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New College English Integrated Course 2. Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles. Text A. True Height. Text A. True Height. 3. 3. Warm-up. 1. 3. Comprehension. Summary. 2. 4. Discussion. Teaching Procedures. Warm-up. Pole vault. Warm-up. Pole vault. The turn. The extension. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles
New College EnglishIntegrated Course 2
Text A True Height
Text A
True Height
Comprehension
2
Warm-up31
Discussion33
Teaching Procedures
Summary 4
Warm-up
Pole vault
Pole vault
The approach
The take-off
The extension
The turn
The fly away
Warm-up
Warm-up
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Woman' sMan' s
6.14 m
5.06m
World Pole Vault Record
Comprehension
2
Warm-up31
Discussion33
Teaching Procedures
Summary 4
Reading strategy: scanning
Find out all the bar heights that Michael has jumped over.
Comprehension
Find out all the bar heights that Michael has jumped over.
paragraph height
P1 & P6 17 feet /
three inches higher than his personal best
P7 17 feet 2
17 feet 4
P12 & P13 17 feet 6 ½
increase his personal best by 9 ½ inches
P9
Comprehension
Find out all the bar heights that Michael has jumped over.
paragraph height
P1 & P6 17 feet /
three inches higher than his personal best
P7 17 feet 2
17 feet 4
P9 17 feet 6 /
nine inches higher than his personal best
P12 & P13 17 feet 6 ½
increase his personal best by 9 ½ inches
Comprehension
Text OrganizationReading strategy: skimming
Read the first sentences of P1-P6. Find the paragragh(s) which describes Michael’s life before the competition.
His palms were sweating.
The stands were filled with about 20,000 people, …
As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying.
Where he flew would always coincide with his mother’s story.
From the age of 14,Michael did just that.
All of Michael’s vault today seemed to be the reward for his hard work.
Comprehension
P1-2
P3-5
P6-12
P13
The pole vaulting event .
Michael’s dream and hard work (flashback).
The pole vaulting event.
Conclusion of Michael’s achievement.
ComprehensionText Organization
With all the media attention and sponsorship possibilities, Michael’s life would never be the same again. It wasn’t just because he won the National Junior Olympics and set a new world record. And it wasn’t because he had just increased his personal best by 9½ inches. It was simply because Michael Stone is blind.
ComprehensionListen to the last
paragraph.
How can a blind person win the gold medal in pole vaulting event and create world record?
Comprehension
All of Michael Stone’s vault today seemed to be the reward for his hard work. (P 6)
Hard Hard workwork
Dedication
Determination
Discipline
Training program
Comprehension
The intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety.(P9)
He pictured his mother.
He began shaking the tension. It wasn’t working. He became more tense. Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more accurate description. What was he going to do?
His mother used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breath.
Comprehension
Interpreting the title
What does the title “True Height” mean?
Comprehension
Obstacles in the competition and life
-Hard training-Anxiety in the competition-Being blind
True Height
Achievement in the competition and life
-Win the gold medal-Create world record-Beat his personal best by 9 ½ inches
ComprehensionInterpreting the title
Pun ( 双关 )
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
----- Moliere
Comprehension
Comprehension
2
Warm-up31
Discussion33
Teaching Procedures
Summary 4
failed dumped depressed
Discussion
Pair work Discuss with your partner:1. What obstacles have you met in your life?2. How do you overcome those obstacles ?
Tips to overcome the obstacles in your life:
1. Be aware that the obstacles in life are temporary.
2. Do not question or doubt yourself.
3. Get started right now.
4. Break your task into smaller tasks.
5. Ask for help.
Discussion
Comprehension
2
Warm-up31
Discussion33
Teaching Procedures
Summary 4
Michael had overcome physical and mental obstacles to win the first place and set a new record in pole vaulting. But what he teaches us is quite beyond that, because he is blind.
Summary
Obstacles Success
Self-confidence
Hard work
Proper strategies
Homework
1.Read books or search online to find stories of overcoming obstacles. Share the stories in the next class.
2.Write a composition of overcoming obstacles, which can be the great people’s story or your own story.
American deaf blind writer Helen Keller
American president Franklin Roosevelt
British scientist Stephen Hawking
Thank you!Thank you!
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