Unit 2 The Olympic Games 教案2.doc

Unit 2 The Olympic games 教案2（THE STORY OF ATLANTA)IntroductionYou are advised to lead in by talking about some Greek mythology. Then help students with their reading of The story of Atlanta. Translation of the text into Chinese is proposed. Objectivesn To read about the ancient Olympic Gamesn To listen and talk about hobbiesn To write about hobbiesProcedures. Warming up 1. Warming up by introducingHi! Class. You know Greece is the world-known country with an ancient civilization. It has a long history with so much marvelous culture. The Greeks had wonderful stories about the Gods and Goddesses who were part of their religion. They believed that these god or goddesses would help humans if they felt sorry for them or if the humans were good people. However, the Gods did not always help. They behaved like people who were unpredictable and capricious. To try to get the support of the Gods people had to pray to them and offer them present. In this story the Goddess Hera, the wife of the chief God, Zeus was sorry for Hippomenes and agreed to help him.2. Warming up by sharingNow, boys and girls. Is there anybody who can tell us some Greek mythology? You know they are so famous in human history. Or can you speak out some names of Greek Gods and Goddesses.Prometheus 普罗米修斯 a son of the former chief GodSphinx斯芬克斯 a being with a human face but a lion bodyPandora 潘多拉 a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deedZeus宙斯 the chief God who governed the worldHera 天后 the wife of Zeus who governed the love. Guided reading 1. Reading and judgingRead the text THE STORY OF ATLANTA, and complete the True or False questions after the text on page14.2. Reading and answeringRead the text again, and answer the following questions.A. What was Atlantas problem?B. What were Atlantas rules?C. What was Hippomenes amazement?D. What made Hippomenes change his mind?E. Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help?F. Can you guess what was the ending?For reference:A. Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.B. She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. If he could not run as fast as her, he would be killed.C. Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives.D. Atlantas beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind.E. He turned to the Goddess of love for help.F. Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race.G. He ran faster than Atlanta and married her.3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANAbe allowed to, run against, will be pardoned, hear of,be amazed, as fast as, change ones mind, ask for help from, promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be confident about,share ones pain, run past,compete with, cheap to marry4. ListeningFor listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 1.First read the questions carefully and imagine what is the listening about.When doing exercise 2, you must make clear what is wrong with the sentence. And tell the class which is correct, which is wrong and which is only half true.5. ActingNext we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them?Who will be Alantas father, the old king?Who will be the Goddess of Love?OK. Li Li, you are the Greek princess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man Hippomenes. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princesss father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before class.A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTATime: one morning in springPlace: at the palacePeople: the old king(K), the princess (A), the young man (H),the Goddess of love (L).F: My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like the spring flowers. Why dont you marry? So many young kings and princess want to marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice.A: Oh, dear father. I have promised that I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me. I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned.F: But, my dear daughter. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death. When will you get married?A: I wont marry unless I am allowed to run in the Olympic Games. (Hippomenes is allowed to come in)H: Oh, my kindest king and my prettiest princess! Ill marry the princess. Ill compete with you.A: Do you know the rules?H: Yes, princess!F: Oh, young man! Go away! You cant win her. You are only losing your life!H: No, I want a try!F: Foolish thing! Go away! Dont go to die! (Hippomenes was pushed away and felt sad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watching everything above him in the sky and pities him)L: Oh, young man, whats the matter? Why are you so sad?H: Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? Can you help me to win the princess and marry her?L: OK, young man. Do you really want to marry her and love her?H: Of course. She is so beautiful.L: OK, it is easy. Take these three golden apples. Throw apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will be relaxed. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run on and win.H: Oh, thank you, my Goddess! (Hippomenes returns to the palace)K: Well, young man, why are you here again?H: My kindest king. I want to marry her and run against her!K: Well, young man. I repeat. Dont be silly! Go away!H: No. I love her. I will marry her or die!6. SpeakingNow, class. Lets carry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests. You can carry out the task like this.Which do you like, sport, music or collection?Which of the sports do you like best?What is your favorite sport?Are you interested in table tennis?After the survey, the ones who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest. Why do you like this sport / music / collection?When do you begin to like it?Whats enjoyable about the hobby?What have you learned from the hobby?III. Guided writing1. Writing an imagined dialogueGroups 1 and 2 are going to write an imagined dialogue between the princess and Hippomenes. You may begin like this : Oh, my dear princess, I want to marry you2. Writing a descriptionTurn to page 16 and follow the direction to write a description of your favorite hobby. Here is an example:Swimming is my favorite sport. I like it because it can bring me much fun. The process of learning swimming is very interesting. You can try different ways of swimming, such as breaststroke