初中英语外研版 (新标准)九年级上册Unit 2 He was invited to competitions around the world.教案设计

1. By the end of the session, students can understand passages about sports stars and identify specific information.

2. Read to learn about Liu Xiang and how he became a sports hero.

3. Complete a timeline.

4. Learn some key words and useful expressions: ability, race, record   method, break, Asian, suffer, courage, take pride in ...

Language and Teaching focuses

Vocabulary: ability, race, record, method, break, Asian, suffer, courage, pride

Sentence structure:

First, he was invited to competitions around the world.

Liu was encouraged at first to train for the high jump.

In 2001, a special programme was set up to help young sportsmen and sportswomen.

    His races were recorded, and he was compared with the world’s best sports stars.

Anticipated difficulties:

Students may feel difficult to use past simple tense to talk about Liu Xiang and other sports stars.

Step1 Lead-in

Have the Ss see a video about Liu Xiang and then talk about Liu Xiang.

Step 2 Pre-reading

Show students some pictures of Liu Xiang, have the Ss try to describe them and learn new words as well. New words: hurdling race, first place, break the record, take pride in.

Step 3 While-reading

Scanning

Have Ss scan the passage and find out the main idea of it. （Activity 2）

Then check the answer and ask Ss to talk about the reasons why they choose the sentence as the main idea.

Skimming

Have Ss skim the passage and match the years with the notes to complete the timeline (Activity 3) in pairs.

Careful-reading

（1）Have Ss focus on the details of each paragraph and raise up as many questions as they can.

（2）Read Para. 1, complete the sentences and answer the question

In 2004, Liu XIang _________ to competitions around the world and _________ for Chinese team at the Athens Olympic Games.

Q: After he became famous, what happened to him in 2004?

（3）Read Paragraph 2-4 and complete the sentences

He ________ in Shanghai on 13th July 1983.

He ________ at first to train for the high jump.

His ability in hurdling __________.

His races ____________ and he ___________ with the world’s best sports stars.

（4）Read Paragraph 5&6, check the true sentences and correct the mistakes.

In May 2001, Liu Xiang won the first Olympic gold medal and broke the record.

    Liu Xiang is the first sportsperson won an Olympic gold medal for hurdling.

    Liu Xiang is not successful after he won Olympic Games.

    Step 4 Post-reading

    （1）Retell

    Talk about Liu Xiang’s sports life with the following information.

    1983            born in Shanghai

    1993（Grade 4） started training at a sports school

    1998            hurdling ability noticed

    2001            won his first international 110m hurdles race

    2004            won Olympic gold medal

    2008            suffered from foot problem

    2012            returned to first place

   （2）Discussion

    Why did Liu Xiang become a successful sportsman?

     His foot problem stopped him from completing the 2012 London Olympic Games. Do you continue to take great pride in him?

    （3）Writing

     Disscuss how to write a passage about someone’s sports life?

     Write sentences about about table tennis player Zhang Yining.

     Rewrite the sentences with past simple passive.

1. Write and remember the new words and phrases.

2. Write a short passage about a sports star.

   M8U2 He was invited to competitions around the world

    set up

    suffer from

    first place

    stop sb from doing

    take pride in