高二上册英语教案：unit two News media

The First Period (Warming Up and Speaking)
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and phrases:
media, headline, article, reliable, fire, elect, go up, burn down
2. Practise expressing opinion using the following:
What do you think of…?
What’s your opinion?
Why do you choose…?
Perhaps… is more important.
I would rather choose…
I don’t think we should choose…
Our readers want to know about…
3. Talk about news and media.
4. Train the students’ speaking abilities.
Teaching Important Points:
Master the useful words and expressions appearing in this period.
Train the students’ speaking abilities by talking about news and media.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help students finish the task of speaking.
Teaching Methods:
Individual and pair work to make students finish each task.
Teaching Aids:
a projector and a piece of slide
several English newspapers and magazines
the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
◇StepI. Greeting
T: Good morning, boys and girls!
◇StepII: Lead-in (10 minutes)
T: Let’s begin our class, Unit 2---News Media. Do you know the meaning of news media in Chinese?
S: 新闻媒体
T: That’s right. Now, please look at the pictures on page 9. There are five pictures and these pictures show us five kinds of news media. Each picture shows us a kind of news media. Do you know what they are?
S: They are internet, radio, TV programme, magazine and newspaper.
T: Quite right! We call all of them news media. Now, let’s talk about radio first. I know some of you listen to radio everyday, right?
S: Yes.
T: So do I. I listen to radio everyday. I can listen to any programmes I’d like to hear. I often listen to music, news, stories and so on. If I have time I will read newspapers and magazines. I enjoy them very much because I can get a lot of information from them. What about you? Do you often read newspapers or magazines?
S1: Yes.
T: Which kind of newspaper do you often read? Do you like the news about sports?
S1: Yes, and I like the news about sports stars.
T: What about you?
S2: I like the news about music, film stars.
T: Ok. Maybe all of you like the stories about love? You like the love stories.
S: Yes.
T: Have you ever read any English newspapers or magazines?
S: No, we haven’t.
T: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that, but I can introduce several newspapers and magazines to you.(take out the newspapers and magazines) Look at this. This is English Salon.
S: English Salon.
T: Yes. We can say 英语沙龙in Chinese. And what’s this?
S: English language learning.
T: Yes. It is 英语学习. Now, this one. It is…… 大学英语
S: College English, 大学英语.
T: You are right. When I read English newspapers, I often read China Daily(中国日报)，21st Century（21世纪报）（show them to the Ss）. Ok, let’s look at this newspaper (21st Century). We know newspapers have many pages and tell us a lot of information, such as news, business, science, people, entertainment and so on. Right?
S: Yes.
T: Now, look at this page. This page is called front page(头版)
S: Front page.
T: And these news are put in the front page, so they are called-----?
S: 头版新闻。

T: Yes, we can call them front-page news. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
T: Now, please look at these words”Aida coming to Beijing”, we call this line ---headline.
S: Headline(标题)
T: Under the headline, this is article(文章).
S: Article
T: And this picture, this shows us advertisement(广告).
(Take the 21st Century away)
T: We know newspapers are always very cheap because they can make money by selling advertisement. For example, WenZhou Daily only costs half a Yuan and it has a lot of advertisement. Right?
S: Yes.
◇StepIII. Warming up (20 minutes)
T: Now, let’s talk about the questions in the slide.
Question 1. How are the media different from each other?
2. Do you know how a newspaper is made?
3. Do you believe everything you read in newspaper or watch on TV. Are all of them reliable?
4. Can you think of the words we need to talk about news and media?
T: The first question, how are the media different from each other? Maybe this question is a little difficult for you, so I’ll help you. Let’s talk about newspaper and magazine first. We know newspaper is often published everyday, it is daily; While magazine is often published every month or half a month. Do you think so?
S: Yes.
T: This is a difference between newspaper and magazine. Can you think of any other differences between them?
S: Newspaper is much cheaper than magazine, it reports the latest news when they happen. Magazine always talks about a topic, such as business, family life, students’ life.
T: Very good. Now, think about the other news media. What about the other news media?
S: TV: has pictures, easy to understand
Radio: no pictures, can only be heard
Internet: visited by each person
T: Very good. The next question,” Do you know how a newspaper is made?” Before you talk about this question, let’s think about another question. We know newspapers have editors and reporters. Their jobs are very important in making a newspaper. But do you know what the editor’s job is? And what’s the reporter’s job?
S: editor: Decide which reporter to send
Decide where to send the reporter
Give advice to reporter
Keep the newspaper balanced and interesting to readers
reporter: Contact the people to be interviewed
Prepare questions
Interview them and ask right questions
Write the article
T: Do you believe everything you read in newspaper or watch on TV?
S: No.
T: Of course, we can’t believe everything we d in newspaper or watch on TV. Let’s take advertisements for example, many people may be very disappointed when they use the product advertised on TV.
S: Yes.
T: Now, we have talked a lot about news and media. Can you think of the words we need to talk about news and media?
S: newspaper, magazine, radio, reporter, editor, headline, article, front page…
◇StepIV Speaking(13 minutes)
T: Now, look at the Speaking part. “ You are the editors of a newspaper. Below is a list of ten news that happened today. You may only report five of them. Decide which events you are going to put in you newspaper and give reasons for you choices”. Now, let’s read the ten news. (T
translates the ten news and explains some words and phrases to Ss)
elect 选举
go up 上升，上涨
burn down 烧毁，烧成平地
rumour 谣言
T: When you make up sentences, you’d better use the useful expressions on the table. Let’s look at them together. (T explain them to Ss and make up sentences using them ) If I am the editor and I want to report the news” China beat Brazil 2-1 in football”. I will say “ I would rather choose this news because it is an exciting news, our readers maybe very happy and proud to know this news.” You can make up sentences like this. Now, work in pairs, one asks and the other answers. Tell me which news you are going to report and the reasons for you choice. Three minutes later, I will ask two pairs to act it out.
◇StepV: Summary and Homework (2 minutes)
T: We have talked a lot about news and media. You may know much about news media. And we have learnt some useful words and phrases. You should remember them and try to use them correctly. After class, please preview the Reading part. Tomorrow we’ll learn Reading part. When you preview, you can turn to the notes to the text on page154.
◇StepVI: The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
News Media
internet front page editor
radio front-page news reporter
TV programme headline elect
magazine article go up
newspaper advertisement burn down
The Second Period (Reading I)
Teaching Aims:
Learn and master the following words and phrases:
more than, informed, relate to, talented, switch roles, switch on, switch off, rather than, for once, present, reflect
Train students’ reading ability.
Let students know something about news media and the job of editor and reporter.
Teaching Important Points:
Words and phrases:
more than, informed, relate to, talented, switch roles, switch on, switch off, rather than, for once, present, reflect
Understand the passage exactly.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to help students learn more about reporters and newspapers.
Teaching Methods:
Careful reading to further understands the text.
Scan the used information to finish the task.
Teaching Aids:
a projector and a slide
the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
◇StepI: Pre-reading (7 minutes)
T: We have talked a lot about news and media in the last class. This text is about reporters and newspapers. Look at the two pictures. There are three persons in the first picture. Do you know where they are?
S: They are in an office.
T: What are they doing?
S: They are discussing and surfing the Internet.
T: Yes, maybe they are finding pictures or get some information on Internet. And what are the people doing in the second picture?
S: They are having an interview, some are taking photos.
T: Great. Then look at the title,” Behind the headline”. What’s the meaning of it in Chinese?
S: 标题背后。

T: Now, let’s guess what will be said in this text.
S1: Maybe it will tell us how the title is written.
S2: How are the articles written?
S3: How does a reporter decide what to write?
T: Ok, you have different ideas. If you want to know whose answers are right, we can find the answers in the text.
◇StepII: Reading (37 minutes)
T: Listen to the first paragraph. While you are listening, you should find the answers to the three questions in the slide.
Questions:
Who are to be interviewed?
Why do they switch roles?
Do media only tell people what happens?
Suggested Answers:
Chen Ying and Zhu Lin
They switch roles in order to let us know about their work and how the news
we read is made?
No, they don’t
(After Ss answer the questions)
T: Who know the meaning of the first sentence?
S:
T: (Explain the following useful phrases and give some examples to help Ss master their uses) more than 不仅仅
eg. Sleep is more than rest.
relate to sth./sb. 理解或同情某物/某事
relate A to B 把A 和B 联系起来
eg. He always relates health to happiness.
A is related to
B A 与B有关
eg. Health is always related to happiness.
switch roles/on/off 交换角色/ 接通（电源），打开/ 切断
interviewer interviewee 采访者/被采访者
rather than 而不，非（前后成分一致）
eg. I’d like to go there in autumn rather in summer.
He decided to write rather phone.
for once 就这（那）一次
eg. For once, they broke the rule.
T: ChenYing and Zhu Lin switch roles to be interviewees rather than interviewers and they answer three questions. The first question is, “How do you decide what you are going to write?” Now, this group act as Zhu Lin and answer this question, that group act as ChenYing.
T: What’s the main idea of the first part?
S: Zhu Yin talks about the editor’s job.
T: You are right. This part tells us the editor’s job. And what’s the main idea of the second part? S: The work that a reporter does before he or she actually starts writing.
T: Yes, this part tells us the reporter’s job. Now, look at the blackboard. I’ll write the editor and the reporter’s job on blackboard. You should fill the blanks; of course, you can find the answers on your book. When I write you should the answers, then I’ll ask two students to come here to write their answers.
What’s the editor ’s job?
_______ the article with the reporter
_______ the reporter’s ideas
_______ suggestions to the reporter
tell the reporter how to_______ the story
What’s the reporter’s job?
_______ the people to be interviewed
_______ questions
_______ the people
1). _______the right questions
2). get people to_______ the topic
_______ the article
Answers: discuss, listen to, give, develop
contact, prepare, interview, ask, talk about, write
T: Have you got the answers? Any volunteers? Ok, you two please.
(After Ss write down their answers, check and correct their answers.)
◇StepIII. Summary and Homework (1 minutes)
T: In this lesson, we have learned some useful words and phrases. Please try your best to remember and master their usages after class. This afternoon, we’ll go on to learn the next parts.◇StepIV. The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
1. more than 不仅仅
eg. Sleep is more than rest.
2. relate to sth./sb. 理解或同情某物/某事
relate A to B 把A 和B 联系起来
eg. He always relates health to happiness.
A is related to
B A 与B有关
eg. Health is always related to happiness.
3. switch roles/on/off 交换角色/ 接通（电源），打开/ 切断
4. interviewer interviewee 采访者/被采访者
5. rather than 而不，非（前后成分一致）
eg. I’d like to go there in autumn rather in summer.
He decided to write rather phone.
6. for once 就这（那）一次
The Third Period (Reading II)
Teaching Aims:
Learn and master the following words and phrases:
bring back, adapt to, be addicted to, even if, draw attention to, on all sides and so on.
Train students’ reading ability.
Let students know something about news media and the function of news media..
Teaching Important Points:
Words and phrases:
bring back, adapt to, be addicted to, even if, draw attention to, on all sides
Understand the passage exactly.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to help students learn more about the function of news media.
Teaching Methods:
Careful reading to further understands the text.
Teaching Aids:
the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
◇StepI: Greeting
◇StepII: Pre-reading (2 minutes)
T: In the last period, we have learned something about newspaper, and the job of the editor and reporter. We know Chen Ying and Zhu Lin switch role for once to be the interviewees rather than the interviewers. They answer three questions. Through the first question, we know the editor and reporter’s job. Now, let’s go on to learn the next parts.
◇StepIII: Reading (42 minutes)
T: Please turn to page 11. Look at the second question,” Which of the articles that you have
written do you like best?” Now, read Chen Ying’s answer together then tell me what Chen Ying’s favorite article is and why he likes it best.
S: Chen Ying’s favorite article is the one he wrote about stolen cultural relics, because it is both news and an interesting story.
T: Very good. (Explain the following words and phrases in this paragraph)
effort 努力
cultural relics 文物
bring back 带回来，使恢复
T: The nest part is Zhu Lin’s answer. Read it together then tell me what her favorite article is and why she likes it best.
S: Her favorite article is a story about an ordinary young woman because it made her realize that everyone’s life is different.
T: You’re right. (Explain the following words and phrases in this paragraph)
even though 即使
adapt to 适应
eg. He tries his best to adapt to the new environment.
passion 激情
T: Ok, the last question,” If you could write any article you want, what would write and why?” Listen to the tape please, then think of my question,” Are they interested in the same kind of article? What’s the difference?”
(After listening)
S: No, they aren’t.
T: Which kind of article does Zhu Lin like to write?
S: She would like to write about music, art, nature and the importance of spiritual fulfillment.
T: Good, you’ve got the right answer. Do you understand this sentence? Who can translate it into Chinese?
S:
T: Yes, “spiritual fulfillment” means “精神上的满足”. What about Chen Ying? What would he like to write?
S: He wants to write about people who have AIDS or who are addicted to drugs.
T: Right. (Explain the following words and phrases in this paragraph, and translate the difficult sentences into Chinese at the same time)
be/get/become addicted to 沉迷于, 沉溺于
eg. He is addicted to playing computer games.
suffer from 遭受
ignore 忽视
even if 即使
eg. Even if I have to walk all the way, I’ll get there.
T: In the last class, I asked you “Do media only tell people what happens?”. Do you still remember?
S: Yes.
T: And we know media do more than simply record what happens. But do you know what other things media can do? Do you want to know?
S: Yes.
T: Ok, the last paragraph will tell us what other things can media do. Listen to the tape and find out three points that media can do.
(After listening)
T: Have you got the three points that media can do?
S: First, the media can help solve problems and draw attention to situations where help is needed. Second, media can help people become interested in important questions. Third, the result is a better understanding of the world on all sides
T: Thank you very much. Do you all agree with her?
S: No.
T: Which point do you disagree?
S: The third point.
T: What’s your opinion?
S: I think the third one is,” TV programmes and printed articles can help people in other countries learn about China and the Chinese people.
T: Ok, you are not sure of the third point. Never mind. Let’s understand this paragraph together, then I thing you will know which one is right. (Explain the following words and phrases in this paragraph, and translate the difficult sentences into Chinese at the same time)
draw attention to 对…表示关注
eg. This article draws people’s attention to pollution.
on all sides 在各方面, 到处
T: Do you all understand? Any questions?
S: No.
T: Now, do you know whose answer is right?
S: Both of them are right.
T: Very good. Both of them are right, so we can combine their answers. We can say media help people understand each other and the world better. Do you think so?
S: Yes.
◇StepIV: Summary and Homework (1 minute)
T: In this class, we have learned some useful words and phrases, such as bring back, adapt to, be addicted to, even if.( Point at the blackboard) Try your best to remember and use them correctly. We have learned much about media. And we also know media not only record what happens but also can do a lot of things. The next class, we will learn Grammar. Do the exercises on your Students’ book and Workbook.
◇StepV: The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
1. bring back 带回来，使恢复
2. adapt to 适应
eg. He tries his best to adapt to the new environment.
3. be/get/become addicted to 沉迷于, 沉溺于
eg. He is addicted to playing computer games.
4. even if 即使
eg. Even if I have to walk all the way, I’ll get there.
5. draw attention to 对…表示关注
eg. This article draws people’s attention to pollution.
6. on all sides 在各方面, 到处
The Fourth Period (Grammar)
Teaching Aims:
Learn and master the user of the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative.
Teaching Important Points
Help the students master the user of the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to use the Past Participle correctly, especially how to use the Past Participle instead of the Attributive Clause.
Teaching Methods:
Practising to finish each task in Grammar.
Individual and pair work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
a projector and a slide
the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
◇StepI: Greeting
◇StepII: Lead-in (5 minutes)
T: In this class, we will learn the Grammar part---The Past Participle used as Attribute and Predicative. (Explain what Attribute and Predicative is.)
Attribute: 具有形容词性质，修饰名词或代词，放在其前面或后面。

Predicative: 放在系动词后（be动词，感官动词）
T: Which Past Participle is used as Attribute? Which is used as Predicative?
A broken cup (定语)
The cup is broken. (表语)
S: The first one is used as Attribute; the second one is used as Predicative.
T: Yes, you are right.
◇StepIII: Grammar (39 minutes)
T: Please turn to page 13, the Grammar part. There are eight sentences. You can see one or two words in bold in each sentence, they are Past Participles. Do you know which Past Participles are used as Attributes and which are used as Predicative? For example, the first sentence. There are two words in bold, “experienced” and “informed”. What are they used as?
S: “experienced” is Attribute, “informed” is Attribute too.
T: You are right. What about other words in bold? In the second sentence, “talented” is used as…?
S: Attribute.
T: (Check their answers about other Past Participles)
Answers:
Attribute: experienced, informed, talented, organized, stolen, addicted, printed
Predicative: needed, respected, tolerated.
T: Well done. Next, look at Exercise 2. Rewrite each Past Participle that is used as Attribute with the Attributive Clause. Let’s learn the given example carefully. Here,” experienced editors” can be rewritten as “ editors who are experiences”. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
T: look at the blackboard.
a broken cup
T: How can we rewrite it with Attributive Clause?
S: a cup which is broken.
T: Very good. Now, please rewrite the other Past Participles with Attributive Clause. Three minutes later, I’ll check your answers. You can discuss with your partners.
Suggested Answers: (Show it in slide)
informed decisions= decisions that are informed
talented journalist= journalists who were talented
an organized way= a way that is organized
stolen cultural relics= cultural relics that had been stolen
people addicted to drugs= people who are addicted to drugs
printed articles= articles that are printed
T: Well done. Let’s do another exercise. Look at the blackboard first. (Explain the following to students)
过去分词做表语表示主语的特征或所处的状态
过去分词表被动语态时表示一个动作
The cup is broken. (状态)
The cup that is broken by LiLei is mine. (动作)
(which is可省掉)
T: In the second sentence, the Past Participle—broken can be omitted. Are you clear?
S: Yes.
T: Ok, look at Exercise 3. let’s learn the example together. (Explain it to make sure that students understand)
T: Do the exercise now, you can discuss with your partner. Two minutes later, l will ask you to tell your answers. Are you clear?
Suggested Answers:
1.The telegram sent by my sister brought the news of my dear grandma’s death.
2.Let’s try the bookstore opened last month.
3.Nine out of ten housewives interviewed about the product said they liked it.
4.Three guns, stolen form the police station, were found in the house.
5.I don’t like to go to supermarkets crowded with shoppers.
(Explain “nine out of ten” 十个中有九个，百分之九十)
T: Let’s go on to Exercise4. Change the underlined part into a Past Participle phrase, and then made a sentence with it. (Explain the given example and tell students how to do it)
Suggested Answers:
1.three injured students
ed textbooks
3.his broken leg
4.a published novel
4.a newly built research center
T: Do you all understand?
S: Yes.
T: We have changed them into Past Participle phrases. Now, let’s make sentences with the Past Participle phrases. You can choose one Past Participle phrase, as you like to make a sentence. You can prepare for 2 minutes, then I will ask some one to speak out.
( I ask 3 students to say and correct some of their spoken mistaken.)
T: There is still a few minutes. Let’s do Exercise 5 together. To do this exercise well, we should know how to use some words like interested/interesting, surprised/surprising correctly. To say how we feel about something, we can use the Past Participles interested, surprised and so on. To talk about the person or the thing that makes us feel interested, surprised, etc, we can use Present Participles. This kind of Past Participles and Present Participles are used like adjectives to refer to a state or a quality, not an action. For example, the story he told me is interesting, and I am interested in it. Can you understand?
interesting 令人感到…
an interesting story
interested 人感到…
sb. be interested in sth./doing sth.
Suggested Answers:
surprised, amazing, interested, boring, surprised, exciting, satisfied, interesting, disappointed
T: Explain the following phrases:
look up to 尊敬, 看得起某人
fall in love with 爱上某人
◇StepIV: Summary and Homework (1 minutes)
T: Now, let’s look at what we’ve learned in this period. We’ve learned the Past Participle as Attribute and Predicative. We did some exercises to master them. Please do the exercises on your Workbook. Besides, we’ve learned some useful phrases, such as nine out of ten, look up to, fall in love with. After class, you should do more exercises to consolidate what we’ve learned in this period. Next class, we’ll learn Listening.
◇StepV: The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
1.Attribute: 具有形容词性质，修饰名词或代词，放在其前面或后面。

Predicative: 放在系动词后（be动词，感官动词）
A broken cup (定语)
The cup is broken. (表语)
2.a broken cup
a cup which is broken
3. 过去分词做表语表示主语的特征或所处的状态
过去分词表被动语态时表示一个动作
The cup is broken. (状态)
The cup that is broken by LiLei is mine. (动作)
(which is可省掉)
4. interesting 令人感到…
an interesting story
interested 人感到…
sb. be interested in sth./doing sth.
5. nine out of ten 十个中有九个，百分之九十
look up to 尊敬, 看得起某人
fall in love with 爱上某人
The Fifth Period（Listening and Writing）
Teaching Aims:
Learn and review the following words and phrases:
no longer, It is time for sb. to do sth, serious, instead of, awful, give up, care about, cheer sb. up Train the students’ listening ability.
Train the students’ writing ability.
Teaching Important Points:
Train the students’ listening ability by predicting what will happen through the pictures.
Let students master some listening skills to make listening easier.
Help students write a comparison paragraph between two kinds of news media.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help students understand the listening material exactly.
How to write a better comparison paragraph.
Teaching Methods:
Listening and answering activity to help students go through the listening material.
Teaching Aids:
a tape recorder
the blackboard
Teaching Procedure:
◇StepI: Greetings
◇StepII: Pre-listening (5 minutes)
T: Today, we are going to learn the listening and writing parts. Now, please turn to page 10--- the listening part. You will listen to four people talking about something that happened. Part1 is an interview and Part2 is a dialogue. Listen carefully to what is said and tick the information you hear in each part. Now, let’s look at the two pictures. There are four persons in these two pictures, and all of them are talking about Jim Gray. We know Part1 is an interview, so there must be an interviewer and an interviewee in the first picture. Who is the interviewer, the young man or the old man?
S: The young man.
T: That’s right, the young man is the interviewer, and his name is Harry Hunter. So we know the old man is the interviewee, right?
S: Yes.
T: He is Mr. Keller. (Write their names on blackboard)
◇StepIII: Listening (30 minutes)
T: The young man is asking questions about Jim Gray, and the old man is answering. You may guess what they think of Jim Gray. Maybe they will say,” The man was fired”. Now, look at the box. No1, the man was fired. No2, the man faced difficulties.(Explain the ten sentences) Maybe they will talk about some of them. Now, I’d like you to learn the words and phrases that you will hear in this part.(Write the following on blackboard)
Picture1 no longer 不再
interviewer—Harry Hunter It is time for sb. to do sth.
interviewee—Mr. Keller serious 严肃的
instead of sth./doing sth. 相反, 代替
(Before listening, I tell them some listening skills. I tell Ss to get the main idea when they listen for the first time. They are not required to understand the whole material but only pay attention to the key words and sentences)
T: Now, let’s listen to the first part.
(After the first listening)
T: Have you got the main idea?
S: They are talking about why Jim Gray was fired.
T: Right. They are talking about why Jim Gray was fired, so No.1 is right. Have you got any other information?
S1: The man talked too much.
T: Do you agree with her?
S: (Some Ss say yes, some don’t say)
T: You not sure of it, nerve mind. Let’s listen to the tape again. While you are listening, you can take some notes and write down.
(When Ss hear the key words and sentences, I pause the tape and ask Ss to retell . I help them retell and explain.)
(After the second listening)
T: Have you got the answers? Which are said?
S: The man talked too much. The man was nosy.
T: Quite good. Most of you have got the right answers, maybe there are still a few Ss haven’t got the answers yet, so let’s listen to the tape for the last time. This time, you should check you answers.
(After the third listening)
T: Do you have any questions?
S: No.
T: Ok, let’s continue to do the second part. Look at the second picture. The man is Paul while the woman is Wendy. Both of them are Jim Gray’s friends, and they are talking about Jim Gray too. You can guess what they think of him. Look at the blackboard; let’s learn some words and phrases you will hear in this part.
Picture2 awful 糟糕的,可怕的。