1. we will know how to read a newspaper article. 2. we will get a clear understanding of the text....
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1. We will know how to read a newspaper article.2. We will get a clear understanding of the text.3. We will be able to express our own opinion.
Learning objectives:Learning objectives:
What makes a good news title?
•A good title should be attractive.
•A good title gives the main idea directly and exactly.
•A good title is usually brief.
• …
Boy missing, police puzzled
A boy was missing, and the police were puzzled.
Who is the boy?
When/ Where/ How did he go missing?
Why were the police puzzled?
Boy missing police puzzled
The structure of a news story
Reading strategy
title
the first paragraph
to give a general idea about the news
to tell readers “who” “when” “where” “what” “why” “how”
the following paragraphs
to give detailed but less important information
the second paragraph
to give more important facts
The structure of a news story
Reading strategy
The reading skills of news stories
For general ideas, read the topic if any and the first one or two paragraphs;
For details, read the rest of the story.
Reading strategy
The first paragraph-----the lead
Main points
Supporting details
Introduction
&
Background
(Para 1)
Who
What
When
Where
Why
three days ago
Dover, New Hampshire
a fifteen-year-old boy
went missing
strange lights in the sky &
alien visits around the time the boy disappeared
gives the main idea andmost important facts
Fast reading
did people show great interest
Lang Lang, a world-famous pianist, performed at a concert held in New York on Oct.24 to celebrate the 69th birthday of the United Nations.
Practice
2. Little apple, song, popular, China
1. Mo Yan, Nobel Prize, literature, 2012, StockholmMo Yan, a Chinese author won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm.
Little apple, a hit song by pop group Chopstick Brothers has becoming popular overnight in China.
3.Lang Lang, Oct. 24, 2014, New York, concert, 69th birthday, the UN
Main points Supporting details
( Para. 2)
Who believed he was back?
______________
______________
______________
Justin Foster did go back
home.
his two friends
witnesses
his sister
Main points Supporting details
Kelly saw ____________________________.
Kelly heard ____________.
Mavis Wood said _________________________________________________________.
a large spaceship flying outside
Justin shout
that the aliens took her away so that they could do research on her
(Para. 3~8 )
The boy was
taken away by aliens.
Main points Supporting details
Detective Sam Peterson said
__________________
(Para. 9 )
The police
were
puzzled there's really no hard evidence that aliens took the boy. They didn't dismiss the idea and were looking other possibilities.
Listening
play baseball
8p.m.10.45p.m11p.m.
midnight
the next day
walk towards
return home
shout
didn’t show up for lunch
Listen to the recording and find out what happened to the boy according to the time order.
What’s the right order of the sentences?
Justin did not show up at the family lunch the next day.
Kelly heard Justin return home.
Justin went to play baseball with his two friends.
Justin was seen walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.
Kelly heard Justin shout.
1
2
3
4
5
This news story is about a boy’s strange____________. Though a lot of efforts have been made to look into the case, it still _______ unexplained.
Main points Supporting details
Justin Foster ____ missing.
Mrs Foster thought he was spending the night with a ______.
Justin Foster did not _____ at the family lunch the next day.
Evidence showed that Justin returned home.
Justin’s friends said he went home after playing baseball with them.
_________said they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.
Kelly heard him ____ his favorite CD after he went to his room.
Some believed the boy was taken away by ____.
Kelly saw a large spaceship flying outside and heard Justin shouted.
Mavis Wood said that the aliens took her aboard a UFO so that they could do _________ on her.
The police were puzzled.
It was _______ that Justin was taken by aliens, but there is no convincing evidence for it and there are other possibilities as well.
disappearanceremains
wentfriend
appear
Witnesses
play
aliens research
possible
Fill in the blanks to summarize the story
Justin Foster went 1 last Friday night. He didn’t 2 3 at the family lunch the next day. That evening, Justin 4 home after the game. 5 also said
missingshow up
returned
Witnesses
they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justin’s sister, Kelly 6 him 7 8 his 9 CD and she also saw a large spaceship 10 outside. She heard Justin 11 . Mavis Wood said that she was 12 13 by 14 . They did some 15 on her. The whole 16 . Was terrible.
heardput on favourite
flyingshout
takenaway aliensresearch experience
Police have not 17 the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens. Detective Sam Peterson has 18 19 20 the case.taken charge of
dismissed
Justin Foster, a fifteen-year-old boy, was missing
three days ago .
I’m Aaron Smith, a journalist from BBC.
Group work: (interview)
Can you tell me what happened that night?
Can you tell me what happened that night?
Aliens took … aboard so that …
Luckily, … without injuries.
I think Justin was …
Mrs Marvis WoodKelly
heard sb. return … put on … pull back … see … spaceship inside … creatures …hear … shout …disappear … tried to wake up… … sent to bed
Sam Peterson
… haven’t dismissed …
… looking into …
… sometimes make up …
… not give up …
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
The main topic and most important facts
Inverted pyramid format
（倒金字塔模式）
attractive, direct, exact, brief
Other people’s opinions
The structure of the newspaper article• Title ：
• 1st paragraph (the lead)
• 2nd ~7th
paragraph
• 8th ~9th
paragraph
Detailed but less important information
Comments
Boy missing, police puzzled
Evidence given by witnesses
Discussion
If you were taken away by aliens ,
what would you do ?
Homework
• Finish “Close Reading ” on 11B of “Student Times”
