Teaching Plan for “The Olympic Games” of unit 8 Sports

Teaching Aims: (1)Knowing something about the Olympic Games

(2) Developing the reading skills

(3)Developing the comprehensive ability of English

Important points: (1)Learning about the history of the Olympic Games ,the Modern Olympic Games and the Olympic motto.

(2)Learning about the active part that china plays in the Olympic Games.

(3)Developing the reading skills

Difficult points: Developing the reading skills

Teaching Aids:  the type-recorder , the media

Teaching steps:

Step 1: Warming-up (Lead-in)

         Get the students to listen to the music and asked some questions:

(1)Did you take part in the school sports meeting ?

(2)Did you watch the sports meeting ?

(3)What do you think of the sports meeting ?

Step 2: quiz

1 In what year were the Olympic Games first held? ( )

A 1896          B 1996           C 776

2 When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? (  )

A 1986 in Sydney    B 1896 in Athens    C 1689 in New York

3 What do the five Olympic rings stand for?  (  )

A Five continents   B Five well-known athletes    C Five important events

4 How many  gold medals did China win in the 2004 Olympic Games? (  )

A 16        B 28        C 32

5 Match the year and the host city of the following Summer Olympic Games .

step3 Reading: 

⑴Skimming :Get the students to look through the title ,the first paragraph, the last paragraph, the first sentence of each paragraph and the picture, and guess the main idea of the passage.

⑵Scanning :①Get the students to read the text silently and mark out the words and phrases whose meaning they can’t guess from the context .

compete     diving

competitor  gymnastics

athlete     weightlifting

Carl Lewis  venue

medal       torch

②Ask the students to answer the questions :

   ⒈ How often are the old Olympic Games held?

  ⒉ When did the old Olympic Games begin ?

⒊ How many athletes took part in the 2000 Olympic Games?

⒋ What does the Olympic motto mean?

⒌ Where will the 29^th Olympic Games be held ?

③Get the students to count paragraphs, then draw the main ideas of each paragraph:

a. The every-fourth-year Olympic Games

b. The old Olympic Games

c. The modern Olympic Games

d. The Olympic motto

e. The preparation for the 29^th Olympic Games

④Get the students to listen to the text and finish the blanks:

The Olympic Games is the most important sports meeting in the world .They are held every __1__ years.

The old Olympic Games began about the year __2___ in Greece ,but after about the year __3__ it stopped.

The modern Olympic Games happened in _____4__ ,in which there were ___5_ competitors from just __6__ countries .In 2000,over ___7___ athletes from ____8__countries went to Sydney, Australia ,for the ___9__ Olympic Games !There are _10___ different events in the Games.

In the __11___Olympic Games ,Carl Lewis won _12___ gold medals and became one of the best sportsmen in the ___13_century. In Sydney  the Chinese team got __14__gold medals, ranking__15__ of all the competing countries.

In __16___, China got another great competition .In __17__ ,the _18____ Olympic Games will be held in Beijing .

⑤Getting the students to finish the following exercises. (Ex 1of post-reading)

⑥Dealing with the language points:

A.every four years/every fourth year

every two  days /every other day /every second day

B.take part in  /attend / join / join in

     ⑦ Getting the students to retell the text according to the  instructions.

Step4 Summary and homework

① Get the students to answer the questions.(EX 2 of post-reading)

② Get the students to  discuss the effects of  “hosting the Olympic Games” and finish Ex.3.If time is possible ,a debate can be held.