Teaching Plan (Unit 8)
Reading
广州培英中学 李淑芬
1.Teaching Aims
1) To introduce the history of Olympic Games.
2) To get the students familiar with the motto and the items of Olympic Games.
3) To get the students know the latest development of Beijing Olympic Games.
4) To express the opinion toward the Olympic Games and talk about the good effects and bad effects of hosting the Olympic Games.
2.Teaching Steps
Ⅰ Warm up
(1)Picture Show (3 minutes)
Draw students’ attention to have the lesson and make them prepare for the class. Show the pictures to active the atmosphere and raise their interest to the topic, sports and the Olympic Games.
T: Class, do you know this sport? (show a picture of wrestling)
S: Table tennis.
T: Clever. Then do you know how many categories of sports in Olympic Games? You know China will held the 2008 Olympic Games, so it’s important for us to have the knowledge of different items of Olympic Games. So now let’s check weather you have got enough knowledge.
Teacher shows the pictures in turn and check weather the students know the English names of the sports items. Or Teacher divides the students into two groups to have a competition about saying out different kinds of sports. The result will be marked by how many kinds of sports they can say out.
(2) Answering Questions (5 minutes)
Through the activities above, the students have got familiar with different kinds of sports. Then ask them the following questions: 1) Which sport events do you like to watch most? Why? 2) Is it important to win in a sports match? Why or why not? 3) Are the Olympic Games important to our society? Why or why not? 4) Why do athletes from so many countries want to take part in the Olympic Games?
Teacher can ask one student to answer the first question, then ask him the second question further, which will cause the rest students’ attentions. Then teacher can ask more students to get more different answers by asking weather the rest of the class agree with his or her opinion and encourage those who have different opinions to present their ideas.
Ⅱ Fast Reading (3 minutes)
T: I think all of you know that the Olympic is held ever four years, and China has got the chance to hold the 2008 Olympic Games. Do you know anything more about the Olympic Games? (Wait for a few seconds to see weather some students can give more information.) But do you know when and where was the first Olympic Games, are the items the same as those in ancient times, and what will China do to prepare the 2008 Olympic Games? Today we are going to read the history about the Olympic Games. Now, I will give you 3 minutes to read the text silently and then decide in which paragraph the following questions are answered. Match the questions and the paragraphs.

How many gold medals did Carl Lewis Paragraph 3
win in the 1984 Olympic Games?


When did the old Olympic Games begin Paragraph 5
and what were the old Olympic Games like?

How often are the Olympic Games held? Paragraph 2

Where will the 29th Olympic Games be held? Paragraph 1

How many athletes took part in the 2000 Olympic Games? Paragraph 4

Check the students’ answers and get them to be familiar with the structure of the text.

Ⅲ Detail Reading (7 minutes)
T: Well, it seems you all know the structure of the text and have the general idea about the text. Then I would like you to read it carefully and to get the detail information and finish the following true or false exercise.
1 (T) In the early Olympic Games, only men were allowed to compete and watch the Games.
2. (F) The motto of the Olympic Games is “Faster, Higher, Further”.
Stronger
3. (F) Carl Lewis won three gold medals in the 1984 Olympic Games.
four
4. (F) The 27th Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles.
Sydney
5. (F
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