unit2TheOlympicGames

An Opening Teaching Speech For New Senior English For China Book 2 灵璧中学灵璧中学 倪盼倪盼 Unit 2 The Olympic Games The Third Period Teaching topic Reading and listening The Story of Atlanta Teaching aims and demands 1 Target language a The important words glory bargain hopeless foolish pain one after another b The important sentence patterns Her father said that she must marry so Atlanta made a bargain with him She made as many men as she could share her pain He threw the golden apples one after another No one will be pardoned 2 Ability goals Enable the students to talk about the story of Atlanta Enable the students to develop the strategy of predicting a story according to the title pictures and context Enable the students to be more imaginative Enable the students to be more interested in western culture and know something about mythology of ancient Greek Teaching difficult points 1 How to develop students reading and listening abilities 2 How to develop students writing skills and make sure they can talk their hobbies properly and write about them well Teaching aid a projector a tape recorder Teaching procedures Step1 Lead in Ask students the question do they know any god or goddess in Greek fairy tale And then show them pictures on the screen Present them the main characters of the story 1 Divide the whole class into two groups and state the rules for group competition Step2 Fast reading Ask students to read the text and then answer the questions below a Who was Atlanta b What was she good at c What are Atlanta s rules d What did Hippomenes think of the men who competed against Atlanta at first e What did the Greek Goddess of Love advise Hippomenes to do Step3 Careful reading Task1 Read the passage again and decide whether they are true or false If a statement is false they should tell the reason 1 She practiced running to compete in the Olympic Games False 2 At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta False 3 Atlanta was not sure she could win False 4 She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympics True 5 She made as many men as she could share her pain True 6 Her father did not understand her wish to compete in the Olympics True 7 He did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a race True Task2 Before listening try to work out the order of the following sentences A One man wanted to win and marry Atlanta very much B Atlanta married him and they lived happily ever after C When the race began Atlanta ran past him D He asked the Goddess of Love fro help E Atlanta was a very beautiful princess F Many men tried to compete with her but failed and so were killed G She stopped to pick them up H She gave him three golden apples I She ran too slowly and he won J He threw the golden apples one after another K She could run faster than any man in Greece Then play the tape for students and check the answer together Step4 Summary 1 Write down the main idea in one sentence 2 Retelling Ask students to fill the blanks below Atlanta a very beautiful Greek ran the fastest in Greece but she was not to take part in the Olympic Games She was angry and decided not to anyone who could not run faster than her She made a with her father and made her that if a man wanted to her she would run against him If he could not run as as her he would be Hippomenes decided to marry Atlanta after he saw her And he went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for She promised to help him and him three golden apples She told him to an apple in front of Atlanta when she was fast When she stopped to it up he would be able to run her and win Hippomenes took the apples went to the King and told him that he wanted to marry Atlanta Step5 Homework Write a short passage