高中英语Unit 4 Making the news Period 2 教学设计

Unit4MakingthenewsPeriod2Reading

TheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod

ThearticleisadialoguebetweenZhouYangandhisbossHuXin.Theyaretalkingaboutthingsanewreportershouldpayattentionto.Thisisadialogue,soitistimetoteachthestudentsthereadingstrategyofskinning&scanning.Thestudentsareexpectedtomasterthetwoskillstoapplythemtotheirfuturestudy.

TeachingImportantPoints

Fullyunderstandthedialoguebetweenanewreporter&hisnewboss.Trytofindoutthefeaturesofwhatanewreportershoulddo.Understandtheinformallanguageinadialogue.

TeachingDifficulties

Someidiomaticexpressions&thegrammarpoints

TeachingAids

Chalks,projector,slides,computer,multi-media

ThreeDimensionalTeachingAims

KnowledgeAims

Mastertheusageofthewords:professional,photographer,photographs,colleagues,eager,concentrateon,course,acquire,meanwhile,trade,recorder,case,accuse...of,deliberately,soasto,guilty.Haveafirstlookatthegrammarpoint—Inversion,learnthecharacteristicsofadialogue.

AbilityAims

Masterthereadingstrategies:skimming&scanning.

EmotionalAims

Learnsomethingabouttheoccupationofareporter.Maybeinthefuturethey’llworkasareporter.

TeachingProcedure

Step1Lead-in

AskstudentstoresearchontheInternettofindsomeinformationaboutnews.Ifsomestudents’parentshappentobeanewsreporter,askthemtointerviewtheirDadorMumandwritedownsomethingabouttheoccupation.Theteachercaneitheraskthemtoreadouttheirarticlesorputtheirarticlesuponthewall.

T:Yesterdaywetalkedaboutwhatqualitiesagoodreportershouldhave.Tobeagoodreporteryouhavetohavesomethingelsebesidesthesequalities.

Todaywe’llcometoadialoguebetweenZhouYangandHuXin.ZhouYangisanewreporter,andheismakingpreparationsforhisfirstassignmentsasareporterwithhisbossHuXin.

Step2Skimming&Scanning

T:Firstlet’slookatthepassage.Whenwearereadingdifferentarticlesweusedifferentreadingmethods.Bacononcesaid,“Somebooksaretobechewed,somearetobeswallowedandothersaretobedigested.”Asitisadialogue.whatreadingstrategiesshouldweuse?

Askthestudentstotalkwiththeirpartner,andsuggestsomereadingstrategies.Differentopinionsarewelcome.

Ss:Whenwearereadingadialogueweshouldreadforgistorthemainpoint.Usuallyafewwordsareusedtomakeamainpoint,theotherwordsorexpressionsaretosupportit.Sowecanusethereadingstrategy:skimming&scanning.

T:Goodjob.Whenwewanttogetageneralideaofwhatapassageisabout,weskimthetext.Wescanthetextforkeywordsandphrases,etc.tofindcertaininformationinatextquickly.Wedonotneedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword.

Nowlet’shaveatry.

ReadthedialogueonPage26andfinishEx1.

Suggestedanswers:

Theskillsneeded:1.beexperienced

2.becuriousandhaveanoseforastory

3.Don’tberude.

4.Don’ttalktoomuchyourselfandlistencarefully.

Theimportanceoflistening:

Listentothedetailedfactsandmeanwhileonehastopreparethenextquestiondependingonwhatthepersonsays.

Stagesinresearchingastory:1.askmanyquestions

2.acquirealltheinformation

3.tellwhenpeoplearenottellingthetruth

4.trytodiscoverthewholetruth

Howtocheckfacts:usesmallrecorderstogetallthefactsstraight.

Howtodealwithaccusationsofprintinglies:findoutthetruthandproveoneselfright

T:Afteryoubecomeareporter,you’llhavealotofdutiessothatyou’llbeagoodreporter.NowLiHongwouldlikeyoutohelpherreadersunderstandthedutiesofareporter.Pleasereadthepassageagainanddivideitinto3sections,andwritedownthemainideaofeachsection.

Ss:reporttheiranswer.

T:Nowwe’vetalkedalotabouttheoccupation—workingonanewspaper.Weknowtherearedifferentjobsfordifferentdepartments,suchasreporter,photographer,editor,andsoon.Ofallthesetypesofjobs,whichdoyouprefer?Tobeagoodreporter,whatisneeded?Tobeagoodphotographer,whatisneeded?Whatisneededifonewantstobeaneditor?

Herearesomeadjectives.Pleasediscusswithyourpartnersanddecidewhichadjectivesbestdescribewhatisrequiredforthetwojobs—reporterandphotographer.

Onesuggestedanswer:

Adjectivestodescribeareporter Adjectivestodescribeaphotographer

patient,imaginative,well-organized,polite,imaginative,technically,good,professional,

concise,through,creative,curious,careful,giftedcreative,careful,gifted

T:Nowlet’swriteadescriptionofwhatthemaindifferencebetweenbeingareporterandbeingaphotographeris.

Ss:Allreasonableanswersareaccepted.

Step3Readingaloud

T:Thispassageisadialogue.Soitisimportanttoreadadialogueandifwewanttounderstanditbetter.Justnowwelistenedtothetape.Nowit’syourturntoreadaloudthepassage.Youneedn’treadthewholepassage.Let’sbeginwith“Herecomesmylistof...”Practiceingroupsoftwo,andlaterI’llasksomeofyoutoactitout,oneasZhouYangandtheotherHuXin.

TheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboard

Unit4Makingthenews

Period2Reading

Whatmakesagoodnewsreporter

Theskills:1.

2.

3.

4.

Adjectives

newsreporter

Theimportanceoflistening

photographer:

Stagesinresearchingastory:1.

2.

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4.

Threeduties:1.

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RecordafterTeaching

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ResearchandActivities

Askthestudentstodoaresearchintheirneighborhood.Asktheirneighborswhichlocalnewspapertheylikebestandfindoutthereasonaswell.

Thisstageistohelpthestudentstogetonwellwiththeirneighborsandgetageneralideaofpeople’sopiniononlocalnewspapers.Theycandrawatablelikethefollowing:

Nameofthenewspaper

Percentageofpeople

wholikeit

Reason(s)

ReferenceforTeaching

TodaywewillreadapassageaboutamuseumwiththenameNewseumthatshowshowreportersdotheirjobs.

WhenterroristsattackedtheUnitedStatesonSeptemberEleventh,millionsofpeoplesawwhatwashappeningontelevision.ReportersgatheredneartheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCityandthePentagonbuildingnearWashington,D.C.togetinformation.Thereportersspokewithofficials,police,andpeoplewhosawtheattacks.Peoplearoundtheworldfollowedwhatwashappeningthroughreportsfromradio,television,newspapersandmagazines.

Peopledependonreporterstogetthefactsaboutthelatestnewsdevelopments.Yetmanypeopledonotunderstandhowareporterworks.IntheUnitedStates,thereisacentertohelppeopleunderstandwhatreportersdoandwhytheirjobisoftendifficult.ItiscalledtheNewseum.ItisinRosslyn,Virginia,acrossthePotomacRiverfromWashington,DC.

TheNewseumwasopenedonAprilEighteenth,Nineteen-Ninety-Seven.Itisaplacewherevisitorscanseeandexperiencehowandwhynewsismade.AprivategroupcalledFreedomForumprovidesfinancialsupportfortheNewseum.FreedomForumisanorganizationformedtosupportfreepressandfreespeechforallpeople.AliceBishopisanofficialattheNewseum.ShesayspeoplewhovisittheNewseumlearnaboutsomeofthedifficultiesthatreportersfaceeveryday.Theyalsohavefunworkingwithcomputers,televisionandpictures.

MissBishopsaysvisitorsareabletomeetwithnewsreporters.ThereporterscometotheNewseumforspecialeventsusuallyheldeachweek.Somearewell-knownAmericanreporters.Othersworkforforeignnewsorganizations.Theydescribetheirexperiencesandvisitorsareabletoaskthemquestions.MissBishopsaysvisitorsunderstandthenewsprocessbetter.Theylearnwhatreportersdobeforetheypreparetheirstoriesforpublicationorbroadcast.

Newseumvisitorscanalsoworkinatelevisionproductioncenter.Theycanoperateatelevisioncameraorsitinfrontofthecameraandreadnewsstories.OnedayayoungvisitorreadanewsstoryshewroteaboutthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesappointinghermothertotheSupremeCourt.

Aboutfive-hundredthousandpeoplevisittheNewseumeveryyear.ManyofthemcomefromdifferentpartsoftheUnitedStates.However,manypeoplecomefromothercountries.Somevisitorsarereporterswhowanttoseehowotherreporterspresentthenews.Manyschoolchildrenvisittoexperiencebeingareporterandwritingastory.Somepeoplecometoseenewspapersfromaroundtheworld.TheyliketocomparehownewsorganizationsintheUnitedStatesandothercountriesreportthesamestory.

AliceBishopsaystheNewseum’sgreatesteffectisimprovingunderstandingbetweenthemediaandthepublic.ShesaystheNewseumhelpstoexplainwhatreportershavetodotoreportthenews.Shesaysmanypeople,especiallyAmericans,thinkthejobofareporteriseasierthanitis.

TheNewseumhasanethicscenterthatexplainsthedifficultiesreporterssometimesfacebeforetheirstoriesaremadepublic.Forexample,shouldareporterprotecttheidentityofsomeonewhogivesthemsecretinformation?Manyreportersrefusetoreleasethenameofsomeonewhosuppliessecretinformationtoprotectthatperson.Yetthereportermightbesenttojailifheorsherefuses.Visitorsaregivenachancetomaketheirowndecisionandthenseewhatrealreportersdecidedtodo.

ThereareseveralareasintheNewseum.Visitorscanwatchgreatmomentsinhistoryonhugetelevisions.TherearefilmsofthefirstpeoplelandingonthemoonandthemurderofAmericanpresidentJohnF.Kennedy.

Anotherareashowsvisitorsthehistoryofnews.Peoplecanseehowdifferentgroupsofpeoplecommunicate.TheylearnhowpeopleinpartsofAfricaandAsiauseddrumstocommunicate.Theyseelettersfromthefourteenthcentury.TheylearnwhenthefirstnewspaperstartedinEuropemorethanfivehundredyearsago.

VisitorstotheToday’sNewsareaattheNewseumexperiencethespeedofthelatestinformationbroadcastaroundtheworld.Ahugewallalmostfortymeterslongandthreemetershighhaspicturesoftelevisionnewsbroadcastsfrommanycountries.

Inthispartofthemuseum,visitorscanalsohearradionewsbroadcasts,andreadreportsfromnewsagenciesandtheInternet.

TheNewseumalsooffersspecialprogramssuchasacurrentoneaboutwarstories.Visitorscanexaminethedifficultieswar-timereportershavefacedoverthepastone-hundred-fiftyyears.Theycanseeclothingsomereportersworeduringawar.Theyalsocanexamineobjectsaffectedbywar,likethewreckageofacarhitbybullets.

NewseumofficialssaythemostpopulareventtheyorganizedwasarecentshowofpicturesbyPulitzerawardwinners.MissBishopsayspeoplelovedseeingthenewspictures.

TheNewseumnowhasaspecialshowofreportsabouttheterroristattacksintheUnitedStates.Therearebigpicturesoftheattacksandtherecoveryefforts.Somepicturesshowthereactionsofpeoplefromaroundtheworld.

OnevisitorwroteabouttheshowinabookprovidedbytheNewseumtorecordvisitors’reactions.Thevisitorsaidthatshelikestheshowverymuch.YetsheaskedtheNewseumtotakedownonepicture.ThepicturewastakenaftertheattackontheWorldTradeCenterinNewYork.Itshowsamanjumpingfromthetopofoneburningbuilding.Likethousandsofotherpeople,themandied.Thevisitorarguedthatthismanisavictim,andthepictureshouldnotbepartoftheshow.TheNewseumdidnotremovethepicture.Officialssayitisanimportantpartofthenewsstory.

VisitorstotheNewseumlearnthatbeingareportercanbedangerous.Inanopenareaoutsidethebuildingisamemorialtoreporterskilledwhiledoingtheirjob.Thememorialhasalmostone-thousandnames.

Everyyear,theFreedomForumhasaceremonytohonorthosereporters.Otherreportersreadthenamesofthosekilled.Everyyear,thelistgetslonger.

FreedomForumwasestablishedtohelpsupportpressfreedoms.Officialsoftheorganizationsayfreedomofthepressisveryimportant.

MissBishopsaysthatthepublicneedsasmuchinformationasitcangettomakeinformeddecisions.Shesaysthepublicneedstoknowwhatishappening.Differentpartsoftheworld,she