以下是一篇八年级的阅读材料以及教学片段,请用中文从以下方面进行评析。
1.阅读教学模式;
2.活动设计。
阅读材料:
The shortest player in the NBA
Spud Webb was born in Texas in 1963. He wasvery small--much smaller than the other kids at school. However, he had a bigdream--he wanted to play in the NBA.
While attending junior high, Spud tried outfor the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was toosmall. He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20points in his first game. From then on, he was the star of the team.
In senior high, Spud often had to sit inthe stands because of his height. He practiced even harder and got the coach tochange his mind. Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year ofsenior high, he was named player of the Year in Texas.
However, no university would invite him toplay basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at ajunior college. There he led his team to the national championship. Thisbrought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result,he succeeded in getting a scholarship.
Although he was a great player atuniversity, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were morethan 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he was forced to play inanother basketball league. He remained there for about a year before the NBAtook notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became theshortest player in the NBA at that time. He had many great achievements, buthis proudest moment came in 1986--he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Through hard work, Spud Webb proved thatsize and body type does not matter—you can do almost anything if you never giveup.
教学片段:
Step I Pre-reading:
1. Students listen to a song and answer the following questions:
What is the song about? What are yourdreams and goals?
2. Teacher divides the class into groups of 4 and sets a goal forthem. The groups will have competition to get the cup of the basketball matchas reward.
3. Students fill in the KWI chart then talk about what they know andwant to know about the topic on Spud Webb and NBA in pairs.
Step Ⅱ While-reading:
1. Students try to give a proper title to the article after readingthe first and last paragraphs.
2. Students answer the following questions to learn to criticizestereotype that the height is the key to success for a basketball player.
(1) What do basketball players look like?
(2) Which player will you choose, theshorter one or the taller one, if you are the coach of the NBA?
(3) Is it easy for Potato Webb to achievehis dream?
3. Students predict what would happen to Spud before reading thefollowing 4 paragraphs. Then do the jigsaw in the group.
4. Students try to work out the key clues which lie in eachparagraph. Students learn to draw a mind-map of the structure of the article asfollows:
5. Students do a crossword puzzle by guessing the meaning of the newvocabulary in bold from the context with the help of English explanation given.
6. Students check their reading comprehension by playing a gamecalled Basketball Journey.
Step Ⅲ Post-reading:
(1) Students try to introduce the story ofSpud Webb with the help of their group mates.
(2) Students discuss the question ingroups: What do you want to say to these people, Spud Webb, the coach whorefused him and the coach who received him7
(3) Finishing the question "What haveyou learned about Spud Webb and NBA "in KWL chart, students come to have ascientific attitude that hard work and persistence are the key to success.
Step IV Homework
(1) Retell Spud Webb´s story, record theirvoice and send the recording to teacher´s E-mail.
(2) Read more articles online about thosewho never give up.