《Study skills： How to read a newspaper》新课标教案下载-山东省优质课

Pictures catch your eyesAmong the four special pictures taken from the newspapers, pick one that catches the eyes most and explain why.

Match the pictures with the related headlines

Conclude about the characteristics of a headline.

Improve the given headlines

Open your mind and entitle the given pictureTo arouse the students’ interest in reading a newspaper, especially by talking about the funny pictures.

To train their ability of putting together the picture and headline that belong to the same topic.

Enable students to practice the skill of improving a headline and even creating a suitable and perfect headline for a certain picture.Step Three:

Headlines tell storiesIntroduce different types of articles appearing in a newspaper.

Match the headlines with the correct types.

Quick-Quiz about five short news articles, including the questions of what, who, where, how, and when.To enrich the students’ understanding of newspaper articles.

To practice the students’ skills of fast reading.

To improve their ability of locating the key information.Step Four:

InformationRead a newspaper article, and find out the key information. (five questions)

Show the students the upside down triangle.

Reorder some pieces of information according to the triangle form

Work out a theme word for the reordered article.To check whether they are able to catch the key information from a complete newspaper article.

To help them understand how a newspaper article is organized.

To consolidate the students’ understanding by practicing.

To lead to the next part to be talked about---languageStep Five:

Language1) Read a short complete newspaper article . And work out a word bank for that certain topic.1) To provide the students with a key reading habit and skill---the way to enlarge one’s vocabulary by reading.Step Six;

SummaryWork out the key tips of reading a newspaperTo get the students’ mind organized before consolidation.Step Seven:

A reading mapFollow the steps on the working sheet and finish the exercise step-by-step.The well-designed work sheet shows a clear reading map of how to read a newspaper wisely and efficiently. This reading map involves all the skills and tips mentioned in this lesson. It not only helps the students to read, to understand and to analyze a newspaper article, it also inspires the students to think deeply after reading.Step EightHope you can enjoy reading newspapers.

Read with our eyes, mind and heart, and probably there are many articles that can touch our soul.