M4Unit2Reading.doc

Unit 2 Reading
Sports events
----Reading comprehension

Teaching aims:
1. Arouse students’ interest in talking about Olympics.
2. Help students develop their reading ability.
3. Help students retell what they’ve got in the reading.
4. Encourage students to express their opinion on the Olympics.

Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
The teacher starts the lesson with a short video about the Olympics as well as a series of pictures taken in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Step 2 Reading strategy
Show the definition of a speech and ways to make a good speech.
Step 3 Fast reading
Raise three questions from the reading passage, ask students to read it quickly to find out the answers directly.
1. What is the speech about?
2. What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life?
3. What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech?
Step 4 Structure reading
Check students’ understanding of the structure of the passage.
Part 1: (1- )
Part 2: ( )
Part 3: ( )
Part 4: ( )
Step 5 Detailed reading
Ask students to find out the history of the Olympic Games.

The ancient games

The contemporary games

When to start

Where to hold

Who can take part in

Step 6 Consolidation
Topic
The history and (1)______________of the Olympics
(2)____________
of the games
The ancient games began in 776 BC in Greece
(3) ___________ the modern ones in 1896 in Athens.

(4)______________
between the ancient and modern games
Only men were allowed to compete while today athletes across the world can take part (5) _________________ language they speak.
The ancient games were held at the (6) __________ place, but countries and people can live (7) ________________ together in the modern ones.
Some well-known athletes and their
(8) ____________
Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in 1960 and
His first World Heavyweight Championship in 1964
Michael Jordan won the gold at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics.
Chinese athletes have also played an important
(9) ____________ in the Olympic Games.

Conclusion
The Olympics will have a successful future to (10)____________his glorious past.

Step 6 Topic discussion
Show students a topic related to the Olympics, ask them to discuss in groups to share their ideas.
Step 7 Homework
Ask students to write a short summary about the Olympics.
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