人教版 (新课标)必修5&选修6Unit 4 Making the news教案

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Teaching aims:

1. Target Language

untrained, fairly, technical, process, polish, concentrate on…; accuse …of …, approve of…, by accident, get absorbed in, defend against, break down

She does not get absorbed in…

The reporter went out with…

2. Ability goals

Enable the Ss to know how to use some expressions in an idiomatic way.

Enable the Ss to use the words and expressions more freely

Teaching important points:

Get the Ss to practice the words and expressions more freely and correctly

Teaching difficult points:

How to enable the Ss to use the words and expressions more freely and correctly

Teaching methods:

Cooperative learning, task-based learning, explaining, discussion and practicing.

Teaching aids:

 A computer, a blackboard, a tape-recorded

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Greetings

StepⅡ Revision

T: Yesterday we talked about the qualities needed to be a good reporter, how to get an accurate story and how to protect a story from accusation. Now I’d like you to tell me what qualities a reporter should have. (Ask a Ss to share their knowledge with others)

StepⅢ Discovering useful words and expressions

1. Ex1 on page 28. Give Ss directions that they should find the idiomatic expressions used in the text to match with the expressions given in the Activity. Then check and make some necessary explanation.
2. Ex2 on page 28. Ask the Ss to finish Exercise 2 and then check the answer and make some explanation if needed.

StepⅣ Using words and expressions (P63)

1. First deal with Ex.1 on page 63.

“What happened when the General went to war?” Students can work in pairs to have a discussion, and then ask some students to give their answers.

 A: The General went away to war.  Meanwhile his advisers marked his progress on a map so as to be sure of knowing where he was.

B: Meanwhile the gardener planted new flowers in the flowerbeds so as to be able to make a beautiful garden for the General’s return.

 Meanwhile the cook learned to make some new dishes so as to be able to prepare a special banquet when the General returned.

Meanwhile his wife made him some new clothes so as to be able to dress him smartly for the banquet on his return.

Meanwhile his children practiced some new songs and dances so as to be able to perform for the General when he returned.

2. If time permits, continue Exercises 2-4.

Step V. Homework

1. Review the words and expressions for this Unit.
2. Preview discovering useful structures.