M1U3reading.doc

Period 2 Reading. Teaching aims:1. Enable the students to learn about the three letters2. Train the students reading ability(skimming, detailed reading, consolidation). Teaching important points: Get the main points about the three emails . Teaching difficult points: Enable the students to identify the main topic of each email and understand sentences with “however” and “but”. Teaching methods:Cooperative learning, task-based learning. Teaching aids: A computer, a blackboard, a tape-recorder. Teaching procedures: Step Lead-in1. Greetings2. Ask Ss to talk about the pictures and answerDo they look good and feel good?Then show some pictures including some fat persons Students may laughT: Do you feel its interesting? Why?S: In the picture, therere women models. Women models means they have good figures. But theres a fat man among themT: What kind of person do you like better, the fat or the slim.?3. Ask the students to look at the picture about a fat man being treated by a doctor and ask: What is he trying to do?Step Pre-reading1 Discuss about this question:If you are the person who is a little over-weight, how would you lose weight? Please discuss with your partner.Suggested answersGoing on a dietExercising in a gymReceiving surgical treatmentTaking weight-loss pills2. Talk about the ways to lose weight and discuss which methods they prefer, including the advantages and disadvantages. Finally fill in the form.3. Prediction Look at the title and predict what will be talked about in the text(Who, , what, how, why, the results)Step Reading1. Fast reading Read the text fast and answer the three questions on page 42. and the meaning of the title “Dying to be thin”1)、The first is that Amy wanted to be thin very much.2)、The second is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.1. Careful reading1) True or false2) Multiple choices on page 44 C13) Discuss the main point of each letter and the whole passageStep Further Discussion Ask the Ss to work in groups to discuss the following questions.1. What lessons has Amy learnt from her experience?2.What kinds of advice would you give to Amy? Step Reading strategy1.Explain the differences in meaning between the sentences with “however” and “but”.2. find out in the text the sentences using “however” and “but”.Step language points 1. explanation1) used to; work out2) work3) follow4) recover/ uncover/ discover5) match/ fit/ suit/ go with 2. practicefill in the blankssentence transformationStep VII Homework1. Read the text again to