Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: modern, gold, record, event, twentieth
Oral words and expressions: ancient, Athens, Beamon, medal, shooting, athlete, silver, bronze, sprint
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn about the history of Olympics.
2. Encourage the students to work hard for our country.Teaching Important Points:
1. Learn something about the Olympics.
2. Wishes and congratulations.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some words and expressions used in the Olympics.
Teaching Preparation: some pictures of Olympics
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1.Show some pictures of Olympics to the class. Let the students say something about the Olympics. Show some new words to the students with the help of the pictures. At the end, introduce the topic of the unit to the class.
Step2.Come to “THINK ABOUT IT.”
Step3.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.
1. When were the first Olympics?
2. When did the modern Olympics start?
Step4.Now let’s learn how to use the new words. Make some sentences with the new words. Sometimes they can guess the meanings of the new words.
Step5. Read the text and find out the words that stand for places, time, medals, sports and events.
Places: Greece, Athens, Sydney, Mexico City, Los Angeles
Time: ancient, modern, BC (Before Christ), AD
Medals: gold, silver, bronze
Sports and events: race, sprint (a short race), long jumping, shooting
Step6. Discuss the main ideas of the text. Answer the questions in Quick Quiz! Have the students talk about the history, sports and events, and famous athletes of the Olympics.
Step7. Divide the class into several groups. Talk about the 2008 Olympics Games. What do the students know about it?
Step8.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Play the game in the class. Divide the class into several groups. Then each group have a student in front of the class to imitate a sport. The others guess by using “Is it______?”
Step9. Homework
1. Finish the activity.
Mastery words and expressions: modern, gold, record, event, twentieth
Oral words and expressions: ancient, Athens, Beamon, medal, shooting, athlete, silver, bronze, sprint
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn about the history of Olympics.
2. Encourage the students to work hard for our country.Teaching Important Points:
1. Learn something about the Olympics.
2. Wishes and congratulations.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Some words and expressions used in the Olympics.
Teaching Preparation: some pictures of Olympics
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1.Show some pictures of Olympics to the class. Let the students say something about the Olympics. Show some new words to the students with the help of the pictures. At the end, introduce the topic of the unit to the class.
Step2.Come to “THINK ABOUT IT.”
Step3.Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.
1. When were the first Olympics?
2. When did the modern Olympics start?
Step4.Now let’s learn how to use the new words. Make some sentences with the new words. Sometimes they can guess the meanings of the new words.
Step5. Read the text and find out the words that stand for places, time, medals, sports and events.
Places: Greece, Athens, Sydney, Mexico City, Los Angeles
Time: ancient, modern, BC (Before Christ), AD
Medals: gold, silver, bronze
Sports and events: race, sprint (a short race), long jumping, shooting
Step6. Discuss the main ideas of the text. Answer the questions in Quick Quiz! Have the students talk about the history, sports and events, and famous athletes of the Olympics.
Step7. Divide the class into several groups. Talk about the 2008 Olympics Games. What do the students know about it?
Step8.Come to “LET’S DO IT”.
Play the game in the class. Divide the class into several groups. Then each group have a student in front of the class to imitate a sport. The others guess by using “Is it______?”
Step9. Homework
1. Finish the activity.
