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Unit 8 Sports

Period 1

ⅠTeaching aims:

1) talk about the Olympic games

2) listen to the sports reports.

Ⅱ Important points:

1) Talking and understanding the Olympic games and discuss some questions

2) listen to the sports reports and understand all kinds of sports.

Ⅲ Difficult points

1) when and where…

2) how many times…

3) what sports were they playing…

Ⅳ Teaching procedures:

Step 1 warming up

ask the students about the Olympic games and let them discuss in pairs. Ask the

students to tell sth about the Olympic games in their own words. Introduce the

Olympic games to the students. Complete the exercises in the “ warming up”

Step 2 listening:

The listening consists of three sports reports and it tells us three kinds of sports.

1. Ask the students two questions:

Do you like sports?

What sports do you know?

What sports are you good at?

What sports do you do in PE class?

2. Tell the students they will listen to three kinds of sports they like in their

daily lives.

3. For the first time, ask the students only to listen and not to take any notes.

For the second time write down they key words and the questions I full

sentences.

Step 3 Practice in class.

Listen to the three sports reports for another time and fill in the blanks.

Have the students make a dialogue according to one of the reports on the tape. Go over the new words and phrases in this part such as: lay-off, win against, a 2-1

lead, score the goal, etc.

Homework:

1) read new words and expressions

2) Do wb exercise 2 . talking

Period 2

Ⅰ Teaching aims:

1. talk about the favourite sports.

2. Talk about interests and hobbies

Ⅱ Important points:

Useful expressions about interests and hobbies:

Which do you like, … or …?

What’s your favourite sport?

Which do you prefer, …or …?

Ⅲ Difficult points:

I like …best.

I prefer…to ….

I’d rather watch it than play it.

Ⅳ Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

Get the students to talk about all kinds of sports they know. Ask the students some

common questions about sports.

Step 2 Speaking

In this activity, the students will practice expressing their opinion about sports. Then

they’ll be asked to talk about interests and hobbies in useful expressions.

Step 3 Interview

1) ask the students to interview their friends and give at least one reason to

support their opinion.

2) Ask some questions

3) Ask the ss to word in pairs, talk about their interests and hobbies in useful

expressions.

Step 4 practice in class

1) Extension: ask the ss to compare different sports and look for things that

people seem to enjoy.

2) Wb ex 2. Having a discussion about the causes and effects of some serious

problems in the Olympic games

Homework

read new words and expressions

Period 3

Ⅰ Teaching aims:

Get to know the Olympic games. Read words and expressions by heart.

Ⅱ Important points:

1) Information about sports from the text.

2) New words and expressions such as athlete, compete, competitor,

competition, motto, medal, gymnastic, torch, etc.

Ⅲ Difficult points:

Practice the following language points:

1) every four years/ every fourth year / every second day/every two days/every

other day

2) do one’s best/ try one’s best

Ⅳ Teaching procedures:

Step one: Revision

Get the ss to talk about sports in useful expressions and work in pairs.

Step two: Pre-reading

Ask the students to discuss in groups to answer the pre-reading questions and

introduce the topic of the text. At the same time help them activate background

knowledge.

Step three: Reading

First, get the students to read the new words and expressions correctly.

Then get the students to read the passage quickly. Ask the students some simple

questions such as:

How often are the Olympic Games held?

Where were the first Olympic Games held?

Who was allowed to take part in the ancient games?

Next, ask the students to read the text more carefully. Get them answer more detailed

questions.

What were the old Olympic games like?

When were the old Olympic games held?

When were the first modern Olympic games held?

How many athletes took part in the 2000 Olympic games?

What does the Olympic motto mean?