Unit 4 Making the news 教案2.doc

Unit 4 Making the news 教案2（GETING THE “SCOOP”）IntroductionLanguage is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students, after warming up by summing up how a newspaper is made, read and translate a passage entitled Getting the scoop, do exercises and listen. The teaching ends by students acting a text playObjectivesTo help students read the passage “Getting the scoop on page 30To help students use the language by listening, speaking and writing as wellProcedures1. Warming up by summing up how a newspaper is madeTo begin with let us sum up what we have learned about news making.The chief editor holds a meeting journalists interviews people and write sotriesphotographers takes photographsphotographs are quickly developededitors check the reportseditors writes the headlinesthe newspapers are printedthe news are delivered by train and truck.2. Reading and translatingRead the text, getting The Scoop and translate it into Chinese paragraph by paragraphYou are to do paragraph 1, please, Xiao Li.3. Reading and underliningStep 1Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them in your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from Getting The Scoopbe ahead of, set to do, passon to, polish the style, the chief editor, a good front page article, be processed intoStep 2 Read the passage quickly for the first time to find out the main idea of the text and find the answers to the following questions.1. What was Zhou Yangs first task?2. How should he write about the story?3. How many people read his article before it was ready to be processed into film negative? Who are they?Step 3Reread the passage and find out the Writing and Printing process for an articleInterview and collect informationresearch for the truthwrite an articlecheck the evidence & the articledesign the main headline and smaller headingpolish the stylecheck & make sure got the facts straightone last check & printset the pages, process into film negatives4. Doing exercisesNow you are going to do Ex. 1 and 2 on page 31 following the article. 5. Listening（P31）For listening turn to page 31 and be ready to do Ex. 1 and 2. 1）Go over the three choices before listening to the tape. Then circle the correct summary of the learn passage.2）Listen to the tape again and answer the questions on P32.3）Listen to the tape a third time and say something about the listening practice.6. WritingHere the students will first learn what a news report is like. So that they will know what they should do when writing a report. The purpose of this step is to let students use what they have learned to finish a project by writing. The teacher can show them some English news reports to get them to understand what a news report is like.Plan: Ask the students to work in groups of 4.Let them discuss what the film star has done, and how he might try to lie about it.Prepare: Ask the students to look at the resources such as magazines, newspapers, Internet sites or TV on entertainment to get as much information as they can. Then they will discuss the information and decide how to write.Produce: Ask the students to write down the story based on the draft. They should try to write it neatly and try to be concise too.Present: Ask each group to rea