XB2U2TheOlympicGames-----ReadingI

Teachingdesign

Students’analysis

Thetargetgroupofthisclassisseniorhighschoolstudents,whohaveacertainlevelofEnglishandcanunderstandsimpleEnglisharticles.TheReadingsectionisbasedonawebsitearticleonthetopicof‘OlympicGames’,whichaimstoguidestudentstolovesportsandunderstandthespiritoftheOlympics.Thetopicis‘OlympicGames’.TheaimistoguidestudentstolovesportsandunderstandtheOlympicspirit,andtoinspirethemtodeveloppositivevaluesandattitudeswiththeOlympicmottoof‘Faster,Higher,Stronger’.

Teachingobjectives

Bytheendofthissection,studentswouldbeableto:

1.graspthegeneralideaofthisarticlebyreadingthearticle;

2.summarizethesubheadingsofeachparagraphthroughthefirstandlastsentences.

3.expresstheirviewsontheOlympicSpiritthroughfixedsentencepatternsandsupportedbyfacts.

4.achieveadeepunderstandingoftheOlympicGamesandtheOlympicspirit;

Focusoflesson

Bytheendofthissection,studentswouldbeableto:

1.graspthegeneralideaofthisarticlebyreadingthearticle

2.expresstheirviewsontheOlympicSpiritthroughfixedsentencepatternsandsupportedbyfacts.

Potentialdifficulties

Bytheendofthissection,studentswouldbeableto:

expresstheirviewsontheOlympicSpiritthroughfixedsentencepatternsandsupportedbyfacts.

Instructionalapproach

Task-basedteachingmethod,groupwork

Teachingaids

PPT,multimedia,cards,paintbushes.

Teachingprocess

Step1Leadin

Introducingtheclassthroughtheteacherleadingthestudentsinagesturedance.

Gettingstudentsintotheclassroommorequicklyandexperiencingthejoyofmovement.

Step2Pre-reading

1.TheteacherintroducesthetopicoftheOlympicsthroughpictures.

2.TeacherasksstudentssomegeneralknowledgequestionsabouttheOlympics.

Introducingtopicswithpicturesisintuitiveandallowsforbetterimmersionintheclassroom.

Step3While-reading

1.Readforstructure.

Theteacherguidesstudentstowritesubheadingsthroughthefirstandlastsentences.

2.Detailedreading

Para.1:WhatisthespiritofOlympicgames?

Paras.2-3:ReadParas.2-3carefully,thenfinishthefollowingtimeline.

Paras.4-5:

①WhatkindofOlympicspiritdoyouseeinthem?

②TeachersummarizesOlympicspirit.

Para.6:FigureoutChina’sachievementsandfillinthetable.

1.Studentscanbetterpracticetheirabilitytofindreadingsandsummarizethemainideaofatext.

2.Thecentralmeaningofeachparagraphisclarifiedinparagraphs,sothatstudentscanfocusmoreonparagraphlearninginaneffectiveperiodoftime.

3.SetupinteractivegamesaroundthethemeOlympicSpirittopavethewayforthestudents'outputlateron.

Step4Post-reading

MatchtheathleteswiththeirachievementsintheParis2024OlympicGames.

WatchandthinkabouttheOlympicspiritintheathletes,thenwiththehelpofsentencepatternstoexpressyouropinionswithfacts.

1.Integrationofcurrenteventsandcloserconnectiontolife.

2.GivestudentssomethingtotalkaboutbasedonwhattheyhavelearntaroundtheOlympicspirit.

Step5Summary

Thestrengthofanationliesinthestrengthofitsyouth.Thestrengthofanationliesinthestrengthofitssports.Thehopeisonyourshoulders.——XiJinping

ThroughPresidentXi'swordstoinspirestudentstostrengthentheirbeliefinphysicalexerciseandtosublimatethethemeofthislesson.

Step6Homework

Writeacompositiononthetopicofthespiritofsportsbasedontoday’scontent.

Completingwritingwithsentencepatternstoconsolidatetheknowledgefromthislesson.

Blackboarddesign

XB2U2TheOlympicGames

Part1Int