Lesson 3 Sports Stars

Teaching aims:

To read a text for specific information

To provide a title appropriate for a whole text

To use the Present Perfect and Past Simple tenses appropriately

To practise using positive and negative opinion adjectives.

Teaching difficulties:

To use the Present Perfect and Past Simple tenses appropriately

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

First play the song "Pass the Flame"

T: Many people are familiar with the song. It was sung on Athens Olympics. It reminds us of many sports stars winning gold medals. Who are your sporting heroes / heroines?

S:

T: You can use these words to describe them, awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible, useless, weak, brilliant, fast, skilful, smart, strong, useful. Give them an example. The teacher show some Olympic athletes and guide students to talk about them. For example "Is he your sports hero? What does he do?

S:

T: Finally show the picture of Williams sisters. Do you know them? What do they take up?

S:

T: They are sisters and both tennis champions. Do you want to know more about them? read the text

Ⅱ Reading

First reading：Do the exercise true or false

The two sister plan to take up tennis career all their life.