一、情境导入。
Talk about the history of basketball and different sports.
How some pictures of playing basketball. Ask Ss some questions about basketball games. Discuss the sport with your partner and share your ideas with the class.
e.g.
T: Do you like basketball? (What’s your favorite sport?)
S1: Sure. I like it very much.
T: Do you watch basketball games?
S2: Yes. I like to watch the NBA and CBA.
T: Do you know the history of basketball game?
二、Reading。
2-1 Fast Reading
Tell Ss to read the passage quickly. And find the main idea of each paragraph.
Keys: 1. The main history of basketball.
2. How the basketball was invented by James.
3. The popularity of basketball around the world.
预设:学生回答不全面或不正确时老师及时指导。
2-2 Careful Reading
1. T: Now let’s read the mind map in 2c. Try to understand the meaning of the map.
Ask Ss to complete the mind map with the information in the passage.
Mind-mapping
Changing the information you read into a mind map may help you remember it more easily.
2. Ss read the passage carefully and try to fill in the mind map with the proper words.
Development:
Ø invented by ______________
Ø first game on ________________
Ø became Olympic event in ______ in the year ______.
Ø most famous games: _____
Ø popular games in China: _____
Game:
Ø played inside on a hard _____.
Ø ____ teams
Ø get _______ into other team’s ______.
Popularity:
Ø played by __________________ people.
Ø over ____ countries
预设:时间不足时,只邀请一两组发言。
三、情感教育
Life relies on sports 生命在于运动
四、Homework
1. Choose an invention and do research on it.
Write a paragraph about the story of it.
2. Discuss the good things and difficult things
about being a basketball player.