7. Will it be a success?
三会
单词 goods
词组 seem to local business start working on the show do everything right
句型. The organizers chose me to be the host.
I kept asking myself.
It was hard work.
I would never be able to remember all the words.
Everything seemed to happen so fast.
We have a lot of support from local businesses.
Teaching procedures
Teaching goals
● To guess meanings of words from the context
● To skim the text for overall meanings and scan for details
● To learn about charity shows
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Making sentences
To begin with, let’s try to make as many sentences as possible with expressions from “Comic strips & welcome to the unit”
Step 2 Having a brainstorming
Have you ever been to a charity show? A good charity show must have a good host. But what’s a host’s job? Tell me what a host’s job is.
A host’s job is to hold a meeting.
A host’s job is to hold people’s attention.
A host’s job is to serve the people.
A host’s job is to organize a meeting.
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(Encourage students to come up with as many ideas as they can.)
Step 3 Reading and answering
Now open your book to page 62 to read the text for the first time and answer the following questions:
Who was the host?
What was his job? (His job was to introduce each star.)
How did Ricky feel when he was chosen to be the host? (He was excited but nervous.)
Why did he feel nervous? (Because of the TV cameras.)
What was the result of the show? (They had a lot of support from local businesses. )
Do you think the show was a success?
Step 4 Finding out all the useful expressions
Go over the text Hosting a charity show to find out all the useful expressions.
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Expressions from Hosting a charity show |
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Write to …, help with a charity show,
raise money for…, finish a lot of work, have much free time, feel happy,
choose…to be …, be nervous about…, watch the show, pop stars, work on…, do
everything on time, introduce…, have other duties, hard work, practise a lot,
look at the right camera, at the right time, in the beginning, remember all
the words, do everything right, at the same time, become easy, come quickly,
not…at all, keep –ding…, the big event, come into.., the fans of the pop
stars, make a lot of noise, speak loudly, happen so fast, be all over, donate
a lot of money to…, be very generous, have a lot of support from…, local
businesses, organize events to raise money for…, invite…, take part in…,
see…soon, best wishes |
Step 5 Listening, reading and answering
Do you want to know more about the successful charity show?
Now it’s time to listen to the tape and read after it. Then answer: What did Ricky do before/in/after the show?
What Ricky did for the charity show
started working on the show two months ago
Before the show practiced a lot
couldn’t sleep at all before the event
In the show → introduced each star, spoke loudly because of the noise from the fans
hope more events like this will be organized
After the show
wrote to Kitty to tell her something about the charity show
In a word, Ricky had many duties.
Step 6 Reading and doing exercises
Read the text aloud. Then try to write down at least three paragraphs by memory. Then finish off Part B on page 63 and Part C on page 64. Check the answers between you.
Step 7 Doing homework
a. Listen and read after the tape five times.
b. Finish the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook.
Period 3 Reading 2
(Hosting a charity show)
Teaching goals
● To retell the story in students’ own words, following the organization of the passages
● To explain the language points in the passages
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Reading and writing
To warm up, I am going to choose some of you to read the passage paragraph by paragraph.
Now on your own you are to read the passage aloud and write two paragraphs by memory.
Step 2 Rearranging the order
While Ricky was working on the charity show, he was too busy to write in his diary. Help him put his notes in order.
a. I couldn’t sleep at all because I was so excited.
b. Many people donated money to Project Green Hope.
c. We started working on the show.
d. The doors to the theatre opened.
e. I had to speak very loudly because of the noise.
f. The organizers chose me to be to the host.
Step 3 Retelling the story
Ricky was so busy these days that he didn’t write to Kitty e_____ . He was preparing for a c_____ show. They wanted to r_____ money for Project Green Hope. The o_____ chose him to be the host. At first he felt very n_____ because of the TV c_____ .They started w_____ on the show two months ago. His job was to i_____ each star. He also had many other d_____. He practiced a lot. He had to r_____ to look at the right camera at the right time. Everything became a little bit easier b_____ he worked hard. He was so e_____ that he couldn’t sleep at all that night. At the charity show he told h_____ not to be nervous any more. The show was a great s_____. Many people d_____ money. He hopes that they can have more e_____ like this to raise money for charities.
(Keys: emails, charity, raise, organizer, nervous, camera, work, introduce, duties, remember, because, excited, himself, success, donate, events )
Step 4 Explaining the sentences
Do you have any difficulties with any of the sentences?
I am to explain the sentences one by one and talk about the language points, by giving more examples.
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on time/in time It’s necessary for us to hand in our homework on time. The patient should be treated in time. 2. because of/because We didn’t go to the park because of the heavy rain.= We didn’t go to the park because it rained heavily. 3. Everything seemed to happen so fast.= It seemed that everything happened so fast. It seems to rain soon.=It seems that it will rain soon. He seems (to be ) a nice man.= It seems that he is a nice man. 4. It was my job to introduce each star.= My job was to introduce each star. 5. work on：vt. 对...起作用(激发,继续工作,把拧上,从事) : His work on the cause of the diseases is of premier importance to the whole world. 他的病理研究工作对全世界至关重要。 In the next several year there can be10 different research group work on the project. 在今后几年中可能会有十个不同的研究小组从事该项目的工作。 Will it work on human beings? 这对人体有影响吗? 6. keep doing：一直做…Tired as she was, she kept doing it. 她虽然累了，仍继续做下去。 Do not keep do that. 不要老是做那个。 7. in the beginning： 起初In the beginning, Sanford Carter was ashamed of becoming an army cook. 一开始，桑弗卡特觉得在部队里当炊事兵是怪可耻的。 In the beginning, John did good work at school. 开始时约翰在学校的成绩不错。 8. a little bit: 有点儿,一点儿He was a little bit under the weather. 他生病。 Helen sing a little bit worse. 海伦唱得稍微差一点。 |
Step 5 Finishing the exercises
Now go on to finish the following exercises without looking at the book to check if you have grasped the language points or remembered the sentences.
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用所给短语的适当形式填空 feel happy, raise money for, because of, practice a lot, have many other duties, keep asking oneself, in the beginning, no time to be nervous, make noise, have a lot of support |
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1. Don’t _____ . The baby is sleeping now. 2. _____ I thought I would never win the drawing competition. 3. Look! The students _____ Spring Bud Project. They are selling their favourite toys. 4. Ricky _____ when the organizers chose him to be the host of the charity show. 5. Hobo told Eddie if he wanted to be a good host he had to_____. 6. “ Will the charity show be successful?” He _____ before the show started. 7. We chose Jim to be our new chairperson. He _____ from us and our teachers. 8. They had to stay at home_____ the bad weather. 9. I_____ as a teacher. But my main job is to teach my students English well. 10. “_____” I told myself before the show started. |
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Keys: 1. make noise 2. In
the beginning 3. are raising money for 4. felt happy 5. practice a lot 6.
kept asking himself 7. had a lot of support 8. because of 9. have many other
duties 10. No time to be nervous |
Step 6 Acting as your own host
Now each of you is to act as your own host by saying something about your own experience in a class or a school activity.
Step 7 Doing homework
a. Learn the text by heart.
b. Finish the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook.
Language points
3 Get Ss to find keywords and phrases: