《Unit 3 Sports and Fitness》单元教案Unit 3 Sports and FitnessPeriod 1 Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking【教材分析】In this period, the theme is “sports and health”. Students will have a general understanding of how to invite a friend to a sports event and voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship by listening and ultimately can form a healthy lifestyle and good attitudes towards sports.Listening and Speaking introduces the topic of sports events with posters advertising them, along with related vocabulary and grammar, and is a warm-up for the activities which follows.Listening and Talking introduces idea of sportsmanship by listening to a conversation, matching speakers’ opinions and giving and discussing one’s own opinions.【教学目标与核心素养】1.Instruct students to get main facts by listening and motivate them to talk about the topics about how to invite a friend to a sports event ，voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship by listening.2.Develop students’sense of cooperative learning and individual thinking capability.3.Develop students’different listening skills to solve different listening comprehensive problems.【教学重难点】1.Teach students how to focus on key words, not on single words or grammar.2.Prompt Ss to talk about the related topics, such as how to invite a friend to a sports event and voice one’s own opinions about sportsmanship.【教学过程】Part 1: Listening and SpeakingLead inThe teacher is advised to talk with their students about sports events.Boys and girls, look at the posters on p36, what sports events do you like to watch? Which sports would you like to try? After their small talk, the teacher can move on by finishing the following listening task:Play conversation 1 which is about Shen Qi’s main purpose for talking to Amy and after finishing listening for the first time, the students need to solve the following tasks.1.Purpose2.Listen to conversation 1 again and write down the words that the speaker stresses:Listening tip:Listen for main ideas.Try to catch the main ideas instead of trying to remember and translate each word you hear.After finishing the task above, the teacher is expected to play conversation 2 which is about Adam’s inviting Julie to a sports event and after finishing listening, the students need to solve the following task.Listen to Conversation 2. Then answer the following questions:1.When will the event happen?The event will happen2.What”s a “Blue Paint“ run?A “Blue Paint“ run is a fun run that3.Why is it called a “Blue Paint“ run?Because people can buy water ballons flled with and the runners.4.If 200 people take part in the run and 400 balloons are sold, how much money will they collect?Finally, after finishing the task above, the teacher is expected to instruct students to work in groups to finish the following project:Speaking ProjectWhat event or activity would you like to invite your friend to? Make a conversation with a partner.Ski Race: Zhangjiakou, a beautiful city in northern China, will host the Youth Ski Race in December.Track Meet: a great event for track –and –field lovers on 26 October.Gym Class: come and work out at a gym! You can make it.Part 2: Listening and Talking:The teacher is advised to talk with their new students about the related topic:Boys and girls , what do you think of sportsmanship? Let’s listen and find out: Play the listening and match each opinion with the right speaker. Who do you agree with? Why?Cao Jing Lily MaxA.An athlete should do his/her best to win.B.The girl should stop and help the other girl. Good sportsmanship is more important than wining!C.An athlete should think about honor and his/her fans if he/she is competing for his/her country.Listen again and circle the expressions that you hear in the conversation.agreeingI agree.So do I. Exactly!All right Good idea. Yes, I think so. disagreeingI”m sorry, but I disagree/don”t agree. I don”t think so. That”s not right.That doesn”t make any sense! That”s not how I see it.I see what you mean, but …Me too.Sure./Certainly./Of course. You”re right/correct.I guess so.Talking projectWork in groups. Choose one of the situations below and make a conversation:●A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team.●In school teams, everyone should get a chance to play, not only the best players.●It is wrong to pay people millions of yuan to play sports.●Athletes should play only for their own country.EXAMPLEA: I agree with the idea that a soccer player should never pretend to fall down even if it helps his or her team. You should never cheat.B: Exactly! It”s important to do the right thing.C: Well, don”t think so. Many players do it, and they think it helps their team to win. A: That doesn”t make any sense!B: I see what you mean, but the audience wants fair play.Unit 3 Sports and Fitness-Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking【教材分析】This lesson focuses on the discourse analysis of its organization and features. Through the questions, the students are guided to sort out why Lang Ping and Jordan are masters and what role models they set. On this basis, the students are allowed to use the language they have learned to talk about the sports stars in their minds.【教学目标与核心素养】1.Read quickly to get basic information about Lang Ping and Jordan; read deeply to understand why they can be called sports legends.2.Understand the meaning of some languages in the context of the text through question guidance, such as “time seems to stand still, graceful“ and so on.3.Read and clarify the context of each part of the text, learning how to talk a write sports legends.4.Through comparativeanalysis,w e can form the criterif aor judgingthelegendary figures and learn to choose the legendary sports stars we like.【教学重难点】1.Get basic information about Lang Ping and Jordan; read deeply2.Understand why they can be called sports legends.3.Understand the meaning of some languages in the context of the text, such as “time seems to stand still, graceful“ and so on.【教学过程】Step 1 Leading-in1.Have the Ss ask and answer in pairs.Q1: Who are your favorite sports player?Q2: Do you like him/her? Why?2.Then ask the Ss to talk about Lang Ping and Michael Jordan, and have several Ss to share their ideas.Q1: What do you know about Lang Ping and Michael Jordan?Q2: What else do you want to know about them?Step 2Understanding the title and the lead paragraph.Have the Ss think about the title and answer the following questions.Q1: Why do you think the author chooses to write these two sports stars?Q2: What does “living legend” mean?Q3: What are the standards or requirements to be chosen as a living legend of sports star?Then discussthe questionsabove in groups,then have someone to sharetheir ideas.Step 3 Getting detailed information about Lang Ping1.Read to answer the following questions.Living legends Jordan Masters?Good examples?Q1: Is Lang Ping a master in her area? How do you know that?Q2: What good examples does Lang Ping set for others?2.Read again and Focus on the story about Lang Ping. Then try to retell the story of Lang Ping.Step 4 Exploring detailed information about Michael Jordan1.Read the paragraph of Michael Jordan and complete the following table.We have got to know why Lang Ping is a living legend. Now read and find out why Michael Jordan is a living legend on your own by completing the following table.2.Sort out detailed information about Michael Jordan.（1）Understand the transitional sentence.Q: Which part is about Michael Jordan as a master? Which part is about the example he set?（2）Have the Ss Focus on why Michael Jordan is a master and what good examples Michael Jordan set when they’re reading. And think about these questions as below:Q1: How does the author describe his impressive skills?Q2: How do you understand “time seemed to stand still”?Q3: What does “graceful” mean?Q4. Which sentence do you think best describes his mental strength?Q5. Which words is important in the sentence in describing his mental strength? Why?Q6: How do you understand “unique”?Q7: What can we learn from Michael Jordan?Step 5 Discussing and recommendingRecommend their own living legends of sports.Work in groups to choose your own living legend of sports and give the reasons of your choice.Step 6 HomeworkReview the stories of Lang Ping and Michael Jordan, and try to retell them.Unit 3 Sports and FitnessPeriod 3 Discovering Useful Structures—tag questions【教材分析】This teaching period mainly deals with the grammar: tag questions.This period carries a considerable significance to the cultivation of students’spoken English. The teacher is expected to enable students to master this period thoroughly and consolidate the knowledge by doing some exercise of good quality. 【教学目标与核心素养】1.Get students to have a good understanding of the basic usages of tag questions.2.Enable students to use the basic phrases structures flexibly.3.Develop students’ speaking and cooperating abilities.4.Strengthen students’ great interest in grammar learning.【教学重难点】1.How to enable students to have a good understanding of the basic usages of tag questions.2.How to enable students to use the basic usages of tag questions flexibly.【教学过程】Step1: 语法自主探究一、根本组成方法1. 确定式陈述You often play badminton, don’t you?你常常打羽毛球，是吗？局部+否认附加You are going to the gym with me, aren’t you?疑问局部〔前肯你要和我一起去健身房，是吗？她以前去过上海，是后否〕She’s been to shanghai before, hasn’t she?吗？2.否认式陈述It isn”t a beautiful flower, is it?那不是秀丽的花，是吗？局部+确定附加You didn”t go skating yesterday, did you? 你昨天没去滑冰，是疑问局部〔前否吗？后肯〕They can’t finish it by Friday, can they?他们不能在星期五之前完成，是吗？3.含有否认词〔1 〕当陈述句中含有He hardly goes to school by car, 的附加疑问句seldom, hardly, never, does he?rarely, little, few, none, 他几乎不开车去上学，是吗？neither ，no, not, nowhere, You have never been to Paris, havenothing no one, nobody 等you?否认意义的词时，后面的你从没去过巴黎，是吗？附加疑问句则为确定形They seldom come late, do they?式。
