The English Teaching Plan For

Lesson 14 Unit 4 SEFC Book ⅡA

Teaching Content

Unit 4 Lesson 14 (SEFC Book ⅡA)

Teaching Aims

1.Learn and master the following

(1)cover  (2)get down to sth.  (3)fix a time for…  (4)work on  (5)as…as possible  (6)hand sth. to sb.  (7)There is (no)… left for sth. /doing sth.

2.Improve the students’ ability of reading comprehension.

Teaching difficult points

how to let the Ss understand some sentences letter

Teaching Methods

1.Question-and-answer activity to help the Ss to go through with the learning passages.

2.Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.

3.Fast reading to find out the detailed information about the text.

Teaching Aids

1.a tape recorder  2.a projector  3.the blackboard

Teaching Procedures

Step Ⅰ. Greeting

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step Ⅱ. Revision

1.Check the homework exercises.

2.Ask the Ss one question.

In the dialogue of Lesson 13. What newspaper were Betty and Zhou Lan looking at? －China Daily.

Step Ⅲ. Presentation and Discussion

1.T:Today we’re going to find out how a newspaper is made. But first we’ll have a short discussion.

2.Teacher reads the instructions and questions aloud. Then divide the Ss into groups of four. Demonstrate with a good group so that the rest of the Ss know what to do. After practising teacher asks one group to report their    answers to the rest of the class.

Step Ⅳ. Reading

1.Give the Ss five minutes to ask them to read the story as quickly as possible. Find the answers to the questions at the top of the text.

Suggested Answers:

An editor tells the journalists what they are going to write about, and decides which will be the most important story.

A journalist interviews people, writes a report and checks information.

2.Let the Ss read the text again, then answer some detailed questions in the text.

3.Show the following questions on the screen to check their comprehension. Ask the Ss to answer.

(1)    What does the newspaper chief editor do every morning? Why?

(2)What kind of people should the journalists be?

(3)What do photographers and picture editors do?

(4)Why is writing headlines in English more difficult than in Chinese?

(5)Why must all the people who work on a newspaper work quickly?

4.Check the answer with the whole class. And deal with the following. Write them on the blackboard, and show the example on the screen.

(1)    The CCTV reporters were sent to cover the Olympic Games.

(2)    Let’s get down to discussion.

You’ve been lazy too long. You must get down to your studies.

(3)    They have fixed the time and date for the party.

Let’s fix a time for discussion.

(4)    He is working on a new book about medicine.

What are you working on at this late hour?

(5)    You’d better start the project as early as possible.

Our teacher told us to practise writing as often as possible.

(6)    Please hand his picture to the chief editor.

(7)    There is some time left for discussion.

There is a little money left for food/buying food.

Step Ⅴ. Listening and Activity

1.Play the tape and this time let the Ss follow.

2.Deal with Part 3. First read the instructions aloud to the Ss and make sure that they understand what to do. Then let the Ss work in pairs or small groups. At the end check the answers with the whole class.

Suggested Answers:

1.chief editor  2.Journalists  3.photographers photographs  4.The photos/photographs  5.check  6.headlines  7.printed  8.delivered

Step Ⅵ. Workbook

Deal with exercise 2～3 on Wb Page 81. First let the Ss do it by themselves, then do it to the whole class.

Homework

Read the text again. Learn some important sentences by heart.

Record After Teaching

Attachment

The Design of The Writing On The Blackboard

Lesson 14 cover, get down to sth. fix a time for… work on, as…as possible hand sth. to sb. There is (no) … left for sth./doing sth.