八年级英语下册 Unit 6 Sunshine for all Reading I教案 （新版）牛津版-（新版）牛津版初中八年级下册英语教案.doc

Unit 6 Sunshine for all
Reading ( I )
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. learn to predict the main idea from the title, pictures and caption;
2. learn to use such reading strategies as skimming, scanning and inferring pronoun reference in reading the text;
3. have a clear picture of the text structure;
4. realize the importance of joining public welfare activities and help others.

II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases: expect, chance, similar, necessary, training, task, coach, gold, silver, background, closely, achieve, prize, volunteer, adult, intellectual, disability, event, athlete, confident, give up
2. New structures: It’s fantastic to work as a volunteer.
It was necessary for these volunteers to receive training before doing the task.
It was very brave of him to join the competition.
To Li Hai, the most important thing is not to win a gold or silver, but to take part.
Li Hai tried his best and finished fourth.
It’s great for us to work closely with these special athletes.

III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
How are the ideas in the text organized?

IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Pre-reading
1. Watch and answer
Play a clip of video about the 2014 New Jersey Special Olympics. The students are expected to answer the question: What world games is the video about?
2. Read the title and make a prediction
Ask the question: When you read the title Volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games, what do you want to know?
Possible questions：
(1) Who volunteered for the Special Olympics World Games?
(2) Why did he/she volunteer for the Special Olympics World Games?
(3) What did he/she do for the Special Olympics World Games?
(4) What are the Special Olympics World Games for?
(5) When and where did the Special Olympics World Games take place?/Which Special Olympics World Games did he/she volunteer for?
(6) How did the volunteer feel after volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games?
3. Make a prediction from the pictures and caption
Let the students look at the three pictures on Pages 80 and 81 and try to find the answers to the two questions:
(1) When and where did the Special Olympics World Games take place?
(2) What did the volunteer (he/she) do for the Special Olympics World Games?
Ask a follow-up question:
Where did you get the answer?/What led you to make such a guessing?
(1) Answer to Question 1: The Special Olympics World Games took place in Shanghai, in 2007. I got the answer from the picture and its caption in the upper-right corner on Page 81.
(2) Answer to Question 2: From the two pictures at the bottom of Pages 80 & 81, we guess the volunteer probably did some work that had something do with swimming.
【设计意图：在正式进入文本阅读之前，让学生阅读标题、观看图片及文字说明，基于标题和图片大胆预测，提取重要信息，激发学生主动阅读的欲望。】

Step 2 While-reading
1. Fast reading
T: Read the passage quickly and find the answers to the following questions:
(1) Who volunteered for the Special Olympics World Games?
(2) Which Special Olympics World Games did he/she volunteer for?
T: Where did you get the answers?
2. Skimming (Locate and underline)
T: Please look through the text quickly and find out which part of the text answers the remaining questions we predicted at the beginning. Meanwhile underline the new words which make it difficult for you to read on.
(1) Why did Liu Ming volunteered for the Special Olympics World Games?
(2) What did the volunteer(s) do for the Special Olympics World Games?
(3) What are Special Olympics World Games for?
(4) How did Liu Ming feel after volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games?
【设计意图：通过略读阅读策略，让学生第一次整体阅读文章, 定位问题答案。】
3. Scanning
(1) Read Paragraph 2 and answer the questions.
Q1: What are Special Olympics World Games for?
Q2: What does intellectual disabilities mean? (Being unable to think and to understand ideas and information like a normal person. 智力障碍)
Q3: What does “they” in the second sentence refer to?
Q4: What does “those” in the second sentence refer to?
Q5: What’s special about the Special Olympic World Games?
Q6: Can the special athletes make the event a success alone? Yes or No? Where can you find the answer?
(2) Read Paragraph 3 and answer the questions.
Q1: How can the special athletes make the event a success?
Q2: Where has the volunteers’ spare time gone?
Q3: What does “they” in this paragraph refer to?
(3) Make a summary
Paragraph 2 is about the introduction to the Special Olympics world Games.
Paragraph 3 is about what the volunteers did for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games.
Where do we meet Liu Ming first?
In Paragraph 1, we know Liu Ming volunteered for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. We met him a second time in Paragraph 4.
(4) Read Paragraph 4 and answer the questions.
Q1: What did Liu Ming do for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games?
Q2: What do we know about Li Hai? Who is he? How was his performance in the Olympics? What did he get from his experience?
Q3: What does Liu Ming think of Li Hai?
(5) Read Paragraphs 1 & 5 and answer the questions.
Q1: Why did Liu Ming volunteered for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games?
Q2: What does Liu Ming think of being a volunteer?/How did Liu Ming feel
after volunteering for the Special Olympics World Games?
Q3: Where can you find the answers?
Q4: What do Paragraphs 1 & 5 talk about?
Q5: What are Special Olympics World Games for?
Q6: What does “people” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
Q7: What does “us” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
Q8: What does “them” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
【设计意图：通过寻读阅读策略，第二次整体分段细读文章，回答问题，验证、肯定和修正前面的阅读预测；培养学生根据上下文预测生词、理解代词的指代意义及深层理解文本的能力。穿插介绍奥林匹克运动会的知识。】
4. Third reading
Read the whole passage again and think about this question:
What do you think of Liu Ming? Why?
【设计意图：第三次阅读文本，由文本移情到读者。】

Step 3 Post-reading
1. Read, fill and share
T: Read and fill in the blanks.
T: Read and share what you’ve learned from the passage: the Special Olympics World Games;
the 2007 Special Olympics World Games; Liu Ming, the volunteer; Li Hai, a special athlete.
2. Think about the title
T: Can we change the title into “Liu Ming volunteered for the 2007 Special Olympics Games”? Why or Why not?
3. Draw a picture of the text structure
T: Which Paragraph is the most important in the text? Why?
How are the ideas in the text organized? Try to draw a clear picture of the text structure in your mind.
【设计意图：读后活动在帮助学生构建文章结构与内容框架的同时，进一步加深学生对标题的理解，同时引导他们关注文章观点的组织模式，为下面学习技能的学习埋下伏笔。】

V. Homework
1. Surf the Internet to learn more about the Special Olympics World Games.
2. Read the report and underline what puzzles you.
3. Think about the question “How are the ideas in the text organized?”