M5Unit4MakingtheNews教学设计

M5 Unit4 Making the News 教学设计教学设计 Module 5 Unit 4 Period 1 Warming up Pre reading social political record keeping entertainment What are they about What kind of news do you like most and why A Journalists are responsible for monitoring 监督 the activities of the government B Not everything in life is serious We want something entertaining We want sound advice We want our MTV C Newspapers and broadcast news provide us with topics to talk about at the office and over coffee D Advertising carried in the media helps to develop the economy and provide us with information about new products and services E Through the records kept by the news media we know who is born gets married gets divorced dies who won the game etc How can we know what happens around us or what happens abroad five forms of the news media 3 How are these media different from each other Discuss with you partner Forms Advantages Disadvantages Your preference TV Radio Newspapers Internet TV a broadcast medium be broadcast live provide people with colorful moving pictures have to own a TV set Internet fast varieties of information have different opinions of the same subject communicate with each other easily have a computer which is linked to the Internet Radio a broadcast medium be broadcast live listen to it whenever you like with a portable radio can t have visible enjoyment Magazine provide people with detailed information on a certain subject focused on a topic publi shed weekly monthlyNewspaper a medium for reading report the latest news can be kept for a long time cheap to buy can t express one s idea freely 4 Questions and answers 1 Which one do you think is the most reliable among these news media 2 Which kind of news media do you think is more convenient and cheaper for us to read Step 2 Newspaper making 1 Recognise how newspaper is made and ask Do you know how a newspaper is made 2 Who are needed in producing a newspaper What it involves Make a match Pair work The first day as a reporter 3 Pair work 1 Discussion You work as a reporter for the class newspaper What qualities a good new reporte r needs to have a Higher level of education b Work experience c Good communication skills d Curious active personality e Hard working character f Enthusiasm for the job g Prepared to work long hours h Ability to work in a team 2 What should you do as a reporter before during after the interview 3 Make an interview and give us a report step2 Reading task 1 lead in questions 1 What are you going to be in the future 2 Since some students want to become reporters here are some questions for them If you are a new reporter 1 Can you go out to cover an event by yourself Why 2 If so what do you need to take with you 3 What do you need to keep in mind when you go out to cover a story 4 What qualities should a good reporter have Suggested answers Good communication skills higher level of education hard working curious working experience I think curiosity is the most important because 3 If you are the host of people in the news now you are going to interview Yang Yang a 3 year old boy who tries to approach a Beluga Whale at the Animal Performance Area of the Popar Regi on Ocean World in Qingdao east China s Shandong Province Tuesday May 29 2007 Little Yang Yang an all round swimmer is also a fan of ocean animal s and has always hope to swim alongside the Belug a Whale at the Ocean World As a gift for the upcoming Children s Day the ocean world offered t o help him accomplish his dream Make a dialouge with your partner task 2 fasting reading 1 Read the text fast and get the main idea of the text Suggested answers This is about Zhou Yang s first assignment at the office of China Daily And his discussion with his new boss Hu Xin 2 Underline the difficult words and expressions and guess the meanings cover a story to have a nose for a story a trick of the trade get all your facts straight get the wr ong end of the stick a real scoop 3 true or false questions 1 Talk a lot during the interview 2 If the person being interviewed disagrees we should use small recorders to make sure that we g et all our facts straight 3 A reporter doesn t need to listen to the detailed facts 4 Zhou Yang wants to get a scoop too after he talks to his boss 5 Hu Xin never had a case where somebody accused his reporters of getting the wrong end fo the stick Suggested answers F F F T F task 3 careful reading 1 Listen to the tape and then answer the question What a new reporter should do on the first day Suggested answers 1 The first time he will be sent with an experienced reporter 2 There is no need for him to take a camera because he will have a professional photographer wit h him to take photos 2 Read the passage again and divide it into three sections each of which looks at one duty of a re porter Then write down the main idea of each section Suggested answers A reporter s duties are 1 to work in a team 2 how to get an accurate stor 3 how to protect a story from accusations 3 Let students have an intensive reading Try to get more information and then complete the follo wing chart Questions about Zhou Yang s answers The skills needed 1 2 3 4 The importance of listening Stages in researching a story 1 2 3 4 How to check facts How to deal with accusations of printing Suggested answers Questions about Zhou Yang s answers The skills needed 1 be able to tell if someone is telling the truth2 be accurate 3 do research 4 ask questions The importance of listening get the detailed facts Stages in researching a story 1 ask questions 2 note reactions 3 check facts 4 do research How to check facts use research a