M5Unit4MakingtheNews教学设计

1、M5Unit4 Making the News 教学设计Module 5 Unit 4Period 1 Warming up, Pre-reading & ReadingTeaching ProceduresStep 1 Warming up & pre-reading1.Show the students some pictures about some pieces of news and ask them what is happening Pic 1: Floods attacked Lianzhou, GuangdongPic 2: President Hu Jintao recei

2、ved foreign guests )2.News may have five functions: economic; 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. W

3、e 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.

4、 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. Form

5、s Advantages Disadvantages Your preference TV Radio Newspapers InternetTV: a broadcast medium / be broadcast live / provide people with colorful moving pictures / ave to own a TV setInternet: fast / varieties of information / have different opinions of the same subject / communicate with each other

6、easily / have a computer which is linked to the InternetRadio: a broadcast medium / be broadcast live / listen to it whenever you like with a portable radio / can htave visible enjoymentMagazine: provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /publi shed weekly /

7、monthlyNewspaper: a medium for reading / report the latest news / can be kept for a long time / cheap to buy / ca n etxpress one isdea freely4. 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 an

8、d cheaper for us to read?Step 2 Newspaper making1. 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 th

9、e class newspaper. What qualities a good new reporter needs to have?a) Higher level of educationb) Work experiencec) Good communication skillsd) Curious, active personalitye) Hard-working characterf) Enthusiasm for the jobg) Prepared to work long hoursh) Ability to work in a team(2) What should you

10、do as a reporter? (before /during/after the interview)(3) Make an interview and give us a report.step2 Readingtask 1 lead-in questions1. 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 reporter1. Can you go out

11、 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 e

12、xperience 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-ol d boy, who tries to approach a Beluga Whale at the Animal Performance Area of the Popar Region Ocean World in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong P

13、rovince Tuesday, May 29, 2007. Little Yang Ya ng, an all-round swimmer , is also a fan of ocean animal s and has always hope to swim alongside the Beluga Whale at the Ocean World. As a gift for the upcoming Childrens Day, the ocean world offered to help him accomplish his dream. Make a dialouge with

14、 your partner.task 2 fasting reading1. Read the text fast and get the main idea of the textSuggested answers: This is about Zhou Yang sfirst assignment at the office of China Daily. And hi s discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin.2. Underline the difficult words and expressions and guess the meanings:

15、cover a story, to have a “nose f”or 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 questions1) Talk a lot during the interview.2) If the person being interviewed disagrees, we should use small recorders to make sure that

16、we g et all our facts straight.3) A reporter doesn nteed 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 Ftask 3 careful r

17、eading1. Listen to the tape and then answer the questionWhat 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 phot

18、os.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 reporters duties are:1) to work in a team2) how to get an accurate stor3) how to protect a story from accusations3. Let students have an intensive reading. Try to get more information and then complete the follo wing chart.Questions about Zhou Yang asnswersThe skills needed 1. 2. 3. 4. 2.The importance of listening Stages in researching a story 1.3. 4. How to check facts How to deal with accusations of printingSuggest