英语高一必修二人教版Unit2TheOlympicGames教学案例.doc

英语高一必修二人教版Unit 2 The Olympic Games教学设计
The analysis of the textbook:
The topic of this unit is about the Olympic Games, which are the most important games in the world. This passage “An interview” mainly tells about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics, from which students will know the origin, the goal and the events of Olympic Games and learn to interview others.
Teaching Aims:
1. To arouse students’ interest in learning about the history of the Olympics.
2. To read an interview about the Olympics.
Teaching important points：
1. Enable students to master the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and getting detailed information.
2. Enables students to learn some knowledge of Olympic Games and the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics.
3. Enables students to learn to interview others.
Teaching difficult points：
1. Let students master the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and getting detailed information about the Olympic Games.
2. Get the students to interview others.
Teaching approaches：
1. Task-based approaches
2. Multimedia teaching
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Lead-in
Purpose: To arouse students’ interest in this period by listening to a song and then let them learn and talk about something about the Olympic Games.
1. Let students enjoy a song YOU AND ME
2. Show the following pictures and let students talk about them.

STEP 2 Warming up
Purpose: To lead students to the topic of this unit through a quiz.
Show the following questions on the screen.
How much do you know about the Olympic Games?
1. When did the ancient Olympic Games start?
A. In 1896 B. In 1906 C. In 776 BC
2. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held?
A. In 1986; Sydney B. In 1896; Athens C. In 1689; New York
3. What do the five Olympic rings stand for?
A. Five continents B. Five well-known athletes C. Five important events
4. Liu Xiang won the gold medal of the men's 110 meters hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (T or F)
5. Who was China’s first gold medal winner and for what event?
A. Xu Haifeng; shooting B. Xu Haifeng; table tennis C. Cai Zhenhua, table tennis
6. What are the official mascots for the Beijing Olympics?
7. Where will the 2016 Olympic Games be held?
A. In Rio, Brazil B. In Athens C. In Beijing
8. The Olympic Spirit is _________.
A. Friendship the first, match the second B. Swifter, Higher and Stronger
9. What’s the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games?
A. Tokyo B. London C. Athens
10.What’s the slogan(口号) of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games?
Suggested answers:
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.F 5.A 6. Five Fuwas 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.One world ,one dream
Step3. Reading
Purpose: To train students’ reading skills—skimming, scanning and getting detailed information about the ancient and modern Olympic Games.
1. Predicting
Purpose: To train students’ predictive ability.
Ask students to predict the content according to the following information.
An interview
Pausanias, a Greek writer Liyan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games
Suggested answer: This text is an interview, so it is a dialogue about the Olympic Games between Pausanias who is from the ancient time and Liyan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympics Games.
2. Skimming for the general idea
Purpose: To get students to have the general idea of the text.
(Play the tape of the text for students at the same time.)
(1)The passage mainly tells about the ________and __________ between the ancient and modern Olympics.
(2)The Olympic Games are held every _____ years.
(3)The reason why many countries want to host the Olympics is that________________________________________________________.
Suggested answers: (1) similarities, differences (2) four
(3) It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen.
3. Scanning (True or false questions)
Purpose: To get students to have some details in the text.
(1)All the athletes can be admitted as competitors in the modern Olympics.
(2)There are running races in the Winter Olympics.
(3)All the countries could take part in the ancient Olympics.
(4)Women play an important role in the modern Olympics.
(5)Competitors in the Olympics do not compete for money.
Suggested answers: (1)-(5)FFFTT
4. Group work
Purpose: To train students’ ability of cooperative learning.
Students work in groups to tell the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics according to the passage.
The ancient and modern Olympic Games
(1)Similarities: a._________________________
b.________________________
c.________________________
d.________________________
Suggested answers: a. have running races b. held every four years
c. no prize money for winners d. seen as most important competition
(2) Fill in the table.
Differences
the ancient Olympics
the modern Olympics
Only the1___ Olympic Games
the 2______and 3_____Olympic Games
fewer events
more than 4_____events
no 5_____ and 6 _____could take part
7______can take part if they reach the standard
only competitors from 8______
competitors from 9________________
10____________as a prize

11______of gold, silver and bronze as prizes
Suggested answers: 1.Summer 2.Summer 3.Winter 4.250 5.women 6.slaves 7.anyone 8.Greece 9.all over the world 10.an olive wreath 11.medals
Step 4.Interview activities
Purpose: To give students chances to practice their interviews and students are encouraged to be as imaginative as possible to act out their interviews.
1. (Ask students to work in pairs. Suppose one is Pausanias and the other is a volunteer.)
If Pausanias wishes to live in xi’an, he wants to know something about xi’an such as history, cultures, people, food, places of interest and so on. You are the volunteer to answer his questions. The dialogue between Pausanias and you can be like this:
Dialogue (1)
S1: My name is Pausanias. I lived in… I come to xi’an because…
May I ask you some questions about Xi’an?
S2: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?
S1: …
2. (Students work in pairs. Suppose one is the designer and the other is a journalist.)
If xi’an has the chance to host the next Youth Olympic Games, you are expected to design the emblem(会徽),the slogan, the mascots and the songs for it. Then you’ll be interviewed by a journalist.
An example: The mascots of the next Youth Olympic Games are Xixi, An’an, Huanhuan, Yingying, Ninnin. It means xi’ an huan ying nin.
Dialogue (2)
S1: My name is …and I am a journalist from… May I ask you some questions about…
S2: Of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? ...
S1: Please wait a minute!...
I see! ... That sounds…
Well, that’s good news. …
Thank you so much for your time.
Homework
1. More students should perform their interviews after class and finish a short passage about the interviews.
2. Try to retell the passage.

The blackboard
Useful expressions
Dialogue1
S1: My name is Pausanias.
…
May I ask you some questions about
Xi’an?
S2: …But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? ...
Dialogue2
S1: My name is …and I am a journalist from…
May I ask you some questions about…
Please wait a minute!...
I see! ... That sounds…
Well, that’s good news. …
Thank you so much for your time.