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Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.
Section B (2a-2e)
Language goals
Ss can learn to recognize idioms and phrases while reading.
Key words and phrases
weight, shoulder, goal, let…down, coach, kick, kick sb. off, be hard on
sb., besides, teammate, courage, rather than, guy, pull, pull together,
Teaching
relief, nod, agreement, fault, disappoint
Aims
Key sentences
1. He felt like there was heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked
home alone.
2. To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded in agreement.
3. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
Teaching Ss are able to understand the phrases in this article & Ss are able to share
Difficulties the details of the passage.
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Pre-reading
Lead-in
T asks Ss to share one unhappy experience in a competition.
此部分作为引
Q1. What happened in a competition?
入环节，让学
Q2. How did it make you feel?
生回忆比赛中
(Past tense must be used in their stories.) 发生过的不愉
快的事情方便
T asks Ss to think about the question: Which do you think is the most
引入主题，并
important in a team?
通过此问题激
(Before answering, T makes sure that Ss can understand the four 发 学 生 的 兴
趣。
phrases by pictures. Ss brainstorm in groups and share their answers one
by one in a line, a row or a group.)
Pre-reading Predict 是
T asks Ss to predict some information about the passage according to 中考中需要掌
the picture in the text. 握的一个阅读
Q1: Who is the boy and who are the other boys? Why? 技巧，通过对
文本预测，启
Q2: What team are they on? Why?
发学生回忆起Q3: Did they win the game? 之 前 所 学 知
(T uses questions above to lead Ss to fill in the blanks. Ask Ss to observe 识。
carefully and fill in the blanks with the right word form.)
Step 2 While-reading
While-reading
First Reading First Reading
环节教会学生
Ask Ss to skim the passage and divide the passage into three parts
阅 读 策 略
according to the related meaning. skim。通过对
文本进行段落
(T tells Ss what skim is: to read fast and find the key words. T asks Ss to
划分，让学生
divide the passage into three parts and uses one sentence or phrase to 对文章大意有
初步了解。
summarize each part. Ss can discuss it within groups before sharing. T
guides Ss to find key words or related meanings in every paragraph. Ss
share the structure of the passage according to their own understanding &
T gives guidance. In the end T show Ss the right structure.)
Ask Ss to match the ideas of the three parts.
(T also needs to tell Ss reading skills like find the key words or sentences
Second Reading
to make a summary. If Ss can’t summarize correctly, T should lead Ss to
环节教会学生
find out the key sentences or phrases and then they can learn to summarize 阅 读 策 略
scan。
well.)
让学生学会找
Second Reading 文本细节。让
学生对重点的
Ask Ss to scan para.1 and answer the questions.
句型有更清晰
Q1: What’s his mistake? 的 了 解 和 掌
握。
Q2: How did he feel after the game?
Q3: Why did he feel angry and worried?
(T tells Ss what scan is: to read carefully and find the details of the
passage. Since the article is difficult to read and understand, it’s better for
Ss to read after T. While Ss are answering questions, T remembers to 通过让学生角
色扮演，从而
correct their pronunciations. T shows the answers of each question and
对 文 本 有 关
explains the difficult words or phrases.) teamwork 的短
语和句型进行
Ask Ss to scan para.2-6 and find out some advice Peter's father gave 练习，同时便
于老师检测学
him.
生还没有完全
Ask Ss to scan para.7-11 and circle T for true or F for false. 掌握的部分，
寓教于乐，时
Third Reading
效性强，这也
2a 是学生最喜欢
Ask Ss to talk about the mistakes they have made before and
的部分。
their feelings.
Answers will vary.2b
Ask Ss to read the article in groups and number the events in the
correct order.
(If Ss do well in the last few steps, this exercise will be very easy for them.
After the answers are shared, T can introduce a new reading strategy to
Ss: RECOGNIZING IDIOMS AND PHRASES. Since this kind of
reading strategy are not the key points for middle school students, T just
needs to give simple examples for Ss to understand.)
Answers: 2, 4, 1, 3, 5
Ask Ss to answer questions in 2c.
Answers:
1. He was angry with himself for missing an important goal and
letting his team down. He was worried that his coach might kick
him off the team.
2. Peter’s father advised him not to be too hard on himself but to
learn how to communicate with his teammates and learn from his
mistake.
3. Suggested answers: Yes, it is no point crying over spilled milk. /
It is more meaningful to learn from one’s mistakes and do better in
the future.
4. His teammates asked him not to worry about what had happened
as it wasn’t just one person’s fault. They agreed that they should
work together to think about how they could do better in the future.
5. He was on a team that had good team spirit, which would help
them achieve success in the future.
2d
Ask Ss to find idioms or phrases from the story to replace the
underlined parts of these sentences in 2d.
(If Ss do well in the last few steps, they can find out the phrases easily. So
T can choose different levels of students to answer different questions or
phrases to make sure they master the article well.)
Answers:
1. missed scoring (that) goal
2. let ... down
3. kicked off
4. be too hard on yourself5. pull together
2e
Ask Ss role-play the conversation between Peter and his father.
(T give Ss samples, so they can practice well.)
Step 3 Post-reading
Ask Ss to talk about the question: What does a winning team usually 讨论环节，通
过问题层层深
do?
入，让学生对
(T asks Ss to find out the phrases in the last few paragraphs. After Ss teamwork 深度
思考，增强对
shared their answers, T can make a summary about what team spirits 文本情感目标
的培养。
are by using examples.)
Discussion 本部分
language points
Ask Ss to discuss other team spirits that a winning team needs.
环节中的每个
(Ss can have more deep thinking about team spirits through discussion.) 知识点的意思
通过文本让学
Language points learning 生先行了解，
keep one’s eyes on sth. 的含义和用法 然后通过习题
让学生对其用
keep one’s eyes on sth. 意为“盯着……”；keep an eye on… 意为
法有更加清晰
“留意；照看”。 的认识。
let sb. down的含义和用法
let sb. down 意为“不支持；使失望”；let sth. down 意为“放下；降
低；降下”
because of 的含义和用法
because of 是介词短语, 意为“因为；由于”, 后面可接名词、代
词、动名词或 what 引导的名词性从句等。扩展：1) thanks to 意
为 “由于或因为某人（某事）”, 通常用于好的方面, 译为“多
亏”, 但有时作反语；引导的介词短语可置于句首或句末。
2) due to意为“由于； 因…...造成”, 在句中既可作状语（此时一般
不用于句首）,也可作表语或定语；作表语或状语时可将 due to 看作
是owing to的同义短语。
due to除可表示原因外, 还有“应给于, 应属于”的意思。3) owing to
意为“由于”, 引出的介词短语在句中作状语或表语, 做状语时, 习
惯上用逗号和句子其他部分分开。
kick sb. off sth. 的含义和用法
kick sb. off sth. 意为“使某人离开；开除；逐出”, 相当于 kick sb.
out of sth.
rather than的含义和用法
rather than 常用于平行结构中，连接名词、代词、形容词、介词短
语、动词-ing 形式和不定式短语等。【特别提醒】rather than 连接两
个并列的不定式短语时，通常省略其后的不定式符号to。Step 4 Exercises & Homework 通过习题让学
生对知识点的
用法有更加清
Exercises
晰的认识。
Ask Ss to do the exercises on PPT P41-P43.
T ask Ss to make a summary about what they learned today.
Homework
Read and recite the new words and phrases .
Do the exercises in students’ book.
Teaching skills are practiced fully in this class. Ss know how to find the
main idea according to the reading skills. Explain the words and phrases
Teaching in English is a good way to improve Ss’ English thinking ability. The
Reflection content is too full, so one class is not enough.More time should be given to
deal with the details of the article. The discussion part is a good way to help
Ss to have a better and deeper understanding of team spirits.
