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活動,讓學(xué)生兩兩對話,一人為記者,需要自己設(shè)計問題進行采訪;另一個為 Spud,根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容回答“記者”的提問。 small 和 big形成鮮明的對比:這樣一個身材矮小的人有一個很大的夢想 —— 進入NBA,以此來吸引讀者的注意力和閱讀興趣。 3. learn how the writer uses contrast and different ways to talk about Spud’ s stages, problems, hard work and achievements。 Unit 4 Growing up Reading (Ⅱ) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. have a better understanding of the article。 2. learn to use some of the important words and phrases in contexts。 4. learn to retell the article 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. S