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Unit 1 Newspapers. Reading A ( 1 ) A new school newspaper. 学习目标 1. 掌握 Reading A 单词和词组 2. 初步理解课文大意,完成一些有关课文内容的练习. Before – reading. Brain storm 1. How often do you read newspapers? 2. Which sections of newspaper do you like reading? (News? Sports? Entertainment?... )
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Unit 1 Newspapers Reading A ( 1 ) A new school newspaper 学习目标 1. 掌握Reading A单词和词组 2. 初步理解课文大意,完成一些有关课文内容的练习
Before – reading • Brain storm • 1. How often do you read newspapers? • 2. Which sections of newspaper do you like reading? (News? Sports? Entertainment?... ) • 3. What do you usually read them for? • 4. List the newspapers that you know.
Sports News Entertainment Business information TV Programmes Weather forecast Reviews Which sections can you find out in a newspaper?
If we want to publish a new school newspaper, what do we have to think of? section? name? news people? sports (chief) editor entertainment reporter money? secretary photographer …
What are they doing ? Now, let’s have a look at what Ben and his friends do when they want to publish a new school newspaper.
Read P1--7 carefully and answer the questions. 1.What did some Grade Eight students at Mayfield School want to do soon after the term started? 2.How many students attended the meeting? Who were they? 3.Who took charge of the meeting? They wanted to publish a newspaper. Five. They were Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessica and Ben. Joyce.
Ben. • 4.Who took notes? • 5. Who will be responsible for different sections of the paper? Lucy, Tony and Jessica.
Read P8--15 carefully and answer the questions. 6.Did they make a list of some things to discuss? 7.When will the students hold the next meeting? 8.Will the students make a decision about the name of the newspaper at the next meeting? Yes, they did. In one week’s time. Yes, they will.
Fill in the missing word At the beginning of the t_______, some students from Grade Eight wanted to p______ a newspaper. One day after school, Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessica and Ben h______ a meeting. They decided to elect the chief e _____,first. Everybody v_______ for Joyce because she had experience. Then they elected Ben the secretary and he was r_________ for taking notes. They made a l________ of things to discuss. For e_________, how often should they publish the paper? Should it be f______ for readers, or should they pay for it? They didn’t decide about the name of the newspaper, but they would make a d__________ later. erm ublish eld oted ditor esponsible ist xample ree ecision
Read the article again and complete exercise A3 and A4 on page 3.A3 1.Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessica and Iwere at the meeting. 2.Shewas an editor of her class newspaper last year. 3.Youwill be responsible for different sections of the paper. 4.Should they pay for it? 5.What should we call it? Ben Joyce Lucy, Tony, and Jessica the readers The school newspaper
A4 Read the report on page 2 again and answer these questions with one or more words. 1.Why did the students elect Joyce the chief editor and Ben the secretary? They both had __________. 2.Was Joyce a popular choice as the chief editor? ____. Everyone ________ her. 3.What is the role of the secretary? The secretary should take ______. experience Yes elected notes
4.What are the editors of the newspaper responsible for? They are responsible for ______________ of the newspaper. 5.Did the students easily agree on the name for the newspaper? ____. They all had _____________. 6.When people cannot agree on ideas, what does Joyce ask them to do? She asks them to ______________ longer. different sections No their own ideas think about it a bit
Group work: After we read the newspaper, we ought to…