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Unit 2 Lesson 1 The Underdog
Teaching objectives：
At the end of this class, students will be able to
1. understand the main idea of the article and complete the tasks while reading.
2. find the detailed information of the passage.
3. try to learn from Paul: develop a right attitude to face difficulties in daily life.
Teaching procedures：
Step 1: Lead-in
Question: Who are they (What do they do ) What are the differences among these three athletes(from the stature身高)
Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant Tyrone Bogues
迈克尔·乔丹 科比·布莱恩特 蒂尼·博格斯
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Step 2 Pre-reading
Task 1: Turn to page 30, choose the correct meaning of underdog from the three options.
What do you think an underdog is
a a dog that is defeated by other dogs
b an athlete who seems to have little chance to win
c a company that never wins
Step 3 While-reading
Task 1: Fast-reading: read the whole passage (including Part 1 and Part 2) quickly and find the main idea of it (choose the right choice)
A．A great athlete won’t let anybody down.
B．The shorter a player is, the better he plays.
C．How Paul earned his place on the team by working hard.
D．An unexpected basketball game.
Task 2：Careful reading: read part 1 of the whole passage and answer 5 questions
Q1: How tall was Paul
Q2: Who was Paul’s favourite player How tall was his favourite player
Q3: What team was Paul on (在什么球队)
Q4: What kind of player was Paul on the team
Q5: How was Paul treated by the coach
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Task 3: Group work: read part 1 again and conclude Paul’s advantages and disadvantages as a basketball player (Discuss with your partner)
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Task 4: Read Part 2 carefully and put the events in the right order.
a One player got hurt and could not play.
b Paul jumped and rushed onto the court.
c “Give him a shot, coach!”
d The team had won by two points.
e “Let me try, coach! I won't let you down!”
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Task 5: Based on task 4, try to find out the coach’s different attitudes during each event and give your evidence from the text. Use the below diagram to help you.
Step 4 Post-reading
Task 1: Group discussion
Q: What makes short Paul into a big guy (what has made him successful) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Step 5 Homework
Write a summary about Paul and you can use the activity 8 in your book to help you.
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