1、模块五 第四单元教学设计NSEFC M5 Unit4 Making the News 浙江省镇海中学 蔡建芳 魏林 方英姿 来君芳 苏燕萍1. 单元教学内容分析 本单元的中心话题是 “新闻”。话题依附于热身、阅读、语言学习、语言运用、听力、口语与写作等语言载体中。内容涉及新闻工作者应该具备的素质、制作新闻的基本程序以及报纸和电视节目。“热身”(warming up)部分通过讨论将来想从事的工作，使学生了解多种职业类别，帮助学生认识报社工作人员的各种类别和所需承担的职责。重点在于“types of jobs”和 “What is involves？”“读前 ”(Pre-reading)部分通过调
2、查问卷引导学生思考他们眼中优秀的新闻记者应该具备的素质，为文章涉及的内容“What is needed to become a good reporter?”做了铺垫。学生通过讨论他们人生中各种“第一次 ”的经历和感受，为下一部分阅读的开展做了准备。“阅读”(reading)部分通过周阳-一位刚刚走上新闻工作岗位的记者和他的上司胡星-一位经验丰富的资深新闻工作者之间的对话，通过阅读，引导学生了解并意识到作为新闻工作者应该具备的素质、新闻制作的基本程序以及新闻工作者在采访过程中应该注意的细节要点。通过阅读部分所设计的一些教学活动来帮助学生加深对文章内容的理解。“语言学习”(learning ab
3、out language)部分归纳和运用了本单元的重点词汇和短语。帮助学生分析和掌握倒装句的语法项目。“语言运用”(Using language)部分包含了读、听、说等基本语言技能。第一部分学生通过阅读“获得独家新闻”，一方面了解新闻写作的基本步骤和新闻制作的相关程序，另一方面学生通过想象来讨论文中所提到的“著名影星”可能说的谎言，在此基础上引导学生象周阳一样写出一篇关于此“著名影星”的独家新闻。第二部分是周阳想采访刘明关于他去国外工作的决定，和刘明的助手商谈安排采访刘明的对话。通过练习来帮助学生获取要点和细节，提高他们听的能力。在听的基础上，学生通过所设计的情景来开展两两对话活动，巩固本单元
4、的交际功能“约会”的相关用语。练习册(Workbook)部分涵盖了听、说、读、写的语言技能训练。通过这些练习，进一步加深对本单元主题的理解，巩固本单元的重点词汇、短语、语法和交际功能用语的运用能力。小结(Summing up)部分归纳本单元的学习内容，让学生自我检测学习效果。建议（learning Tip)部分建议学生要多阅读适合中学生的英文报纸，拓宽阅读的渠道，拓展词汇量。NSEFC Module 5 Unit 4 Period 1 Warming up, Pre-reading & Reading Teaching Goals:1. To encourage the students to
5、 think and talk about newspaper and their first day as a reporter.2. To train the students speaking ability.Teaching Procedures Step 1 Warming up & pre-reading 1. Show the students some pictures about some pieces of news and ask them what is happening. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3Pic 4 Pic 5 ( Pic 1: The terro
6、rist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001Pic 2: Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to DeathPic 3: Yao Min, the tallest flag bearer in Olympic history, marched into the 28th Olympic StadiumPic 4: Floods attacked Lianzhou, GuangdongPic 5: President Hu Jintao received foreign guests ) 2. Ne
7、ws 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. We want something entertai
8、ning. 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
9、 by the news media, we know who is born, gets married, gets divorced, dies, who won the game, etc. 3. 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.FormsAdvantagesDisadvantagesY
10、our preferenceTVRadioNewspapersInternetTV: a broadcast medium / be broadcast alive / provide people with colorful moving pictures / have to own a TV setInternet: fast / varieties of information / have different opinions of the same subject / communicate with each other easily / have a computer which
11、 is linked to the InternetRadio: a broadcast medium / be broadcast live / listen to it whenever you like with a portable radio / cant have visible enjoymentMagazine: provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /published weekly / monthly / news comes lateNewspa
12、per: a medium for reading / report the latest news / can be kept for a long time / cheap to buy / cant express ones idea freely4. Questions and answers: (1) 3. 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
13、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.Step 3 Practise 1. Group work: each group works for one of the 4 kinds of newspapers: international newspa
14、per, Chinese newspaper, Ningbo newspaper, class newspaper. There should have three important things appearing in your newspaper. The following may help you. Tell us the reasons why your group choose them?a) 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.b) France elected a new president.c) Two men robbe
15、d a bank in Shanghai.d) Food prices are going up.e) A house in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured.f) 2000 people in your city moved into new building today and were happy.g) A Chinese scientist has invented a new engine that does not pollute the air.h) There is a rumour that a large company wa
16、nts to build a factory in your city.i) 2. 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 reporter needs to have?a) Higher level of educationb) Work experiencec) Good communication skillsd) Curious, activ
17、e personalitye) Hard-working characterf) Enthusiasm for the jobg) Prepared to work long hoursh) 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.Homework: a composition: what do you think of your first day a
18、s a reporter?Period 2 ReadingTeaching Goals:2. the students learn the skills necessary to become a good reporter.2. the students learn how to conduct a good interview.Teaching ProceduresStep 1 lead-in questions1. What are you going to be in the future?2. Since some students want to become reporters,
19、 here are some questions for them?If you are a new reporter1. 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 commu
20、nication skills, higher level of education, hard working, curious, working experienceI 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 Performan
21、ce Area of the Popar Region Ocean World in Qingdao,east Chinas Shandong ProvinceTuesday, 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 Beluga Whale at the Ocean World. As a gift for the upcoming Childrens Day,the ocea
22、n world offered to help him accomplishhis dream. Make a dialouge with your partner.Step 2 fasting reading1.Read the text fast and get the main idea of the textSuggested answers: This is about Zhou Yangs first assignment at the office of China Daily. And his discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin.2. Un
23、derline 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 wrong end of the stick, a real “scoop”3.true or false questions1) Talk a lot during the interview. 2) If the person being intervi
24、ewed disagrees, we should use small recorders to make sure that we get all our facts straight. 3) A reporter doesnt 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 w
25、rong end fo the stick. Suggested answers: F F F T FStep 3 careful reading1. 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 beca
26、use he will have a professional photographer with him to take photos.2. Read the passage again and divide it into three sections, each of which looks at one duty of a reporter. Then write down the main idea of each section.Suggested answers:A reporters duties are:1) to work in a team 2) how to get a
27、n accurate stor3) how to protect a story from accusations3. Let students have an intensive reading. Try to get more information and then complete the following chart.Questions about Zhou Yangs answersThe skills needed1. _2. _ 3. _ 4. _ The importance of listening_Stages in researching a story1. _ 2.
28、_3. _ 4. _How to check facts_How to deal with accusations of printing_Suggested answers:Questions about Zhou Yangs answersThe skills needed1. be able to tell if someone is telling the truth2. be accurate 3. do research 4. ask questions The importance of listeningget the detailed factsStages in resea
29、rching a story1. ask questions 2. note reactions3. check facts 4. do researchHow to check factsuse research and ask witnessesHow to deal with accusations of printinguse a tape recorder for the interviewhomework1. review the text and underline the new words and find out the meanings.2. do the exercis
30、es of“Learning about Language Discovering useful words and expressions”Evuation tableThink about what you have learned in this period. Then tick the boxes. I have learned I need to learn more this wellI have learned about: the skills you need as a newspaper reporter; the stages in making news; interviewing someone. Period 3 Learning about languageTeaching goals:1. Learn to use words & expressions of the passage learned.2. Learn to use the grammar “inversion” Teaching ProceduresStep I Leadin 1.Revision Yesterday we learned the passage and we ha
