Jiangsu Baipu Senior High School Qian Xiaohong December 21, 2012 _ Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 1 Activity Sheet Task-based Reading Learning aims: In this period, you will 1. have a general understanding of procedures and strategies of doing task-based reading. 2. improve the ability to solve the problems of task-based reading by discussing some skills and strategies. 3. study individually and discuss in groups. Highlights and difficult points: Information location, information transformation and information generalization. Listening methods: Individual study, pair work, group cooperation and discussion, individual and group presentation, group competition,etc. Group assessment regulations: 1. Take an active part in classroom activities including group discussion and presentation. 2. If you answer one question correctly, your group will get one point. 3. The winning group will get a prize. Learning procedures: Activity 1 Task 1 Question: What s your method of doing task-based reading? Task 2 Check your answers with your partners, and then tell others where and how you can get the answers. Abilities : _ _ _ Activity 2 Finish the tasks by yourself first, and then check your answers in your groups. Rules: The students in the group will present the answers one by one, and the one giving the correct answer gets one point for your group. Task 1 Write the opposite words by adding prefix. like_ certain _ legal_ moral_regular_ability_ understanding_ employment_ Task 2Fill in the blanks. A (1)affect have a good _on (2)depend on be _ on (3)responsible take on _ (4)be proud of take _ in (5)convenience make it _ to do sth. Jiangsu Baipu Senior High School Qian Xiaohong December 21, 2012 _ Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 2 (6)consider take sth. into _ (7)prefer have a _ for (8)benefit be _to Summary :_ B (1)know sth. well be _ with sth. (2)be accused of be _with (3)have the same interest as you _ your interest (4)cause thousands of deaths _ thousands of lives (5)a team made up of 12 boys a team _ of 12 boys (6)succeed in passing the test _ to pass the test (7)lead to serious accidents _ in serious accidents (8)most of people the _ of people (9)attract customers immediately _ to customers at once Summary :_ C (1) people who lack sleep people _ sleep (2) as winter approacheswith winter _ (3) a country which has a long history a country _ a long history (4) find out the reasons for their failure in the test find out _ they fail the test Summary :_ Activity 3 Task 1 Read the following and fill in the blanks. (1) Quality after-school programs are designed to improve academic performance, decrease youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors, and help young people grow into healthy, successful adults. _ * to improve academic performance * to decrease youth crimes and other high-risk behaviors * to help young people grow into healthy, successful adults (2) A great number of doctors say that food programs need to pay more attention to children, especially the babies. It is high time that children s diets should be improved. Diets should include foods rich in vitamin A and other useful vitamins and minerals. The_to save children *Diets should be improved. *Diets should contain food with rich vitamins and minerals. Task 2Write as many words as you can, which can generalize information. Rules: The voluntary groups to write the words on the blackboard can get 8 points, 6 points or 4 points according to your performance. Jiangsu Baipu Senior High School Qian Xiaohong December 21, 2012 _ Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. 自信是走向成功的第一步。 3 Activity 4 Consolidation Task 1 Fill in the blanks with proper words. 1. At first, some experts didn t agree with the idea. Some experts _ with the idea in the beginning. 2. Aging appe