英语高一必修二人教版Unit2TheOlympicGames教学案例

英语高一必修二人教版Unit 2 The Olympic Games教学设计The analysis of the textbook:The topic of this unit is about the Olympic Games, which are the most important games in the world. This passage “An interview” mainly tells about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics, from which students will know the origin, the goal and the events of Olympic Games and learn to interview others.Teaching Aims:1. To arouse students interest in learning about the history of the Olympics.2. To read an interview about the Olympics.Teaching important points：1. Enable students to master the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and getting detailed information.2. Enables students to learn some knowledge of Olympic Games and the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics.3. Enables students to learn to interview others.Teaching difficult points：1. Let students master the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and getting detailed information about the Olympic Games. 2. Get the students to interview others.Teaching approaches： 1. Task-based approaches2. Multimedia teachingTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead-inPurpose: To arouse students interest in this period by listening to a song and then let them learn and talk about something about the Olympic Games.1. Let students enjoy a song YOU AND ME2. Show the following pictures and let students talk about them. STEP 2 Warming upPurpose: To lead students to the topic of this unit through a quiz.Show the following questions on the screen. How much do you know about the Olympic Games?1. When did the ancient Olympic Games start? A. In 1896 B. In 1906 C. In 776 BC2. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? A. In 1986; Sydney B. In 1896; Athens C. In 1689; New York 3. What do the five Olympic rings stand for? A. Five continents B. Five well-known athletes C. Five important events4. Liu Xiang won the gold medal of the mens 110 meters hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (T or F)5. Who was Chinas first gold medal winner and for what event?A. Xu Haifeng; shooting B. Xu Haifeng; table tennis C. Cai Zhenhua, table tennis6. What are the official mascots for the Beijing Olympics?7. Where will the 2016 Olympic Games be held? A. In Rio, Brazil B. In Athens C. In Beijing8. The Olympic Spirit is _.A. Friendship the first, match the second B. Swifter, Higher and Stronger9. Whats the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games?A. Tokyo B. London C. Athens10.Whats the slogan(口号) of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games?Suggested answers:1.C 2.B 3.A 4.F 5.A 6. Five Fuwas 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.One world ,one dreamStep3. Reading Purpose: To train students reading skillsskimming, scanning and getting detailed information about the ancient and modern Olympic Games.1. PredictingPurpose: To train students predictive ability.Ask students to predict the content according to the following information. An interview Pausanias, a Greek writer Liyan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games Suggested answer: This text is an interview, so it is a dialogue about the Olympic Games between Pausanias who is from the ancient time and Liyan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympics Games.2. Skimming for the general ideaPurpose: To get students to have the general idea of the text.(Play the tape of the text for students at the same time.)(1)The passage mainly tells about the _and _ between the ancient and modern Olympics.(2)The Olympic Games are held every _ years.(3)The reason why many countries want to host the Olympics is that_. Suggested answers: (1) similarities, differences (2) four(3) Its a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen.3. Scanning (True or false questions)Purpose: To get students to have some details in the text.(1)All the athletes can be admitted as competitors in the modern Olympics.(2)There are running races in the Winter Olympics.(3)All the countries could take part in the ancient Olympics.(4)Women play an important role in the modern Olympics.(5)Competitors in the Olympics do not compete for money.Suggested answers: (1)-(5)FFFTT4. Group workPurpose: To train students ability of cooperative learning.Students work in groups to tell the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics according to the passage.The ancient and modern Olympic Games(1)Similarities: a._b._ c._ d._Suggested answers: a. have running races b. held every four yearsc. no prize money for winners d. seen as most important competition(2) Fill in the table.Differencesthe ancient Olympicsthe modern OlympicsOnly the1_ Olympic Gamesthe 2_and 3_Olympic Gamesfewer eventsmore than 4_eventsno 5_ and 6 _could take part7_can take part if they reach the standardonly competitors from 8_competitors from 9_10_as a prize11_of gold, silver and bronze as prizesSuggested answers: 1.Summer 2.Summer 3.Winter 4.250 5.women 6.slaves 7.anyone 8.Greece 9.all over the world 10.an olive wreath 11.medalsStep 4.Interview activitiesPurpose: To give students chances to practice their interviews and students are encouraged to be as imaginative as possible to act out their interviews. 1. (Ask students to work in pairs. Suppose one is Pausanias and the other is a volunteer.)If Pausanias wishes to live in xian, he wants to know something about xian such as history, cultures, people, food, places of interest and so on. You are the volunteer to answer his questions. The dialogue between Pausanias and you can be like this:Dialogue (1)S1: My name is Pausanias. I lived in I come to xian becauseMay I ask you some questions about Xian?S2: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?S1: 2. (Students work in pairs. Suppose one is the designer and the other is a journalist.)If xian has the chance to host the next Youth Olympic Games, you are expected to design the emblem(会徽),the slogan, the mascots and the songs for it. Then youll be interviewed by a journalist. An example: The mascots of the next Youth Olympic Games are Xixi, Anan, Huanhuan, Yingying, Ninnin. It means xi an huan ying nin.Dialogue (2)S1: My name is and I am a journalist from May I ask you some questions about S2: Of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? .S1: Please wait a minute!.I see! . That soundsWell, thats good news. Thank you so much for your time.Homework1. More students should perform their interviews after class and finish a short passage about the interviews.2. Try to retell the passage.The blackboardUseful expressionsDialogue1S1: My name is Pausanias.May I ask you some questions aboutXian?S2: But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? .Dialogue2S1: My name is and I am a journalist fromMay I ask you some questions aboutPlease wait a minute!.I see! . That soundsWell, thats good news. Thank you so much for your time.