Unit 1 NewspapersReading A ( 1 )

A new school newspaper

学习目标 1. 掌握 Reading A 单词和词组2. 初步理解课文大意，完成一些有

关课文内容的练习

• Brain storm

• 1. How often do you read newspapers?

• 2. Which sections of newspaper do you like reading? (News? Sports? Entertainment?... )

• 3. What do you usually read them for?

• 4. List the newspapers that you know.

Before – reading

Which sections can you find out in a newspaper?

Sports

News

Entertainment

Business information

TV Programmes

Weather forecast

Reviews

If we want to publish a new school newspaper, what do we have to think of?

reporter

photographer

(chief) editor

secretary

…

newssports

entertainment

What are they doing ?

Now, let’s have a look at what Ben and his friends do when they want to publish a new school newspaper.

Read P1--7 carefully and answer the questions.1.What did some Grade Eight students at Mayfield

School want to do soon after the term started?

2.How many students attended the meeting? Who were they?

3.Who took charge of the meeting?

They wanted to publish a newspaper.

Joyce.

Five. They were Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessica and Ben.

• 4.Who took notes?

• 5. Who will be responsible for different sections of the paper?

Ben.

Lucy, Tony and Jessica.

Read P8--15 carefully and answer the questions.

6.Did they make a list of some things to discuss?

7.When will the students hold the next

meeting?

8.Will the students make a decision about the name of the newspaper at the next meeting?

Yes, they did.

In one week’s time.

Yes, they will.

Fill in the missing word At the beginning of the t_______, some students from Grade Eight wanted to p______ a newspaper. One day after school, Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessicaand Ben h______ a meeting. They decided to elect

the chief e _____,first. Everybody v_______ for Joyce because she had experience. Then they

elected Ben the secretary and he was r_________ for taking notes. They made a l________ of things to discuss. For e_________, how often should they

publish the paper? Should it be f______ for readers, or should they pay for it? They didn’t decide about

the name of the newspaper, but they would make a d__________ later.

ermublish

eldditor oted

esponsibleist

xampleree

ecision

Read the article again and complete exercise A3

and A4 on page 3. A3

1.Lucy, Tony, Joyce, Jessica and I were at the

meeting.

2.She was an editor of her class newspaper

last year.

3.You will be responsible for different sections

of the paper.

4.Should they pay for it?

5.What should we call it?

Ben

Joyce

Lucy, Tony, and Jessicathe readers

The school newspaper

A4 Read the report on page 2 again and answer

these questions with one or more words.

1.Why did the students elect Joyce the chief

editor and Ben the secretary?

They both had __________.

2.Was Joyce a popular choice as the chief

editor? ____. Everyone ________ her.

3.What is the role of the secretary?

The secretary should take ______.

experience

Yes elected

notes

4.What are the editors of the newspaper

responsible for?

They are responsible for ______________

of the newspaper.

5.Did the students easily agree on the

name for the newspaper?

____. They all had _____________.

6.When people cannot agree on ideas,

what does Joyce ask them to do?

She asks them to ______________ longer.

different sections

No their own ideas

think about it a bit

Group work:

After we read the

newspaper, we ought to…