Unit 4 Making the news

The First Period Warming up, Pre-reading and Reading(I)

By 姚笑穎 From 教苑中學

一. 教學目標 (Teaching aims)

1. 教學內容 (Teaching content)

Work Book 5 Unit 4, warming up and pre-reading on page 25 and reading on page 26-27

2. 能力目標 (Ability aim)

Enable the Ss to recognize the variety of jobs there are in newspapers and what is needed to work in a newspaper office.

Enable the Ss to know what is needed to become a reporter and how to conduct an interview.

3. 語言目標 (Language aim)

重點詞匯和短語

occupation, do research, on one’s own, cover, concentrate on, acquire, accuse…of, so as to, scoop

重點句子

1) Not till you are more experienced!

2) You’ll find your colleagues very eager to assist you and if you are interested in photography, it may be possible for you to concentrate on that later on.

3) Not only am I interested in photography, but I took a course at university, so it’s actually of special interest to me.

4) Only if you ask many questions will you acquire all the information you need to know.

5) We say a good reporter must have a “nose” for a story.

6) This is a trick of the trade.

7) Have you ever had a case where somebody accused your reporters of getting the wrong end of the stick?

8) Perhaps I too will get a scoop!

二. 教學重難點 (Teaching important points)

Know what is needed to become a reporter and how to conduct an interview

三. 教學方法 (Teaching method)

Fast reading; Task-based method & discussion

四. 教具準備 (Teaching aids)

A computer, a projector, a tape recorder and PowerPoint

五. 教學步驟 (Teaching procedure)

Step I Revision

Check the homework.

Step II Warming up

Talk about your future occupation

Step III Pre-reading

Talk about the jobs in a newspaper company

Step IV Reading

Scanning, reading and discussion

Step V Homework