The Second PeriodTeaching Aims:1.Learn and master the following words and phrases:temporary,co-operate,uncertain,expectation,shortcoming,embarrass,contradictory,for the sake of,keep an eye on,take something into account.2.Improve the students’ reading ability.3.Enable the students to realize that it is important to learn to co-operate.Teaching Important Points:1.Improve the students’ reading ability.2.Master the following phrases and sentences.What if...?...fell as if/though....for the sake of,keep an eye on,take something into accountTeaching Difficult Point:How to make the students understand the reading passage better.Teaching Methods:1.Discussion before reading to make the students interested in what they will learn.2.Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.3.Discussion after reading to make students understand what they’ve learned better.4.Careful reading to get the detailed information in the text.Teaching Aids:1.the blackboard2.the multimediaTeaching Procedures:Step Ⅰ Greetings and Lead-inGreet the whole class as usual.T:In the last period we learned the importance of understanding what kind of people you are and the importance to be honest,responsible and reliable.We also learned that sometimes teamwork is necessary to finish some tasks.Now who can give us some examples about the situations where we must co-operate to accomplish some particular tasks.S1:I think building is a kind of teamwork.S2:Acting a play on the stage is also a kind of teamwork.S3:As with a sports team,I think.....Step Ⅱ Pre-readingT:Thank you for your correct answers.Now let’s learn the new words and phrases of this part.OK?Ss:OK!(Teacher and the students learn the new words and phrases together.)T:Are you clear about them?Ss:Yes.T:Very good.Next we will look at three pictures.(Show the pictures on the screen.)T:What can you see from the pictures?Ss:Three different sports games.They are basketball,volleyball and football.T:Do you know about these games?Ss:Yeah.The games are all very popular.T:OK!Next I’ll give you some time to have a discussion about the three different games.When you discuss,you should try to answer the following questions.(Teacher writes the following questions on the blackboard.)1.What is the composition of each team?2.Which roles does each of the team players have?3.How is the game played?(Teacher gives the students enough time to discuss and goes around the classroom to help them to express their own ideas in English correctly.After a while,the teacher asks some students to say their answers.)Suggested answers:1.Basketball is game played by two teams of five players in which goals are scored by throwing a large ball into an open-ended net fixed high on a hoop at the opponents’ end of the court.There is a Point Guard(PG),a Shooting Guard(SG),a Small Forward(SF),a Power Forward(PF)and a Center Forward(CF)in a basketball team.PG is responsible for taking the ball to the front court from the back safely and passing it to other members of the team.SG is a person whose most important role is shooting.The duty for PF is to help other members to rob backboard,to defend and so on.A team can’t do without PF,although he/she is the most ordinary one in the field.As for SF,his/her duty is to score,score and score.CF,as its name implies playing a key role in the team.2.Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players,using a round ball that must not be handled during play except by the goalkeeper.In a football team there are defenders,midfieled players,wings and a goalkeeper.Defenders are mainly responsible for defending and attacking according to the position of the ball.Midfield players are also responsible for defending.Besides,they should catch every opportunity to attack.Forwards are players whose most important role is to try to score goals.The main role wings play is attacking from the extreme end.Goal-keeper is a player who stands in goal and tries to prevent the other team from scoring.3.V olleyball is a game in which oppositing teams of players hit a ball backwards and fowards overa high net with their hands without letting it touch the ground on their own sides.There are Setters and Spikers in each volleyball team.Setters are responsible for passing and Spikers are responsible for attacking.T:Well done.It is real surprise.You know so much about sports.S4:We are preparing ourselves for the Olympic Games in Beijing,you know.T:I see.All Chinese people are preparing for the games.Well,let’s come to the point.Do you know what are requirements for a sports team to function well?S5:Loving is the most important factor,I think.Each member must love the team,because love is strength.T:I quite agree with you.Is love enough for a team?S6:No,great skills are necessary,too.S7:A good coach is also important.T:You are so clever.Step Ⅲ Reading and Language StudyT:Just now,we talked about some sports in which co-operation is very important.The passage we’ll read is also about sports team.Have you previewed it?Ss:Yes.T:Do you know what the text is about?S8:It mainly talks about teamwork.T:Quite right.Some students have told us the requirements for the teams to succeed just now.Now please scan the text and list the requirements mentioned in the text to check if your ideas are ture.(Give the students a limited time to scan the text.Then ask some students to say their answers.) T:According to the author,what are the requirements for a team to function well?S9:A sports team can only function well when all team members help and support each other.S10:In a sports team each player should not be confused or uncertain of their roles.T:What do you think of the requirements mentioned by yourselves,right or wrong?S s:We are right,too.But not overall.T:Well,please read the passage carefully and try to finish the form on the screen.(Teacher shows the form on the screen.)Project team Rugby team similaritiesdifferences(Give students enough time to read the passage and finish the form.Then check their answers.)Project team Rugby team similarities They are both teamwork.Their work can only be successfulwhen group members respect,help and support each other. differences The number of a rugby team’s players is not changeable,but thenumber of people that a project team needs is changeable.Theirpurposes of teamwork are different.One is to win thematch,while the other is to build.Besides,the rules they mustfollow are also different.T:OK!Do you have trouble understanding the passage?Ss:Yes.There are some sentences and phrases which are difficult to understand.T:It doesn’t matter.I’ll give you some explanations.Look at the blackboard,please.(Teacher writes the following phrases and sentence patterns on the blackboard and explains1.What if...?(What would happen if...?)e.g.What if it rains when we can’t get under shelter?What if the rumor is true?2. ...feel as if....(give the impression that)e.g.I feel as if I’m going to be sick.My cold feels as if it’s getting better.3.for the sake of(because of something)’ll help you for the sake of your sister.She argues for the sake of arguing.4.keep an eye on(look after somebody or something)e.g.Please keep an eye on the baby.5.take something into account(consider something)e.g.When judging his performance,don’t take his age into account.T:Now,are you clear about the text?Ss:Yes.T:Well.To help you understand teamwork better,Let’s look at the questions on the screen.(Show the following questions on the screen.)1.What are some of the different roles in a project team?2.Can you compare two things that are similar on the surface but have fundamental differences?Give an example.paring a project team to a rugby team creats a funny effect.Why?4.According to the author,some team members work best in tasks alone.Is this statement contradictory or not?Explain it.T:Please have a discussion in groups of four to help you answer the questions.After a while,I’ll check your answers.(A few minutes later,the teacher asks some students to say their answers.)Suggested answers:1.In a project team,there are some builders,a foreman,an architect and so on.2.Yes.Take fight and wrestling as an example.They are both bout of strength of two people.In this way,they seem similar,but they are quite different in nature.First,their purposes are quite different.People fight because of the sharp conflict between them,so they fight to avenge themselves and they fight in an illegal way.It is wrong to fight with others.While,very differently,wrestling is a healthy and popular kind of sport,even a kind of art.People wrestle to make them pared with the scene of fight,the performance of wrestling also look very exquisite.3.Various answers are possible.4.No,it’s not contradictory.Because even in a team or group,some work must be done alone.For example,in a sports team,the composition is mainly decided by the coach alone.When he/she makes a decision,if there are many people who want to make a suggestion,maybe the coach will be confused.And it is the same with the architect in a project team.Step Ⅳ Summary and HomeworkT:Today,we’ve read a passage about teamwork.We’ve learned it is important to learn how to act well in a teamwork.At the same time,we’ve also learned some useful phrases and sentence patterns.After class,read the passage again until you can retell the passage.What’s more,don’t forget to finish the exercise in Workbook.Step Ⅴ The Design of the Writing on theUnit 11Key to successThe Second Period1.What is the composition of each team?2.Which roles does each of the team players have?3.How is the game played?Phrases and sentence patterns:1.What if...?2. ...feel as if....3.for the sake of4.keep an eye on5.take something into accountStep Ⅵ Record after Teaching_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ __。
