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Reading 1

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Period 2

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Teaching aims

●                 To read a newspaper article about a murder

Teaching focus

To understand key vocabulary items

Difficult points

To proofread and correct some notes based on the article

Teaching method

Task-based approach

Teaching procedures

The second preparing lessons

 Step1 revision

1. Ask the students to tell some detective stories they are interested in. If there are some problems, they can tell them in Chinese.

2. Yesterday, we knew a young man was murdered at 8.00 p.m. last Saturday. We had some information about four suspects. Do you remember? Tell me their names, their address, their appearance, the place they were at that time one by one.

Step2 Presentation:

If you are a good detective, first you should watch the place where the murder happened carefully, try to check the foot printer and other things to get some evidence. Then you should question the suspects, find clues and work out who the murderer is. Typically, your investigation is based on motive, opportunity and means.

Step 3 Read and answer

Last night, a 22-year-old computer programmer was murdered. Read the passage, then try to answer the following question:

1. What was the victim?    

2. When was he last seen leaving his office?

3. When did the murder take place in police’s opinion?

4. Were the police sure where the victim was killed?

5. Why did Detective Lu say that the victim was attacked with a knife?

6. Did the victim try to fight off his attacker(s)?

7. What does the only suspect look like?

8. Do the police have evidence to prove that the suspect is the guilty?

Step 4 Reading and Doing Exercises

  Read the passage one by one, and try to find out the meanings of the new words

Read the passage again, then ask the students to read the words and definitions in part B1, then complete part B on their own.

2. Ask the students to read the passage again, and then tell the following sentences “true” or “false”

Step 5 Reading and Retelling

Read the passage together, individually, and then try to retell the story according to the key words and phrases.

1. Something about the victim  

2. the time and the place the murder took place

3. Detective Lu’s opinion (attack…with…, bleed to death, put up a good fight, friends and

enemies)

4. something about the suspect (breath heavily, have blood on the shirt, not guilty)

Step 6 Consolidation

1. He often receives letters from me. (改为同义句)

He often __________ __________ ________.

2. Last night, the murder took place in Valley Town. (改为同义句) 

Last night, __________ __________ a murder in Valley Town.

3. The news is very amazing. (改为感叹句)

__________ __________ __________ it is!

4. She’s a girl of 8. (改为同义句)   

She’s __________ __________ girl.

找出错误并在横线上改正

1. Police has confirmed that the victim was a computer programmer.      

2. He has many good friends and an interesting, well-paid work.   

3. That old man has died for more than two years.         

4. He said he is going to visit me the next day.          

Step7 Homework

 1. Read the text and try to recite it.

2. Copy the important words and phrases two times.

3. Do more consolidation exercises.

Teaching notes