《英语》（九年级上册） Unit 4 Growing up Reading (I) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: have a better understanding of the article and learn about how small Spud Webb could succeed in getting into the NBA; have a clear picture of the text framework and learn about how to organize an article in order of time and express the ideas in different ways; learn from Spud that we should not give up easily. II. Teaching contents Guess the meaning of some new words by context: score, leader, succeed, force, achievement Get the main idea of the passage by skimming and some important information by scanning, detailed reading. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty How to get the main idea of the article without reading it word by word. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Pre-reading T: OK, boys and girls. Do you like playing basketball Look at the pictures. Do you know who the player is S: Yao Ming. T: Why is Yao Ming so famous around the world S: He plays basketball very well. T: He succeeded in getting into the NBA. He had great achievements. He scored 41 points in one game. People in the stands were excited and cheered for him. He has proved that we Chinese can also play basketball very well. What is special about Yao Ming S: He is very tall. T: Can this short man succeed in getting into the NBA S: Yes/ No. T: Look at this picture. Guess what the article is about. 【设计意图：Free talk导入新课，快速引出生词。设计问题“Can this short man succeed in getting into the NBA ”和看图画预测环节，旨在激起学生的阅读兴趣。】 Step 2 While-reading 1. Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right 【设计意图：引导学生阅读时根据上下文猜测生词词义。】 2. Skimming T: Let’s read the article. Read quickly and answer questions. You don’t need to read all of it. You can read the title, the first and last paragraphs to get the main idea. T: Who is this article about S: Spud Webb. T: What was his big dream when he was young S: He wanted to play in the NBA. T: How tall is he S: He is only 170 cm tall. T: Did he succeed in getting into the NBA S: Yes. T: How do you know S1: The title says: The shortest player in the NBA. S2: The last paragraph says: Spud proved that size and body type does not matter———You can do almost anything if you try your best. S3: Paragraph 5 says: He joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player in the NBA at that time. T: Is it easy for such a short man to get into the NBA S: No. 【设计意图：引导学生阅读时先阅读标题、首段和尾段获取文章大意。渗透阅读策略指导。】 3. Read for further information T: It’s not easy for Spud to get into the NBA since he is so short. The writer kept writing about this in the passage. Can you find out the sentences that show Spud was very short S: He was much smaller than the other kids at school. He was refused because he was too small. He often had to sit in the stands because of his height. No university would invite him beca ... ...
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