Step 3 While-reading

(Aims: Active reading is encouraged by putting students in the role of being detectives. With some tips given, students are asked not only to find some detailed information but also draw some conclusions from it, aiming to fully motive them to read efficiently and think carefully.)

T: Now let's skim and scan Para. 2-9. While you are reading, try to be a detective and pay attention to the people mentioned, information they provided and conclusions that we can draw.

Tips:

1. number the paragraphs.

2. circle the names of people mentioned.

3. underline some key information.

4. think about what conclusions you can draw.

(Students read the rest of the passage and look for important information.)

Para 2

T: First tell me who are mentioned in the story?

S7: Friends, Witnesses, Kelly....

T: What did they see respectively ?

S8: ...went to play baseball,... walked towards his house, ... returned home

T: When did all these happen?

S9: At 8 pm; 10:45 pm; about 11 pm

T: What conclusion can we draw from this information? You can discuss with your partner, if necessary.

S10: Justin did return home.

T: That's right.

Para3-6

T: Well, in fact, Kelly knew a lot more than that. Can you use the following key words to describe what she saw and heard?

Key words: hear sb. do; be woken up; see...flying...; Standing inside were...; hear sb. do; disappear

S11: .....

T: What conclusion can we draw from this information?

Ss: Justin might have been taken by aliens.

Para 7

T: What did Kelly do after seeing and hearing all these? Did she go back to sleep?

Ss: NO. She went to her mother.

T: What did her parents do? Try to use the following words to answer my question.

assume that, send ... back to bed, become worried, when...(not show up)...

S12: ......

T: What conclusion can we draw from this information?

S13: Justin went missing.

Para 8

T: Actually, it is not the first time for this kind of thing to happen. Who did it once happen to?

Ss: Mavis Wood.

T: What was her experience like? Find the missing word and complete the sentences.

S14:The aliens also took her aboard the UFO so as to do research on her.

Luckily, they returned her home with no injuries.