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ticle in the students’ own words. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: matter, remain, score, leader, achievement, try out for sth, lose heart, although, change one’ s mind, simply because, succeed in doing sth, force sb. to do sth. 2. New structure: No university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. Spud Webb proved that size and body type does not matter. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty How to use some of the important words and phrases in contexts and retell the article in students’ own words. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Learn more about Spud Webb 1. Small Spud had a big dream. T: OK, boys and girls. Who did we learn about yesterday? S: Spud Webb. T: What do you know about Spud? S: ? T: Read the first paragraph loudly. Try to find two important adjectives. T: Yes. Small and big. Small Spud had a big dream— he wanted to play in the NBA. The writer uses Contrast here to catch the readers’ attention. The readers will wonder if such a small man can achieve his big dream. 【設(shè)計(jì)意圖 :引導(dǎo)學(xué)生找出 文章首段的兩個(gè)形容詞: small、 big,引導(dǎo)學(xué)生關(guān)注對(duì)比這一寫作方法 。任務(wù)的設(shè)計(jì)有助于學(xué)生加深對(duì)課文的理解,激活他們的思維,激發(fā)他們參與課堂的興 趣。 Though I felt sick, I forced myself to get up. 因?yàn)閼?zhàn)爭(zhēng),他們被迫躲在那幢小樓房里。 】 V. Homework 1. Finish the letter if you haven’t finished. 2. Try to remember the new words and phrases of Reading. 3. Preview Grammar.