in oral sharing: whether they can flexibly use target lexical chunks; strengthen vocabulary consolidation exercises if application is weak. 3.Evaluate students’ understanding of sportsmanship: add more Chinese athletes’ cases to enhance national pride in follow-up extended reading lessons. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $