人教版高二Unit 2 News Media (Behind the Headlines).docVIP

人教版高二Unit 2 News Media (Behind the Headlines) BEHIND THE HEADLINES Brief Statements Based on the Unit The activities of this unit, including Warming-up, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, center on the subject—news and the media, which are connected with our life closely. It provides the students an opportunity to learn the language in using it. By talking about news and the media, the students get more knowledge about them—not only know about the world, but also the ways they are written and made. The students must be very interested in this subject. This way, they can learn the language points easily and freely. They will not only learn some useful words and phrases about news and the media, but also learn to express opinions. Besides, the study of the Grammar—the Past Participle can help the students use the language more exactly. By finishing each task provided in the textbook and the workbook, the students? skills to use language can be well developed. Teaching Aims: 1. Learn and master the following words and phrases: Headline, editor, informed, relate, talented, swith, for once, present, reflect, unique, spiritual, seldom, addict, be addicted to, social, ignore, even if, draw attention to, on all sides, tolerate; change one?s mind, a ffair, current affairs 2. Train the students? reading ability. Teaching Important Points: 1. Words and phrases: more than, experienced, relate to, for once, be addicted to, even if, draw attention to, on all sides, change one?s mind 2. Understand the passage exactly. Teaching Difficult Point: How to help the students learn more about reporters and newspapers. Teaching Methods: 1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text. 2. Careful reading to further understand the text. 3. Individual, pair or group work to make every student take an active part in the activities in class. Teaching Aids: 1. a recorder 2. a projector 3. the blackboard Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Greetings Greet th