Unit 3 Sports and Fitness-Reading and Thinking

 

【教材分析】

This lesson focuses on the discourse analysis of its organization and features. Through the questions, the students are guided to sort out why Lang Ping and Jordan are masters and what role models they set. On this basis, the students are allowed to use the language they have learned to talk about the sports stars in their minds.

【教学目标与核心素养】

1. Read quickly to get basic information about Lang Ping and Jordan; read deeply to understand why they can be called sports legends.

2. Understand the meaning of some languages in the context of the text through question guidance, such as "time seems to stand still, graceful" and so on.

3. Read and clarify the context of each part of the text, learning how to talk and write sports legends.

4. Through comparative analysis, we can form the criteria for judging the legendary figures and learn to choose the legendary sports stars we like.

【教学重难点】

1. Get basic information about Lang Ping and Jordan; read deeply

2. Understand why they can be called sports legends.

3. Understand the meaning of some languages in the context of the text, such as "time seems to stand still, graceful" and so on.

【教学过程】

Step 1 Leading-in

1. Have the Ss ask and answer in pairs.

Q1: Who are your favorite sports player?

Q2: Do you like him/her? Why?

2. Then ask the Ss to talk about Lang Ping and Michael Jordan, and have several Ss to share their ideas.

Q1: What do you know about Lang Ping and Michael Jordan?

Q2: What else do you want to know about them?

Step 2 Understanding the title and the lead paragraph.

Have the Ss think about the title and answer the following questions.

Q1: Why do you think the author chooses to write these two sports stars?

Q2: What does “living legend” mean?

Q3: What are the standards or requirements to be chosen as a living legend of sports star?

Then discuss the questions above in groups, then have someone to share their ideas.

Step 3 Getting detailed information about Lang Ping

1. Read to answer the following questions.

Q1: Is Lang Ping a master in her area? How do you know that?

Q2: What good examples does Lang Ping set for others?

2. Read again and Focus on the story about Lang Ping. Then try to retell the story of Lang Ping.

Step 4 Exploring detailed information about Michael Jordan

1. Read the paragraph of Michael Jordan and complete the following table.

We have got to know why Lang Ping is a living legend. Now read and find out why Michael Jordan is a living legend on your own by completing the following table.

Living legends	Masters	Good examples
Jordan	?	?

2. Sort out detailed information about Michael Jordan.

（1） Understand the transitional sentence.

Q: Which part is about Michael Jordan as a master? Which part is about the example he set?

（2） Have the Ss Focus on why Michael Jordan is a master and what good examples Michael Jordan set when they’re reading. And think about these questions as below:

Q1: How does the author describe his impressive skills?

Q2: How do you understand “time seemed to stand still”?

Q3: What does “graceful” mean?

Q4. Which sentence do you think best describes his mental strength?

Q5. Which words is important in the sentence in describing his mental strength? Why?

Q6: How do you understand “unique”?

Q7: What can we learn from Michael Jordan?

Step 5 Discussing and recommending

Recommend their own living legends of sports.

Work in groups to choose your own living legend of sports and give the reasons of your choice. 

Step 6 Homework

Review the stories of Lang Ping and Michael Jordan, and try to retell them.