M1U3wordpower.doc

Period 3 Word Power. Teaching aims:Enable Ss to use the new words about the types of sportEnable Ss to learn useful strategy to expand their vocabulary. Teaching important points:Enable Ss to learn and master words about sports Enable Ss to know the importance to health. Teaching difficult points:Enable Ss to give correspondent definition of each new wordEnable Ss to classify the sports. Teaching methods:Cooperative learning, task-based learning. Teaching aids: A computer, a blackboard, a tape-recorder. Teaching procedures:Step GreetingsStep Brainstorming1. Are there any school clubs in your school? Have you ever joined one?2. Are you interested in sports clubs? Are you planning to join one?Step PracticePart A1. Read the diary by Zhou Ling and summarize the types of sports she mentioned2. Talk about which school clubs Zhou Ling can join and list some of the reasons. Discussion1. Are you interested in sports? Whats your favorite?2. Can you name some types of sports you know?Part B1. Look at the following pictures and describe the sports 2. Decide which sports in the pictures you would like to play.Words focus Fill in the blanks with the names of sports1. _ is a game which is usually played in the us by 2 teams of 9 people. Each player tries to hit the ball and then around in the field.2. Sang Lan is a happy girl, even after she got hurt seriously in a _ competition.3. The first gold medal that China won in the Olympics is in Mens _.4. _ is a sport in which people play on lakes which have a thick layer of ice.5. You will be attracted by the traditional music and _ in Tibet or in Yunnan Province.6. Wushu, which is a Chinese _, is trying to get into the Olympics.7. In _, people will compete in three different sports, usually swimming, cycling and running.8. When doing _, you will not only enjoy the beautiful music, but also strengthen the heart and lungs.9. _ is a sport in which the athletes run 42,195 meters.10. When playing _, you kick a ball and there are 10 other people in your team.11. Wang Liqin is one of the best _ players in the world.12. In a game, there are 6 players in each team. They try to pat a ball over a net. It is a _ game.13. Tiger Woods is one of the best _ players in the world. He is from the US.14. Michael Jordan, Oneal and Yao Ming are _ players.15. Tian Liang and Guo Jingjing won gold medals for _ in the 10th National Games.Key: 1. baseball, 2.gymnastics, 3.shooting, 4.skating, 5.folk dance, 6.martial art, 7.triathlon, 8.aerobics, 9.marathon, 10.football, 11.table tennis, 12.volleyball, 13.golf 14.basketball, 15.divingPart C1. Read and complete the e-mail to Amy. 2.What are the advantages of the sports according to Zhou Ling?Part D1. Look at the pictures above again and talk about whether the sports are played indoors or outdoors. 2. Fill in the columns on page 47. Step IV. Topics for discussion Work in groupsgroup 1: What can we benefit from sports?group 2: Say something about your favorite sport.group 3: Look at the body movements and guess the names of the sports.group 4: Talk about some in