module 1 basketball
period 2 reading & vocabulary
module 1 basketball
reading & vocabulary
speaking
i.reading & vocabulary
reading & vocabulary -1 speaking – talking about some famous players
michael jordan
born:17th february 1963
height: 1.98m
nba career: 15 seasons
(first season 1984- 1985)
position: guard
games: 1, 072
points: 32, 292
record holder:
most seasons leading scorer: 10
consecutive seasons leading scorer: 7 (1987-1993)
wilt chamberlain
born: 21st august 1936
died:12th october, 1999
height: 2.17m
nba career: 14 seasons (first season 1059-1960)
position: centre
games: 1,045
points: 31,419
record holder:
most points in a season: 4,029(1961-1962)
consecutive seasons leading scorer: 7(1960-1966)
reading & vocabulary -2. speaking – talk about them according to the information
give a brief introduction of the two basketball players.
eg. michael jordan/ wilt chamberlain
was born on…
reading and vocabulary---3. fast-reading (6m) read the information quickly and answer the questions
keys to the questions
no, they didn’t.
19 cm
jordan
63
consecutive seasons leading scorer.
reading & vocabulary -3.detailed-reading (6m) read the passage about michael jordan then work your partner to get more information.
keys to activity 2 (1-3):
the chicago bulls, the united states olympic.
6 times (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
because of his athletic ability, his motivation and his confidence.
keys to activity 3 (1-4): t, f, t, t
reading & vocabulary -4. language focus
he was named their ____ _____ _____ (最有价值球员) five times.
jordan was born in new york and ____ ___ (长大) in north carolina.
he ________(就读) the university of north carolina for a year before leaving to join the chicago bulls.
he finished his first season (1984-1985) as one of the top scorers in the______ (联赛), ____ __ _______ ___ (平均为……) 28.2 points per game.
most valued player
up
grew
attended
league
with an average of
5. jordan surprised everyone when he _____(退休) before the 1993-1994 season, but he _______(再次加入) the chicago bulls and won three more _____________(冠军,冠军赛) with them from 1996 to 1998.
6. millions of fans ______(钦佩) his ______(运动的) ability, __________ (动力) and confidence.
retired
rejoined
championships
admire
athletic
motivation
they have fantastic stories to tell about michael jordan such as the time when he _______(拯救) the bulls from ending a game on a _____(平局).
each time he threw the ball ______ ______ (直接穿过) the basket – and each time he ___ ___ ____ ______(闭上他的眼睛).
rescued
tie
straight through
had his eyes closed
off
court
steak
10. he also found success as an actor in the film space jam ________(在……旁) the famous cartoon character bugs bunny!
11. there is only one word to describe the best player in the world –_________(令人敬畏)!
alongside
awesome
i believe i can fly
reading & vocabulary -5.detailed-reading (6m) read the passage about wilt chamerlain then work your partner to get more information.
keys to activity 2 (4-6):
4. 4 teams.
5. philadelphia warriors/ los angeles lakers.
6. because he was very tall and strong.
keys to activity 3 (5-8): t, f,t,t
reading & vocabulary -6. language focus
his father william worked in a ________ (造船厂)and his mother olivia was a cleaner.
as a child, chamberlain had _______ (各种各样的)health problems. he had —__________ (肺炎) and almost died when he was ten.
chamberlin is the only nba player who ________ (平均为v.) over 50 points per game for an _____ (整个) season.
shipyard
various
pneumonia
averaged
entire
the giant player joined the nba’s philadelphia warriors in the 1959-1960 season and was an _________ (立刻的) success.
the final _____ (分数) was warriors 169 new york knicks 147!
but there is no doubt that he _______ (值得) the title “____________(杰出的) player of his ___________(代)”.
immediate
score
deserves
outstanding
generation
reading & vocabulary -7.exercises (3m) finish the exercise on activity 4 page 4.
gold medal
score
consecutive
league
season
6. dream team
7. motivation
8. awesome
9. alongside
reading & vocabulary -8.exercises (3m) finish the exercise on activity 5 page 4
keys:bbabab
ii.speaking
ask students work in groups to discuss the questions in activity 1 and activity 3.
check their work and ask some students to give a report of their work
iii.homework
1.write a short biography of michael jordan or wilt chamberlain within 100 words.
2. preview the grammar part.