九年级英语Unit 4 what would you do？（3）.doc

Unit 4 what would you do？（3）
The Seventh Period
Ⅰ. Teaching Aims and Demands
1.Knowledge Objects
Key vocabulary
challenge, non-contact sport, hoop, balcony. divide, blackboard and so forth.
Text: The history of basketball.
2.Ability Objects
Train students’ ability of reading for special information.
Train students’ ability of understanding words in context.
Train students, writing skill.
3. Moral Object
Basketball is popular among people all over the world. Not only does it build our body, but it also brings us entertainment. Thank the inventor, James Naismith.
Ⅱ. Teaching Key Points
Key vocabulary
Read the text for special information.
Read the text to understand words in context.
Make a list of good things and difficult things about being a basketball player.
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficult Point
Train students’ reading skill.
Ⅳ. Teaching Methods
Up-down reading method
Pairwork
Groupwork
Ⅴ. Teaching Aid
A projector
Ⅵ. Teaching Procedures
Step I Key Vocabulary
This activity introduces the key vocabulary words.
Show the following vocabulary on the screen by a projector.
inventor v. 发明者；发明家
court n. 球场
factory n. 工厂
invent v. 发明；发
challenge v. 向……挑战
indoors adv. 在室内；在屋里
hard adj. 硬的；坚硬的
wooden adj. 本质的
touch v. 接触；碰撞
fall down 摔倒；跌倒
hoop n. (篮球)篮圈；篮
balcony n. (大厅或运动场的)看座；看台
basket n. 篮；篓；筐
divide v. 分；分开
in history 在历史上
blackboard n. (篮球架上的)篮板
replace v. 替代；替换
compete v. 竞争；对抗
earn v. 赚得；挣得
NBA (=National Basketball Association) 全美篮球协会
increase v. 增加；增长
separate v. 分；分开
Have students repeat again and again until they can pronounce them fluently and accurately.
Step Ⅱ Part 1
This activity is designed to activate students’ background knowledge before attempting the reading.
Read the title The history of basketball to the class. Ask, What do you think the article is about?
Read the instructions to the class.
Point to the four questions in the box.
Say, Please discuss the questions with your partner to see how much you know about basketball. But don’t look at the reading. Instead, use your background knowledge.
Get students to complete the task in pairs. As the pairs work together, walk around the room. Ensure that they are discussing the questions in English.
When most students are finished, invite pairs of students to report their results.
Don’t say yes or no to their answers.
Step Ⅲ Part 2
This activity provides practice in scanning for specific information. Look at the picture. Ask students to describe what is happening in the picture.
Read the instructions and draw students’ attention to the chart. Get a student to say the sample answer using a complete sentence, e. g. Basketball’s inventor was born in 1861.
Say, Please read through the article silently. Find information for the years in the chart. Remember to skim for the key ideas rather than read slowly.
Get students to work on their own. As they are doing this, move around the classroom answering questions they may have and offering language support as needed.
Check the answers.
Answers
In 1861,basketball’s inventor was born.
In 1891, the first game of basketball was played.
In 1936,basketball became an Olympic event.
Since 1949, basketball has been seen everywhere in China.
Step IV Part 3
This activity encourages students to use the strategy of reading in context.
Ask students to read the article once.
Say, Pay attention to the bold words and expressions. And note any other word or sentence you don’t understand. Read in context, guessing their meanings from the other words around them.
A few minutes later, ask different students to say the meanings of the words and expressions indicated in bold by guess. Dent’ give them the correct answers.
Let students look at the words and expressions and their meanings in the box.
Point out the sample answers. Then ask students to match the correct meanings with the correct words and expressions.
Allow them one or two minutes to do this.
Check the answers.
Answers
challenge a, non-contact sport f, hoop e, balcony b, divide d, blackboard c
Get students to make sentences with the words and expressions. Remind them to look at the article again for extra help.
Answers to this activity will vary. Ask a student to write his/her answers on the blackboard.
Sample answers
1. He challenged me to try again.
2. A non-contact sport will do you less injury.
3. Basketball hoops are made of metal.
4. The audience in the balcony are cheering the victory.
5. Divided into two teams, we began to play the game.
6. Blackboards are more or less prevent balls is from hitting against the audience.
Step Ⅴ Part 4
This activity helps students read for specific information.
Ask students to read the five questions on their own. Try to remember or guess the answers before looking at the reading.
Say, Please read the article again and find the answers to these questions.
Get students to do the activity individually or in pairs. Walk around the classroom checking their progress and offering language support as needed.
Check the answers by asking different students to give their answers.
Sample answers
1. The game’s inventor used two fruit basket to put the balls in.
2. Berlin is important in the history of basketball because that is where it became an Olympic sport in 1936.
3. People wouldn’t get hurt playing basketball because it was a non-contact sport.
4. Naismith had nine people on each team because he had a class of 18 men.
5. Wang Zhizhi; Yao Ming
Step Ⅵ Part 5
This activity helps students work in a group and think critically about what they have read.
Read the instructions to the class.
Focus attention on the chart. Invite different students to read the sample answers. Ask another one or two students for good and difficult things about being a basketball player.
S1: You can win honour for your motherland.
S2: You have to spend less time with your family.
Say. You are to make a list of good things and difficult things in the chart.
Get students to work in groups of four.
As the groups work together, walk around the room checking their work.
Check the answers and ask students to vote on best and worst parts of being a basketball player.
Optional activity
Get students to think of as many rules of basketball as they can and explain the rules as well as the reason for each rule.
Culture note
Everyone wants to support his/her team, but it should not be at the expense of the other team. Some so-called fans often behave badly by booing or even throwing garbage at them. This is not sportsman like behavior and it’s far better to cheer more loudly for your team than criticize the team they play with. A game is not only a "game".
Step Ⅶ Summary
Say, This class provides us a lot of reading as well as writing practice. It trains students’ ability of scanning for specific information and using what you know.
Step Ⅷ Homework
Have students to collect pictures and information of their favourite basketball players.

A sample version
Basketball star Yao Ming topped Forbes Magazine’s
2004 list of Chinese celebrities, beating off the
challenge of entertainers such as Kungfu star Jet
Li and Zhang ziyi.
His earnings of US $14. 6 million in 2003 were the
second-highest among Chinese celebrities. Li was the
top earner with US $17 million, although he only ranked 10th in the overall list.
The celebrities listed had to have been born and raised in the Chinese mainland.
Step Ⅸ Blackboard Design
Reading: The history of basketball
Sample answers to Activity 3:
1. He challenged me to try again.
2. A non-contact sport will do you less injury.
3. Basketball hoops are made of metal.
4. The audience in the balcony are cheering the victory.
5. Divided into two teams, we began to play the game.
6. Backboards can more or less prevent balls from hitting against the audience.