M2U1 Reading Boy missing, police puzzled

江苏省锡山高级中学 朱津楠

【Teaching Objectives】

1. find out typical writing features about news articles and learn how to read them.

2. obtain specific information of the story by applying some reading skills.

3. present an interview with the information and phrases they've just learned.

【Teaching Procedures】

Step 1 Lead-in

(Aims: In order to introduce the topic of aliens and arouse students' interest in it, the trailer of the movie MIB is played at the beginning of the class.)

T: Have you ever watched the movie? What is it about?

Ss: Yes....

T: It's about human beings and life from outer space living together on earth. And we call them aliens. What are aliens like in your mind?

S1: Strange.

S2: Ugly.

S3: Dangerous.

T: Then do you believe in their existence? (Some say yes; others say no.)Whether you believe it or not, we may see pictures concerning aliens taken by people and hear stories which can not be explained. And today we're going to read a news article about a boy.

Step 2 Pre-reading

(Aims: This part is aimed to introduce the features of news articles. Students are expected to find the title is incomplete and the structure is different by looking at a page from the newspaper and reading the reading strategy part.)

T: Since it's a news article, it is actually a little different. Please take a look at a page from a news article, and tell me what impresses you most?

Ss: The title.

T: Is the title complete? Can you complete it?

S4: It's incomplete. A boy is missing, and the police are puzzled.

T: Good job. And this is actually one of the features of a new article: the title is usually incomplete brief and attractive. And there is another feature, which you can find in reading strategy. Now read it and find it out what the other feature is?

Ss: The first Para. (Lead) : the main idea and most important facts.

The second Para.: important facts

The rest: new but less important info.

T: Very good. This is the second feature, which is about the structure of a news article. To be more specific what can we find in Para 1?

S5: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How.

T: Now please complete the following sentence using the information.

_____(who)_______ who ___(what)____(when)__, _____(where)________might have been taken by_______, which received great interest_____(why)________.

S6: ....