Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Period 2 Reading

Boy missing, police puzzled

The analysis of this part:

The reading text is a news story about a boy, whose disappearance was thought to be connected with a UFO. Though a lot of effort ahs been made to investigate the case, it still remains a mystery.

Teaching aims:

1. Checking and enhancing Ss's reading abilities.

3. Help Ss learn to read in different ways according to the types of the article they're reading.

Teaching methods:

1. Listening and reading

2. Pair work

Teaching procedures:

Step one: Lead-in

Teacher stars the lesson by raising the following questions:

2) Are you curious about why the writer uses an incomplete sentence as the tile?

3) Do you know it is a feature of a news title? What are some of other features of a news title?

Step two: Fast reading

1. Ask Ss to read the story quickly and finish doing Part A.

Ask Ss to describe the pictures before reading