人教高中英语必修五 Unit 4 Making the news教案

第 1 页 Unit 4 Making the news

Period 1 Warming up and reading

Teaching aims:

知识目标

1. Let students talk about jobs in newspapers and what is needed to work in a

newspaper office.

2.Have students read the passage and know about Zhou Yang's first work

assignment.

能力目标

Develop students' reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.

情感目标

Stimulate students' interest in newspaper and the basic procedure of making the

news.

Teaching important points:

1.Let students talk about jobs in newspapers and what is needed to work in a

newspaper office.

2.Have students learn different reading skills.

Teaching difficult points:

1.Develop students reading ability.

2.Let students talk about what is needed to work in a newspaper office.

Teaching methods:

Task-based teaching and learning & Discussion.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead in

Show students some pictures and talk about where we can get the news from all

over the world?

News: five forms of the news media.

Step 2 warming up

1.Do you know how to make the news?

Can you tell some jobs in a newspaper company? What are their jobs involves?

Types of jobs What it involves

Reporter/ journalist Interview people or finds out events from onlookers

Photographer Takes photos of important people or events

Editor Makes sure the writing is clear, concise and accurate,

check facts

Designer Lays out the articles and photographs

Printer Prints the newspaper

2.The procedures of making a newspaper.(omitted)

Step 3 Pre-reading

Get the students to discuss the importance of qualities a good news reporter

needs to have. And why?

Qualities:Good communication skills,.Enthusiasm for the job,higher level of 第 2 页 education,hard working,Curious, active personality...

enthusiasm = a strong feeling of interest and enjoyment about something and

and eagerness to be involved in it.

be full of enthusiasm about…热衷于……

Step 4 Reading

1.Skimming

What’s the main idea of this passage?

This passage is about _______’s first _______ at the office of China Daily. And

his ________ with his new _____, Hu Xin.

Now please listen to the passage and underline the questions which Zhou Yang asks.

Try to

look at the way the questions develop.

⑴ Can I go out on a story immediately?

⑵ What do I need to take with me?

⑶ What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?

⑷ What should I keep in mind?

⑸ Why is listening so important?

⑹ But how Can I listen carefully while taking notes?

⑺ Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of getting the

wrong end of the stick?

2. Scanning

True or False questions.(TFTFFF)

1, Don’t go out on a story on your own at first.

2, Take a notebook, a pen as well as a camera.

3, Be curious and ask different questions to get all the information

4, Talk too much during the interview.

5, A reporter doesn’t need to listen to the detailed facts.

6, We can always use small recorders to make sure that we get all our facts straight.

3 . Careful reading

Part 1

1.When could Zhou Yang cover a story by himself?

Not till he is more experienced.

2. Why is there no need for him to carry a camera?

Because he will have a professional photographer with him to take photographs.

Part 2:

What does Zhou Yang need to remember when he goes out to cover a story?

1.You need to be ______ and able to tell when people are ___________. In that

case, you must use __________ or ___________ to find out the truth.

2. Don’t be ____, don’t talk too much yourself and must _________________

carefully.

3. While listening, you can use ______________ to make sure that you get all

the facts ________. It also can provide ______ to support your story, if you are

accused.

Part 3: Are the following statements true or false?(FFFF) 第 3 页 Hu Xin never had a case where somebody accused his reporters of getting the

wrong end of the stick.

The footballer was accused because he lost the game.

The footballer admitted in the interview that he had taken some money from the

man.

The reporters found out the truth from the footballer’s words.

Step 5 Revision

Zhou Yang’s notes

1.The skills needed

2.The importance of listening

3.Stages in researching a story

4.How to check facts

5.How to deal with accusations of lies

Step 6 Homework

1. Read the text by yourself and finish Ex 1 & 3. (P27-28)

2. Read and find out the useful words and expressions in the reading text.