The whole experience was terrible!

Para 9

T: Now the police are looking into the case. What is Detective Peterson's attitude towards this case?

S15: When asked, the detective said that people sometimes made up amazing stories and there was no hard evidence of aliens taking Justin away. While the police have not dismissed the idea, they are looking into other possibilities as well.

Step 4 Post-reading

(Aims : To help students consolidate what they have learned, some tasks are prepared for them. Using some good words and expressions are the focus of this part. They have to memorize them and then apply them in interview which is fun for them. Meanwhile an Oral Presentation Checklist is presented so as to help students to perform better and be able to evaluate other's performance.)

(Assessment 1 ) Cloze

Justin Foster went ___1___ last Friday in Dover, New Hampshire. His friends said Justin went home. ____2_____ also said they saw him walking home. His sister, Kelly saw lots of strange-looking ____3____ in a spaceship and heard Justin __4__ before the UFO disappeared. She was sure the __5__ took him. Justin didn't ____6____ at the family lunch the next day. Police were _____7_____ other possibilities, and tried to find some __8__ evidence.

(Assessment 2 ) Make up an interview

Make up an interview among a journalist from China Daily, Detective, Kelly and Mrs. Mavis Wood.

Oral Presentation Checklist

1. Fluency

2. Facial expressions

3. Eye contact

4. A clear and loud voice

Sample:

J: Last night.... Kelly, can you ...?

K: hear sb. put on ..., see...flying,

Standing inside were...; frightened, ...

J: Did you tell your mum about it?

K: wake...up, assume, show up, ...

J: Mrs. Mavis Wood, ...

M: ... aboard; do research on ; ...

J: Detective, what do you think of the case?

D: make up, no hard evidence, dismiss, ...

J: Thank you, detective. By now, the

police .....And we'll continue to give our

concern to this case.

Step 5 Discussion :

(As an extension and revision of the class, three questions are designed for the students to discuss.)