1、Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained,Sancang Senior High School Shi Jie,学科网,Learning goals,1.Youll be able to understand the features of a newspaper article by analyzing the language and organization of the text.,2.Youll be able to write a newspaper article by following the example of the text.,3.Youll d
2、evelop the awareness of being objective to report a fact or an event through reading and experiencing what happened in the story.,学科网,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, po
3、lice puzzled,A boy was missing, and the police were puzzled.,学科网,Fast reading,1.Who is the boy that went missing?,2.When and where did the boy go missing?,4.Why did people show interest in the case?,Justin Foster.,Three days ago, in Dover, New Hampshire.,Due to reports of strange lights in the sky a
4、nd of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.,3.What did the police do?,Stepping up their search for the boy.,Steve Jobs dies (Updated: Oct. 5, 2011) California Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apples iPhone, iPad, iMac and iTunes died this afternoon. Steves brilliance and energy were the
5、 source of countless innovations that improve all of our lives. This world is far better because of Steve.,who,when,where,what,why,Task 1,学科网,Witnesses,Careful reading,Justin returned home,Justin was taken away by aliens,Other peoples opinions,Friends Witnesses,Kelly,Mrs. Mavis Wood Detective Sam Pe
6、terson,Para 2,Para 3-7,Para 8-9,Main points,Who,When,What,Evidence,How,Time,After the baseball game; around 10.45 p.m.,Around midnight and afterword,After the boy went missing,Justin was last seen _.,Kelly saw _; and heard _.,Mavis said _; However, Detective disagreed, thinking _.,Youre asked to wri
7、te a news lead for each event. Group 1BBCJustin returned home. Group 2CNNJustin was taken away by aliens. Group 3CCTVOther peoples opinion,Task 2,Suppose you are a reporter from ,Task 2,Justin returned home,Justin was taken away by aliens,Other peoples opinions,friends Witnesses,Kelly,Mrs. Mavis Woo
8、d Detective Sam Peterson,Who,When,What,How,After the baseball game; around 10.45 p.m.,Around midnight and afterword,After the boy went missing,Justin was last seen _.,Kelly saw _; and heard _.,Mavis said _; However, Detective disagreed, thinking _.,学科网,Mrs. Mavis Wood, a resident in Dover, made comm
9、ents on the case where a boy name Justin went missing, believing he had been taken away by aliens, for she herself had once been taken away and researched by aliens. However, Detective Sam Peterson couldnt make any conclusion, thinking that there needs to be more evidence.,Kelly, a girl in Dover, as
10、sumed that her brother Justin was taken away by aliens, because she saw a UFO with lots of strange creatures inside and also heard Justin shout before it disappeared.,Justin Foster, the missing boy in Dover, was last seen walking towards his house at around 10.45 p.m. after playing baseball, which w
11、as proved by his friends and other witnesses.,BBC,CNN,CCTV,Presentation,Justin Foster, a fifteen-year-old boy, was missing three days ago in Dover, New Hampshire.,Boy missing, police puzzled,Justin Foster, was last seen walking towards his house at around 10.45 p.m. after playing baseball, which was
12、 proved by his friends and other witnesses.,Kelly, Justins sister, assumed that her brother was taken away by aliens, because she saw a UFO with lots of strange creatures inside and also heard Justin shout before it disappeared.,Mrs. Mavis Wood, a resident in Dover, made comments on the case of the
13、boy going missing, believing he had been taken away by aliens, for she had once been taken away herself and researched by aliens. However, Detective Sam Peterson couldnt make any conclusion, thinking that there needed to be more evidence.,Justin Foster, was last seen walking towards his house at aro
14、und 10.45 p.m. after playing baseball, which was proved by his friends and other witnesses.,Kelly, Justins sister, assumed that her brother was taken away by aliens, because she saw a UFO with lots of strange creatures inside and also heard Justin shout before it disappeared.,Mrs. Mavis Wood, a resi
15、dent in Dover, made comments on the case of Justin going missing, believing he had been taken away by aliens, for she herself had once been taken away and researched by aliens. However, Detective Sam Peterson couldnt make any conclusion, thinking that there needed to be more evidence.,Boy missing, p
16、olice puzzled,Justin Foster, a fifteen-year-old boy, was missing three days ago in Dover, New Hampshire.,学科网,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 peoples opinions,The features of a newspaper a
17、rticle,Title：,1st paragraph (the lead),2nd 7thparagraph,8th 9th paragraph,Detailed but less important information,Comments,Boy missing, police puzzled,Evidence given by witnesses,Lang Lang, a world-famous pianist, performed at a concert held in New York on Oct.24 to celebrate the 69th birthday of th
18、e United Nations.,Task 3,2. Little apple, song, popular, China,1. Mo Yan, Nobel Prize, literature, 2012, Stockholm,Mo Yan, a Chinese author won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature in Stockholm.,4. Suzhou Taicang Senior High School, recently,A new teacher came to our school to give us an English lesso
19、n today.,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,Task 4: Writing,近年来，农村“留守儿童（Stay-at-home children）”越来越多。为使他们感受到社会大家庭的温暖，9月1日， 中华学校学生会举行了关爱“留守儿童”的爱心捐赠活动,旨在为留守儿童赠送学习用品(statio
20、nery)，并建一间阅览室。请你给China Daily写一篇新闻报道，标题自拟。内容包括： 1时间、地点、人物、事件； 2活动过程：学生会主席发表演讲，同学们踊跃捐赠书籍或学习用品，另有校外爱心人士30多人捐款3万元。活动持续了一天。 3简单评价,Writing,近年来，农村“留守儿童（Stay-at-home children）”越来越多。为使他们感受到社会大家庭的温暖，9月1日，中华学校学生会举行了关爱“留守儿童”的爱心捐赠活动，旨在为留守儿童赠送学习用品(stationery)，并建一间阅览室。请你给China Daily写一篇新闻报道，标题自拟。内容包括： 1时间、地点、人物、事件；
21、,When Where Who What How Why,on September 1st,Zhonghua School,Students Union,a caring donation,show love for stay-at-home children,present stationery; build a reading room,学科网,Writing,近年来，农村“留守儿童（Stay-at-home children）”越来越多。为使他们感受到社会大家庭的温暖，9月1日，中华学校学生会举行了关爱“留守儿童”的爱心捐赠活动，旨在为留守儿童赠送学习用品，并建一间阅览室。请你给Chin
22、a Daily写一篇新闻报道，标题自拟。内容包括： 1时间、地点、人物、事件；,On Sept. 1st , a caring donation was held in Zhonghua School by the students Union to show love for stay-at-home children. It was aimed to present stationery to the stay-at-home children and build a reading room for them., which was aimed to present stationery
23、,to stay-at-home children and build a reading room for them,At the beginning of the donation, the chairman of the Students Union made a speech, calling on everyone to offer a caring hand to the stay-at-home children. All the children then responded actively donating books or stationery. In addition,
24、 there were also 30 kind people from outside the school joining the students and donating money, 30,000 yuan in total. The donation lasted a whole day.,Writing,2活动过程：学生会主席发表演讲，同学们踊跃捐赠书籍或学习用品，另有校外爱心人士30多人捐款3万元。活动持续了一天。,With _ to seek jobs, more children are left behind in the countryside. They need l
25、ove and care from everyone, _. _ has set us a good example.,点题中华学校学生所做的事,What the students in Zhonghua School did,an increasing number of parents leaving for cities,which will help them have a happy and healthy childhood,Writing,3简单评价,背景随着更多父母外出去大城市寻找工作,简评这才能帮助他们拥有快乐健康的童年,Sample,On Sept. 1 a caring
26、donation was held in Zhonghua School by the students Union to show love for stay-at-home children, which was aimed to present stationery to the stay-at-home children and build a reading room for them. At the beginning of the donation, the chairman of the Students Union made a speech, calling on ever
27、yone to offer a caring hand to the stay-at-home children. All the children then responded actively by donating books or stationery. In addition, there were also 30 kind people from outside the school joining them and donating money, 30,000 yuan in total. The donation lasted a whole day.With an incre
28、asing number of parents leaving for cities to seek jobs, more children are left behind in the countryside. They need love and care from everyone, which will help them have a happy and healthy childhood. What the students in Zhonghua School did has set us a good example.,_ show love for _,Students,st
29、ay-at-home children,1.Its better to choose a title which is attractive and to the point.,Consolidation,2.The lead/ the first paragraph summarizes the story and all of the basic facts. It may contain a hook so that the readers would continue to read.,3.You follow up with a well-written story containing detailed facts in an inverted pyramid format, and detail any events in chronological order.,4.Some objective comments can be added to the end of the news if necessary. Youd better not add your own opinions.,Tips on how to write a newspaper article,学科网,Thank you!,学科网,
