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Reading 1

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Period 2

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A recorder

Teaching aims

●                 To recognize and understand vocabulary related to TV programs

●                 To identify statements as true or false based on the reading passage

Teaching focus

●                 To match students’ preferences and schedules to TV programs

Difficult points

To identify statements as true or false based on the reading passage

Teaching method

Task-based approach

Teaching procedures

The second preparing lessons

 Step1 revision

(1) Have a dictation 

(2) What do you often do on Saturday? 

(read newspapers, do homework, watch TV, play games, look for information on the Internet…)

Step2 Presentation:

If you want to watch your favorite TV programs, you can read a TV guide in newspapers or

online.

(Show picture 1)

What kind of TV program is it? (Sports)

What time can you watch this program? (From 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.)

Here are four TV programs. Read them and try to get the main idea of each program.

If there are some new words, just guess their meanings according to the context or skip them if

you can understand the passage without them. Then try to fill in the table below.

Step 3 Listening and Reading

Listen to the tape and read the passage after the tape, and then identify statements of Part C on page 67 as true or false.

1. Sports World covers ice skating this week. (T)  

(Students need to work out this answer by inference. Sports World covers different sports.

Although ice skating is not given as one of the examples, it is also a kind of sport.)

2. Sports World is interviewing famous basketball players this week. (F) 

3. Beijing Music Awards was recorded last month. (F) (It will be covered live.)

(TV programs are “recorded” whereas films are “shot”. )

4. People have voted for Beijing Music Awards on the Internet. (T)

5. Murder in a Country House is a documentary. (F)

6. The actor in Murder in a Country House are superstars. (F) (They are all new.)

7. There are Asian tigers in India. (T)

8. Animal lovers might find Tiger Watch a bit funny. (F)

(They might find it a bit disturbing.)

Step 4 Reading and Doing Exercises

(1)                Read the passage one by one, and try to find out the meanings of the new words, such as

round-up, up-to-date, etc. Then finish the exercises

(2) Millie is thinking about which TV program to watch. However she can’t remember all the information in the TV guide. Help her fill in the blanks of Part B2 on page 66. For weaker classes, write the words on the blackboard.

Step 5 Reading and Retelling

According to the key words and phrases, retell the TV guide.

Sports World:  round-up, up-to-date, cover, a bit boring

Beijing Music Awards:  live/laiv/, attend, vote for, announce

Murder in a Country House: a horror film, direct/director, solve mysteries

Tiger Watch:  documentary, find…a bit disturbing, nature habit

Step 6 Consolidation

1. There will be many ____________ (会见) with the chairperson this evening.

2. That ____________ (授予仪式) will be held tomorrow.

3. The headmaster was ____________ (not alive) last year.

4. He didn’t ____________ (take part in an event) at last.

5. The results were ____________ (announce) a moment ago.

6. Some of those workers are paid ____________ (week).

Step7 Homework

 1. Read the text and try to recite it.

2. Copy the important words and phrases two times.

3. Do more consolidation exercises.

Teaching notes